The Mueller hearing has weakened the political argument for impeachment. Democrats need to proceed with caution, and concentrate on winning in 2020 rather than removing the President from office prematurely.
After weeks of protests and years of frustrations, Ricardo Rosselló, the Governor of Puerto Rico, announced last night that he will be resigning from office.
Robert Mueller didn’t provide a smoking gun yesterday, but the President and his supporters are wrong to claim that the hearing vindicated the President.
Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a New York State law that would allow Congress to obtain copies of his state tax returns.
Starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning, the eyes and ears of Washington and much of the nation will be focus on one thing, the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
On Wednesday, much of official Washington, and likely a good part of the country itself, will pause to watch what are likely to biggest hearings since the late 1980s.
House Democrats rejected an effort by a member of the progressive wing of the party to force an impeachment inquiry against the President.
Later today, the President is expected to take some form of ‘Executive Action’ in an effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
Billionaire Tom Steyer is apparently planning to enter the 2020 Democratic Presidential race.
Nearly half the country thinks he’s not a terrible President.
A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?
The Vermont Senator has a bizarre alternative to court packing.
Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in public. Testimony that is likely to be the big story of the summer.
While the scope of Federal power has expanded beyond the ken of the Framers, this is not an example.
President Trump says in a new interview that he would be willing to break the law to get “oppo research” on an opponent.
The President is once again claiming Executive Privilege to prevent Congress from getting access to certain documents.
With the Trump Administration continuing to stonewall investigations, the House of Representatives is seeking to ramp up the pressure.
Michigan Congressman Justin Amash has quit a group he helped found nine years ago after they voted to condemn him for advocating for the President’s impeachment.
It’s been three months since the White House held a press briefing. Meanwhile, the President continues his unhinged attacks on the media.
While the drumbeat for impeachment of the President continues on the left, political reality suggests caution.
John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.
The White House is continuing to stonewall legitimate Congressional investigations, but Congress is starting to push back.
The House of Representatives will vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt next week but it may not mean anything.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.
Perhaps NRO’s Charles W. Cooke needs to read the report (and do a better job of putting Mueller’s statements in context).
I continue to be opposed to impeachment of the President, but I’m slowly moving in that direction thanks primary to the Administration’s own actions.
Quietly, Elizabeth Warren has been campaigning and putting out policy proposals while also appearing to gain ground on her closest rival, Bernie Sanders.
Michigan Congressman Justin Amash doubled down on his assertion that the Attorney General was deliberately misleading Congress and the American public.
For the first time since being appointed Special Counsel, Robert Mueller spoke to the media regarding his report on the Russia investigation. The news was not good for the President.
Justin Amash’s call for impeachment of the President, and the Republican Party’s reaction to it, is telling us a lot about the current state of the GOP.
The House of Representatives has not even acted on impeachment, but Senate Republicans have already made up their mind.
Michigan Congressman Justin Amash is the lone Republican voice speaking out against the President, and he’s making a strong case for his position in favor of impeachment.
An independent review of the racist photo on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook was unsurprisingly inconclusive.
President Trump’s stonewalling strategy suffered another legal setback in New York City yesterday.
As the Administration continues to stonewall legitimate requests from Congress for documents and witnesses, pressure is growing on Speaker Pelosi to authorize the opening of an impeachment inquiry.
Justin Amash doubled down on his criticism of the President and his call for impeachment even as he came under fire from fellow Republicans.
The Trump Administration lost what is likely to be the first of many court challenges to its effort to stop Congress from doing what the Constitution requires it to do.
In the latest example of the White House’s ongoing effort to block Congress from exercising its duty to investigate the Executive Branch, the White House is blocking the former White House Counsel from testifying before Congress.
Justin Amash spoke out against the President and Attorney General. Unsurprisingly this is not being received well by his fellow Republicans.
President Trump is reportedly planning to pardon several American servicemen convicted of war crimes, an action that would be an insult to everyone who has ever worn an American uniform.
Republican Congressman Justin Amash has always been a rebel within his own party, now he’s making that even more apparent.
Forget high language about constitutional prerogatives. This is about parties and elections.
