Section: US & Canada
US House Votes to Formally Open Impeachment Inquiry Targeting Trump
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize a public impeachment inquiry targeting President Donald Trump after weeks of testimony behind closed doors about his efforts to push Ukraine to investigate his political opponents.The vote was along party lines, 232-196 for the impeachment inquiry, with all...
Trump’s Claims About Fighting Corruption Are a Joke
In February of 2017, just a few weeks into President Donald Trump’s reign, GOP legislators employed powers granted to them under the 1996 Congressional Review Act (CRA)—a legislative tactic described, charitably, as “rarely used”—to repeal a number of rules and regulations established by federal agencies, with a laser focus on those enacted...
The Party-Line Impeachment
Legally, the passage of a House resolution on the impeachment inquiry on Thursday doesn’t mean much. Democrats have already launched the inquiry, and a federal judge ruled last week that they didn’t need to have a vote.But it’s not clear that the resolution had much political effect, either. The final vote on the resolution was...
2020 Democrats applaud House vote on impeachment procedures
Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are lauding the House’s Thursday vote to approve procedures on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump over his dealings with Ukraine.The … …read more Source:: The...
Trump impeachment: House passes resolution on inquiry rules, public hearings
The fast-moving impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, stemming from the president’s dealings with Ukraine, involves numerous hearings, depositions and subpoenas of present and former top administration officials and other figures — and more than a few presidential tweets. Follow us here for all of the latest breaking news and...
House Passes Impeachment Procedures Measure, Setting Stage For Public Hearings
A resolution outlining the next steps in the House impeachment inquiry passed in a largely party line 232-196 floor vote Thursday. The resolution paves the way for open hearings in the inquiry, as Democrats prepare to present to the public what their investigation into President Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign has yielded. It also comes...
House Advances Impeachment Proceedings Against Trump
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to formally advance impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump amid allegations that he improperly leveraged his position to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the Democratic frontrunners in the 2020 election. The vote passed 232–196, with the tally mostly falling on...
Bad Arguments for Limiting Speech
In a Washington Post op-ed titled “Why America Needs a Hate Speech Law,” Richard Stengel, who once edited Time, begins by recalling, “When I was a journalist, I loved Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.’s assertion that the Constitution and the First Amendment are not just about protecting ‘free thought for those who agree with us but freedom...
Ukraine’s State Gas Company, Struggling To Reform, Is Pulled Into U.S. Impeachment Politics
By several measures, Naftogaz, which has a monopoly on gas transiting Ukraine, has made progress in cleaning up its operations. A criminal indictment against two U.S. businessmen, and the impeachment turmoil roiling Washington, isn’t exactly helping. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Bullock says Giuliani should be ‘behind bars’
Presidential hopeful and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) said Wednesday that President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani should be “behind bars” over his dealings with Ukraine.”As [state] attorney general, I saw… …read more Source:: The...
