World / Politics Feb 14, 2021

Trump is acquitted for second time even as seven Republicans vote to impeach

With most of Trump’s party coalescing around him, the 57-43 tally fell 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict.

World / Politics Jan 26, 2021

With impeachment trial looming, Republicans waver on punishing Trump

Few Republicans appeared ready to repudiate a leader who maintains broad sway over their party by joining Democrats in convicting him.

World / Politics Jan 20, 2021

McConnell says Capitol mob were 'fed lies' and ‘provoked by the president’

Many Republican senators have been waiting for a sign from the Senate majority leader before deciding whether to convict Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection.”

World / Politics Jan 12, 2021

House sets impeachment vote to charge Trump with incitement

The impeachment article invoked the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anyone who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the United States from holding future office.

World / Politics Oct 3, 2020

What if Trump can’t run? Many steps are clear, but some are not

U.S. President Donald Trump’s positive coronavirus test has raised the possibility, however remote, that he could become incapacitated or potentially die in office if his symptoms worsen. While that outcome remains highly unlikely, and few in Washington were willing to discuss it Friday, when Trump ...