Impeachment

Published: May 17, 2020 at 12:17 a.m. ET Move ends flirtation with candidacy that may have introduced new element of uncertainty into the race between Republican Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Biden Rep. Justin Amash listens to debate on Capitol Hill in Washington in June 2019. Associated Press Michigan Rep.…

A possible pardon of Trump by Biden would represent the second such exoneration of a former president by his successor in modern American history. President Gerald Ford famously pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974 after Nixon resigned from the presidency amid the Watergate scandal, facing the imminent threat of impeachment and…

As the pandemic fuels health and economic crises, Republicans are newly concerned they'll lose their crucial Senate majority in November. Of the 35 senators up for reelection this year, 12 are Democrats and 23 are Republicans.While eight of those Republicans are considered vulnerable, just two Democratic seats are at risk of…

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The president wants to weaponize COVID-19 against Biden. There’s a conspicuous irony to his argument. Peter Nicholas May 12, 2020 Paul J. Richards / GettyCOVID-19 has shattered the basic economic rationale President Donald Trump had put forward in running for reelection and forced him to come up with another: Joe…

Photograph: Justin Lane/EPAOn Tuesday morning the supreme court will assemble via conference call to hear oral arguments in three cases involving President Donald Trump’s claimed right to keep his taxes and financial records secret. These are in fact this generation’s most important tests of the nature and limits of presidential…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court showdown over President Trump’s financial records is finally here. On Tuesday, the court will host one of the most important arguments over presidential power in U.S. history when it hears three linked cases over subpoenas for Trump’s tax returns and other files. The cases mark…

Kayleigh McEnanyScott W. Grau/Getty ImagesIn 2015, Kayleigh McEnany, President Donald Trump's newly-installed White House press secretary, called Trump a "racist" and said he made "derogatory" and "hateful" comments about Mexican immigrants, CNN reported."Donald Trump has shown himself to be a showman, I don't think he is a serious candidate," McEnany…

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. WASHINGTON — President Trump’s campaign just launched a major ad offensive to paint Joe Biden as too cozy to China — and mentally unwell to boot. Trump’s campaign is dropping $10 million on a new ad campaign…