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January 21, 2020

Schumer unveils amendment listing documents he wants for Senate impeachment trial

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., released the text of his amendment to the Senate's impeachment rules that would subpoena a wide variety of documents from the White House before House impeachment managers begin their opening statement. 

January 21, 2020

During impeachment trial, Trump portraying ‘exact image’ he wants: Ari Fleischer

President Trump is portraying the exact image he wants to throughout the House and Senate impeachment proceedings, former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said Tuesday.

January 21, 2020

Impeachment trial rules seem written in the White House, not the Senate, Schumer says

New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer blasted the planned impeachment trial rules as a "cover-up" and accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of writing the rules for the sole benefit of President Trump, as he vowed efforts by Democrats to upend them.

January 21, 2020

Kevin McCarthy: Trump is 'promoting America' while Dems promote their impeachment 'nightmare'

Before the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump kicks off Tuesday, House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy blasted the entire process as an agenda and the central campaign issue for Democrats.

January 21, 2020

Senate impeachment trial set to begin as Trump adds last-minute reinforcements to defense team

After an opening salvo of back-and-forth arguments from President Trump's attorneys and Democrats' impeachment managers on Monday, Senate impeachment trial proceedings are set to begin at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday with the expectation they will stretch well into a wild night on Capitol Hill -- even as key procedural questions, including the timeline for debate and whether additional witnesses will testify, remain undecided and hotly contentious.

January 19, 2020

Schumer: Dems will 'force votes on witnesses and documents' in Trump impeachment trial

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed Sunday evening to "force votes on witnesses and documents" in the impeachment trial against President Trump starting this week, and suggested that Republicans were engaged in a cover-up to block Democrats from doing so.

January 16, 2020

Grisham on top Dems knocking China trade deal: They hate Trump 'more than they love this country'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the Democratic Party's unwillingness to acknowledge the significance of the landmark United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and China trade deal shows that they hate President Trump more than they love their country, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Thursday.

January 15, 2020

Donald Trump Jr. defends China agreement from Schumer criticism: 'He knows nothing about trade'

Trump Organization executive vice president Donald Trump Jr. responded Wednesday to criticism of his father's landmark trade deal with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.

January 15, 2020

Strict impeachment trial decorum guidelines ban electronics, talking and standing

Congressional leaders have imposed remarkably strict decorum guidelines for President Trump's impeachment trial, including no phones.

January 14, 2020

CNN's Chris Cuomo rips Trump for 'pathetic' Schumer-Pelosi tweet: 'He has nothing else to offer'

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo blasted President Trump over his "pathetic" retweet of a photoshopped image depicting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in traditional Muslim attire with a backdrop of the Iranian flag.