Impeachment

WASHINGTON —  The House of Representatives launched its hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection in the face of grimly low expectations. Didn’t we already know what happened? After two impeachments and innumerable disclosures, was there anything new to learn about the misrule of Donald Trump? The conventional wisdom turned out to…

On Tuesday, Republicans flipped a congressional seat in a heavily Hispanic district in south Texas, sent packing a pro-impeachment Republican congressman from South Carolina and nominated a passel of Trump loyalists in Nevada. It was a good night for the 45th president and an even better one for his party.…

The Senate’s swift push to pass bipartisan gun violence legislation got a major boost on Tuesday when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tossed his support behind the framework as negotiators push for a vote to take place as soon as next week. During weeks of discussions by senators, McConnell…

Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.) lost his re-election bid to Trump-endorsed challenger Russell Fry on Tuesday night, according to AP. Why it matters: Rice is the first House Republican to lose his or her re-election bid to a Republican primary challenger after voting to impeach former President Trump over his role…

Representative Tom Rice, a South Carolina Republican, is facing off in a difficult GOP primary against state Representative Russell Fry, who former President Donald Trump endorsed, after Rice voted for his impeachment in January 2021. Although Rice voted with Trump's agenda more than 90 percent of the time, he viewed…

House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and more than two dozen of her colleagues are supporting a resolution to expunge President Trump’s second impeachment.  Rep. Markwayne Mullin is leading the resolution, which would apply to Trump’s 2021 impeachment, Fox News reports. It is similar to a previous resolution Mullin introduced…

Greg Nash Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) leaves the House Chamber following the final vote of the week regarding the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act on Friday, March 18, 2022. Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) is leading a resolution that aims to erase former President Trump’s second…

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US Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina brought in nearly $342,000 during the first quarter of this year, giving the Republican a war chest of $2 million as he tries to stave off a slew of primary challengers, including one with the backing of former President Donald Trump. Overall, Rice…

What are Democrats to do about Clarence Thomas? Following further revelations about wife Ginni Thomas’s involvement in efforts to undermine Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory — including her conspiratorial text messages to former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows — Democrats have been exploring ways to handle the massive ethical concerns…