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Combative Trump defense foretells likely impeachment acquittal
Lawyers for Donald Trump channeled his pugnacious partisan style Friday, calling the impeachment proceedings a "witch hunt."
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Lawyers for Donald Trump channeled his pugnacious partisan style Friday, calling the impeachment proceedings a "witch hunt."
Josh Gottheimer, who advocates for curbs on youth vaping and for increased tobacco regulation, has stock in tobacco companies and takes their campaign cash.
Senate Appropriations Committee leaders announced subcommittee leaders for the 117th Congress, including big changes in Democratic leadership.
The defense's case for acquiting Donald Trump boils down to this: He made some inappropriate remarks, but none of his rhetoric rises to incitement.
If they can't secure a conviction, the impeachment managers are at least hoping for a dramatic fall in public support for Donald Trump.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's preview of the upcoming congressional schedule shows the daunting amount of work on lawmakers' plates won't go away anytime soon.
The House impeachment team closed its presentation against Donald Trump with doses of guilt and shame for Republicans who may vote to acquit him.
House impeachment managers begin their case against former President Donald Trump with a seemingly convincible audience of six Senate Republicans.
What is the budget reconcilaition process, and why can Congress use it to bypass the Senate’s usual rules? See the video for more.
Senators were riveted to unsettling images of previously unseen security footage of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, facing their own vulnerability.
The House impeachment team made direct appeals to senators to use their own experiences to evaluate whether to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection.
President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial kicks off with debate and a precedent-setting vote on the constitutionality of trying a former president.
Neera Tanden, nominated to lead the Office of Management and Budget, plans to tell senators Tuesday that she will work with Republicans and Democrats.
Despite bipartisan agreement that the argument from former President Trump’s team was a mess, House impeachment managers have a tough task ahead.
The Capitol Police union will hold a no confidence vote in the current department leadership, and is expected to call for across-the-board change.
A symbol of democracy around the world, Congress' ability to promote representative government aborad has dimmed in the wake of the Capitol riot.
The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will feature no public access, and restrictions on the press and to account for COVID-19.
Former President Trump’s defense set a politically combative tone for a Senate trial set to start Tuesday on a charge he incited the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour over five years would boost deficits by $54 billion, the Congressional Budget Office reported.
The administration is tapping heavily into congressional staff for the U.S. Trade Representative's Office, including six current aides announced Monday.