February 2020

How Senators Explain Their Votes in Trump’s Impeachment Trial

WASHINGTON — After spending nearly two weeks confined to their desks and forbidden from speaking, senators took turns on the Senate floor on Tuesday announcing whether they planned to vote to convict or acquit President Trump when they render a verdict on Wednesday in the third presidential impeachment trial in the nation’s history. The bitterly

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Everyone Kept Saying Politics Was Broken. Well?

DES MOINES — The diagnosis can appear unanimous. Bipartisanship? “Broken,” former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has said. The criminal justice system? “Broken,” Senator Bernie Sanders ruled last year. The grand American bargain? “I know what’s broken,” Senator Elizabeth Warren has promised, “and I know how to fix it.” But what if it’s all

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