WASHINGTON – House Republicans are proceeding with impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a massive escalation of their attack on Democrats over the migrant crisis at the southern border. The proceedings will begin Jan. 10, with the House Homeland Security Committee holding a first impeachment hearing, a committee spokesperson told […]
By Ted Hesson and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives committee next week will advance an effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over allegations he has been derelict in his duty of managing the U.S.-Mexico border, a committee spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday. The committee, which oversees homeland security […]
Nothing that happened in Washington this year better encapsulates the modern Republican Party than the impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. And nothing will better symbolize former President Donald Trump’s control over the party than if the GOP goes through with it in 2024. Republicans have used their quest for dirt on the Biden family […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top election official could face an impeachment attempt in the state Legislature over her decision to keep former President Donald Trump off the Republican primary ballot. At least one Republican lawmaker has vowed to pursue impeachment against Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows despite long odds in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. […]
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are seeking testimony from Biden family business associate Michael Lewitt as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. In a letter Thursday, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan cited Lewitt’s ties to James Biden, the president’s younger brother and a former business associate […]
Now that House Republicans have formalized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, anything less than voting to remove him could look like failure. Right now, though, they don’t have the votes to do that — putting them in a bind of their own making. Much of the House GOP has tried to keep the […]
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are charging ahead with their investigation into President Joe Biden’s family business dealings, with some in the GOP predicting a formal impeachment vote in the opening months of 2024. But there are others in the party who say the process could be drawn out, running deep into the presidential election year […]
WASHINGTON — As they search for evidence they can use to impeach President Joe Biden, House Republicans have repeatedly pointed to evidence that they say undercuts his claims that he never had anything to do with the foreign business dealings of his son, Hunter. As vice president, for example, Biden did briefly meet with some […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of Wisconsin’s Assembly who had threatened possible impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice over her views on redistricting now says such a move is “super unlikely.” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos originally threatened to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she did not recuse herself from the […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new law taking aim at Philadelphia’s progressive prosecutor creates a new position that diverts authority from the twice-elected district attorney, with Republican lawmakers arguing the legislation is necessary to prosecute crimes they say aren’t pursued. It’s the latest example of progressive prosecutors across the country facing political crosswinds. The measure, […]
Right-wing firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., called out Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. for admitting during a recent NBC interview that the House Oversight Committee has yet to produce a “smoking gun” linking President Joe Biden to his son Hunter Biden’s allegedly corrupt foreign business dealings. Earlier this month, Hunter Biden was charged with nine […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday appeared to brush off House Republicans’ impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden. Asked about the push on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Graham said “I haven’t really been paying that much attention to it.” “They have to prove that President Biden somehow financially benefitted from the business enterprises of Hunter […]