Impeachment

© Reuters. Impeachment trial of former U.S. President Trump continues in Washington By Makini Brice and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One day after a Minnesota jury convicted a police officer for the murder of George Floyd, Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott said on Wednesday he may be finished with…

The United States has one national Constitution and one national Bill of Rights. But sometimes it feels like this country has two First Amendments. There is the one that was written down in the late eighteenth century and has almost two-and-a-half centuries of jurisprudence built around it. And then there…

New York GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin announced Tuesday that he would run for governor, challenging embattled Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2022.  Zeldin has become one of former President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress, particularly during Trump’s first impeachment. He was first elected to represent the 1st District on…

Andrew Cuomo has been mired in scandal for weeks, for actions that, in some cases, date back years. To what extent has the governor’s bullying been hiding in plain sight? On Episode 28 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene look into the long history of Cuomo’s coercive approach…

Donald Trump has launched a new website celebrating his time as US president that includes a very selective retelling of the history of his time in office. 45office.com is billed as a platform for his supporters to stay in touch and a place where Trump will continue his “America first”…

Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan on Sunday became the latest Republican congressional member to openly vouch for Senator Lisa Murkowski's reelection, should she decide to launch another campaign ahead of the 2022 midterm contests. Speaking to ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl during an appearance on the network's latest This Week program,…

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Senator Mitt Romney has won the annual Profile in Courage Award for breaking ranks with Republicans and taking a stand against former President Donald Trump. A committee appointed by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation decides the annual award honoring public officials unafraid to take unpopular positions. It praised Romney…

Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, has been condemned by a county in her state over her "self-serving" vote to convict former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial last month. Collins joined six other Republican lawmakers to vote Trump was guilty for inciting the January 6 assault by his…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is facing the densest thicket of scandals to ensnare any American politician since⁠—well, the end of the Trump administration less than two months ago. Even so, the litany of allegations he’s facing is remarkable: the alleged assault or harassment of at least six women and…