Nancy Pelosi names Schiff and Nadler as prosecutors for Trump impeachment
Speaker Nancy Pelosi named House prosecutors for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Wednesday ahead of votes to send the charges to the Senate, even as new information about the president's Ukraine efforts intensified pressure for more witnesses. The seven-member prosecution team will be led ...
The Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven days with key players sworn in later this week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. McConnell, a Republican senator from Kentucky, said he expected the House of Representatives to send ...
Regime change quest suspected as Trump seizes on new Iran protests
With presidential tweets in Persian and stern warnings to the regime, Donald Trump's administration is rallying behind the latest protests in Iran — and renewing suspicions that his real goal is regime change. Just a week ago, massive crowds took to the streets in Iran ...
Nancy Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment articles to Senate
After weeks of delay and strategizing, the U.S. House is planning to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate to start the trial on removing him from office. Speaker Nancy Pelosi met privately Tuesday at the Capitol ...
Nancy Pelosi says Mitch McConnell seeks 'cover-up' of Trump impeachment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was "unusual" for her counterpart in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to back a resolution aimed at dismissing the impeachment case against President Donald Trump. "Dismissing is a cover-up," Pelosi said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." McConnell on Friday ...
Mitch McConnell can start impeachment trial, delay on witnesses
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to have secured enough Republican votes to start President Donald Trump's impeachment trial but postpone a decision on witnesses or documents that Democrats want. McConnell is expected to launch the trial as soon as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends ...
John Bolton roils Trump impeachment trial, saying he’d speak if subpoenaed
Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said Monday he would testify if subpoenaed during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate, complicating Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan for swift proceedings with no witnesses. "I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena ...
Trump faces firestorm after identifying alleged whistleblower on Twitter
Donald Trump faced calls from his own party to show more restraint on Twitter amid a storm of outrage Sunday over the president revealing the name of a man widely thought to be the whistleblower who triggered his impeachment. Criticism has been growing since Trump ...
Former Trump adviser John Bolton warns of 'imminent' North Korea risk
Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Monday sharply criticized President Donald Trump's North Korea policy, warning that the Asian country posed an "imminent" threat. "The risk to U.S. forces & our allies is imminent & more effective policy is required before NK has ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he was not ruling out calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial — but indicated he was in no hurry to seek new testimony either — as lawmakers remain at an impasse over the form ...
House Democrats laid out their impeachment case against President Donald Trump to be voted on Wednesday in a sweeping report accusing him of betraying the nation and deserving to be ousted, as key lawmakers began to signal where they stand ahead of this week's ...
Trump impeachment showdown looms as Democrats seek to shape Senate trial and call witnesses
U.S. Democrats signaled Monday they were girding for battle over witnesses and fair process in the Senate trial of Donald Trump, days ahead of a historic House vote on impeaching the president for abuse of office and obstruction of Congress. Even as Trump faces disgrace ...
