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House Impeaches Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over border laws and breaching the public trust

House Impeaches Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over border laws and breaching the public trust

by Maria Heim | Feb 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – House Republicans narrowly impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a 214-213 vote, making him the second Cabinet secretary in U.S. history to be impeached on Tuesday evening.  The former secretary is charged with willfully refusing to...
Republicans on the powerful House Oversight Committee formally launch Biden impeachment inquiry

Republicans on the powerful House Oversight Committee formally launch Biden impeachment inquiry

by Rachel Schlueter | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday kicked off the first hearing in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, in a six-hour proceeding that illustrated the politicization and deep divisions of the two parties amid a looming government shutdown. The...
The Vote to Acquit: Pressure From Conscience, Constituents and Congressmen

The Vote to Acquit: Pressure From Conscience, Constituents and Congressmen

by Sneha Dey and Suzy Vazquez | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment, bringing the five-month long trial proceedings to a close. In the lead up to the verdict, Senators faced partisan pressures from fellow Congressmen and their...
SENATE APPROVES IMPEACHMENT TRIAL RULES AFTER MARATHON SESSION

SENATE APPROVES IMPEACHMENT TRIAL RULES AFTER MARATHON SESSION

by Angelina Campanile, Megan Lebowitz, Evan Ochsner and Zamone Perez | Jan 21, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics

WASHINGTON – Eleven times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rose before Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday and Wednesday morning to introduce amendments to allow more evidence in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Each time, those amendments...
Current and former Republicans ask GOP Senators to support a full and fair impeachment trial

Current and former Republicans ask GOP Senators to support a full and fair impeachment trial

by Benjamin Rosenberg | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — It seems a foregone conclusion that President Donald Trump will be acquitted of impeachment charges by the Republican majority in the Senate. But that didn’t stop a group of frustrated current and former Republicans who want Trump to be removed from...

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