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McGahn Is a No-Show, and Now Come the Consequences

'We will hold this President accountable—one way or the other,' says House Judiciary chair

(Newser) - The lines were drawn Tuesday as former White House counsel Don McGahn defied a subpoena to testify in front of the House Judiciary committee, as expected . Also as expected, House Democrats indicated they would move to hold him in contempt. "Let me be clear. This committee will hear Mr....

Justin Amash Could Be a Huge Problem for Trump

He's rumored to be planning a run as a Libertarian

(Newser) - Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan isn't likely to win any popularity contests among his fellow Republicans after saying President Trump engaged in "impeachable conduct" —and he may struggle to win the GOP nomination in his district this year. State Rep. Jim Lower says he plans to challenge...

Dems Talk Impeachment After McGahn Defies Subpoena

Nadler slams Trump's 'lawless conduct'

(Newser) - House Democrats are facing yet another attempt by President Trump to stonewall their investigations, this time with former White House counsel Donald McGahn defying a subpoena for his testimony on orders from the White House, the AP reports. A lawyer for McGahn said he would follow the president's directive...

GOP Lawmaker Calls Trump Actions 'Impeachable'

Rep. Justin Amash speaks out on Twitter

(Newser) - A Republican congressman from Michigan on Saturday became the first member of President Donald Trump's party on Capitol Hill to accuse him of engaging in "impeachable conduct" stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller's lengthy investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the AP reports. But...

Pelosi Adds New Idea to Impeachment Debate

A way to say 'impeachment' without doing it?

(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has introduced a new concept into the debate over President Donald Trump's actions: "self-impeaching." As Trump all but goads Democrats into impeachment proceedings, viewing the showdown as potentially valuable for his 2020 re-election campaign, Democrats appear to be showing restraint. Their investigations are...

Pelosi Reveals Her 2020 Fear
Pelosi Reveals Her 2020 Fear
May 5, 2019 12:35 PM CDT

Pelosi Reveals Her 2020 Fear

The House speaker talks Trump, impeachment, and elections

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi doesn't just want President Trump to lose in 2020—she wants him to lose big enough that he can't challenge the outcome. "We have to inoculate against that, we have to be prepared for that," she tells the New York Times . Similar thinking consumed...

One Problem With Trump's Threat to Take It to SCOTUS

President tweets that he'd take any impeachment attempt to Supreme Court

(Newser) - President Trump tweeted Wednesday he'll go directly to the Supreme Court "if the partisan Dems" ever try to impeach him. But Trump's strategy could run into a roadblock: the high court itself, which said in 1993 that the framers of the Constitution didn't intend for the...

Pelosi Urges Dems to Hold Off on Impeachment

'This isn't about Democrats or Republicans. It's about saving our democracy'

(Newser) - Democratic lawmakers eager to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the wake of the Mueller report were disappointed Monday night. Sources tell the Washington Post that in a conference call with lawmakers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior Democrats said there were no immediate plans for impeachment. The...

Democrats&#39; Big Question: Now What?
Democrats Divided on
Impeachment Question
THE RUNDOWN
Apr 19, 2019 6:47 AM CDT

Democrats Divided on Impeachment Question

They're debating next step after Mueller release

(Newser) - To impeach or not impeach? That is the question Democrats are pondering after the release of the Mueller report. Democrats are split on whether to use the report's findings to impeach the president or campaign against him in 2020, the Wall Street Journal reports. Left-wing Democrats including Rep. Alexandria...

Pelosi Says Trump 'Not Worth' Impeaching

House speaker is 'not for impeachment'

(Newser) - Impeach Trump? Not under Nancy Pelosi's watch. "I’m not for impeachment," the House speaker told the Washington Post in a wide-ranging interview. "This is news. I’m going to give you some news right now because I haven’t said this to any press person...

Atlantic Makes Bold Case Against Trump

New cover features a giant word: 'Impeach'

(Newser) - The Hill calls it "striking" and Mediaite goes further with "stunning." Whatever the adjective, the new cover of the Atlantic is definitely a talker. It features a giant word in red capital letters: "Impeach." Underneath that: "It's time for Congress to judge the...

