Section: US & Canada
The Stakes of the Senate’s Impeachment Trial Couldn’t Be Higher
The first impeachment of Donald Trump was an act of self-preservation by Democrats. The second is an act of self-preservation by Congress.In 2019, the Democratic congressional leadership initially resisted the cries for impeachment that had been building since the party gained control of the House of Representatives; Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
New Congresswoman Vows to Stand Against Radical Agenda of Leftist ‘Squad’
Freshman Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., is one of several new members of Congress who have formed the “Freedom Force.” The group of conservative Republican leaders says it will stand against the far-left agenda being promoted by the so-called squad led by fellow New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal Democrats. Malliotakis is...
Mitt Romney claims ‘truth and justice’ require Senate to hold impeachment trial against Trump
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) claimed Sunday that the Senate will conduct a second impeachment trial against now-former President Donald Trump in order to uphold “truth and justice.”What did Romney say?Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Romney told show host Chris Wallace that an impeachment trial is necessary to hold...
Romney says that Trump impeachment trial is ‘constitutional’ and needed ‘for accountability, truth, and justice’
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Sen. Mitt Romney says that a Senate impeachment trial held after Trump’s departure is constitutional. The House impeached Trump for “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the Capitol riots. Romney voted to convict Trump of abuse of power in the...
Ted Cruz’s ‘Pittsburgh over Paris’ campaign shows us just how dumb the Biden years are going to be
Getty In response to Biden re-entering the US into the Paris climate agreement, GOP Sen. Ted Cruz has launched a “Pittsburgh over Paris” campaign. Cruz says that Biden rejoining the Paris agreement will cost the citizens of Pittsburgh jobs, but the idea makes no sense and is just another bad faith attempt at scoring political points....
Belarus police arrest 100 in renewed protests
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in the capital of Belarus arrested about 100 people who formed human chains in demonstrations calling for the authoritarian president to resign. A police statement said the chains of up to 30 people were formed throughout Minsk. It did not give an exact number of detainees. The demonstrators held red-and-white flags...
GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy says that ‘everybody across this country has some responsibility’ for Capitol riots
President Donald Trump speaks as he joined by House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy in the Rose Garden of the White House on January 4, 2019 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a recent interview that “everybody across this country” is to blame for the Capitol riots....
White supremacists are building international networks to spread their violent ideology
During the past two years, U.S. counterterrorism officials held meetings with their European counterparts to discuss an emerging threat: right-wing terror groups becoming increasingly global in their reach. American neo-Nazis were traveling to train and fight with militias in the Ukraine. There were suspected links between U.S. extremists and the...
Trial ahead, Trump turns to ethics lawyer for his defence
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Butch Bowers is used to defending public officials in ethics cases. But he’s never faced anything quite like this. It’s up to Bowers, a South Carolina elections and ethics lawyer, to rise and defend Donald Trump as the Senate plunges next week into an impeachment trial unlike any other, centred on accusations that the...
QAnon congresswoman announces ‘I’ve just filed Articles of Impeachment’ on Joe Biden – over debunked conspiracy theory
U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) says she’s “just filed Articles of Impeachment on President Joe Biden.” I just filed Articles of Impeachment on President @JoeBiden. pic.twitter.com/mcwEEkKiHL — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) January 21, 2021Rep. Greene, better known as the QAnon Congresswoman for her...
