Lisa Murkowski gets a primary challenger after voting to convict Trump
The GOP challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, has led the Alaska Department of Administration since early 2019.
By Associated Press - March 29, 2021The GOP challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, has led the Alaska Department of Administration since early 2019.
By Associated Press - March 29, 2021Rep. Eric Swalwell’s suit also names Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Rep. Mo Brooks.
By Associated Press - March 05, 2021One possibility is that the specter of having to testify in court about his actions on Jan. 6 could be enough to keep Donald Trump from running in the first place.
By Associated Press - February 18, 2021‘I have said that what President Trump did that day was inexcusable because in his speech he encouraged the mob,’ said one senator who voted to acquit.
By Donna Provencher - February 16, 2021The Washington County GOP chair wants Republican Sen. Pat Toomey punished for voting to convict Trump.
By Josh Israel - February 16, 2021‘Senator Collins is an independent thinker, who never hesitates to do what she believes is right,’ the chair of the Maine Republican Party wrote, once upon a time.
By Josh Israel - February 15, 2021Sen. John Thune doesn’t think a resolution to prevent Donald Trump from holding office again will ‘go anywhere.’
By Josh Israel - February 12, 2021Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team offered as evidence video clips of Johnny Depp and Madonna.
By Donna Provencher - February 12, 2021The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations can’t decide whether to stand with her twice-impeached, defeated ex-boss or not.
By Josh Israel - February 12, 2021Donald Trump and his previous impeachment defense team parted ways because they refused to offer his claim of election fraud as a defense.
By Associated Press - February 11, 2021‘Democrats want a week of political theater,’ charged Sen. Ted Cruz.
By Donna Provencher - February 10, 2021Sen. Bill Cassidy is the latest Republican to be rebuked or censured by the party for voting against Donald Trump’s interests.
By Donna Provencher - February 10, 2021‘We have counterarguments to everything that they raised, and you will hear them later on in the case … ‘ Donald Trump’s impeachment defense attorney Bruce Castor said.
By Donna Provencher - February 09, 2021Experts, including a top GOP lawyer, have pushed back on Republican claims that Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is a sham.
By Donna Provencher - February 09, 2021‘Does he deserve to be impeached? Absolutely not.’
By Emily Singer - January 26, 2021‘How does a Senator preside, like a judge, and serve as juror too?’ tweeted Texas Sen. John Cornyn.
By Donna Provencher - January 25, 2021Back in 2016, Sen. Lindsey Graham called Trump a ‘complete idiot.’ His tune has changed.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2020Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) said the chamber should have no responsibility to take up trials when the House submits articles of impeachment.
By Josh Israel - March 02, 2020The National Prayer Breakfast has traditionally been a bipartisan faith event.
By Oliver Willis - February 06, 2020Trump received a bipartisan Senate vote for removal as Republicans stand alone in defending his Ukraine scandal.
By Josh Israel - February 05, 2020Trump also backed Mitt Romney in his 2018 Senate race.
By Josh Israel - February 05, 2020Collins joins the ranks of Republican senators voting to defend Trump in his impeachment trial.
By Melanie Schmitz - February 04, 2020‘Veteran & business owner’ Joel Hawksley just happens to be executive director for the Orange County Republicans.
By Josh Israel - February 03, 2020Fact-checking Donald Trump’s impeachment defense.
By Associated Press - February 03, 2020‘If we don’t do it, we’re letting you down,’ Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said.
By Josh Israel - February 03, 2020Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial has included testimony from zero fact witnesses.
By Josh Israel - January 31, 2020Trump’s defense team used peculiar reasoning to argue against fact witnesses in his Senate trial.
By Josh Israel - January 29, 2020Graham says he opposes hearing witness testimony despite glaring new allegations of a quid pro quo.
By Josh Israel - January 29, 2020Donald Trump’s legal team will wrap up arguments in his impeachment trial Tuesday.
By Associated Press - January 28, 2020The GOP has long supported Bolton but is now at war with the former national security adviser, whose new book contradicts a key Trump impeachment defense.
By Josh Israel - January 28, 2020