Executive Branch

Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment

Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment

Reasserting Congress as a check and balance on the presidency, she says, “If we allow a president to be above the law, we do so surely at the peril of our republic.”

Dec 5, 2019 / John Nichols

Trump Cabinet meeting

Who Is Making US Foreign Policy? Who Is Making US Foreign Policy?

An anti-neocon president appears to have been surrounded by neocons in his own administration.

Dec 5, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable

Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable

Constitutional scholars tell the House Judiciary Committee that obstructing the impeachment inquiry is totally impeachable.

Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols

Bloomberg

Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives? Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives?

The real threats are Trump and the GOP.

Dec 3, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump

61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump 61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump

A new CNN poll finds a 21 percent gender gap, as women form the vanguard for presidential accountability.

Nov 27, 2019 / John Nichols

Impeachment Is Becoming a Holy War

Impeachment Is Becoming a Holy War Impeachment Is Becoming a Holy War

As Trump sinks in scandal, his most devoted supporters start hailing him as a messiah.

Nov 27, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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There’s a Philosophy Behind Trump’s Lies There’s a Philosophy Behind Trump’s Lies

The president’s falsehoods are dizzying in number, but they follow a predictable, time-honored tradition of how totalitarians rule.

Nov 25, 2019 / Karen J. Greenberg

Impeachment Non-Bombshells Endanger Democrats in 2020

Impeachment Non-Bombshells Endanger Democrats in 2020 Impeachment Non-Bombshells Endanger Democrats in 2020

Unmerited hype about Gordon Sondland’s testimony has overshadowed the potential damage that the impeachment saga poses for the presidential election.

Nov 22, 2019 / Aaron Maté

Fiona Hill’s Testimony Was Devastating for Trump

Fiona Hill’s Testimony Was Devastating for Trump Fiona Hill’s Testimony Was Devastating for Trump

But the foreign policy expert was too quick to blame America’s ills on external forces.

Nov 22, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco

Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco

The agency’s plan to limit the scientific research it can use in creating regulations could gut public health protections. That’s exactly what the tobacco industry intended.

Nov 22, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

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