Tag: Impeachment

The 1996 welfare reform law was only possible through the joint efforts of a Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich and a Democratic president, Bill Clinton — a legislative history that seems both mythical and little short of miraculous in the hyper-polarized political context we live in today. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

Byron York: As Dems consider impeaching Trump, GOP leaders regret pursuing Clinton

Byron York · November 12, 2018 3:32 am

Ranking Member Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., arrives for a deposition before the House Judiciary Committee by Peter Strzok, the FBI agent facing criticism following a series of anti-Trump text messages, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 in Washington.

Incoming Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler: Democrats ‘far from’ considering impeachment

Laura Barrón-López · November 11, 2018 3:22 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., praised Donald Trump as "the gift that keeps on giving" to Democratic lawmakers and congressional candidates. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Nancy Pelosi: We shouldn’t impeach a president for political reasons

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · November 9, 2018 12:04 am

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reads a statement before questioning U.S. Attorney General William Barr during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Congressional Auditorium at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. In his first congressional testimony in more than a year, Barr is expected to face questions from the committee about his deployment of federal law enforcement agents to Portland, Oregon, and other cities in response to Black Lives Matter protests; his role in using federal agents to violently clear protesters from Lafayette Square near the White House last month before a photo opportunity for President Donald Trump in front of a church; his intervention in court cases involving Trump's allies Roger Stone and Michael Flynn; and other issues.

Beltway Confidential

Oblivious House Democrat accidentally reveals plans to impeach Trump, Kavanaugh

Philip Wegmann · November 8, 2018 7:18 pm

House Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., listens during a hearing with Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Democrats’ House victory sets up Maxine Waters to chair financial services committee

Colin Wilhelm · November 7, 2018 4:47 am

Trump will spend Tuesday playing catch up in Ohio, while Clinton campaigns in Colorado. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Exit polls: 55 percent of voters unhappy with Trump

Anna Giaritelli · November 7, 2018 12:21 am

Ken Starr, the independent counsel during the Monica Lewinsky and Whitewater scandals under former President Bill Clinton, predicted Saturday that special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 elections would end in indictments.

Ken Starr: No evidence Trump ‘has committed high crimes and misdemeanors’

Naomi Lim · November 4, 2018 6:47 pm

A photograph surfaced showing Nancy Pelosi meeting with the Russian ambassador to the U.S., just hours after she denied ever meeting him.

Trump: Pelosi’s threat to weaponize House subpoena power is ‘illegal’

Katelyn Caralle · November 2, 2018 11:29 am

National Archives releases Watergate ‘road map,’ a possible template for Mueller

Maria Biery · November 1, 2018 3:40 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified.

Three things Democrats will do if they win the House

Thomas Del Beccaro · November 1, 2018 4:00 am

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Red Alert Politics

San Diego State offers class on impeaching Trump

John Patrick · October 31, 2018 7:26 pm

Mitt Romney, former GOP presidential nominee and U.S. Senate candidate, addresses supporters at an event in Utah.

Romney calls Kavanaugh hearings ‘awful’, dismisses impeachment talk during debate

Dominick Mastrangelo · October 10, 2018 7:09 pm