Articles by Stephen Dinan
President Trump was impeached Wednesday afternoon and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a ceremony to sign the article of impeachment hours later. But the document still hasn't been sent to the Senate, which would hold the actual trial.
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January 15, 2021
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The Justice Department knew families would be separated when it pushed the Zero Tolerance border policy in 2018 but had no concrete plans for dealing with the fallout, an inspector general said in a new report Thursday, and years later some children and parents are still struggling to reunite.
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January 14, 2021
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she wants to impose new rules that would slap a $5,000 fine on lawmakers who refuse to go through new metal detectors on their way to the chamber floor.
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January 13, 2021
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With President Trump's fate at stake, dozens of House members on Wednesday cast their votes by proxy, under special coronavirus rules allowing them to offer their input through the use of a designated voter. And in doing so, they may have given Mr. Trump a legal angle to challenge the move.
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January 13, 2021
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With last week's attack on Congress ringing as a battle cry, the House voted Tuesday to impeach President Trump for the second time in his four-year tenure, accusing him of inciting insurrection.
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January 13, 2021
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday he has not decided how he'll vote when the Senate sits in trial on the impeachment of President Trump.
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January 13, 2021
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The Senate will not take up impeachment of President Trump until after his successor is sworn in, according to the office of the top Republican.
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January 13, 2021
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi implored fellow lawmakers Wednesday to embrace a moment of "duty" as she kicked off the official debate that will likely lead to President Trump becoming the first ever to be twice impeached.
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January 13, 2021
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The U.S. Capitol has taken on the aura of a siege in recent days, with a wall springing up around the perimeter of the complex, and National Guard troops sleeping in the halls of the seat of government.
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January 13, 2021
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The House convened Wednesday for what will be the speediest impeachment of a president in history, with a vote planned by mid-afternoon charging the president with inciting insurrection in last week's attack on Congress.
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January 13, 2021
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Rep. Liz Cheney faced calls to be kicked out of her position as the No. 3 Republican in the House after she announced Tuesday that she would back the impeachment of President Trump.
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January 13, 2021
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The House voted late Tuesday to approve a resolution begging Vice President Mike Pence to trigger the 25th Amendment and sideline President Trump, a largely symbolic spanking that was a prelude to a bigger fight over impeachment.
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January 12, 2021
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday tapped Rep. Jamie Raskin to lead the impeachment case against President Trump on Wednesday, skipping over the high-profile managers who led Democrats' previous effort a year ago.
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January 12, 2021
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Most congressional Republicans aren't fans of impeachment, but they signaled Tuesday that they're not particularly eager to defend President Trump's actions last week.
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January 12, 2021
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Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday blasted Democrats' demand that he trigger the 25th Amendment to oust President Trump with little more than a week to go in office, saying it was a distraction from critical issues the country must face.
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January 12, 2021
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House Democrats imposed a new rule Tuesday requiring all lawmakers to have to go through a metal detector to reach the chamber floor -- and it immediately sparked a standoff with a freshman Republican who says she carries her own firearm with her.
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January 12, 2021
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House Democrats released a report Tuesday evening detailing their case for impeaching President Trump, saying his "prolonged effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election" has earned him an early ouster from office.
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January 12, 2021
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President Trump proclaimed his border wall "completed" Tuesday as he traveled to Texas to declare victory on a signature campaign promise, even if it had been scaled back and Mexico hadn't paid for any of it.
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January 12, 2021
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The coronavirus is cutting through Congress after lawmakers were forced into close-quarters lockdown amid last week's attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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January 12, 2021
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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad F. Wolf said Thursday he has stepped down and that the chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will take over his duties as the department prepares for the presidential inauguration.
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January 11, 2021
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