Barr spars with Dems on Trump ties, riots at fiery House hearing

Barr has defended his independence from President Trump, amid accusations from Democrats. Attorney General Bill Barr clashed with Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday over accusations that he is carrying out President Trump‘s political wishes, as he appeared for a long-awaited hearing where … Read More

How Democrats lost the Impeachment War — and probably 2020

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The party is struggling to adapt to the 21st century Reps. Nancy Pelosi, Jerrold Nadler, Maxine Waters, and Eliot Engel during a press conference announcing articles of impeachment The Democratic party is dying from its hatred of President Trump. The … Read More

White House won’t participate in impeachment hearings, tells Nadler to ‘end this inquiry now’

The White House said Friday it will not participate in House Judiciary Committee impeachment proceedings, blasting the inquiry as “completely baseless” in a curt response to Democrats ahead of Monday’s scheduled hearing. “House Democrats have wasted enough of America’s time with this charade,” White … Read More

Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple face antitrust probe by House

Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple face an antitrust investigation by the House judiciary committee. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Sept. 13 (UPI) — House lawmakers requested internal documents from Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple as part of an antitrust investigation examining … Read More

Trump-Russia: House committee to see Mueller evidence

Deal comes as Democrats weigh up impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. The House judiciary committee chairman, Jerrold Nadler, listens during opening statements on Monday in the first hearing on Robert Mueller’s report. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP The House judiciary committee … Read More

House Democrats to hold hearings on Mueller Report

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A key House panel will hold a series of hearings beginning next week on the revelations laid out in the Mueller report, along with testimony from key legal experts, including a former prominent White House lawyer from the Richard Nixon … Read More

Top Democrat threatens to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. congressional Democrat on Thursday threatened to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena to provide Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on the Russia inquiry, and accused President … Read More

Trump takes aim at Dem talk of impeachment

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President Trump on Sunday took aim at the Democrats pushing to advance impeachment proceedings against him as the dust settles from special counsel Robert Mueller‘s report on Russian election interference. “How do you impeach a Republican President for a crime that was committed by the Democrats? … Read More

Sen. John Kennedy on Dems’ Trump Probes: ‘This Is All About Tearing the President Down’

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House Judiciary Committee Member John N. Kennedy (R-La.) said that the Democrats’ multi-faceted investigations into the Trump administration are “all about tearing the president down.” Kennedy said that some Democrats are indeed acting in “good faith” but that many are … Read More