The Senate has voted to reject efforts to call more witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, setting up a vote next week to acquit him on abuse of power charges.
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Rep. Dina Titus was elected as co-chairwoman of the Congressional Gaming Caucus, serving alongside fellow Nevadans Reps. Steven Horsford and Mark Amodei.
Republican leaders were confident Thursday they had the votes to block a motion to call additional witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial shifted to questioning Wednesday as Republicans strained to contain the fallout over John Bolton’s forthcoming book and stave off a vote to call witnesses.
Rep. Dina Titus and Democratic colleagues questioned officials from the General Services Administration about the potential of President Trump improperly to profit from the Trump Organization’s lease of a Washington building.
President Donald Trump’s legal team argued Tuesday that he’d done nothing to warrant removal from office, even as a new book by a former aide charged the president withheld military aid to spark an investigation into a rival.
President Donald Trump’s legal team dismissed damaging allegations contained in a new book by former national security adviser John Bolton, which claim Trump withheld aid to Ukraine while demanding an investigation of a political rival.
Trump’s legal team began its defense in an abbreviated two-hour session where it outlined its arguments, which will begin in earnest when the trial resumes on Monday.
House Democrats scoffed Thursday at President Donald Trump’s claims that he had good reasons for pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political foes.
Democrats used detail and narrative Wednesday to make their case that President Donald Trump solicited foreign interference to boost his re-election bid, obstructed a congressional investigation and should be removed from office by the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly changed his proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, adding a third day to the schedule. But Democratic attempts to amend the rules repeatedly failed.
Senators will begin hearing arguments and weighing evidence this week in the impeachment trial of President Trump over charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump Thursday, senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of “impartial justice.”
A group of seven House managers will formally present the impeachment articles to the Senate on Thursday, kicking off just the third impeachment trial in American history.
The House of Representatives is expected Wednesday to vote to send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a trial, even as senators disagree over whether witnesses should testify during the proceedings.
A resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to order military action against Iran without congressional approval passed in the House on a nearly party line vote Thursday.
The House may vote on a resolution to limit President Trump’s war powers, following briefings to lawmakers by White House defense and national security officials.
President Donald Trump is calling for a quick end to the impeachment against him, but Democrats were buoyed by a statement from former National Security Adviser John Bolton that he’d testify if called by the Senate.
The House and Senate remain in an impasse over a trial of President Donald Trump on articles of impeachment passed by the House that charge him with abuse of office and obstruction of Congress.