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HAZLETON, Pa. — Bob Curry is a man in constant motion, not unlike this fast-changing community he’s always championing. Passing a colorful mural in the community center he runs, its rainbow letters spelling out a Maya Angelou quote about the strength and beauty of diversity, he paused for effect. “You see our mural, if you don’t like it, get back on the elevator, you’re free to leave,” Curry proclaimed. He’s kidding — sort of.

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. — The kettle steamed in the background as a familiar yet painful argument began to boil over between father and daughter in the Slewo home last Inauguration Day. “My president is going to be good for the Christians and the economy,” Warda Slewo, an ardent Donald Trump fan, told his daughter, Ashourina Slewo, in her small kitchen in the northeastern suburbs of Detroit on Jan. 20, 2017. “Your president is a racist,” Ashourina shot back.

NEW LONDON, Wis.—After it was clear that neither of her preferred candidates, Ben Carson and Ted Cruz, was going to be elected president in 2016, Linda Behm prayed. Behm is an evangelical Christian and keeps a calendar filled with volunteer shifts at a thrift store and a food pantry in this small community an hour away from Green Bay. She wasn’t sure about supporting Donald J. Trump, the New York business magnate with a penchant for insults and crude behavior.

Here’s the secret C-SPAN’s cameras don’t let us in on about how Congress works: When the House gets together to debate a bill, it’s a staid affair. You have a handful of lawmakers giving speeches in a near-empty House floor chamber, save for House clerks and a handful of staff members who aren’t really listening. But Wednesday was different. Wednesday was like the movie-version House of Representatives. It’s that rare day when the House chamber is nearly full during debate.

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Nearly all House Democrats are taking the plunge and planning to vote for the articles of impeachment against MORE on Wednesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, all but four of the 31 Democrats representing districts Trump won in 2016 had announced that they will support both articles of impeachment accusing the president of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Just two Democrats have indicated that they will oppose the articles, setting up what’s expected to be a highly partisan affair with few members on either side of the aisle breaking party lines. A third Democra

Democrats on the House Rules Committee on Tuesday adopted guidelines to govern passage of the impeachment articles targeting MORE, setting the stage for Wednesday’s vote to impeach a president for just the third time in U.S. history. Under the guidelines, the impeachment articles will get six hours of debate, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. The debate will be controlled by the top Democrat and Republican on the House Judiciary Committee — Reps.

MORE (D-Calif.) on Tuesday urging her to halt impeachment proceedings one day before the House is set to vote to impeach him, accusing Democrats of an “unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power.”  Trump, in a scathing six-page letter to Pelosi, complained about the impeachment process, defended his conduct toward Ukraine and accused Democrats of “interfering in America’s elections.” “It is time for you and the highly partisan Democrats

The toxic relationship between Senate Majority Leader MORE’s impeachment trial. The leaders already have scars from the battles over MORE to the Supreme Court in 2016, among other controversies. So perhaps it should not be surprising that talks on rules for the trial are off to a rocky start. “The problem is the core of the relationship between him and Schumer,” said one Republican senator close to McConnell.

LOS ANGELES, California — Roughly 500 protesters turned out for a pro-impeachment rally Tuesday evening in front of City Hall, the night before the House of Representatives is due to vote on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. “Impeach the motherf**ker!” shouted former Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA), who resigned earlier this year over allegations that she had affairs with members of her campaign and congressional staff.