Impeachment

President Donald Trump just survived an impeachment over demanding a quid pro quo from a foreign leader. He's followed that up by implying governors in coronavirus-stricken states need to be nice to him to receive federal aid.A president should never be able to make such a threat.Congress should always demand…

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) tested negative for the coronavirus and President Donald Trump marked the news Wednesday morning with a celebratory tweet. But many critics are questioning the sincerity of Trump’s post, given his past attacks on Romney ― the only Senate Republican to vote to convict the president in his…

The Margin Published: March 25, 2020 at 5:06 p.m. ET Mitt Romney tests negative for coronavirus Getty Images Utah Senator Mitt Romney announced last Sunday that he would self-quarantine after fellow Senator Rand Paul announced he had tested positive for COVID-19 President Trump’s response: “Gee, that’s too bad.” To everybody…

Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin, center, is leading the White House negotiating team on the stimulus. (Associated Press)Senate Republicans and Democrats grew visibly angry and emotional on the Senate floor Monday as negotiations over a financial rescue package appeared to stall, even as Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)…

Key Words Published: March 22, 2020 at 8:31 p.m. ET Sen. Mitt Romney speaks to reporters. Getty Images Utah Senator Mitt Romney announced on Sunday that he would self-quarantine after fellow Senator Rand Paul announced he had tested positive for COVID-19. What does President Trump think of that? “ ‘Gee,…

In a break from his standard decorum, CNN anchor John King called "bulls---" on President Donald Trump's attacks on the news media during Friday's White House briefing on the coronavirus pandemic.King defended NBC News reporter Peter Alexander after Trump called him "a terrible reporter" for asking the president on Friday…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general caught the eye of Donald Trump in a tried-and-true way: praising the 45th president on television.At a recent briefing with his coronavirus task force standing behind him, Trump turned to Dr. Jerome Adams and declared the previously low-profile 20th surgeon general among the…

Fox News has rapidly shifted from downplaying the coronavirus to urging Americans to take the pandemic seriously, mimicking President Donald Trump's tone shift on the virus.The Washington Post documented this dramatic shift in a video.The video shows hosts such as Jeanine Pirro on March 7 stating that "all the talk…

For the second day in a row, President Donald Trump painted a strangely rosy picture of his response to the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ve always known this was a real ― this is a pandemic,” Trump said at a press conference Tuesday. “I felt it was a pandemic long before it was…