Rep. Cory Mills wants to impeach Biden after he threatened to withhold some aid to Israel. But the Florida congressman voted against that very aid — twice. He also inaccurately conflates Biden’s move with the Ukraine quid pro quo that got Trump impeached. Rep. Cory Mills wants to impeach President Joe Biden for withholding military […]
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Trump endorses GOP challenger to House Republican who voted to impeach him
Donald Trump on Friday endorsed a primary challenger to Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president over his role in the Jan. 6 riot. In a Truth Social post, Trump threw his support behind Jerrod Sessler, a former petty-officer in the Navy who has […]
MAGA Republicans pushing to impeach President Biden don’t seem to notice the egg on their faces
Now we know what a real Russia hoax looks like: very much like House Republicans’ stumbling effort to impeach President Biden. The current GOP misadventure — which was always doomed — was seriously undercut in federal court last month. Republicans thought they had a smoking gun, a claim by a longtime, reliable FBI informant that […]
A stunning indictment could doom Republican’s effort to impeach Biden
Special counsel David Weiss blew through one of the key pieces of evidence House Republicans have held against Biden. Weiss alleges that a former FBI informant lied to the bureau when he accused a Ukrainian company of bribing Biden. This is far from the only setback Republicans have sustained, but Trump remains undeterred. A stunning […]
Parents speak out after lawmakers fail to impeach Cline, censuring her instead
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The opposition is speaking out after the Utah House of Representatives fell short of impeaching Utah School Board member Natalie Cline, a day after the Utah State Board of Education moved forward with censuring her. “She’s not remorseful. She does feel like she’s the victim and it’s sad. And it’s […]
Republicans impeach Alejandro Mayorkas over the border after failing to last week
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday night muscled through a vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border, exactly one week after their first attempt to impeach him collapsed spectacularly on the floor. The vote was 214-213, with three Republicans again opposing the impeachment. Mayorkas is just the second […]
House Republicans vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border crisis
WASHINGTON – The House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, after an embarrassing failed attempt from House Republicans last week as they seek to make the crisis on the southern border a top 2024 issue. The vote passed mostly along party lines by a count of 214-213, with no Democrats supporting […]
Congressional Black Caucus members blast GOP efforts to impeach Mayorkas again
“This is a political stunt and a hit job ordered by two people, Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Congressional Black Caucus members are slamming Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives for proposing a second vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after a failed attempt last […]
Gallagher says he won’t run for Congress again after refusing to impeach Homeland Security chief
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, a key Republican Congressman who has spearheaded House pushback against the Chinese government, announced Saturday that he won’t run for a fifth term. The announcement comes just days after he angered his fellow Republicans by refusing to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The GOP has been […]
It can’t fix the border, fund allies or impeach Mayorkas as GOP revolts.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas was not, in fact, impeached by the House. A border security package instantly collapsed in the Senate. And foreign aid for Ukraine as its fights Russia is stubbornly stalled. The broken US. Congress failed in stunning fashion this week as Republicans in both the House and the Senate […]
House Republicans fail to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — A monthslong GOP campaign to oust Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas collapsed in the House on Tuesday after Democrats and a trio of skeptical Republicans voted to reject a resolution to impeach him over his handling of the southern border. The vote was 214-216, making a stunning blow for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., […]
House rejects GOP-led effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas. What happened and what’s next?
After weeks of threatening to put the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of border security up for a vote, House Republicans made good on that promise Tuesday — and promptly failed to muster enough votes to pull it off. The impeachment resolution failed 214-216, with four Republicans joining all 212 […]