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Opinion | Michael A. Cohen Considering the substantial evidence that President Trump has committed high crimes and misdemeanors, why aren’t we talking about impeachment proceedings in Congress?  EDITORIAL No political leader should remain in power forever. Nancy Pelosi gets it, and now the rest of the Democratic caucus should too.  Opinion | Laurence H. Tribe Our country’s governing document makes good on the promise that no one is above the law.

A federal judge in Texas cast new uncertainty on the fate of ObamaCare when he issued a ruling striking down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA). U.S.

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A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down the Affordable Care Act, throwing a new round of uncertainty into the fate of the law just one day before the deadline to sign up for coverage for next year. U.S.

MORE faces new legal troubles stemming from recent developments in the sprawling federal investigations into his associates and 2016 campaign. It’s unclear what legal jeopardy, if any, Trump might be in, and long-standing Justice Department guidelines state that a sitting president cannot be indicted. But the sentencing of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen and revelation that the parent company of the National Enquirer has turned state’s evidence establish clear links between the president and illegal actions his former allies say he directed. Cohen and American Med

Michael Cohen, MORE’s former lawyer, is posing a public relations threat, as well as a legal one, to the White House as he keeps himself center stage in the media.  Cohen gave an interview to ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday, in which he insisted that “of course” Trump knew payments to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and model Karen McDougal were wrong. Asked by anchor George Stephanopoulos about Trump’s assertion that he had not directed his longtime attorney to do anything wrong, Cohen responded, “I don’t think there’s anybody that believes that.” Cohen also

A century ago, electronic amplification enabled political figures to adopt a more relaxed speaking style; they no longer had to yell to be heard in the back row.  Then came television.  Of course, the biggest technological change has been the Internet, which helped propel Barack Obama into the White House in 2008.  Yet now we see that the Internet is creating a new kind of media, and thus a new kind of media-shaped politician.  If the past is any guide, those who master the newest media will soon enough be the victors. On December 10, The Wa

Teresa Shook, credited as one of the women who launched the march on social media, spearheaded the criticism last month when she called on the women now running the “movement” to step down. Those women include Women’s March National co-chairwomen Carmen Perez, Bob Bland, Tamika D.

Judge Reed O’Connor, a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas appointed by former President George W. Bush, ruled that Obamacare violated the Constitution. Twenty Republican state attorneys general brought the suit, Texas v. Azar, who asked the court to rule that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) violates the Constitution after Republicans managed to zero out Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act last year.

Although it was not on his official schedule, the president traveled via motorcade to the cemetery, where Wreaths Across America volunteers were placing wreaths at the graves of soldiers. The group coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies at veterans cemeteries all across the country, every year on December 15. “They’re doing a great job,” Trump commented to the press after talking briefly with volunteers under an umbrella in the rain.