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Donald Trump has become the first United States president to be impeached twice. On Wednesday, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed the impeachment resolution that charges Trump with “incitement of insurrection.” A total of 232 lawmakers, including 10 Republicans, voted in favor of impeachment; 197 voted against it. The charge stems from the president’s role in the Jan. 6 […]
In an open letter shared on Monday, more than 300 historians and constitutional scholars called for Donald Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. The letter argues that Trump poses “a clear and present danger to American democracy and the national security of the United States” as long as he remains in office. “Since November 2020, […]
Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, announced on Sunday the House will move forward with legislation to impeach Donald Trump. “Well, sadly, the person that’s running the Executive Branch is a deranged, unhinged, and dangerous president of the United States, with only a number of days until we can be protected from him,” Pelosi said during a […]
UPDATED 1/6, 9:40 p.m.: In addition to Ilhan Omar drawing up articles of impeachment against Trump, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) introduced legislation that called on Republican congresspersons who have supported Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud to be investigated and potentially removed from office for their actions in inciting violence and undermining democracy. See original story below. United […]
Things got extremely tense at Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. It all started when Trump seemingly decided to ignore House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she tried to go in for a handshake after he handed off copies of his prepared remarks to Mike Pence and Pelosi. For what it’s worth, […]
Sen. Susan Collins has confirmed she will vote to acquit President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment. The Republican lawmaker from Maine explained her decision while on the Senate floor Tuesday, stating she believed POTUS’ actions were “wrong,” but did not warrant removal from office. Collins acknowledged that it was inappropriate for Trump to mention former […]
The Trump administration announced that the travel ban has been expanded to include six new countries. Nigeria, Eritrea, Tanzania, Sudan, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar (known as Burma) will see restrictions, except for immigrants who have aided the United States, CNN reports. This new stipulation comes three years after Trump signed the first travel ban, which many […]
After being on a hiatus for a month, Saturday Night Live decided to play catch up on all the current events the show missed with a hilariously dark cold open. For the scene, SNL went after President Trump‘s pending impeachment trial. Former cast member, Jon Lovitz, returned to play Trump’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz. While practicing his […]
Though it can be a year-round sport, Monday was the day where you were most likely to see a clunky reference to Martin Luther King Jr. Corporate tweets…celebrity Instagram posts…cable news…they’re incapable of passing up the opportunity. It’s an annual tradition. On the latter front, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway brought up MLK to denounce […]
The House of Representatives capped off an exhaustive eight-plus hours of debates on Wednesday filled with arguments from both sides of the aisle with a majority of lawmakers voting in support of impeaching Donald Trump on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump joins Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton as the only three U.S. presidents to be impeached […]
