“In crafting their arguments against President Trump’s impeachment, Republicans are attempting to rewrite the problematic history of Andrew Johnson, the first U.S. president to be impeached in 1868. In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Vice President Mike Pence lauds Senator Edmund G. Ross of Kansas for breaking with party lines to vote for Johnson’s…
“Impeachment is a rare event in American politics. Amid the past few weeks of public hearings, we have wondered how this episode compares to previous instances of impeachment. Amna Nawaz spoke with three historians, each focused on a former president who had to grapple with that threat: Peter Baker on Bill Clinton, John Naftali on…
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House committee chairmen reacted July 24 to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, standing with House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff and House Oversight Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, said the hearings made clear that President Donald Trump had obstructed justice and that…
“Congress held a historic hearing on Medicare for all on Tuesday, opening with an emotional testimony from activist and lawyer Ady Barkan, who is dying of terminal ALS. We speak to Representative Ilhan Omar about yesterday’s hearing and her support for overhauling the country’s healthcare system in favor of Medicare for all. We also talk…
“On Thursday, another Democrat endorsed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, a resolution presented in November by a half-dozen Democrats accusing Trump of obstruction of justice and other offenses. Democrat Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire is the latest official to join the effort and is one of 12 House Democrats who represent a district…