Oct 18 Opinion: Why your alarmism over Trump is dangerous for democracy By Shadi Hamid Once the door to the criminalization of political and ideological disagreement is opened, it may be near impossible to close it. Continue reading
Jun 13 Democrats try to distance themselves from call for Trump's impeachment By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Democratic leaders recognize that any talk of impeachment energizes the Republican base, and that could undercut Democrats hoping for significant gains in next year's midterm elections. Continue reading
Jun 07 Two House Democrats launch longshot bid to impeach Trump By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press The effort by Reps. Al Green of Texas and Brad Sherman of California has little chance of success in the Republican-led House. They don't even have the backing of many fellow Democrats. Continue reading
May 21 Callers threaten Texas lawmaker who seeks Trump impeachment By Associated Press U.S. Rep. Al Green held a town hall meeting and played recordings of several threatening voicemails left at his offices in Houston and Washington. Continue reading
Dec 11 Protests continue in South Korea as prosecutors indict two ex-officials By Rebecca Oh After weeks of protests, South Korea’s parliament voted on Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye, the nation’s first woman president. Continue reading
Aug 31 Brazil votes to impeach President Dilma Rousseff By Kassia Halcli The vast majority -- 61 of Brazil’s 81 senators -- voted Wednesday to impeach the country’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff, amid a political corruption scandal and an economic recession. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 4:28 News Wrap: U.S. tells Turkey to focus attacks on ISIS, not Kurds, in Syria By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, top American officials accused Turkey of focusing on Kurdish groups in their military campaign against Syria, instead of on ISIS. Also, in Yemen, a suicide truck bomb tore into a gathering of military recruits, leaving… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 2:55 News Wrap: Libyan headquarters of ISIS captured, claim U.S.-backed fighters By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S.-backed forces in Libya say they have captured the Islamic State headquarters, located in the city of Sirte. After a weeks-long stalemate, they finally broke through with the help of U.S. airstrikes that began 10… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 7:14 How Brazil lost faith in its president By PBS News Hour Brazil, South America's largest nation, is facing its worst recession in decades, the Zika crisis and the upcoming Olympic games. Now add to that political upheaval, after an overwhelming vote to impeach President Dilma Rousseff amid a corruption scandal. Guillermo… Continue watching
Oct 10 Clinton documents show how the White House closed ranks during the Lewinsky scandal By Ken Thomas, Associated Press The papers include lists of talking points, questions prepared for media interviews and efforts to defend the president against impeachment, part of 10,000 pages of records being released from the Clinton administration. The documents did not appear to reveal any… Continue reading