Tag: Donald Trump

The attempt to discover the identity of the whistleblower who alleges President Donald Trump withheld military aid in exchange for a personal favor from Ukrainian officials undermines a critical element of our democracy. By law,…

You look at the picture and just can’t turn away. Doesn’t matter if you’re Democrat or Republican; if you’re a woman, it’s simply amazing. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is staring down President Trump in…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held off Tuesday night from scheduling a vote of the full House on whether to authorize the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. The vote would be little more than…

Most Americans agree that President Donald Trump lies a lot, and the president knows that they think he’s dishonest. Still, he’s betting he can again paint his opponents as even less trustworthy than he is.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Constitution gives the House “the sole power of impeachment” — but it confers that authority without an instruction manual. Now comes the battle royal over exactly what it means. In…

Ever since Brexiters and Donald Trump won in 2016, the world’s big-picture political story has been that democracy is under siege. This summer, Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazil, Narenda Modi’s Kashmir crackdown and dramatic electoral…

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke Saturday night of the solemn duty of the House of Representatives to proceed with “prayerful and careful” inquiry into impeaching President Donald Trump, or risk losing…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington plunged into an impeachment crisis today, as House Democrats opened an investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign season dealings with Ukraine. Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s president to look into Democratic rival…

On Monday, a letter to the editor stated global warming is a bunch of hooey and that decrying its dangers is like “Chicken Little telling us that the sky is falling.” The contributor is a…

The firestorm over President Trump’s conversation with the president of Ukraine — and a seemingly related complaint by a whistleblower in the intelligence community — appears to be shifting some Democrats’ attitudes toward impeachment. By…