Pence testifies before election probe grand jury: AP source
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence testified Thursday before a federal grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter. Pence’s appearance before a grand jury in Washington scrutinizing the president he once loyally served […]
Pence subpoena could set up fight over executive privilege
The subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence doesn’t guarantee he’s going to be testifying before a grand jury anytime soon.
Classified documents found at Pence’s home, too, his lawyer says
Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home last week, his lawyer says.
How the 25th Amendment can be invoked
The storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday – while he remained dangerously silent for most of the day – has sparked talk of whether his administration should invoke the Constitution’s provision for peacefully removing a president from office without his or her consent based on incapacity. That provision […]
John Bolton declines to appear for impeachment inquiry
Former national security adviser John Bolton failed to show up for an interview with impeachment investigators Thursday, making it unlikely that he will provide any testimony to the House about President Donald Trump's handling of Ukraine.
Border Patrol jams adults in cells until lawyers sue US on their behalf
HOUSTON — In early June, twin brothers from Guatemala let their sister in California know they were about to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Then they vanished for almost a month. She couldn’t find them in online databases and the local Guatemalan consulate had no information. She feared they had been kidnapped or killed. It took […]
At the border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration
Taking the shutdown fight to the Mexican border, President Donald Trump edged closer Thursday to declaring a national emergency in an extraordinary end run around Congress to fund his long-promised border wall.
Trump, Democrats taking border wall fight to prime-time TV
Making his case on prime-time TV, President Donald Trump is stressing humanitarian concerns at the U.S.-Mexico border as he tries to convince the American people he must get funding for his long-promised border wall before ending a partial government shutdown that has hundreds of thousands of federal workers facing missed paychecks.
Democrats plan more pressure on Trump to reopen government
President Donald Trump is standing firm in his border wall funding demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government.