Is Trump's Whataboutism Defense Enough Cover For GOP Acquittal?
In a combative but brief showing, former president Trump's defense team highlighted past uses of fight metaphors by Democratic politicians to suggest the president's rally speech didn't incite the ins...
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Democrats Tell Senators A Conviction Could Prevent Future Violence
The House impeachment managers concluded their case against Donald Trump by characterizing a Senate conviction as a way to prevent of future violence — a warning to future presidents who might be also...
12 Helmi 202116min
Democrats Ground Case Against Trump In Jarring Insurrection Videos
The Democratic impeachment managers played a series of graphic videos demonstrating just how close senators came to encountering violent extremists inside the Capitol. Soon, those senators will have t...
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56 Votes Is Enough To Continue Trump's Trial—But Short Of What's Needed To Convict
Six Republicans voted with Democrats that it is constitutional to try a former president in the Senate after he or she has left office. But it would take another 11 in order to convict him on the impe...
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What To Know About Trump's Second Impeachment Trial
The impeachment trial gets underway tomorrow. A new brief suggests that Trump's lawyers will defend him on both process and substance. And a vote to convict the former president always seemed unlikely...
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Weekly Roundup: February 5th
In his first major foreign policy address since assuming office, President Biden promised that the country would once again be a reliable ally to its partners. And Kamala Harris faces a common vice pr...
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Is Impeachment About More Than Removal? Depends Who You Ask
The question is at the center of next week's impeachment trial in the Senate, which begins Tuesday. Donald Trump's defense team says you can't vote to remove a president who is already gone. House Imp...
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GOP Weighs Who To Punish: Conspiracy Theorist And/Or Impeachment Supporter
Liz Cheney is the third-ranking House Republican; she voted for President Trump's second impeachment. Marjorie Taylor Greene is a freshman lawmaker who pushes a range of wild conspiracies. Their Repub...
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