The Senate trial of President Trump is threatening to overshadow the first month of President-elect Joe Biden's administration — if it's not, as some have suggested, tabled until later.
Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave only a brief statement to reporters and took no questions at the engrossment ceremony following a 232-197 House vote. Ten Republicans voted to impeach.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday named nine managers who will lead President Trump’s second impeachment — including Rep. Eric Swalwell, who faced recent controversy for his relationship with a Chinese spy. The House on Wednesday will begin impeachment proceedings against Trump for allegedly inciting last week’s Capitol riot. The impeachment is expected to...
An attorney for the whistleblower who sparked President Trump’s impeachment now says he has two clients prepared to sue if the Trump administration follows through with sanctions against the International Criminal Court. Mark Zaid told The Post he represents a pair of US law professors who intend to file a lawsuit if sanctions prohibit or...
President Trump tore into Sen. Chuck Schumer on Thursday, calling the top Democrat a “bad” senator whose focus on impeachment left New York “completely unprepared” for the coronavirus. “No wonder AOC and others are thinking about running against you in the primary. If they did, they would likely win,” Trump taunted in a letter. “If...
WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday formally withdrew Elaine McCusker’s nomination to be Pentagon comptroller in fallout from President Donald Trump’s impeachment. McCusker, currently acting comptroller and chief financial officer of the Defense Department, fought Trump’s decision last year to stall $250 million in Ukraine military aid. Emails documenting her objections leaked to a...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have taunted that "impeachment lasts forever," but GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, in line to be speaker if Republicans re-take the majority in the November election, doesn't agree.
President Trump is preparing what his aides say will be an optimistic and unifying State of the Union address on Tuesday night. When he speaks at 9:10 p.m., allies expect Trump to avoid dwelling on his Senate impeachment trial, which ends with a final vote on acquittal Wednesday. Instead, Trump will take a victory lap...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski told reporters Monday she agrees with fellow Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander, who also voted not to hear witnesses at the Senate impeachment trial, that President Donald Trump acted inappropriately. But unlike Alexander, who also said he didn’t think it rose to an impeachable offense and would vote to acquit, Murkowski did not...
President Trump’s aides are writing a “positive” and “unifying” State of the Union speech despite Trump’s recent fiery rally remarks against Democrats who impeached him. A senior administration official told reporters Friday that the speech in the House of Representatives will have a “very optimistic tone,” despite likely occurring just after a final vote to...
