“Jim Jones was a religious cult leader, Donald Trump is a political cult leader,” Speier told the Guardian. “As a victim of violence and of a cult leader, I am sensitive to conduct that smacks MORE
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Wednesday night objected to the portrayal of an accidental phone call from then-President Donald Trump, plunging the Senate chamber into confusion on the second day of Trump’s impeachment trial. Rising MORE
Mitch McConnell is not pressuring fellow GOP members to acquit Trump, limiting his remarks to procedure and timeline. GOP Senators have discussed the trial and their individual views at lunch meetings, while McConnell remains quiet. MORE
Shares in North American cannabis firms were heading for new highs on Thursday, with Reddit-inspired retail investors betting they could beat the short-sellers and benefit from new legislation that is expected under U.S. President Joe MORE
The House impeachment managers presented senators with videos of their colleagues fleeing a pro-Trump mob, which breached the US Capitol shouting “stop the steal.” They showed the rioters searching for then-Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and rummaging MORE
Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party, MORE
In a hidden video with Hillsdale County Republicans, Michigan Senate Leader Mike Shirkey’s comments went viral on Tuesday when he suggested the Capitol riot was a hoax. The discussion took place in a diner while MORE
The Louisiana GOP said it was ‘profoundly disappointed’ over Cassidy’s “yay” vote yesterday to the question of whether or not impeachment of a president no longer in office is Constitutional. Cassidy defended his decision Tuesday, MORE
Philadelphia lawyer Michael T. van der Veen filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump last year alleging in federal court that his role in undermining the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and baseless claims of mail-in voter fraud MORE
Former President Trump’s defense lawyer David Schoen Tuesday defended his team’s performance during the start of the Senate impeachment trial that was criticized by even some Republican senators. Schoen, speaking with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, said that MORE
As impeachment proceedings begin today in Congress, the MAGA movement is already over it. MORE
“Instead of acting to heal the nation, or at the very least focusing on prosecuting the lawbreakers who stormed the Capitol, the Speaker of the House and her allies have tried to callously harness the MORE
John Bolton’s attorney says the impeachment trial is Constitutionally sound and should proceed. “The strongest argument against the Senate’s authority to try a former officer relies on Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution,” attorney MORE
UPDATE: Democrats and Republicans eager to tidily conclude former President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial within a week may have a fresh obstacle in front of them: the biblical commandment to keep the Jewish Sabbath. MORE
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) along with a bipartisan group of state leaders has joined an attempt to reverse a Trump administration decision to move U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Alabama. Polis MORE
McConnell on Impeachment; McCarthy and Trump; MJT, Liz Cheney, QAnon and Let Them Eat COVID If you’re trying to figure out the direction of the Republican Party after Wednesday’s circus of a five-hour (!) House GOP MORE
Jeffrey Epstein did not commit suicide in prison, according to Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyer, David Schoen. The lawyer, who was appointed by Mr Trump on Sunday, made the comments in an email to Newsweek after MORE
Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday presented the defense they will lay out in the impeachment trial scheduled to begin next Tuesday. They will argue that impeachment is unconstitutional in the case of a former president, and MORE
Trump’s former legal team headed by Butch Bowers was not only in disagreement with the former president’s strategy, but with the fees being charged. While Trump raised over $170 million during his scam of election MORE
The implosion of former president Donald Trump’s legal team comes as Trump remains fixated on arguing at his second impeachment trial that the 2020 election was stolen from him, a defense that advisers warn is ill-conceived and MORE
Former President Donald Trump may be gone from the White House but his legacy of catastrophic mistrust is poisoning Washington, dimming hopes of a unified effort to crush the pandemic before mutant viral strains take MORE
Virginia’s Democratic Senator Tim Kaine has drafted a resolution that would formally censure Donald Trump, but it would also include provisions that would mirror language in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment on barring officials MORE
House Democrat Jimmy Gomez of California is introducing a resolution to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress. “Her very presence in office represents a direct threat against the elected officials and staff who serve our MORE
Rand Paul and the Republican Senate nearly dismissed the impeachment trial on Tuesday when all but five Republicans voted with Paul to declare the upcoming trial unconstitutional. The Senate vote was 55-45 to set Paul’s MORE
State Sen. Stephen Huffman caused an uproar last June when he asked whether the “colored population” is more susceptible to the coronavirus because they “do not wash their hands as well as other groups.” He MORE