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Politics Sep 23

WATCH: Democrats propose sweeping bill to curb presidential abuses

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Nation Feb 06

Auditor says more than $4 million stolen from Mississippi welfare funds

Indictments issued Wednesday say $48,000 paid for a luxury drug rehabilitation program for a former pro wrestler.

By Jeff Amy, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Politics Dec 13

Watch 14:14
Shields and Brooks on articles of impeachment, FBI’s Russia mistakes

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s political news, including the House Judiciary Committee’s passage of articles of impeachment along party lines, Republicans’ defense of President Trump, how impeachment…

Politics Dec 10

Watch 11:09
Divided day on Capitol Hill sees articles of impeachment, trade agreement

The fallout regarding President Trump’s Ukraine policy reached a new milestone on Tuesday, as the House Judiciary Committee introduced two articles of impeachment against the president. But at the same time, recently warring congressional Republicans and Democrats arrived at a…

Politics Dec 04

Watch 7:08
What 4 legal scholars told the House Judiciary Committee about Trump and impeachment

The impeachment inquiry into President Trump entered a new phase Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on the matter. Four law professors testified before the panel about the legal parameters of impeachment: Noah Feldman, Michael Gerhardt,…

By Nick Schifrin

Dec 04

Watch 7:53
Legal debate over impeachment accompanied by partisan attacks

In the House Judiciary Committee’s first hearing Wednesday, four legal experts shared their perspective on impeachment -- and whether President Trump’s handling of Ukraine policy meets the standard to justify it. Lisa Desjardins, who attended the hearing, joins Judy Woodruff…

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Dec 04

Watch 8:05
2 impeachment experts analyze the House Judiciary Committee’s case against Trump

For additional insight into the House Judiciary Committee’s first public impeachment hearing, we turn to Solomon Wisenberg, who was deputy independent counsel during the Whitewater investigation, and law professor Frank Bowman, author of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of…

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Oct 03

Watch 9:51
Trump is suggesting foreign leaders investigate the Bidens. Is that illegal?

What are the legal and national security implications of President Donald Trump’s encouraging foreign powers to investigate a potential political rival? Judy Woodruff talks to Michael Mukasey, who was attorney general under former President George W. Bush, and Carrie Cordero,…

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Sep 24

Watch 5:54
Spanberger: ‘So many troubling threads’ in Trump allegations that full investigation is needed

To Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., what's most troubling about the latest allegations against President Trump is that he allegedly pressured a foreign government to dig up dirt on a political opponent, and that he potentially sought to use taxpayer dollars…

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Sep 23

Watch 6:54
Questions over possible abuse of power overshadow Trump’s agenda at UN

After President Trump acknowledged that he spoke to Ukraine's president about investigating possible 2020 rival Joe Biden, he spent the day at the U.N. fending off questions about the potential abuse of power. Meanwhile, the administration's refusal to share a…

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