A high-ranking member of the Democratic congressional conference who previously had reservations about the idea of impeaching President Donald Trump has changed his mind, describing impeachment as imperative should Democrats win control of one or both houses in the midterm elections. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Washington) declined to commit to the idea of impeachment back in May…
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President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has entertained the idea of reframing former President Richard Nixon as a victim of “deep state” persecution in the Watergate scandal, with allies likening Nixon to Trump as an unfairly maligned figure. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility — an internal watchdog that was created in…
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On Sunday, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (California) pushed back against calls from other Democrats to focus on economic issues ahead of the midterm elections rather than on holding President Donald Trump accountable, saying that lawmakers should do both. In an interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker on the network’s “Meet the Press” program, Khanna was asked to respond to Sen. Tammy Duckworth’…
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The majority of U.S. voters support impeaching Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over the Trump administration’s war on Iran, new polling finds. The Economist/YouGov found in a survey conducted September 18 to 21 that 51 percent of registered voters say that Hegseth should be impeached for “starting a war with Iran without authorization by Congress.” The opinion holds a double-digit…
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The Trump administration — which calls itself the “most transparent administration in history” — is once again under fire for its lack of transparency after The Washington Post on Friday published a report in which US officials said more American troops have died during the Iran War than the Pentagon has disclosed. Five officials familiar with the Pentagon’s internal casualty accounting told…
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) has moved to force an impeachment vote against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, introducing eight articles on the House floor accusing Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanors on Tuesday. Massie’s measure is privileged, meaning that the House will be forced to vote on it by Thursday. With Republicans in charge of the House, the articles are unlikely to pass…
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