Addy Baird
Donald Trump's Impeachment, Explained For Non-Americans
Why is the US president being impeached, and who are all these new people?!
Mark Di Stefano
Trump Needs Republicans As The Impeachment Inquiry Continues, But They’re Furious About Syria
Even some of Trump’s closest Republican allies are infuriated over his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, though they say there’s little they can do.
Addy Baird
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Endorse Bernie Sanders For President
Rep. Ilhan Omar also endorsed Sanders just after news broke that Ocasio-Cortez would officially back Sanders at his rally in Queens on Saturday.
Addy Baird
Two Top Democrats Have Already “Botched” Impeachment, Their Primary Challengers Say
“He’s basically avoided doing everything he can to hold this president accountable."
Kadia Goba
Some Democrats Are Skipping Their Two-Week Vacation To Keep Working On Impeachment
The chairs of three House committees have already subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents and have begun scheduling depositions.
Addy Baird
Democrats Want To Impeach Trump Over A Number Of Scandals, But Say They’ll Focus Solely On Ukraine
Mueller who?
Addy Baird
Progressive Groups Are Urging Democratic Leaders Not To Take A Vacation Until The President’s Impeached
In a letter to Democratic leaders, two progressive groups said they “respectfully demand that House leadership cancel [its upcoming break] and immediately get to work impeaching this lawless president.”
Addy Baird
Democrats Say Trump’s Ukraine Call Was “Far More Damning” Than They Expected
Trump’s explicit request that the Ukrainian president help dig up dirt on Joe Biden is “exactly the crime that we were concerned about,” one House Democratic leader said.
Addy Baird
The Ukraine Story Is A Much Easier Sell Than The Mueller Report Ever Was, Pro-Impeachment Democrats Say
“He's just coming out and saying, ‘Yeah, I did it, and yeah, my office held up the money.’"
Addy Baird
Nancy Pelosi Announced A Formal Impeachment Investigation Into President Donald Trump
The House speaker’s announcement comes amid reports that Trump withheld aid money from Ukraine while pushing the country for dirt on Joe Biden.
Addy Baird
Nancy Pelosi’s Impeachment Dam Is Breaking
As the story of President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine continues to unravel, moderate Democrats and impeachment holdouts are changing their tune.
Addy Baird
He Became Mayor At Just 22. Now He’s Running To Take Down A 70-Year-Old House Democrat.
Democrat Alex Morse — an openly gay mayor who has backed legal weed and decriminalizing sex work — is challenging longtime Rep. Richard Neal in Massachusetts.
Addy Baird
A Major Progressive Group That Backed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Endorsing Another Young Woman Trying To Take Down A Top Democrat
Brand New Congress is endorsing Mckayla Wilkes, the 29-year-old progressive challenging House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in 2020.
Addy Baird
Their Daughter Was Killed In Aurora. Now They Say The Anti–Gun Violence Movement Has Left Them Behind.
“Here’s the deal: We really don’t have a true grassroots gun violence prevention movement in this country,” said Lonnie Phillips, whose daughter, Jessi, was killed in the 2012 movie theater mass shooting.
Addy Baird
The Victims Of The Dayton Mass Shooting Include The Gunman’s Brother And 8 Others
The dead include the brother of the shooter, a man who celebrated his 30th birthday last week, and a young mother whose youngest was born just last month.
Amber Jamieson
Progressive Groups Plan To Make House Democrats’ Summer Vacation All About Impeachment
“Anyone who says their constituents don’t care about this issue isn’t listening.”
Addy Baird
House Democrats Have Already Started An Impeachment Inquiry Whether They Want To Admit It Or Not
Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler dodged questions about his personal support for impeachment, even as he’s laying the groundwork for an inquiry.
Addy Baird
“A Bit Of A Dud” — Some Democrats Said The Mueller Hearings Didn’t Live Up To Expectations
“Frankly, our Democratic majority has pinned a lot on Mueller and his report … In retrospect, we made some tactical mistakes.”
Addy Baird
The House Voted To Condemn The Boycott Israel Movement Over Protests From Reps. Ilhan Omar And Rashida Tlaib
The measure to formally condemn the BDS movement passed the House overwhelmingly Tuesday night. "Dissent is how we nurture democracy," Tlaib said.
Kadia Goba
Progressives Won The Minimum Wage Fight — Now They Think They Can Do It Again With Health Care And The Green New Deal
“Many movements have to walk through a little bit of ridicule and laughter before they can shift to people thinking, Oh, they were right.”
Addy Baird
