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Trump’s Impeachment Team May Add Alan Dershowitz

President Trump’s lawyers are discussing hiring Alan Dershowitz, the famed lawyer whom the president has frequently reached out to for advice, to help with aspects of his impeachment defense in the all-but-certain Senate trial, people familiar with the discussions said. No formal offer has been made to Mr. Dershowitz, the people familiar with the discussions […]

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Impeachment Updates: Judiciary Committee to Debate Articles Against Trump

The basics: Who, what, when and how to watch. Who: The 41 members of the House Judiciary Committee will debate two articles of impeachment against President Trump. What: The committee members will consider any amendments to the two draft articles that House Democrats unveiled Tuesday. The panel will then vote on whether to recommend that

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House Passes $738 Billion Military Bill With Space Force and Parental Leave

But Democratic leaders trumpeted the bill for what it did contain: a White House-approved measure that would extend 12 weeks of paid parental leave to civilian federal employees, a 3 percent pay raise for troops and the end to a Defense Department policy known as the widow’s tax, which prevents the surviving family members of

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Unions Skeptical Trump’s Trade Deal Will Bring Back Auto Jobs

In his State of the Union address in February, President Trump said the North American trade agreement his administration had negotiated would reverse the flow of auto manufacturing jobs by ensuring “that more cars are proudly stamped with our four beautiful words: Made in the U.S.A.” But with that deal, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, now

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Justice Dept. Official and Liaison to Special Counsel to Step Down

WASHINGTON — The primary liaison between the Justice Department and the special counsel’s office is set to step down at the end of the month, after helping oversee the department’s most consequential and controversial investigation in a generation. Edward O’Callaghan, who served as the deputy attorney general’s right-hand man, worked closely with the deputy attorney

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What to Watch as the House Judiciary Committee Marks Up the Articles of Impeachment

The House Judiciary Committee will convene Thursday morning to debate two articles of impeachment against President Trump, the final step before Democrats bring them to the House floor for an expected vote next week to charge the president with high crimes and misdemeanors. The basics: Who, what, when and how to watch. Who: The 41

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Late Into the Night on Capitol Hill: A Debate of Impeachment Articles Begins at 7 P.M.

“This is truly a sad day for America — it’s a sad week for America,” said Representative Louie Gohmert, Republican of Texas, his voice choking with emotion when he invoked the president. “He has hung in there, it’s amazing,” he said of Mr. Trump. Mr. Gohmert called for Democrats to apologize to the president for

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