WASHINGTON — The U.S. Constitution gives the House "the sole power of impeachment" — but it confers that authority without an instruction manual. Now comes the battle royal over exactly what it means. In vowing to halt all cooperation with House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, the White House on Tuesday labeled the investigation...
Governor Newsom: Trump 'Corrupt,' Should Be Removed
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom has all the evidence to believe "completely corrupt" President Donald Trump should be removed from office by Congress, but with Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate he says the best way to boot Trump from the White House is at the ballot box. "I...
Recall Group Gives Slatic Notice to Remove Him from Office
Supporters of the recall of Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic formally began the process Monday. During a court hearing on a restraining order filed by a student against the trustee, the Recall Slatic group served the school board member the official Notice of Intention. Slatic downplayed the event. Listen to...
Democrats Subpoena White House in Impeachment Inquiry
WASHINGTON — The impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump widened on Friday into a constitutional battle between the executive branch and Congress, as Democrats subpoenaed White House officials and the president signaled his administration would not cooperate. Trump said he would formally object to the impeachment investigation, even as he...
GOP Veterans of Clinton’s Impeachment Urge Caution on Trump
WASHINGTON — Some have regrets. A few can’t talk about it. Others would do it all again. But the Republicans who carried out President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998 are unanimous in urging caution and restraint as Congress embarks on yet another impeachment struggle, this time over accusations that President Donald Trump...
Judge Blocks Trump Rules for Detained Migrant Kids
LOS ANGELES — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely. U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles said the rules conflict with a 1997 settlement agreement that requires the...
Whistleblower: White House Tried to 'Lock Down' Call Details
WASHINGTON — The whistleblower complaint at the center of Congress' impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to "solicit interference from a foreign country" in next year's U.S. election. The White House then tried to "lock down" the information to cover it up, the...
Pelosi Orders Impeachment Probe: 'No One Is Above the Law'
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The probe centers on whether Trump abused his...
Congress Returns to McConnell’s Legislative ‘Graveyard’
WASHINGTON — Facing criticism that the Senate has become little more than what one member calls an "expensive lunch club," Congress returns for the fall session Monday with pressure mounting on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to address gun violence, election security and other issues. The Kentucky Republican has promised...
Tlaib Declines to Visit West Bank, Citing Israeli Conditions
JERUSALEM — Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Friday she would not visit her grandmother in the occupied West Bank, despite being granted an Israeli permit on humanitarian grounds, saying Israel's "oppressive" conditions aimed to humiliate her. Israel barred Tlaib and another Democrat, Rep. Ilhan Omar, from visiting Jerusalem and the...