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Newly released emails offer more details in timeline of pause to Ukraine aid
Shortly after President Donald Trump spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, Trump’s political appointees were already tasked with carrying out a freeze on security funding for Ukraine, newly released government documents show. “Based on guidance I have received and in light of the Administration’s plan to review...
Connecticut Senators and Representatives react to House vote on articles of impeachment
HARTFORD — President Donald Trump became the third President in US history to be impeached by the House of Representatives Wednesday evening. The House voted to adopt two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Read below some of the statements from Connecticut’s Senator’s and Representatives. Senator...
Defiant Trump rallies supporters as House impeaches him
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Defiant in the face of a historic rebuke, President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Michigan on Wednesday night as the House voted to impeach him, declaring, “It doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached.” Trump took the stage just minutes before he became the third president in U.S. history to be...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump’s calls to stop impeachment: ‘The President is not a lawyer’
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday weighed in on President Donald Trump’s assertion that the impeachment proceedings against him should stop, saying he “is not a lawyer.” The remarks from the 86-year-old justice came at an event in New York where she was awarded the Berggruen Institute Prize for Philosophy and Culture. She...
When is the impeachment vote? | Five quick impeachment questions answered
Author: TEGNA President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to become just the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. The House of Representatives is scheduled to debate and vote on two articles of impeachment Wednesday against the president. Here are five key questions and answers about this historic impeachment vote and where things...
WATCH LIVE: House begins debate and procedural action on impeachment vote
Author: LAURIE KELLMAN (NANCY BENAC, CALVIN WOODWARD, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press) A new chapter in American history is about to unfold on the House floor. Democrats are driving President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment Wednesday when they bring abuse and obstruction charges against him to a vote of the full...
House Democrats set to move one step closer to impeachment with Rules Committee vote
House Democrats are moving one step closer to impeaching President Donald Trump on Tuesday, shifting the intense partisan debate to the House rule-setting committee, which will guide the action ahead of Wednesday’s expected House floor vote. The House Rules Committee debate on the impeachment resolution included lengthy and at times...
Quinnipiac Poll: Trump approval rating hits high of 43%; More than half say he was pursuing his own personal interests in Ukraine
HAMDEN — President Trump scored the highest approval rating of his presidency in a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday, Pollsters said President Donald Trump matched his best job approval rating ever, as 43 percent of registered voters say they approve of the job he is doing, while 52 percent disapprove. In a statement, officials said,...
Schumer requests four witnesses, including Mulvaney and Bolton, in letter to McConnell about Senate impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made it clear in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Sunday night that he prefers a Senate impeachment trial with witness testimony and new documents, a direct rebuttal to top Republicans who have argued in recent days that a shorter trial without witnesses would spare the Senate from...
Schumer requests four witnesses, including Mulvaney and Bolton, in letter to McConnell about Senate impeachment trial
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made it clear in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Sunday night that he prefers a Senate impeachment trial with witness testimony and new documents, a direct rebuttal to top Republicans who have argued in recent days that a shorter trial without witnesses would spare the Senate from becoming a...
