Impeachment
Liz Cheney and the Fate of the 10 Republicans Who Defied Trump
Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump over the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, will face Republican primary voters on Tuesday. Mr. Trump made it his vengeful mission to force these Republicans out of Congress. And he has largely been successful: Seven […]
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A.O.C. Wants Justices Impeached for ‘Lying Under Oath’ on Roe Views
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling for a House investigation into whether two Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade should be impeached for lying at their confirmation hearings about their views of the landmark abortion-rights case. In a Sunday interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat and […]
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Tom Rice, G.O.P. Congressman Who Voted to Impeach Trump, Stands by His Vote
CONWAY, S.C. — Tom Rice, the South Carolina congressman who was one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach President Donald J. Trump after the Jan. 6 attacks, has a catchall term to describe the former president’s crusade against him: Trump’s Very Presidential Traveling Revenge Circus. Mr. Trump has made unseating Mr. Rice, a […]
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Jan. 6 Inquiry Votes Aren’t Costing G.O.P. Incumbents in Primaries, Yet
When 35 Republicans defied Donald J. Trump to vote in favor of an independent, bipartisan investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, they immediately braced for backlash from the former president’s most loyal voters. But it hasn’t quite hit as hard as expected — at least not yet. Only one of the 35 […]
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Gearing Up for G.O.P. Gains, White House Braces for Barrage of Inquiries
The Justice Department has been examining whether Hunter Biden broke tax and foreign lobbying laws, a matter that is expected to be resolved in the coming months. Regardless of what Attorney General Merrick B. Garland decides, he is likely to face accusations from Republicans that he gave the president’s son preferential treatment. Still, Republicans have […]
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‘I’ve Had It With This Guy’: G.O.P. Leaders Privately Blasted Trump After Jan. 6
In the days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building, the two top Republicans in Congress, Representative Kevin McCarthy and Senator Mitch McConnell, told associates they believed President Trump was responsible for inciting the deadly riot and vowed to drive him from politics. Mr. McCarthy went so far as to say he would […]
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Fred Upton, House Republican Who Voted to Impeach Trump, Will Retire
Facing new district lines and a tough primary race, Representative Fred Upton of Michigan, announced his retirement on Tuesday, becoming the fourth House Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald J. Trump to decline to run for re-election. Mr. Upton, who has served in Congress for more than three decades, had his Western Michigan […]
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South Korea to Pardon Former President Park Geun-hye
SEOUL, South Korea — The government of President Moon Jae-in said on Friday that it would pardon former President Park Geun-hye, who is serving a 20-year prison term after she was convicted on bribery and other criminal charges. Ms. Park, 69, who became the first democratically elected South Korean leader to be removed from office […]
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