Impeachment

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…

Heidi and Dennis Hodges were proud to vote for President Donald Trump in 2016. “I liked his tough stance. I liked that he wasn’t a politician,” says Dennis, who runs a window-tinting company in Erie, Penn. “I supported him for three and a half years,” says Heidi, who manages the…

Start with the PDBs. Based on Trump’s track record, it’s a good bet that he never read the briefs at all, as he is known not to bother consuming most of the written materials provided to him. Major points in the PDB are delivered orally too, and the Post reports…

WASHINGTON ― It’s been a question weighing on Rep. Justin Amash’s mind for months: whether to run for his House seat again as an independent, or whether he should run for president. On Tuesday, the Michigan lawmaker finally decided he’s going for the White House. Amash, a five-term congressman who turned…

(Reuters) - The battle for U.S. Senate control is among the biggest electoral fights in 2020, along with the presidential contest.Democrats need a net gain of four seats to win the majority in the Nov. 3 elections - or three, if presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden defeats Republican President Donald…

Welcome to another false equivalence election. Congratulations, you’ll hate it here. President Donald Trump has an uncanny ability to project his own weaknesses onto his opponent: He’s rubber, you’re glue, whatever you say bounces off him and sticks to you. It’s a strategy that worked remarkably well against Hillary Clinton.…