Politics

WASHINGTON — It’s not as if anyone was expecting a normal Wednesday to materialize on Capitol Hill. Presidents don’t get impeached every day, just like they generally don’t write six-page harangues charging Democrats with “declaring open war on American Democracy”(that was Tuesday) or tweet that Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “teeth were falling out of her mouth” […]

WASHINGTON — A top Senate Republican sought on Wednesday to use an inspector general’s scathing findings about one aspect of the Trump-Russia investigation — major flaws in how the F.B.I. presented evidence to get court permission to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser — to discredit the entire inquiry. But Democrats pushed back, emphasizing that

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated Wednesday night that the House could indefinitely delay sending the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, leaving ambiguous the timing of a trial to decide whether to acquit him or convict and remove him from office. After historic nearly party-line votes to impeach Mr. Trump for

Mr. Trump’s decision to hold a rally and immerse himself in the warmth of an adoring crowd at a critical juncture in his presidency was an echo of how he handled his worst public humiliation — the revelation of the “Access Hollywood” tape on Oct. 7, 2016, during the final days of his presidential campaign.

Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate, broke with most members of her party on Wednesday and voted “present” on the two articles of impeachment charging President Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Ms. Gabbard, the only presidential candidate who had a vote on impeachment, criticized the proceedings as

Mr. Trump’s decision to hold a rally and immerse himself in the warmth of an adoring crowd at the critical juncture in his presidency was an echo of how he handled his worst public humiliation — the revelation of the “Access Hollywood” tape on Oct. 7, 2016, during the final days of his 2016 presidential

BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Treacy Broadhead, a registered Republican, has voted in recent years for all of her party’s candidates for office, save one: Donald J. Trump. “This particular president, I don’t agree with at all,’’ she said on Wednesday as the House of Representatives moved toward a historic impeachment vote. “I think the evidence

“We look forward to the opportunity to further demonstrate that Congress made the individual mandate the centerpiece of Obamacare and the rest of the law cannot stand without it,” he said in a statement. The Trump administration has yet to respond to the ruling. It took the highly unusual step of refusing to defend the

As the highest ranking woman in Washington and the leader of her party for nearly two decades, Ms. Pelosi, 79, of California, made her mark as a leader with muscle and spine when Mr. Trump was still a reality television host. She says she wants to be remembered not for impeachment, but for her legislative

“I solemnly and sadly open the debate on the impeachment of the president of the United States.” So said Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, on Wednesday morning as she stood in the cavernous chamber of the House of Representatives in a lapelless black suit, almost military in design, with a high neck. Its