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Mitch McConnell tells fellow GOP senators he will vote to acquit Trump
February 13, 2021 | 10:12amSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday told fellow Republican senators that he intends to vote to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according...
‘Tanking’ the impeachment trial and other commentary
February 12, 2021 | 5:54pmLegal take: ‘Tanking’ the Impeachment Trial Democrats’ bid to impeach President Donald Trump, observes law prof Jonathan Turley at USA Today, resembles “NFL tanking” — i.e., when a team tries...
Trump team trolls Democrats with clips of repeated vows to 'fight'
February 12, 2021 | 2:15pmWASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers turned the tables on House impeachment managers on Friday, trolling them with footage of Democrats over and over vowing to “fight” or “fight...
Trump defense shows clips of House Dems objecting to 2016 results
February 12, 2021 | 12:54pmFormer President Donald Trump's impeachment trial defense began Friday with a video montage repudiation of alleged hypocrisy from congressional Democrats. Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen played clips of House...
Mitt Romney praises Capitol cop for ushering him to safety during riot
February 11, 2021 | 12:58pmSen. Mitt Romney is praising Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman for directing him to safety during the Capitol riot after video of their encounter emerged during former President Donald Trump's...
Wyoming GOP censures Liz Cheney over Trump impeachment vote
February 6, 2021 | 7:31pmRAWLINS, Wyo. — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6...
Big Tech's war on indie news and other commentary
January 29, 2021 | 7:07pmFrom the left: Big Tech’s War on Indie News “Major press outlets celebrated” videographer Jon Farina’s footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, shown on the Status Coup site, reports...
Letters to the editor — Jan. 28, 2021
January 27, 2021 | 7:11pmThe Issue: The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump after the Capitol Hill riots. Chief Justice John Roberts has told the Senate that he will not be presiding...
Rep. Clyburn: Trump should never be allowed to hold power again
January 13, 2021 | 2:09pm?Rep. Jim Clyburn on Wednesday said the House must impeach President Trump for "inciting" his supporters to storm the US Capitol last week and should never be able to hold...
GOP lawmakers ask FBI if it had Hunter Biden laptop during Trump's impeachment
October 15, 2020 | 11:03pmMore than a dozen GOP members of the House of Representatives have asked the FBI to reveal if the agency was in possession of the laptop that contained emails between...
House Dems can't enforce their subpoenas, appeals court rules
August 31, 2020 | 4:42pmA federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled that the House of Representatives can't use courts to enforce subpoenas for testimony, giving a win to the Trump administration in a...
Yes, these events all happened in 2020
August 13, 2020 | 8:57pmFrom a deadly pandemic to a global movement for racial justice, the year 2020 experienced its fair share of world-shifting events.
Supreme Court blocks release of Russia probe documents
May 20, 2020 | 5:10pmThe Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked the House of Representatives from getting secret grand jury testimony of ex-special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. The court in an unsigned order...
Facebook’s new oversight board member made joke about Barron Trump during impeachment
May 7, 2020 | 5:14pmFacebook's new oversight board includes Pamela Karlan, who was lambasted earlier this year for her crude remark about President Trump's teen son Barron while testifying at the House impeachment hearings.
Why Trump was totally right to fire the intel inspector-general
April 8, 2020 | 7:24pmFiring the US intelligence community’s inspector general is a big deal. I should know. I was a former longtime Central Intelligence Agency official who blew the whistle on the Clinton...
Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine complaint
April 3, 2020 | 11:01pmWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community who handled the whistleblower complaint that triggered Trump's impeachment. Trump informed the Senate intelligence...
Impeachment a dire distraction from coronavirus for Trump: Devine
April 1, 2020 | 10:29pmIt’s obvious the Democrats’ impeachment obsession was a damaging distraction for President Trump, as Mitch McConnell says. That was the whole point of it. But what we now know is...
Connecticut man threatened to kill Rep. Schiff: feds
March 17, 2020 | 10:07amA Connecticut man has been charged with threatening to kill California Rep. Adam Schiff with his "bare hands," federal prosecutors said. Robert M. Phelps, 62, was charged Monday with threatening...
Upstate man charged over death threats against Schumer, Schiff
February 20, 2020 | 12:43pmSalvatore Lippa, 57, of Greece, a Rochester suburb, left profanity-laced voice messages for the two lawmakers, including a Jan. 23 threat to "put a bullet" in Schiff's head.
Trump slams impeachment witness after booting him
February 8, 2020 | 10:59amPresident Trump slammed the "very insubordinate" Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in a pair of tweets meant to justify the impeachment witness’s White House dismissal. “I don’t know him, never spoke...