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WASHINGTON - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., set a Tuesday meeting to approve the release of a report expected to detail the panel’s findings on President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. In keeping with committee rules, panel members are expected to be able to review the report starting at 6 p.m. Monday, 24 hours before the scheduled meeting.

The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee said Democrat Adam Schiff is “the first person who needs to testify” as the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump moves to a new phase and Schiff’s panel prepares to circulate a draft report on its findings. Representative Doug Collins of Georgia made the comment on “Fox News Sunday.” He was one of several members of the Judiciary panel who appeared on political talk shows as the panel prepares to open its first public hearings in the impeachment probe on Wednesday. “If he chooses not to” testify, Col

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment inquiry enters a pivotal stage this week, with investigators planning a vote Tuesday to approve their report making the case for President Donald Trump’s removal from office as he decides whether to mount a defense before a likely Senate trial. A draft report will be available for members of the House Intelligence Committee to view in a secure location before their planned vote on Tuesday, which would send their findings to the House Judiciary Committee to consider actual charges. Majority Democrats say the report will spe

A prime chairmanship is poised to come open in the Senate next year. The problem? No GOP senators seem to want it.  Sen.

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The House Intelligence Committee will begin reviewing a report Monday on the committee’s investigation into MORE’s dealings with Ukraine a committee official confirmed to The Hill. The committee is then expected to consider and adopt the report Tuesday evening. The report and any minority views will be sent to the House Judiciary Committee, which could draft articles of impeachment against the president in the next few weeks, according to Politico.  This is a majo

The recent hospitalization of Justice MORE following a year of health scares has raised the prospect of a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year and a partisan battle royal that would likely surpass the impeachment fight.  Liberal activists are already calling on MORE (R-Ky.) has indicated he would fill a court vacancy next year, even though he blocked former President Obama’s nominee for most of 2016 after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. McConnell argued at the time that voters should have a chance to weigh in on the balance of the c

MORE's proposed border wall is looming as a central obstacle to passing spending bills by a December deadline. The top appropriators in the House and Senate have already struck an agreement ahead of Thanksgiving on how to divide $1.37 trillion in annual spending among 12 bills. But lawmakers still need to agree on how to deal with the border wall -- a top issue for Trump that precipitated a government shutdown last year. With just 15 legislative days between the Thanksgiving recess and a deadline of Dec.

Pete Buttigieg will visit a black church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on Sunday, attempting to improve his support with that early primary state’s black community.

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is dropping $300,000 on ads in Oklahoma – news that follows Sen.