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President Donald Trump addresses his impeachment during a Merry Christmas Rally at the Kellogg Arena on December 18, 2019 in Battle Creek, Mich.  While Trump spoke at the rally the House voted to impeach him, making Trump just the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Minutes after being impeached, Trump says House Dems earned ‘eternal mark of shame’

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 18, 2019 at 9:17pm
President Donald Trump is now the third president to be impeached. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Officially impeached, Trump must learn to live with ‘black mark’ on his presidency

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 18, 2019 at 9:00pm
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., arrives at the Capitol office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Appropriators reach spending agreement, fend off possibility of government shutdown

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 12, 2019 at 3:19pm
President Donald Trump holds an umbrella as he speaks to journalists before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday. He was headed to a campaign  rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

With scores to settle, Trump slams ‘crooked bastard’ Schiff over impeachment

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 11, 2019 at 9:09am
As Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren peddle unproven economic theories, Republicans have a clear opening to tout the free-market principles that are making our economy work, Winston writes. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Elizabeth Warren’s big bad idea: Taxing our way to prosperity

By David Winston
Posted December 11, 2019 at 6:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference to unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Trump thumbs nose at impeachment, Dems by hosting Putin’s top diplomat

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 10, 2019 at 4:44pm
Rep. Denver Riggleman says it would be “disastrous” for his wife’s Virginia distillery if a 2017 provision that cut excise taxes is not extended past its Dec. 31 expiration date. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Craft distillers, retailers wait anxiously for tax extenders

By Doug Sword
Posted December 10, 2019 at 5:00am
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone indicated the White House would not participate. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

White House tells Dems it won’t cooperate with Judiciary impeachment hearings

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 6, 2019 at 4:56pm
A container ship sits docked at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California. President Donald Trump and China traded barbs again Friday in an escalating trade battle that has prompted global recession fears. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

At Trump White House, that elusive China trade deal is always ‘close’

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 6, 2019 at 12:00pm
President Donald Trump and France's President Emmanuel Macron answer questions during their meeting at at the NATO summit in London on Tuesday.. (ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump relishes in casting France’s Macron as new bad boy of NATO

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 3, 2019 at 8:08am