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On Friday, New Hampshire Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas issued statements calling for impeachment proceedings to begin against President Trump. “After weeks of careful consideration and countless conversations with my constituents, I believe it’s imperative that Congress continues its oversight work by opening an impeachment inquiry,” Pappas said in a video statement. “I believe it is the role of Congress to investigate, with our resources and constitutional powers, the conduct of Pre

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday denigrated a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a ‘‘disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,’’ broadening a campaign against prominent critics of his administration that has exacerbated racial tensions. Trump lashed out in tweets against Rep.

WASHINGTON — Twenty years ago, Jeff Few joined Amazon when it was still an upstart, aiming to break the grip of behemoths such as Barnes & Noble and Blockbuster in the market for books and movies. “I saw it as this force that would finally enable something closer to a direct democracy,” Few recalled. Now, Amazon is a titan of e-commerce, and Few, who lives in Seattle and went on to work for Apple and Adobe, has embraced, and donated $300 to, a Democratic presidential candidate who has fiercely criticized his industry and called for the breakup of its biggest

‘‘The president says about Congressman Cummings’ district - ” CNN anchor Victor Blackwell paused for 10 long seconds as he considered President Donald Trump’s latest tweets targeting a lawmaker of color Saturday. Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings’s district in Baltimore ‘‘is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,’’ the president had tweeted. ‘‘No human being would want to live there.’’ Blackwell emphasized that word ‘‘human’’ when he launched back into an emotional dissection of the president’s words. His voice shook. His eyes got teary.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE. Nadler said that the panel is seeking the material in order to decide whether to recommend articles of impeachment against Trump — perhaps the Democratic chairman’s most significant and public acknowledgement that his committee is considering impeachment as a possibility. "Because Department of Justice policies will not allow prosecution of the sitting president, the United States House of Representatives is the only institution of the federal government that can now vote President Trump accountable for these actio

House Democrats are moving forward with lawsuits and subpoenas following former special counsel MORE. Across various committees, Democrats are seeking to obtain witness testimony and documents shedding light on the president’s conduct, personal finances and his administration. While Mueller’s testimony offered nothing new for Democrats to sink their teeth into, Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE (D-N.Y.) described it as an “inflection point” on Friday. He announced his panel would file an application in court to secure the grand jury material

MORE on Friday lashed out at Democrats over their ongoing investigations into his administration, suggesting there should instead be probes into former President Obama's book deal and other activities under his predecessor. "They want to investigate, they want to go fishing and I watched Bob Mueller and they have nothing," Trump said of Democrats during an Oval Office gathering to announce an agreement with Guatemala.  "It’s a disgrace," he continued. "We want to find out what happened the last Democrat president. Let’s look into Obama the way they’ve looked into me.

House Democrats of all stripes say the window for launching impeachment proceedings against MORE is quickly closing. Heading into the long August recess, Democratic leaders resisted efforts to initiate a formal impeachment inquiry, frustrating liberals who say MORE's report on presidential obstruction — accentuated by the former special counsel's testimony before Congress on Wednesday — provides ample reason to begin the process. Those progressive lawmakers are hoping Mueller's remarks will sink in with voters over the six-week summer break,

House Democrats also attempted to sue to stop the diversion of the Pentagon dollars for a wall, claiming that only lawmakers can allocate federal funding under the Constitution. But U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in D.C., a Trump appointee, found that the lawmakers did not have the standing to bring forward the suit. That ruling is currently being appealed. Updated: 9:34 p.m. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

“I fear for their physical safety,” Hill told host Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball. “And I speak unfortunately from experience having been singled out and attacked by the president myself.” Hill said Trump “knows what he’s doing when he does things like that and uses certain trigger words to create a level of fear and a level of animosity.” She also ripped Trump for calling Rep.