'The mob was fed lies:' McConnell blames Trump for Capitol riot
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is explicitly pointing his finger at President Donald Trump for helping to spur the attack on the Capitol by the outgoing president's supporters.
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Transportation secretary to resign following U.S. Capitol riot
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is resigning effective Monday, becoming the highest ranking member of President Donald Trump's administration to resign in protest after the pro-Trump insurrection at Capitol.
McConnell delivers forceful rebuke of Trump-led electoral challenge
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday delivered a forceful rebuke of President Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread election fraud, warning his fellow Republicans of the damage their efforts to try to overturn the election won by President-elect Joe Biden could do to democracy.
How Dish Network plans to become a cell phone company in 2020
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen believes his company could be a significant competitor in the US consumer wireless business.
McConnell says Senate trial talks at 'impasse' as Congress leaves town
The Senate is at an "impasse" about setting the rules of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday, leaving the status of the trial in limbo as lawmakers leave Washington until the new year.
Nancy Pelosi won't commit to sending articles of impeachment to Senate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would not commit on Wednesday to sending the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Republican-held Senate, a surprise move that injects new uncertainty into Congress' timeline of the President's trial in the chamber.
McConnell blasts impeachment effort as 'most unfair' in history
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell argued from the Senate floor Thursday morning that the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is "the most rushed, least thorough, and most unfair" in modern history.
House of Representatives impeaches President Donald Trump
The deeply divided House of Representatives took the historic step to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, charging a president with high crimes and misdemeanors for just the third time in American history.
McConnell pushed judges through Senate as House votes on impeachment
While the rest of Washington focused on impeachment proceedings Wednesday, Mitch McConnell successfully pressed forward on a subject that has been the one knockout success for the Republican Senate and President Donald Trump: judges.
Mitch McConnell: 'I'm not an impartial juror'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday bluntly acknowledged some of the political realities surrounding the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, notably saying, "I'm not impartial about this at all."
McConnell rejects Dem call for impeachment trial witnesses
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected calls from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to allow witnesses at an expected Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Disparate group of GOP senators worry WH, party leaders ahead of trial
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's high-profile push for witnesses to testify in the Senate's expected impeachment trial of President Donald Trump shifted attention and political pressure on Monday to a handful of Republican senators who have worked diligently
McConnell opposes impeachment witnesses but supported them in 1999
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is arguing against witnesses giving testimony in the expected impeachment trial of President Donald Trump -- but he had a different view in 1999 when he advocated for a request by Republican House impeachment managers to have witnesses testify in the case against then-President Bill Clinton, a Democrat.
Schumer: McConnell 'totally out of line' on impeachment coordination
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday blasted his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell for taking cues from the White House on impeachment ahead of the looming Senate trial, saying the Kentucky Republican is "totally out of line."
Schumer's letter kicks off negotiations for Senate impeachment trial
The Senate impeachment trial is starting to get real. After weeks of senators seemingly ducking or dodging the Mack truck headed the chamber's way, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer kicked the preparations for next year's trial into gear Sunday night by laying out Democratic demands for how that trial should actually look. Let the negotiations begin.
Schumer requests four witnesses for Senate trial
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made it clear in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Sunday night that he prefers a Senate impeachment trial with witness testimony and new documents, a direct rebuttal to top Republicans who have argued in recent days that a
Schiff wants witnesses, documents in Senate impeachment trial
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Sunday said he would like for some witnesses to be called during the expected Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump and for withheld administration documents to be introduced as evidence.
Nadler slams McConnell for coordinating with White House
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Sunday criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the Kentucky Republican said he would coordinate with White House counsel on "everything" regarding the looming Senate impeachment trial.
Democrats concerned about McConnell's impeachment coordination
Some Democrats are raising concerns about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's statement that he will coordinate closely with the White House on the looming Senate impeachment trial, with one House Democrat saying the Kentucky Republican
McConnell, White House counsel agree to coordinate impeachment trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump's top lawyer sketched out a plan Thursday to coordinate closely for an impeachment trial but haven't reached agreement on a final strategy to defend Trump against charges of high crimes and misdemeanors, according to two sources familiar with the conversation.
McConnell will move to acquit Trump, 2 GOP senators say
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to hold a final vote to acquit President Donald Trump, should he be impeached, when a majority of senators believe his trial has run its course instead of holding a vote on dismissing the articles of impeachment, two Republican senators told CNN on Wednesday.
Senate GOP comes around to idea of no witnesses in impeachment trial
Senate Republicans are starting to coalesce around the idea of a shorter Senate impeachment trial -- one that, contrary to President Donald Trump's stated desire, wouldn't include witnesses.
Whistleblower's team preparing for possibility of Senate testimony
The legal team for the whistleblower whose account kicked off the impeachment inquiry is preparing for the possibility that lawmakers will call their client to testify in the Senate, two people familiar told CNN.
McConnell: Impeachment trial to begin around 'time the bowl games end'
The Senate will not begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump until after the new year, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday, predicting the trial will begin "right around the time the bowl games end."
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