In Impeachment Trial, Both Sides Make Final Pitch on Conviction vs. Acquittal
The White House legal team and House managers made their closing arguments today in the Senate impeachment trial. With an acquittal looking almost certain after Friday's vote against witnesses and evi...
3 Feb 202013min
Special Episode: On The Ground in Iowa
In this special episode of the NPR Politics Podcast, Scott Detrow travels to candidate events around the state of Iowa days and speaks with our campaign reporters about the themes of the race in the d...
3 Feb 202027min
NPR Politics Live From Des Moines: The Road To 2020
This is a special episode, recorded in front of a live audience at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines, IA on Friday, January 31. The cast breaks down everything you need to know about the upcoming Iowa ...
1 Feb 202042min
Witness Vote Fails, But Impeachment Trial Stretches To Next Week
The Senate adjourned for the weekend, but the impeachment trial of President Trump is not over. Senators voted not to hear from new witnesses on Friday — a move Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called it...
1 Feb 202014min
Questions of Foreign Interference Continue as Trial Moves Closer to Vote on Witnesses
Close to a vote on whether to include witnesses, the White House legal team continued to defend its argument that the president sometimes has authority to ask foreign powers to investigate political r...
31 Jan 202015min
Trump Legal Team Says Quid Pro Quo In Pursuit Of Reelection Isn't Impeachable
The point was made by Alan Dershowitz, one of the president's attorneys: "If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of q...
30 Jan 202012min
President's Defense Team Concludes Arguments in Impeachment Trial
President Trump's impeachment defense team concluded their arguments with time to spare Tuesday. White House counsel Pat Cipollone said the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstructio...
28 Jan 202013min
John Bolton Casts Shadow Over Trump Impeachment Defense
As President Trump's legal team continues their case for acquittal, a report in The New York Times about an alleged conversation between Trump and Bolton — contained in a draft of the former national ...
28 Jan 202014min
