Sen. Lamar Alexander said Thursday he doesn't see the need for more witnesses in the impeachment of President Trump, saying the president's fate should be decided by voters, not Congress. Published January 30, 2020
President Trump's new rule penalizing legal immigrants seeking permanent status for using welfare will go into effect Feb. 24, Homeland Security officials announced late Thursday. Published January 30, 2020
Then-Sen. Joseph R. Biden wrote in 1999 that the Senate could refuse to hear witnesses in an impeachment trial, according to a memo the president's legal team read on the Senate floor Thursday. Published January 30, 2020
Four senators seen as swing votes on President Trump's impeachment asked the president's lawyers Thursday if they could guarantee he would not use private Americans to conduct foreign policy. Published January 30, 2020
The impeachment trial veered deeply into politics Thursday as Democrats said President Trump can't be trusted to be on the ballot this year. Republicans accused them of trying to remove the president by force because they know voters would return him to the White House. Published January 30, 2020
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. inserted himself into the impeachment trial Thursday, refusing to read a question from Sen. Rand Paul that apparently trod too closely to the identity of the whistleblower who ignited the entire affair. Published January 30, 2020
The White House on Thursday doubled down on demands that if President Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate expands to include new witnesses, it will include potentially explosive defense witnesses. Published January 30, 2020
Republicans are closer to the 51 votes they need to head off witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial than it seemed earlier this week, with senators saying there are perhaps four who are still in play. Published January 30, 2020
Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard emeritus professor assisting President Trump's impeachment defense, warned Wednesday that much of the country would refuse to accept a conviction in the trial. Published January 29, 2020
Senate Democrats said Wednesday they would be willing to turn over key legal decisions in the impeachment trial to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. -- but the president's team said it wouldn't agree, saying it's not how the Constitution envisioned things. Published January 29, 2020
You can call it the "Bernie bump" or the "socialist surge," but you can no longer deny that Sen. Bernard Sanders is quickly taking over the front-runner's position in the Democratic presidential primary. Published January 29, 2020
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday that there are enough votes to force Hunter Biden to testify in the impeachment trial, should senators vote to have any witnesses. Published January 29, 2020
Rep. Adam Schiff refused under direct questioning Wednesday to divulge any details about the whistleblower who spurred the impeachment of President Trump, irking Republicans who demanded he reveal what he knew. Published January 29, 2020
Federal agents on Wednesday revealed the longest cross-border tunnel ever discovered on the U.S.-Mexico line, saying it ran more than three-quarters of a mile into San Diego and was used to traffic drugs. Published January 29, 2020
Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski demanded to know Wednesday whether President Trump showed any interest in former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's actions in Ukraine before he was a political opponent. Published January 29, 2020
President Trump's legal team warned Wednesday that calling former National Security Adviser John R. Bolton as a witness in the impeachment trial would unhinge the proceedings, opening the door to other witnesses and shutting down the Senate for all other business. Published January 29, 2020
Senators got their first crack at the impeachment managers Wednesday as they kicked off 16 hours of questions with one on whether a president can have mixed motives for taking official action -- and when it becomes a high crime or misdemeanor. Published January 29, 2020
Sen. Ted Cruz says reports that the GOP can't block witnesses in the impeachment trial are not accurate, saying they're not actually certain what would happen. Published January 29, 2020
Walfrie Eliseo Camposeco-Montejo's pitch to the Guatemalan woman was simple: Let me use your son to get into the U.S., and I promise I'll send him to American schools. Published January 28, 2020
The federal deficit will reach $1 trillion this year and remain above that level for the rest of the decade, the government's official scorekeeper said Tuesday, highlighting an ever worsening fiscal picture. Published January 28, 2020
