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The House impeachment managers formally triggered the start of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial Monday evening after they walked across the Capitol and delivered to the Senate the charge against Trump, the first president in history to be impeached twice. Wearing black masks and walking two-by-two through the very halls where rioters had

Rep. Jamie Raskin fled the House chamber on January 6 alongside his colleagues as a mob was gaining on the Capitol, but his mind was focused on the office down the hall where his daughter and son-in-law were in hiding. Just a day earlier, Raskin’s family had buried his 25-year-old son, Tommy. Raskin’s daughter Tabitha,

President Joe Biden said Monday that he expects that the US will soon be able to vaccinate 1.5 million people a day, raising the bar by roughly 500,000 more vaccinations than its target of 1 million per day in his first 100 days in office. He said that the US could surpass that initial target

The House impeachment managers formally triggered the start of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial Monday evening after they walked across the Capitol and began reading on the Senate floor the charge against Trump, the first president in history to be impeached twice. The contours of Trump’s Senate trial are starting to take shape

The House impeachment managers will formally trigger the start of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial at 7 p.m. ET Monday evening when they walk the article of impeachment across the Capitol and read on the Senate floor the charge against Trump, the first President in history to be impeached twice. The contours of

With the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump set to begin in February, nine prominent Republican lawyers, including two former officials in the Trump administration, have signed a letter urging GOP senators to “consider the evidence” before deciding how to vote on conviction. The letter, obtained by CNN and organized by the nonprofit Republicans for

The overall impeachment process laid out in the Constitution is relatively simple: President commits “high Crime or Misdemeanor,” House votes to impeach, Senate conducts a trial. Those overall contours are constant. But there’s no such thing as a routine impeachment. The one President Donald Trump faces now, after inciting a riotous mob to attack the

A federal judge in Texas on Monday asked the Biden administration to clarify its 100-day pause on deportations as he considers a lawsuit to block the moratorium. Over the weekend, Texas, which is suing the Biden administration, submitted a Fox News report to the court that cited an internal email instructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday aimed at boosting American manufacturing, setting in motion a process to fulfill his campaign pledge to strengthen the federal government’s Buy American rules. Similar executive orders signed by former President Donald Trump had little effect because his administration waited to formalize changes until his second to last

The Biden administration says it is “exploring ways to speed up” release of $20 bills featuring abolitionist Harriet Tubman after the Trump administration delayed the move first initiated by President Barack Obama. “It’s important that our notes, our money — if people don’t know what a note is — reflect the history and diversity of

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog will investigate whether any department official sought to have the department overturn President Joe Biden’s election win. The office of Inspector General Michael Horowitz is launching “an investigation into whether any former or current DOJ official engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of

President Joe Biden has replaced the controversial White House physician who offered misleading information about President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis last fall. A White House official said Biden had selected Dr. Kevin O’Connor to replace Dr. Sean Conley as his doctor. It’s not uncommon for a president to name his own physician when taking office,

Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio announced Monday that he will not run for reelection after his current term in office ends in 2022, saying in a statement that the entrenched partisan gridlock in Washington was a factor in his decision. The announcement will set off what could become a highly competitive race to fill

A GOP Ohio lawmaker who asked a racist question last year about whether “the colored population” was contracting Covid-19 at higher rates because of poor hygiene has been tapped to lead the state Senate’s health panel. State Sen. Stephen Huffman was appointed by Senate President Matt Huffman, his cousin, this month to the position on

When President Joe Biden spoke with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday, the most controversial issues complicating the relationship between the two countries were not on the agenda. It’s a sign that Biden is looking to reset his relationship with the Mexican leader who had developed a close personal relationship with former President