Senate should set aside witness dispute and start impeachment trial: McConnell
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday the Senate should begin the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump even though it has not resolved a dispute over whether top White House aides will be called as witnesses.
Methodist church plans to split over gay marriage, clergy: church officials
The United Methodist Church plans to split into two denominations later this year, church officials said on Friday, a schism that follows years of contention over whether the church should end its ban on gay marriage and ordination of gay clergy.
U.S. Senate’s McConnell: Structure of Trump’s impeachment trial should track with Clinton’s
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday the structure of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial should track with that of former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial two decades ago, with “midtrial” questions such as witnesses…
Judges struggle over Trump bid to block testimony sought by House
U.S. appeals court judges on Friday appeared skeptical about broad legal arguments by President Donald Trump’s administration seeking to block a former White House lawyer from testifying to Congress as part of the impeachment effort against Trump, but …
Sum it up! U.S. linguists to pick ‘Word of the Decade’
Leading linguists gather on Friday to decide whether Americans over the past decade were most affected by movements to end racial or sexual violence, cultivate respect for gender fluidity or some other change – and how to sum it all up in one word or p…
Judges appear skeptical of Trump bid to block testimony sought by House
U.S. appeals court judges on Friday appeared skeptical about broad legal arguments made by President Donald Trump’s administration in seeking to block former White House Counsel Don McGahn from testifying to a congressional committee as part of the imp…
Trump’s cash-rich campaign faces money competition from Democratic rivals
Democratic presidential hopefuls started 2020 by reporting sizable cash fundraising totals, suggesting that Republican President Donald Trump’s growing campaign war chest may face some serious competition from his rivals.
Warren raised $21.2 million for White House bid in 2019’s final quarter
Elizabeth Warren raised $21.2 million for her White House bid during the final quarter of 2019, dropping slightly from the prior quarter but finishing the year with a late surge in donations on the day she delivered a New Years Eve speech, her campaign…
Warren raised $21.2 million for White House bid in 2019’s final quarter
Elizabeth Warren raised $21.2 million for her White House bid during the final quarter of 2019, dropping slightly from the prior quarter but finishing the year with a late surge in donations on the day she delivered a New Years Eve speech, her campaign…
These Houston residents dream of moving to where the air is clear
On the east side of Houston, the white plumes of the Texas oil and chemical refineries are a constant backdrop for residents of the Manchester neighborhood.
