White House inadvertently sends Ukraine talking points to Democrats
The White House on Wednesday inadvertently sent out its GOP talking points on President Trump's Ukrainian phone call to House Democrats.Aaron Fritschner, the communications director for Rep. Don Beyer...
View ArticleDemocratic committee chairmen: Ukraine call transcript 'damning'
The chairmen of four congressional committees slammed the partial transcript of a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released by the White House on...
View ArticlePelosi focused on narrow impeachment probe on Ukraine: report
House Democratic leaders emerged from a meeting Wednesday with a general consensus on framing the impeachment inquiry around President Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine's president to investigate...
View ArticleDemocrats' trust in Congress surges amid Republican drop: Gallup
Partisan trust in Congress has shifted in the past year, according to a new poll, with Democrats now saying they're more trusting of the legislative body and Republicans saying they’re less so. The...
View ArticleTrump slams Pelosi over impeachment: 'She really has lost her way'
President Trump railed against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) one day after she announced formal impeachment proceedings against him, claiming the Democratic leader has been taken over by the...
View ArticleAl Green says calling for impeachment 'worth it' despite death threats
The first Democrat to call for the impeachment of President Trump says it was "worth it" despite of death threats he received. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) told BuzzFeed News that he feels "vindicated"...
View ArticleHouse tables privileged resolution disapproving of Pelosi on impeachment
The House on Wednesday tabled a privileged resolution introduced by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) disapproving of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) decision to move forward with a...
View ArticleJeffries to Trump: 'You can run but you cannot hide'
House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) blasted President Trump on Twitter after the president demanded an apology for the House’s planned impeachment inquiry.“Apologize? NEVER. Abuse of...
View ArticleDemocrats debate scope of Trump impeachment
House Democrats are debating whether to focus their impeachment inquiry almost exclusively on President Trump pressuring Ukraine’s leader to try to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden.But...
View ArticleCentrist Democrats fret over impeachment gamble
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) remarkable move to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Trump escalates the tensions between the parties — and marks a huge gamble by House Democrats...
View ArticleDemocrats express alarm over whistleblower complaint, but offer few details
Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday offered broad descriptions of the whistleblower complaint at the center of the Trump-Ukraine scandal, describing the document as both...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez on impeachment: 'I think the ground has shifted'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday the “ground has shifted” in terms of support for a possible impeachment of President Trump. The freshman congresswoman said new allegations about...
View ArticlePelosi left draft of Trump impeachment speech on the plane
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) left a draft of her speech announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump on a plane during a flight back to Washington, D.C., earlier this week. Pelosi...
View ArticleHouse Democrat: 'Deeply troubling' whistleblower report has...
Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said early Thursday that the whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump's interactions with the leader of Ukraine...
View ArticleREAD: The declassified whistleblower complaint
The House Intelligence Committee on Thursday released a declassified version of a whistleblower complaint detailing allegations about President Trump's contacts with Ukraine's president.Congress was...
View ArticleHouse GOP lawmaker: Trump conversation with Ukraine leader 'not OK'
Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on Thursday that President Trump's conversation with Ukraine's leader, during which Trump urged him to open an...
View ArticleActing DNI Maguire describes 'cyber war' as greatest threat to the...
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire on Thursday testified that cyber threats are the most significant risks the nation faces and noted that the protection of U.S. election systems...
View ArticlePelosi: DNI 'broke the law' in withholding whistleblower complaint
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday went after President Trump's head of national intelligence, saying the acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Joseph Maguire "broke the law" in...
View ArticleHere are the House Democrats who aren't backing Trump impeachment inquiry
The overwhelming majority of the House Democratic Caucus backs an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, but a handful have not lent their support.There are now 220 Democrats in the 235-member...
View ArticleDemocrats call for House leadership to cancel recess and focus on impeachment
An increasing number of Democrats are calling on House leadership to cancel recess to allow Congress to move full steam ahead on the impeachment inquiry. Members of the lower chamber are scheduled to...
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