News & Information http://info.owt.com
Politics
01/22/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
House Judiciary Chairman Adam Schiff said that President Trump’s alleged misconduct can’t be proven at the ballot box but only through his impeachment.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Earlier Wednesday, Trump told reporters at a news conference in Switzerland that he “can live either way” with the Senate’s decision on whether to call witnesses for his historic impeachment trial.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
Democrats accused President Donald Trump at the start of his impeachment trial on Wednesday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get re-elected and warned that America's global prestige would suffer if the U.S. Senate acquits him.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
A bipartisan majority of Americans want to see new witnesses testify in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, and the public appears to be largely following the proceedings even after a bruising congressional inquiry that lasted several months, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling released Wednesday.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Nadler’s early-morning accusations of a “shameful coverup” and “treacherous” GOP behavior had senators of both parties asking the managers to keep the focus on the case.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Nadler’s early-morning accusations of a “shameful coverup” and “treacherous” GOP behavior had senators of both parties asking the managers to keep the focus on the case.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
With the first votes in the 2020 Democratic nominating contest less than two weeks away, former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday received a welcome endorsement from the national iron workers union.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
About 11 million TV viewers watched the start of the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday when lawmakers sparred for hours over witnesses and records for the historic proceedings, according to Nielsen ratings data.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Statement ties Saudi leader’s role to Washington Post reporting on his country and killing of Post columnist.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
That narrative is often misleading.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
Democratic presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard sued Hillary Clinton for defamation on Wednesday, seeking at least $50 million in damages for harming her reputation by suggesting last year that one of the party's White House contenders was a "Russian asset."
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
Starting on Wednesday, seven members of the House of Representatives will try to convince the U.S. Senate that President Donald Trump should be removed from office.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday ruled out a so-called witness trade in which Republicans call witnesses Democrats want in exchange for former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden testifying in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Black voters have largely rallied behind one candidate. Black lawmakers? Not so much.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Black voters have largely rallied behind one candidate. Black lawmakers? Not so much.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
The leading Democratic candidates all believe climate change is an existential threat to the planet and have vowed to bring U.S. greenhouse gas emissions down to net-zero by 2050.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Montana shut down tax-incentive program for scholarships for both secular and religious education.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
They include an array of White House and well-known lawyers.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
They include an array of White House and well-known lawyers.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
It’s pretty contradictory, some legal experts suggest, and could affect the administration’s efforts in those cases.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
It’s pretty contradictory, some legal experts suggest, and could affect the administration’s efforts in those cases.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Partisanship continues to play to the president's advantage.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
The Kentucky senator, a close ally of Trump, told The Washington Post he opposes calling John Bolton as a witness, calling him a “disgruntled employee.”
01/22/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
A new Netflix documentary aims to tell us more about the Taylor Swift we think we know — by focusing on her politics.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
The former vice president says he can work with Republicans because he doesn’t hold grudges.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday did not slam the door shut on the possibility of Joe Biden or his son Hunter testifying in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, but he said there was no need to hear from anyone unrelated to the charges.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
A more reflective politician might find some useful lessons in what happened four years ago.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would prefer a longer impeachment trial so that current and former top administration officials could testify, but that having them appear would present national security concerns.
01/22/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — A military lawyer defending the suspected mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks compared his representation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to John Adams defending British troops after the Boston Massacre.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Assessing the arguments for and against.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he would be ready to testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial if legally obliged to, as political squabbles over the process intensified in Washington.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
A new poll shows a surge for Sanders, but most Democrats say they haven't made up their minds.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
The eye-popping sums come amid increased antitrust and privacy scrutiny.
01/22/2020 Washington Post Politics
Before and after his meeting with global leaders on Wednesday, the president retweeted dozens of posts about the trial in the Senate.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate will hear opening arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Wednesday, beginning up to six days of presentations on the question of whether Trump should be removed from office.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
The U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday to approve rules governing the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, including delaying a debate over whether to call witnesses until the middle of the trial.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
At a lavish August gathering at a private estate in Spain, a wealthy Venezuelan businessman under criminal investigation in the United States introduced Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, to the father of Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaido.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, rejecting Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and ensure witnesses are heard.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday will hear opening arguments in an impeachment trial to determine whether to remove President Donald Trump from office on charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress in its investigation of his dealings with Ukraine.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
Lawyers for President Donald Trump pushed back on Tuesday against the House of Representatives' impeachment case as proceedings got under way in the U.S. Senate. Here are excerpts from their opening remarks.
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
With the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump under way, U.S. senators have polished their talking points about upholding the Constitution. They also have another phrase at the ready: "Please do not touch me."
01/22/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts pulled double duty on Tuesday as he juggled dual responsibilities at the Supreme Court and President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
01/21/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — The architect of the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program sparred on Tuesday with a defense lawyer during a military court appearance in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
01/21/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she had to clear the air when she heard that President Trump thought she hated him.
01/21/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
Hillary Clinton said she would support Bernie Sanders if he received the Democratic nomination after blasting him in an interview.
01/21/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the man who waterboarded him at a secret CIA black site are to meet face-to-face in a Guantanamo Bay courtroom Tuesday.
01/20/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
Top White House aide Kellyanne Conway claimed that Martin Luther King Jr. would not be in favor of impeaching President Trump.
01/20/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
The New York Times editorial board compared Sen. Bernie Sanders’s rigidity to compromise and apparent divisiveness with President Trump while discussing its Democratic primary endorsements.
01/17/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
Rep. Ted Lieu told Rep. Devin Nunes’s lawyer to “shove it” after he was threatened with a lawsuit.