Impeachment

U.S. Attorney General William Barr's conduct as head of the Department of Justice is under scrutiny, as a bipartisan group of lawyers alleged he used his influence to further President Donald Trump's re-election in a new report published Monday.The report, authored by lawyers from University of Pennsylvania's Center for Ethics…

WASHINGTON: Two private groups focused on U.S. government ethics on Monday accused Attorney General William Barr of misusing his office to support President Donald Trump’s political goals and called on the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against him.The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of…

On Tuesday, not long after he had concluded an astonishing performance of dexamethasone-fueled theatrics from Walter Reed Hospital, President Donald Trump announced he would be quashing further negotiations on a new stimulus package intended to extend much-needed relief to those caught in the economic stresses of the failed response to…

Donald Trump and the Articles of Impeachment (Getty Images/Salon) The president’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic is akin to criminal negligence Sonali Kolhatkar October 2, 2020 11:30PM (UTC) This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania have…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Michael McGough in the Los Angeles TimesEt tu, Mitt? Romney makes the wrong call on Supreme Court confirmation“Romney’s disappointing decision chips off a good chunk of the pedestal on…

In earlier chapters of American history, bad presidents eventually led to good government. Andrew Johnson’s stupendous failures after the Civil War spurred Radical Republicans to take command of Reconstruction, briefly turning the American South into a multiracial democracy. Richard Nixon’s downfall in the Watergate scandal in 1974 inspired a decade’s…

Senate Republicans have released their controversial report on Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s former dealings with Ukraine in a politically-charged move to taint Biden’s campaign weeks out from Election Day.The investigation, which was spearheaded by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) focuses on Hunter Biden’s work for…

On Friday night, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death shocked an already reeling country. What came next, however, was sadly unsurprising. Mere hours after Ginsburg’s passing, McConnell had already affirmed that he would hold a vote for Trump’s nominee to fill the vacancy, contravening the ersatz standard he set…

Courtney Subramanian   | USA TODAY WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump insisted Monday that he welcomes the threat of a second impeachment by Democrats if he is successful in his push to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg."Go ahead ... I want them to do it,"…

President Donald Trump on Monday spoke about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refusing to rule out impeachment to stop him from nominating a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. “Go ahead. I want them to do that … I’m the only guy in the world that could…