Impeachment

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…

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama’s office called Senate Republicans’ investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s activities in Ukraine an effort “to give credence to a Russian disinformation campaign” in a letter Obama’s office sent to the National Archives.The letter represents Obama’s strongest reaction to date to Republican…

U.S.Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) references a stack of deposition transcripts while asking questions during a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe, President Donald Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, testified to the Senate Intelligence…

The president and his supporters continue to fixate on the Russia investigation, perpetually expecting redemption. May 5, 2020 Contributing writer at The Atlantic and managing editor of Lawfare Contributing writer at The Atlantic and editor in chief of Lawfare Bloomberg / Getty / The AtlanticIt’s been a busy week for…

President Trump criticized former President George W. Bush’s call to put aside partisanship amid coronavirus but not during the impeachment proceedings of Mr. Trump. Mr. Bush published a video message on Saturday urging unity amid the coronavirus’ outbreak, which received 4 million views on Twitter as of Sunday morning. “…

Legal experts led the criticism of President Donald Trump’s White House on Friday after it confirmed it would not allow Dr. Anthony Fauci to testify before a House panel on the United States’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic next week. White House spokesman Judd Deere claimed in a statement that the…