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LOS ANGELES — Long-simmering tensions between Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg boiled over Thursday night as they engaged in a blistering exchange over glitzy fund-raising and their respective net worths during the last Democratic debate of the year. The bitter back-and-forth — the sharpest of any of the previous debates — came as the stakes and pressures are rising with the Iowa caucuses just weeks away. The seven qualifying presidential candidates struck a high-minded, peaceable tone for the first half of the de

MORE was dressed for a funeral. Donning a black dress and her custom gold mace brooch, the Speaker of the House on Wednesday led a small procession of staffers and reporters out of her office and through Statuary Hall, past the statues of Rosa Parks, Thomas Edison and other American giants. The California Democrat clasped hands with her good friend Rep.

Senate Democratic Leader MORE (D-Calif.) plan to meet Thursday to discuss strategy for a Senate impeachment trial amid a debate over whether Democrats should hold back the articles of impeachment. Some Democrats say Pelosi should consider holding the articles to put pressure on McConnell to agree to trial rules that would allow for additional witnesses and documents to be presented to the Senate. Pelosi after the House impeachment vote declined to say whether she would send the articles to the Senate. "We'll make that decision as a group, as we always have, as we go a

All but a few of the 31 House Democrats representing crossover districts where MORE is popular voted to impeach him on Wednesday after trying to avoid taking such a tough vote for most of this year. Only Reps. MORE (Minn.) voted against both articles of impeachment accusing Trump of abuse of power and obstructing Congress. Freshman Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) was the only Democrat to split his votes in favor of one article but not the other.

Just moments after the House impeached MORE (D-Calif.) declined to say when — or even if — Democrats will deliver the articles to the Senate. "We'll make that decision as a group, as we always have, as we go along," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. Despite repeated attempts by reporters to press her on timing, Pelosi declined to commit to sending the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — across the Capitol, essentially putting the process in limbo as it looms unfinished over the Senate and White House. Pelosi and her fellow De

House Democrats took the historic step Wednesday of impeaching MORE, a momentous move that will send long-lasting reverberations throughout the Capitol and the country, both already fiercely divided over the truculent figure in the Oval Office. The two articles, which charge Trump with abusing power in his dealings with Ukraine and obstructing Congress in their investigation of those actions, passed almost exclusively along party lines, marking the most sectarian and contentious of the three presidential impeachments since the nation’s founding — and the first to targ

President Donald Trump joked that perhaps Rep. John Dingell was “looking up” at him from hell after his wife voted to impeach him. “Debbie Dingell, that’s a real beauty,” Trump said, recalling that she asked him to honor her husband John, who was the longest-serving Congressman in history when he passed away in February. Trump recalled his conversation with Rep.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appears to be considering an idea Democrats have floated for several days of holding back the articles of impeachment to exercise leverage over the Senate and the president. She declined formally to transmit the articles to the Senate on Wednesday evening after the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump. Unfortunately for them, the Senate can act, regardless — and would vote to acquit. That’s because the Constitution

House Democrats clapped and celebrated after they passed two articles of impeachment against President Trump, despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly telling them not to, as she has sought to portray the impeachment as a solemn and sad event. After the first article on abuse of power passed, Democrats broke out in applause for several seconds before Pelosi shot them a stern look. At least one Democrat shouted “Yay!” according to a Politico reporter: After the second article on obstruction of Congress passed, someone again shouted what sounded like, “Yay!” House Minority Whip Ste

House Democrats voted to impeach President Donald Trump Wednesday, making Trump the third president in American history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The House passed article one of H.R. 755, which charges Trump with abusing the office of the presidency. Article one passed on mostly partisan lines, 230-197, with most Republicans against the resolution. Two Democrats, Reps. Collin Peterson (D-MN) and Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ), voted against the resolution. The second article of impeachment, which charges that Trump obstructed Congress, passed the House with 229-198 votes.