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Trump’s Expansive Executive Privilege Claims Pose Serious Constitutional Crisis
It’s a crisis for a president to obstruct the process of his own impeachment, says legal expert Claire Finkelstein.
Allegations in Bolton Book Spark New Calls for Witnesses at Impeachment Trial
Trump’s lawyers continued their opening arguments Monday.
Ahead by 9 in Iowa Poll, Sanders Says His Campaign Is Trump’s “Worst Nightmare”
Trump and his Republican allies aren't the only ones nervous about the possibility of a Sanders nomination.
Housing Discrimination Is Rising. Trump Is Attacking Protections Against It.
Trump's new rule makes it easier to avoid legal requirements to develop housing that reduces segregation.
Trump Bought Off the Impeachment Jury With Tax Cuts While Hinting at Bigger Ones
Republican senators are making millions off of Trump’s tax cuts -- and will repay him by betraying their oath.
Influence of Wall Street Donors Has Exploded in Decade Since “Citizens United”
Outside groups outspent the candidates in 126 races, effectively becoming substitutes for candidate campaigns.
Trump Could Have Been Impeached for War Crimes, Assassinations and Corruption
Truthout contributing writer Marjorie Cohn discusses the Trump impeachment.
Bernie Sanders Calls Out Trump’s Lie About Saving Social Security
Social Security has become a major topic in the 2020 Democratic presidential race.
Trump Brags About Withholding Evidence as Impeachment Trial Proceeds in Senate
President Trump tweeted more than 140 times, from the Davos Forum in Switzerland, dismissing the trial as a hoax.
Trump Signals He Will Seek to Cut Social Security and Medicare If Re-Elected
The admission came in a CNBC interview at the Davos Forum, which Trump is attending with other global elites.