Stephen Dinan

Gretchen Whitmer in Democrats State of the Union response: Trump spreads ‘dishonesty’

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, delivering Democrats' official response to President Trump Tuesday night, said he spread 'dishonesty and division' and complained he's done little more than "bullying people on twitter."

February 4, 2020

Maxine Waters, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a few other Democrats refuse to attend State of the Union

They impeached him. They are still trying to remove him. They vow to continue investigating him.

February 4, 2020

Veronica Escobar, Gretchen Whitmer State of the Union responses to raise Donald Trump impeachment

Democrats will raise the issue of impeachment directly to voters in their responses to President Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, with Rep. Veronica Escobar saying he broke the law and demanding Congress "defend our republic."

February 4, 2020

Joe Manchin suggests Senate would vote to censure Trump, not remove him from office

Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat from a red state, said Monday he believed President Trump should be censured, which would show a strong rebuke of the president's actions.

February 3, 2020

Elizabeth Warren, House Democrats bungling of impeachment helped shutdown trial: Republicans

Democrats were never likely to get enough votes to convict President Trump in the impeachment trial, but Republicans said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her party made a number of unforced errors that made it that much easier to shut the trial down.

February 2, 2020

Elizabeth Warren helped save Trump with impeachment question: Ted Cruz

Sen. Elizabeth Warren helped cement President Trump's likely impeachment acquittal with one of the questions she posed during trial, according to Sen. Ted Cruz.

February 1, 2020

How kids are conscripted troops in the cartels’ war on the border

There is a surge of fake families crossing the southwestern border in recent years, straining U.S. generosity and subjecting children to horrific abuse.

February 1, 2020

Chief Justice Roberts rejects Democrats’ effort to be roped into impeachment

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. rejected Democratic efforts to rope him into possibly playing an active role in the impeachment trial of President Trump, saying he will not cast any tie-breaking votes.

January 31, 2020

Senate sets Wednesday acquittal vote in Trump impeachment trial

Senators defeated a last-ditch effort by Democrats to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Trump Friday evening, then approved a final schedule that will force a vote Wednesday on Mr. Trump's fate.

January 31, 2020

Senate rejects impeachment witnesses, clearing path to acquit Trump

Republican senators shut down calls Friday to hear witnesses against President Trump, matching Democrats' "half-baked, slapdash" impeachment in the House with the most abbreviated trial in Senate history.

January 31, 2020

Trump expands travel ban to six new countries

President Trump signed an order Friday expanding his travel ban to six new countries, targeting nations the government says pose a threat because they don't issue electronic passports or don't do enough to share information with American authorities to vet their citizens looking to travel.

January 31, 2020

Lisa Murkowski to oppose impeachment witnesses; GOP can close trial

Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday she will vote against extending the impeachment trial to hear witnesses, saying it's become clear President Trump can't get a fair trial no matter what.

January 31, 2020

Democrats demand impeachment continue after New York Times report

House Democrats pleaded with senators Friday to extend the impeachment trial of President Trump into next week and beyond, saying new press reports about Mr. Trump's efforts to rope Ukraine into investigating a political enemy must be fully pursued.

January 31, 2020

Supreme Court schedules Trump tax returns case for March 31

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in late March on President Trump's attempt to keep his financial records secret, the justices said Friday as they revealed more of their calendar for the year.

January 31, 2020

Ted Cruz calls for coronavirus travel ban on China

Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday that the U.S. should impose a travel ban on flights to and from China, and new screening at all U.S. airports to try to weed out those who might be contagious with the new coronavirus.

January 31, 2020

Jerry Nadler steals Adam Schiff closing in impeachment trial

Tensions within House Democrats' impeachment team appeared to boil over onto the Senate floor Thursday night as Rep. Jerrold Nadler ran to the lectern to deliver the final answer of the night, pushing by Rep. Adam Schiff, who's been the party's point man for the Senate trial.

January 30, 2020

Susan Collins to vote for witnesses in impeachment trial

Sen. Susan Collins became the first Republican to confirm she will vote to demand witnesses testify at the impeachment trial of President Trump.

January 30, 2020

Lamar Alexander to vote ‘no’ on impeachment witnesses

Sen. Lamar Alexander said Thursday he doesn't see the need for more witnesses in the impeachment of President Trump, saying the president's fate should be decided by voters, not Congress.

January 30, 2020

‘Public charge’ rule takes effect Feb. 24, DHS says

President Trump's new rule penalizing legal immigrants seeking permanent status for using welfare will go into effect Feb. 24, Homeland Security officials announced late Thursday.

January 30, 2020

Joe Biden opposed witnesses in 1999 impeachment memo

Then-Sen. Joseph R. Biden wrote in 1999 that the Senate could refuse to hear witnesses in an impeachment trial, according to a memo the president's legal team read on the Senate floor Thursday.

January 30, 2020