Rep. Sorry for 'Distraction' Caused by Trump Vulgarity

But Rashida Tlaib says she's not sorry about being upset

(Newser) - Rep. Rashida Tlaib is sorry—not for referring to President Trump as a "motherf--ker," nor for calling for his impeachment, but for causing a "distraction" when there were more pressing issues to focus on, especially the government shutdown. The newly sworn-in Michigan Democrat said Tuesday that she...

Ocasio-Cortez Jumps Into the Fray Over Vulgar Word

Rep. Rashida Tlaib got it started on Friday

(Newser) - Washington is fighting about everything—why not dirty words? On Saturday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed "Republican hypocrisy" amid outcry over a vulgarity uttered by her fellow congresswoman Thursday night, the Washington Post reports. Rep. Rashida Tlaib's remark that "we're gonna impeach the motherf---er" (guess who that'...

New Rep. Who Called Trump a Vulgarity Digs Her Heels In

Rep. Rashida Tlaib doesn't back down

(Newser) - Rep. Rashida Tlaib's second day on the job ended up being ... interesting. That's thanks to a widely reported comment she made at a Thursday night event: "We're gonna impeach the motherf---er," the obscenity being a reference to the president. On Friday, the Michigan Democrat was...

Trump Hits Back on Impeachment Talk

Claims 'most successful first two years of any president'

(Newser) - "[I've] done nothing wrong," was President Trump's response to impeachment talk that made headlines on the first day of a new Congress Thursday. Calling himself "the most popular Republican in party history," Trump brushed off the idea of impeachment as ridiculous in Friday tweets,...

New Rep. Issues Vulgar Call for Trump Impeachment

Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib didn't hold back

(Newser) - Some Democrats have adopted a cautious tone when discussing the possible impeachment of President Trump. And then there's Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. The new congresswoman called for Trump's impeachment in a Detroit Free Press op-ed Thursday, and did so again using very different language that night, ABC News...

Nixon Lawyer: Expect Impeachment Proceedings

John Dean says Congress has 'little choice' but to get them started

(Newser) - President Trump suggests that the flurry of late court filings Friday related to the Robert Mueller investigation "totally clears" him . But a man with familiarity in such things has a different view: "I think what this totality of today's filings show (is) that the House is going...

House Dems Prepare to Take on Trump
The Blue Wave 'Hit a Red Wall'
ELECTION 2018
Nov 7, 2018 6:03 AM CST

The Blue Wave 'Hit a Red Wall'

Democrats prepare to take on Trump

(Newser) - Tuesday's midterm elections gave Democrats control of the House and Republicans control of the Senate, a result more than one analyst has likened to a blue wave hitting a red wall. Politico predicts that with the Democrats controlling one house of Congress and the GOP "stranglehold" on power...

Trump: I Can&#39;t Be Impeached, I&#39;m Doing a Great Job
Trump: I Can't Be Impeached,
I'm Doing a Great Job
INTERVIEW
Aug 31, 2018 7:01 AM CDT

Trump: I Can't Be Impeached, I'm Doing a Great Job

He says Sessions will be safe until the midterms

(Newser) - President Trump gave Bloomberg an interview Thursday that was a doozy even by Trumpian standards. Among other things, he insisted he couldn't be impeached because he is "doing a great job," defended his controversial handling of John McCain's death—and threatened to pull the United States...

Hillary Clinton: Here&#39;s What McCain Found &#39;Heartbreaking&#39;
Hillary Clinton:
Here's What
McCain Found
'Heartbreaking'
sunday talk shows
Aug 26, 2018 12:50 PM CDT

Hillary Clinton: Here's What McCain Found 'Heartbreaking'

And other thoughts around the Sunday talk show dial

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton appeared on NBC's Meet the Press with praise for her longtime colleague and political rival, the late Sen. John McCain—who "really understood in the marrow of his bones what it meant to be an American," she says, per the Hill . "He knew that...

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