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President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally
Politics & Policy

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

The only president to be impeached twice has once again evaded consequences, though this time as an election loser shunted off the field of play to the jeering section.

5 years ago

In this Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, people comfort each other as they sit and mourn at one of seventeen crosses, after a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Politics & Policy

On Parkland anniversary, Biden calls for tougher gun laws

The president used the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons.

5 years ago

Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks at a press conference alongside the House impeachment managers at the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘No regrets’: House managers defend their decision not to call witnesses

Democrats argue that moving forward with witnesses would have prolonged the Senate impeachment trial and wouldn't have convinced additional Republicans to vote to convict.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden on Trump acquittal: ‘The substance of the charge is not in dispute’

Until his comments on Saturday, Biden had remained mostly silent about his predecessor's impeachment.

5 years ago

In this  Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, a worker at left checks in with people sitting in an observation area after they were given the first of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Health

Tight supply creates reluctance over federal vaccine sites

The Biden administration's virus response plan calls for opening 100 federally supported vaccination sites by the end of February.

5 years ago

House impeachment managers led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

Senators are poised to vote on whether Donald Trump will be held accountable for inciting the horrific attack at the Capitol after a speedy impeachment trial.

5 years ago

Tray Ragland, left, and Kim Hickerson of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hold signs outside an Amazon facility where labor is trying to organize workers on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Politics & Policy

Amazon faces biggest union push in its history

Attempts by Amazon to delay the vote in Alabama have failed. So have the company's efforts to require in-person voting, which organizers argue would be unsafe during COVID.

5 years ago

In this Aug. 30, 2019, file photo, migrants, many of whom were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration's
Politics & Policy

Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US

The move is a major step toward dismantling one of former President Donald Trump's most consequential policies to deter asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S.

5 years ago

In this image from video, Michael van der Veen, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, speaks during the second impeachment trial of Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Courts & Law

Trump lawyers say Democrats urge supporters to ‘fight,’ too

Donald Trump’s lawyers have a simple objective as they open their defense at the former president’s impeachment trial: Don’t lose any Republican votes.

5 years ago

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Education

White House says it will defer to CDC on reopening schools

The White House drew criticism this week when it said schools would be considered opened if they teach in-person at least one day a week.

5 years ago

Sheets of one-dollar bills run through the printing press at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 2015 in Washington, D.C. Congressional forecasters projected the federal deficit this fiscal year will hit its highest since World War II. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Federal budget deficit expected to hit second largest since World War II

Congressional forecasters expect the federal deficit will hit the second largest in decades, even without factoring in President Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion relief plan.

5 years ago

Security video shows pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol
Politics & Policy

Rioters acting on Trump’s ‘orders,’ Democrats say in trial

Lawmakers prosecuting the case aim to prove that Trump bears singular responsibility for the siege.

5 years ago

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Politics & Policy

‘If not for Donald Trump’: Montco’s Dean links riot to ‘actions of a desperate president’

But the bulk of Dean’s remarks had to do with the “pressure” she said Trump exerted over state and local election officials in Michigan, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

Georgia's Secretary Of State addresses the media
NPR
Politics & Policy

Georgia district attorney is investigating Trump’s call to overturn election

Prosecutors are investigating whether Trump's phone call to pressure Georgia's secretary of state to overturn the state's election results in Trump's favor broke state law.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Politics & Policy

Capitol riot prompts a reckoning over extremism in the ranks

The deadly riot at the Capitol has forced military leadership to confront the threat of domestic extremism. Rioters that day included current and former service members.

5 years ago

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