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House lawmakers conducting the impeachment investigation into MORE heard clashing testimony Wednesday from a quartet of acclaimed legal scholars who sparred for hours over the gravity of the president’s conduct regarding Ukraine — and whether it warrants his removal from office. Three of the witnesses who appeared before the House Judiciary Committee were invited by Democrats, and all three delivered a scathing assessment of Trump’s dealings with Kyiv, arguing that his effort to press Ukrainian leaders for political favors is an abuse of power — and exactly what the n

Democrats are debating how broadly to make their impeachment case against MORE, with some lawmakers seeking to expand the list of charges even as House Judiciary Committee members signal a relatively narrow approach. House Democrats at the first Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing on Wednesday gave the clearest sign yet of the scope of their likely articles by unveiling posters featuring three possible charges: abuse of power and bribery, obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice.  “I’m for a keep-it-simple scope,” Rep.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) said Wednesday that House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) violated his civil liberties by snooping in his phone records and publishing them in his impeachment report. Schiff’s Democratic majority released a 300-page report on Tuesday, on the eve of the first impeachment hearings in the House Judiciary Committee, summarizing the testimony in its own inquiry.

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, worth an estimated $54 billion, enjoys his own fleet of private jets and helicopters stationed in New Jersey while describing himself as a “global leader” on the environment and climate change. Bloomberg, who has pledged to end the American coal industry, has for years flown around the world to his multiple million-dollar mansions in the comfort of his own private jets and helicopters — ditching commercial flights and trains that work

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UPDATE: Fox News reports that the gunman at Pearl Harbor shot three people, two fatally, before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m.

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.

Stanford professor Pamela Karlan apologized Wednesday after a reference to the president’s youngest child during Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing drew swift and angry rebukes from First Lady Melania Trump, the White House, and the Trump campaign. Karlan said Trump was wrong when he once claimed the Constitution gave broad and unchecked power, like a king. “I’ll just give you one example that shows the difference between him and a king, which is the Constitution says there can be no titles of nobility,” she said.

WASHINGTON — The next phase of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump moved to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday with public hearings featuring professors of law who discussed the constitutional origins of Congress’ impeachment power. Three of the lawyers were chosen by Democrats, one by Republicans, and the experts split much like the committee, along partisan lines, over whether Trump committed an impeachable offense when he asked the president of Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. The lofty arguments about the Constituti

In a lengthy House Judiciary Commitee hearing Wednesday, constitutional law experts debated whether controversial, divisive President Trump has committed impeachable offenses. Often invoking the difference between a monarchy and a democracy, three experts testified that they believed Trump’s conduct deserved impeachment, while one disagreed, telling the committee he was worried the proceedings against Trump would lower the bar for impeachment in the future. Here are some key quotes from Wednesday’s hearing. Harvard professor Noah Feldman: “The Frame