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Donald Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge
President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob...
Additional GOP leader backs Donald Trump impeachment as tide grows
Republican opposition to impeaching President Donald Trump began crumbling at the party’s upper echelons on Tuesday as the No. 3 House GOP leader said she would...
Mitch McConnell warns GOP off Electoral College brawl in Congress
Fending off a messy fight that could damage Republicans ahead of Georgia Senate runoffs, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned fellow GOP senators on Tuesday...
What mandate? Joe Biden’s agenda faces a divided Congress
President-elect Joe Biden wants to “restore the soul of America.” First, he'll need to fix a broken and divided Congress.
Biden is rushing headlong into a legislative...
Donald Trump floats idea of election delay, a virtual impossibility
The date of the presidential election is enshrined in federal law and would require an act of Congress to change.
Donald Trump, Congress square off over virus aid as crisis worsens
Trump convened GOP leaders at the White House as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell prepared to roll out his $1 trillion package in a matter of days.
Republicans, with exception of Donald Trump, now push mask-wearing
GOP officials are pushing back against the notion that masks are about politics, as President Donald Trump suggests, and telling Americans they can help save lives.
History in the making as House casts proxy votes in pandemic
House Republicans sued to stop the Democratic majority's new system, in which absent lawmakers can instruct those present to vote on their behalf.
Donald Trump urges Senate Republicans to ‘be tough’ on Democrats
Behind closed doors, Trump was unscripted and freewheeling with the 53 GOP senators.
Sidelined by pandemic, Trump campaign turns to digital shows
Trump’s reelection team is airing live programming online to replace his trademark rallies made impossible for now by the coronavirus pandemic.
