- PoliticsHunter Walker and Luppe B. Luppen
Meet the lawyer at the center of the Trump universe
Marc Mukasey has deep, personal connections within President Trump’s orbit, and he has worked on a number of high-profile cases involving the president.
- PoliticsCaitlin Dickson
Judge blocks Trump's favorite construction company from building private border wall
A federal judge in McAllen, Texas, has temporarily blocked a plan for a construction firm favored by President Trump to build a privately funded segment of border wall along the banks of the Rio Grande River.
- NewsRebecca Corey
What articles of impeachment may lie ahead for Trump?
All eyes are on what charges House Democrats plan to bring against President Trump now that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has asked the House to proceed with drafting articles of impeachment. Democrats displayed a list of impeachable offenses during Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing — including abuse of power and bribery, obstruction of Congress, and obstruction of justice — that hint at what they intend to draft against Trump.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Democrats have so far failed to seal the deal on impeachment
A majority of registered voters buy Democrats’ central argument for impeachment, but Americans remain too polarized and uncertain about key details to back Trump’s removal from office in the kind of numbers that could create real momentum, a new poll shows.
- NewsJon Ward
A dozen senators, not Trump, will decide who testifies in Senate impeachment trial
President Trump’s characterization of how a Senate impeachment trial might go glosses over the reality of who gets to call the shots.
- NewsSuzanne Smalley
'He'd do it again': Former Obama official says Trump must be impeached
Former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, the author of the new bestseller “Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump,” believes the GOP notion that Congress can responsibly let voters decide if President Trump’s conduct is impeachable at the ballot box “makes no sense.”
- PoliticsDavid Knowles
Biden shows his tough side in Iowa and in attack ad: 'You're a dаmn liar'
Joe Biden defended his son and released a new ad that went after President Trump as he campaigned in Iowa.
- PoliticsYahoo News Video
Impeachment Explained: Key takeaways from day 1 of House Judiciary Committee hearings
Dec. 4 was the first day of public hearings in the House Judiciary Committee for the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. What were the main takeaways? Yahoo News explains.
- NewsChristopher Wilson
Trump impeachment hearings: 4 takeaways from Day 6 of public testimony
The first day of testimony in front of the Judiciary Committee included testimony from legal scholars Noah Feldman, Pamela Karlan, Michael Gerhardt and Jonathan Turley.
- PoliticsJon Ward
Boredom, not public persuasion, is the goal in Judiciary phase of impeachment
Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing of President Trump proved a mostly dull affair — and that may have been the point.
- PoliticsTom LoBianco
Energized by impeachment report, Democrats ponder how to pry answers from White House
“If you were subpoenaed — and the courts are backing us up on this — you show up. And if you don’t show up there has to be consequences," said Rep. Jim Himes, a lead investigator in the impeachment probe.
- PoliticsAlexander Nazaryan
By 3 to 1, legal scholars call for Trump impeachment at first Judiciary hearing
The affair was predictably partisan, with Democrats portraying themselves as carrying out a grim constitutional duty. “This is not a proceeding I was looking forward to,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.
- NewsMike Bebernes
Is NATO falling apart?
Meetings to celebrate the 70th anniversary of NATO have been marred by infighting, public jabs and disagreements. Is the international alliance on the brink of collapse?
- NewsDavid Knowles
Stanford law professor lights up House impeachment hearing
Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan delivered powerful testimony Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, explaining in simple terms why President Trump’s conduct warranted his impeachment.
- PoliticsJon Ward
Democrats set to move 'swiftly' to impeach Trump, likely by end of month
Democrats said they will hold at least one more impeachment hearing in the House Judiciary Committee after Wednesday’s panel of legal witnesses. But it appeared likely there will be only two more hearings, and then a vote to send articles of impeachment to the full House.
- PoliticsHunter Walker
In fiery memo, Dem lawmaker urges Congress to include Trump’s 'racism' in articles of impeachment
Rep. Al Green, the first member of Congress who called for President Trump to be impeached sent a memo Wednesday to House members urging them to incorporate concerns about Trump’s “racism” into the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
- NewsAlexander Nazaryan
State Department pressured to turn over impeachment documents from potential Giuliani-Pompeo call
A new document request includes any notes pertaining to a potential Sept. 11 call between Rudy Giuliani and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The date of the purported call is significant because on that same day, the Trump administration released $250 million in aid to Ukraine.
- PoliticsJerry Adler
What happens if Trump loses in 2020 — and refuses to leave?
Speculating on what Trump might do on Jan. 20, 2021, if he’s not taking the oath of office, is a fraught exercise that depends heavily on armchair analysis of Trump’s personality.
- PoliticsDavid Knowles
Some of the many people Trump has denied knowing
Donald Trump said Tuesday that he "didn't know Prince Andrew." It's not the first person he has had trouble remembering.
- PoliticsJon Ward
Schiff says phone records show Nunes may have been 'complicit' in Ukraine affair
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Tuesday that phone records unearthed in the impeachment investigation raised questions about whether his Republican counterpart on the committee, Rep. Devin Nunes, might have been “complicit” in a White House plot to pressure Ukraine.
- NewsAlexander Nazaryan
Impeachment report finds 'stark evidence of misconduct'
Withering in tone and rich with detail, the 300-page impeachment report released by the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday afternoon sharpened congressional Democrats’ case against President Trump, whom it charged with the “prioritization of his personal political benefit over the national interest.”
- PoliticsDavid Knowles
3 things we learned from Harris's short-lived presidential campaign
Kamala Harris dropped out of the presidential race Tuesday, leaving behind lessons for the other candidates.
- NewsJon Ward and Christopher Wilson
10 lawmakers to watch as impeachment inquiry shifts to Judiciary Committee
When impeachment proceedings begin this week in a new venue — the House Judiciary Committee — they won’t necessarily be a sober-minded moment in American history focused strictly on substance for many of the committee members.
- PoliticsJon Ward
How Chief Justice John Roberts would lead the Senate impeachment trial
As American politics has grown more polarized, Roberts has tried to recede from view rather than become more prominent. But many expect President Trump would try to turn impeachment proceedings into a circus. And it may be then that Roberts would be forced to have a stronger hand, if only to maintain order.
- NewsDavid Knowles
Trump mocks FBI's Lisa Page, again citing debunked text-message conspiracy
The president lashed out yet again at former FBI lawyer Lisa Page after she granted an interview to the Daily Beast.
