WASHINGTON — President Trump awarded the National Medal of Arts to country music singers Toby Keith and Ricky Skaggs minutes after he was impeached for the second time on Wednesday afternoon, a White House spokesperson confirmed. Skaggs, 61, is an American country and bluegrass singer who has won the Grammy Award 15 times while Keith,...

WASHINGTON — In a video message released after he was impeached for the second time, President Trump delivered a rebuke of the violence which rocked the US Capitol and issued a call for unity as he prepares to leave the White House. Sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, the commander in chief...

GOP Rep. Brian Mast of Florida asked if any of the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol to dispute the outcome of the presidential election last week had been asked if they did so at the behest of the president.

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s impeachment trial won’t be heard in the Senate until after he has already left office and Joe Biden is president, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed Tuesday, delivering a fatal blow to Democrats. The House of Representatives will vote later Tuesday on an article of impeachment accusing Trump...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned her fellow lawmakers that President Trump “must go” during a fiery impeachment opening debate that saw GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accuse Democrats of wanting to “cancel” the president. “He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love,” Pelosi (D-Calif.) said...

WASHINGTON — GOP Rep. Jim Jordan slammed the “double standards” of Democrats on Wednesday morning as the House moves to impeach President Trump for a second time — noting their own efforts to undermine the 2016 election. In a fiery speech on the House floor, Jordan (R-Ohio), an ardent Trump confidante, noted that many of...

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee wasted no time accusing Attorney General William Barr of deploying federal troops as a “prop” in President Trump’s re-election bid when he finally appeared before them on Tuesday. Chairman Jerry Nadler (D. NY) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D. Calif), two leading players in the president’s impeachment trial,...

The Senate voted Friday to not allow witnesses to testify in President Trump’s impeachment trial, paving the way for his likely acquittal next week — but two days of long speeches and a final Senate floor vote still stand in the way of his declaring victory. Here’s what’s up ahead: Senators have the coming weekend...

In a last-ditch effort to call witnesses, one Democratic senator is expected to force a vote on requiring Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to subpoena impeachment witnesses like John Bolton if he thinks their testimony is relevant, according to a new report. The move from Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) comes as Republicans grow...

Alan Dershowitz, the 81-year-old Harvard Law professor hired by President Trump’s legal team, railed against House Democrats’ “vague and open-ended” impeachment charges Monday. “Purely non-criminal conduct, including ‘abuse of power’ and ‘obstruction of justice,’ are outside the range of impeachable offences,” Dershowitz told the Senate in his hour-long address. “That is the key argument I...