Democrats Overwhelmingly Vote to Give Trump's People More Spying Power
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"I have learned many things that I did not know at the time of the events in question," the former special envoy to Ukraine testified.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's testimony undermines the White House's defense that the president was focused on anti-corruption efforts.
Rep. Justin Amash and some progressive lawmakers are trying to block it, but most Democrats seem happy to hand more spying powers to a president they are investigating for abusing his power.
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They should scrap other Certificate of Need laws too.
The legendary jurist and champion of "originalism" who withdrew his name from Supreme Court consideration weighs in on Donald Trump's impeachment, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and his upcoming PBS series on the Constitution.
Faced with a president they find repulsive to the core and with unfunded future payment obligations in the many trillions, Democrats think now is the time to really unleash Washington.
Trump's first Supreme Court pick is better on civil liberties than his critics want to admit.
Whether you think of his pressure on Ukraine as bribery, extortion, or simply an abuse of power, the link between military aid and politically beneficial investigations is crucial.
The legislation would require warrants for extended surveillance, but look at what it explicitly OKs.
Meanwhile, Andrew Napolitano thinks Trump "pretty clearly" violated criminal bribery laws
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GOP House members, meanwhile, continue to push back against witnesses who say Trump broke the rules.
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The new federal ban on animal cruelty converts the Commerce Clause into a general police power.
No, President Trump cannot invoke his Sixth Amendment rights in connection with House impeachment proceedings
35 states have laws that let established businesses block new businesses. This hurts consumers.
It's probably true that there is no magic ratio of legislators to constituents. Still, do Californians need more representation?
The Trump administration's justification for rescinding DACA relies heavily on the claim that the program is illegal. But it's not.
Laura Cooper told congressional investigators that legally freezing aid requires Trump to notify Congress.
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Trump pushed for investigations "into the Bidens" in exchange for a meeting with Ukraine, according to new transcripts from the impeachment inquiry
"POTUS wanted nothing less than President Zelenskiy to go to [a] microphone and say investigations, Biden, and Clinton," George Kent testified.
Officer Marcos Rodriguez asked a woman to coffee after nearly hitting her. Then he showed up to her apartment in uniform.
Yes, Trump (and everybody else) has a right to face their accusers when they’re charged with crimes. But that hasn’t actually happened.
After complaining about a lack of transparency, the senator declared that he will not read any impeachment transcripts.
Some 76 percent of Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment that prohibits the state from imposing any income tax.
A state law allows counties to effectively steal homes over unpaid taxes and keep the excess revenue for their own budgets.
His desperate attempt to stop a grand jury from seeing his tax returns invokes kingly powers that would put the president above the law.
Gordon Sondland said he now remembers conveying that military aid would be withheld until Ukrainian President Zelenskiy complied with Trump's demands.
People need to stop blaming their problems on Facebook and Twitter.
"Let me just say that I think that American elections should be for Americans to decide," said Marie Yovanovitch.
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If, at the end of all this, President Mike Pence sits behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office, what has been accomplished?
The ruling is a continuation of the same case in which the federal Supreme Court ruled that the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment is "incorporated" against state governments and applies to asset forfeitures.
Why Congress should abolish the ethanol mandate.
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Clear your calendars for the rest of the election.
The senator took a lot of heat five years ago for being anti-interventionist in Syria yet pro-war against ISIS.
How the FDA lost, and gained, jurisdiction over cigarettes -- to a Newfoundland fishing-boat tune