Jan 27 How does the filibuster work? By Lisa Desjardins The Senate rules on the filibuster are complicated. Lisa Desjardins answers your questions. Continue reading
Jan 22 Trump impeachment to go to Senate Monday, launching trial By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press “There will be a trial,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in making the announcement Friday. "It will be a full trial, it will be a fair trial.”… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 4:51 As Trump considers pardons, Democrats push for his impeachment trial By Yamiche Alcindor, Lisa Desjardins As Congress looked ahead to governing under President-elect Biden, President Trump was said to be considering a volley of potential pardons before he leaves office. And Democrats continued to figure out what an impeachment trial for the outgoing president may… Continue watching
Jan 18 What Biden can and can’t get from an evenly split Senate By Associated Press The unexpected new balance of power giving Democrats only the barest control of Congress has big consequences for the president-elect. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 5:38 An Olympian, a therapist, professionals: A look at the rioters stoked by extremism By Christopher Booker, Laura Fong Dozens have been charged for their role in the Capitol Hill riots and the FBI has identified at least 270 more people for the siege. While some of them have had ruins with the authorities in the past, the rioters,… Continue watching
Jan 15 Meet the House Democrats who will prosecute Trump’s second impeachment trial By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Democrats, all of whom are lawyers and many of whom have deep experience investigating the president, face the arduous task of convincing skeptical Senate Republicans to convict Trump. Continue reading
Jan 15 WATCH: Pelosi says Capitol assault highlights need for domestic threat awareness By Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says there may be a need to prosecute members of Congress if any are found to have assisted the pro-Trump rioters in last week’s attack on the Capitol. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 6:49 House votes to impeach Trump for a second time A week after a violent riot engulfed the Capitol, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Trump with a charge of instigating the assault. Lisa Desjardins reports. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 7:08 How President Trump is reacting to his impeachment By Yamiche Alcindor President Trump on Wednesday became the first president in America history to be impeached twice. Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy Woodruff to discuss how the president reacted to his impeachment and how he may deal with a Senate trial should it… Continue watching
Jan 13 10 House Republicans voted to impeach Trump. Here’s what they said By Candice Norwood Unlike the first time President Donald Trump was impeached, some Republican members joined the call. Continue reading