Oct 28 House voting to impeach Trump not a ‘foregone conclusion,’ Pence says By Yamiche Alcindor Vice President Mike Pence, in an interview on Monday with PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, fiercely defended President Trump against allegations that it was inappropriate to discuss with the leader of Ukraine the possibility of investigating Joe… Continue reading
Oct 20 Pelosi in Jordan for ‘vital discussions’ amid Syria crisis By Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a group of American lawmakers on a surprise visit to Jordan to discuss "the deepening crisis" in Syria amid a shaky U.S.-brokered cease-fire. Continue reading
Oct 18 Trump bashes Democrats as ‘crazy,’ unpatriotic at Texas rally By Jill Colvin, Kevin Freking, Associated Press "Don't kid yourselves," Trump said of the Democrats, "I really don't believe anymore that they love our country."… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 9:55 How the Trump impeachment inquiry and Senate trial could unfold There was confusion around the words of the Trump administration’s acting chief of staff Thursday. Mick Mulvaney first connected the delay of military aid to Ukraine with an investigation into a DNC server in 2016 but then said the two… Continue watching
Oct 16 Contentious meeting at the White House ends in Dems walking out By Robert Burns, Associated Press After the House condemnation vote, the congressional leaders of both parties went to the White house for a briefing, which grew contentious, with Trump and Pelosi trading jabs. The Democrats said they walked out when the meeting devolved into an… Continue reading
Oct 15 WATCH: Pelosi, Schiff say House isn’t calling for formal House impeachment vote By Associated Press Trump has said that without a vote, the ongoing impeachment inquiry is "illegitimate." But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says "we're not here to call bluffs" and "this is not a game to us."… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 13:22 Shields and Brooks on Trump’s Syria pullout, impeachment politics Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week's political news, including President Trump’s attitude toward Kurds in Syria and stance toward Turkey's Syria offensive, testimony from the former U.S. ambassador… Continue watching
Oct 04 White House is preparing a formal objection to impeachment inquiry By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Trump acknowledged that Democrats in the House "have the votes" to begin a formal impeachment inquiry, even if they don't in the Senate. Continue reading
Oct 02 WATCH: Democrats warn White House against attempting to block impeachment inquiry By Associated Press House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said President Donald Trump’s tweets about a whistleblower amount to a “blatant effort to intimidate witnesses” and an “incitement to violence.”… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 10:26 Trump focuses anger at whistleblower as impeachment inquiry deepens President Trump acted as his own defender in chief on Monday, criticizing a whistleblower complaint, as some of his allies tried to argue that Democrats are rushing an impeachment inquiry. But not all Republicans are defending the president, including his… Continue watching