Civil servants have hunkered in a defensive crouch as Trump and his allies demanded political loyalty, tested their professionalism and called them the intransigent “deep state.”
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Democratic and Republican leaders have agreed to a rapid timetable that could bring the proceedings in Trump's historic second impeachment trial to a close within a week.
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The death of a Republican member of Congress spurs a criticism that coverage of the virus is partisan.
Bipartisan group calls on president to ‘deliver on your promise’ to expand access in early test of administration’s opioid strategy.
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The historic second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump gets underway on Tuesday.
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The group of nine representatives who will present the case against former president Donald Trump in the Senate chamber is led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) cheered the ruling against marijuana legalization, setting up a likely battle in the state Supreme Court.
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Biden is bullish on a big increase in the minimum wage, but economists are sharply divided on the impact on jobs.
After spending the weekend in Delaware, the president plans to resume his focus on combating the pandemic. The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump gets underway in earnest on Tuesday.
A 78-page filing challenges the constitutionality of impeaching a former president and musters a First Amendment defense of his fiery rhetoric.
An impeachment proceeding is distinct from a criminal trial, with a different set of rules.
As Washington is consumed with the impeachment trial of the last president, the current one tries to look too busy to care.
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After a report from the state attorney general, reported nursing home-related death totals jumped 50 percent.
The longtime senator from Alabama becomes the fourth GOP senator to say he will not seek reelection.
Follow the president-elect’s progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,250 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
McDonough becomes only the second non-veteran to lead the sprawling agency, which is beset by challenges. Only the Defense Department is larger.
Wright had announced Jan. 21 that he tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Granted, the sample size is small.
On the cusp of another impeachment trial, court documents point to how former president Donald Trump’s rhetoric allegedly fueled the rioters who attacked the Capitol. And, whether double-masking makes sense.
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Without Trump's advocacy and falsehoods, there's almost certainly no violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
