Dec 13 Impeachment certain, Democrats' strategy is a gamble for 2020 By Daniel Bush As they prepare to move toward a final House vote and a divisive, partisan Senate trial early next year, Democrats in Congress are under mounting pressure to prove that they made the right choice in pursuing an impeachment investigation into… Continue reading
Dec 13 WATCH: Trump calls impeachment vote 'embarrassment' to nation By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump declared Friday's House committee vote to impeach him "an embarrassment to our country" and refused to back away from the charge that first ensnared him in the scandal. Almost simultaneous to the vote, Rudy Giuliani, the president's… Continue reading
Dec 13 Mexico expects U.S. to approve USMCA trade deal By Associated Press Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday he expects the U.S. Congress to approve the new regional trade agreement with his country and Canada by Dec. 20. Continue reading
Dec 13 WATCH: Articles of impeachment against Trump sent to the full House The vote in the House panel was split along party lines, with 23 Democrats voting in favor and 17 Republicans opposed. Continue reading
Dec 13 WATCH: House Judiciary Committee approves articles of impeachment against Trump By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The House is expected to take up the two articles of impeachment next week. Continue reading
Dec 12 House Judiciary Committee delays historic impeachment vote By Associated Press Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said the committee would resume the session at 10 a.m. Friday. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 9:47 Lawmakers battle over impeachment in contentious markup The House Judiciary Committee clashed all day Thursday over impeachment charges against President Trump. The panel’s Republicans dismissed Democrats' belief that Trump’s actions amount to high crimes and misdemeanors and disputed the fairness of the process. Still, behind the scenes,… Continue watching
Dec 12 Pentagon tests long-banned ballistic missile over Pacific By Robert Burns, Associated Press The Pentagon on Thursday flight-tested a missile that had been banned under a treaty that the United States and Russia abandoned last summer. Some U.S. arms control advocates said the test risks an unnecessary arms race with Moscow. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 8:51 Should the federal government be able to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs? Americans spend more on prescription drugs than any other country in the world: about $1,200 per person every year. One in four say the cost is problematic, and some say they haven’t taken their medicine as directed as a result. Continue watching
Dec 12 Elizabeth Warren gets campaign effort going in Pennsylvania By Marc Levy, Associated Press Warren's campaign said it has hired a Pennsylvania campaign strategist to start next week and will bring on organizing staff and open a field office in Philadelphia in the coming weeks. Continue reading