The Democrats' Miserable Week
From Iowa to impeachment, Biden burnout to Trump triumph, the opposition party had itself a rough 7 days.
From Iowa to impeachment, Biden burnout to Trump triumph, the opposition party had itself a rough 7 days.
And whether it balances at all depends on some creative accounting. Meanwhile, it proposes $2 billion in new spending on the border wall.
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"These people are vicious," Trump said.
While some senators seemed to endorse that misbegotten claim, others explicitly rejected it.
While some Republicans conceded that the president acted inappropriately, they concluded that his conduct was not impeachable.
It won't change the result of Trump's impeachment trial. It matters anyway.
The president promised to protect Medicare and Social Security, America's biggest entitlement programs.
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Republicans should think twice before endorsing the dangerous myth that impeachment requires a criminal violation.
American manufacturing has been in a recession for the past year.
But he'll have to do more than coast on a few commendable pardons if he wants to prove he's serious.
President Donald Trump's schizophrenic approach to foreign policy was on full display during his State of the Union address tonight.
In his State of the Union address, the president promised to give an opportunity scholarship to a specific child who needed one.
The Senate majority leader announced he will acquit President Trump.
The president's would-be primary challengers fail to reach 2 percent, and are being out-fundraised a combined 230 to 1.
Schiff, in a broad final plea, seemed to zero in on moderate Republicans who might toe the party line.
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Starr urges senators to follow King's example and uphold "freedom and justice."
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While the president seems sincerely concerned about "very unfair" drug penalties, it's not clear whether he thinks his work in that area is done.
The courts may not strike it down. But it remains both illegal and deeply unjust.
The billionaire former three-term mayor of New York panders to Democratic loyalists rather than laying out a vision for a prosperous, tolerant America.
While Trump will almost certainly be acquitted within the next few days, impeachment might still damage him politically. And the long-term impact of this process will likely take a long time to unfold.
Impeachment managers in Trump's Senate trial have overplayed their hand by claiming that Ukrainians perished because he blocked aid from the country.
Trump's lawyer did not say a president "can do anything" to get re-elected, but he did say that goal cannot count as a corrupt motive.
GOP attacks on internet smut are heating up, but the porn industry has more practical threats to worry about.
A major constitutional clash is unfolding at SCOTUS.
The president likes things big, so that apparently applies to government budgets too.
The former national security advisor accuses prosecutors of misconduct—and says his former defense lawyers had conflicts of interest.
The Tariff Man doubles down on bad economics.
The framers of the Constitution were quite right that wars should be difficult to start and easy to end.
"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment."
The attempted muzzling of the former national security advisor is dubious.
Republicans are setting a dangerous precedent they may come to regret the next time a Democrat occupies the White House.
A new report shows federal budget deficits pushing past $1 trillion for the next decade.
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Politicians win, taxpayers lose.
"You must do what the Constitution compels you to do: reject these articles of impeachment, for the Constitution and for the American people," said White House counsel Pat Cipollone.
"Purely non-criminal conduct, including 'abuse of power' and 'obstruction of justice,' are outside the range of impeachable offenses," Dershowitz said.
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He also likens impeachment to "domestic war."
John Bolton's account of the Trump-ordered freeze on military aid to Ukraine highlights a contradiction at the heart of the president's defense.