Section: US & Canada
After Contentious Debate, House Judiciary Votes To Advance Articles of Impeachment Against Trump
Members of the House Judiciary Committee voted Friday morning to advance articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The move came after hours of debate on Wednesday and Thursday as the committee sparred over the merits of the articles, with Republicans introducing a series of amendments,...
Trump Impeachment Articles Sent To The House
In a historic vote, the House Judiciary Committee approved Friday articles of impeachment against President Trump, setting the stage for a House floor vote to impeach the President next week. The articles allege that the President abused his power in his scheme to pressure Ukraine to open investigations into his political rival, and that he...
Ukraine still has not received $20 million in US aid: report
Ukraine still has not received $20.2 million in U.S. military aid, even as House Democrats move forward with articles of impeachment against President Trump that are focused on withheld security assistance to Kyiv.The Los Angeles Times reported… …read more Source:: The...
In Your Face! Rudy Visits White House As Impeachment Of His Client Advances
President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani visited the White House on Friday morning, as the House Judiciary Committee advanced two articles of impeachment against his client. Giuliani reportedly intends to brief Trump on the results of his trip to Ukraine last week, where he met with Ukrainians hawking various forms of dirt on Democratic...
The Ulcer of Walter Flowers
The name Walter Flowers has vanished from historical memory. He was a conservative Democrat from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who served five almost entirely forgettable terms in Congress. He was first elected to the House in 1968 as an ally of George Wallace. He hung a Confederate flag on the wall in his Washington office and pinned an American flag on...
Mass Opioid Abuse Is ‘Destabilizing’ World’s Poorest Nations
(KAPURTHALA, India) — Reports rolled in with escalating urgency — pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists. These pills, the world has been told, are safer than the OxyContins, the Vicodins, the fentanyls that have wreaked so much devastation. But now they are the root of what the...
House committee to take historic vote on Trump impeachment
Author: Associated Press, Suzanne Nuyen, TEGNA The House Judiciary Committee is expected to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump after postponing a vote late Thursday night. The panel met for more than 14 hours through debate that split sharply along party lines. Thursday’s marathon session went until around...
Report: Portion Of Military Aid At Heart Of Impeachment Still Hasn’t Gotten To Ukraine
Millions of dollars in military aid that’s at the heart of the ongoing impeachment inquiry still has not yet reached Ukraine, the Los Angeles Times reported. More than $20 million of the $250 million the Pentagon is supposed to give to Ukraine remains in U.S. accounts, Department of Defense officials and Senate aides told the LA Times. It...
Giuliani: The Lawyer At The Center Of The Ukraine Affair, And The Path That Led There
A look back at the career of a central figure in the Ukraine affair: Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.(Image credit: John Taggart/Bloomberg via Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Judiciary Committee Restarts Marathon Debate, Before Voting on Impeachment
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee reconvenes Friday morning to vote on articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump. The committee recessed late Thursday after 14 hours of debate.The Democratic-controlled committee rebuffed Republican attempts Thursday to weaken or throw out the allegations and instead will vote on sending them to...
