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    House Votes to Send Trump Impeachment to Senate for Trial
    Jan15

    House Votes to Send Trump Impeachment to Senate for Trial

    The U.S. House voted Wednesday to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate and approve House prosecutors for only the third impeachment trial in American history. The nearly party-line vote moved Trump’s impeachment from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic-run House to the Republican-majority Senate,...

    House Staff ‘Furious’ After State Dept. Abruptly Cancels Security Briefing
    Jan15

    House Staff ‘Furious’ After State Dept. Abruptly Cancels Security Briefing

    Questions surrounding the specific intelligence regarding the Trump administration’s claim that there was an “imminent” threat to four U.S. embassies aren’t any closer to being answered after the State Department reportedly canceled a classified congressional briefing scheduled for Wednesday morning. Within the past week, Trump...

    Meet The House Impeachment Managers
    Jan15

    Meet The House Impeachment Managers

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday introduced the impeachment managers who will be making the case to the Senate to convict and remove President Trump. The House will approve their selection in a floor vote later on Wednesday, the final necessary step before the House transmits its impeachment articles to the Senate. Here is a look at who is...

    The Perils of Going Negative
    Jan15

    The Perils of Going Negative

    Julian Castro roamed the Spin Room after Thursday night’s debate like Banquo’s Ghost.The former presidential candidate, who has quickly morphed into an enthusiastic pitchman for Elizabeth Warren, should have been a walking reminder of what happens to candidates who go for the jugular in debates.He eviscerated Beto O’Rourke...

    ‘Crazy Shit’: Connecticut Landscaper Snooped On Ukraine Envoy With Giuliani Buddy
    Jan15

    ‘Crazy Shit’: Connecticut Landscaper Snooped On Ukraine Envoy With Giuliani Buddy

    The already bonkers Ukraine scandal took on another level of absurdity on Wednesday night when the House released texts suggesting that a Connecticut landscaping contractor surveilled U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch last year. Hartford County landscaping contractor Robert F. Hyde sent updates on Yovanovitch’s whereabouts to...

    Iranian President Rouhani Appeals for ‘National Unity’ After Protests
    Jan15

    Iranian President Rouhani Appeals for ‘National Unity’ After Protests

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for “national unity” Wednesday after an eruption of protests over Iran’s downing of a Ukrainian International Airlines plane.Iran initially said mechanical problems caused the commercial jetliner to go down, before admitting days later that Iranian military personnel mistakenly shot down...

    ‘Today, the American Soldier is in Danger, Tomorrow the European Soldier Could Be,’ Warns Iran’s President Rouhani
    Jan15

    ‘Today, the American Soldier is in Danger, Tomorrow the European Soldier Could Be,’ Warns Iran’s President Rouhani

    (TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran’s president warned Wednesday that European soldiers in the Mideast “could be in danger” after three nations challenged Tehran over breaking the limits of its nuclear deal. Tehran’s top diplomat meanwhile acknowledged that Iranians “were lied to” for days following the Islamic Republic’s accidental shoot...

    Pelosi Names Schiff, Nadler as Prosecutors for Impeachment Trial
    Jan15

    Pelosi Names Schiff, Nadler as Prosecutors for Impeachment Trial

    Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday named two House chairmen who led President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry as prosecutors for Trump’s Senate trial. Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who led the probe, and Judiciary Chair Rep. Jerrold Nadler, whose committee approved the impeachment articles, as among the managers of...

    Pelosi Names Impeachment Prosecutors, Triggering Senate Trial
    Jan15

    Pelosi Names Impeachment Prosecutors, Triggering Senate Trial

    REUTERSThe team of House Democratic lawmakers who will act as prosecutors in the impeachment trial of President Trump was formally introduced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an announcement on Wednesday morning.The speaker named seven so-called “impeachment managers” who will take up the case, outlined in the two articles of impeachment that the House...

    Pelosi Announces House Manager Team Led By Schiff, Nadler
    Jan15

    Pelosi Announces House Manager Team Led By Schiff, Nadler

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the seven members of her caucus who will serve as impeachment managers in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump. They are: House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) Rp. Val Demings (D-FL) Rep. Zoe Logren (D-CA) Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) Rep. Sylva Garcia...