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![President Trump listens to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell during a dinner with legislative leadership at Camp David, on January 5, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/39572008412_072ebe622d_o-400x300.jpg)
Today’s Republican Party Preserves US Legacy of Slavery and Imperialism
The Trump Republican Party has inherited, and continues to make use of, the legacies of this nation’s twin evils.
![Donald Trump](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1204-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Republicans’ Alternative “Report” Does Nothing to Refute Impeachment Report
The House Intelligence Committee’s report is a document of historic merit.
![Rep. Jim Jordan speakis into a microphone while seated during a hearing](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1202-jim-jordan-400x300.jpg)
As Impeachment Enters Endgame, Republicans Will Likely Escalate Ugliness
The House Judiciary Committee will begin to frame articles of impeachment this week. Republicans won't go quietly.
![Donald Trump leaves the white house](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1202-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Despite Cries of Unfairness, Trump Refuses Impeachment Hearing Invite
Democratic lawmakers say the president's repeated complaints about lack of due process are completely empty.
![Donald Trump stands with his wife Melania Trump, daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, inside of the inaugural parade reviewing stand in front of the White House on January 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/GettyImages-632240038-400x300.jpg)
Impeachment Inquiry Throws Spotlight on Family Favoritism in Politics
Anti-nepotism rules should be tightened to include the White House.
![Ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Devin Nunes prepares to hear testimony](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/2019_1127-devin-nunes-400x300.jpg)
With New Allegations, Nunes’s Fate Is Tied to Trump in the Ukraine Scandal
Regardless of what happens to Trump, Devin Nunes will likely face another ethics inquiry from Congress.
![President Trump walks out on stage at the Pratt Industries plant opening in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on September 22, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/2019_1126-trump-curtain-400x300.jpg)
The Age of Trump, the End of What?
Whether we know it or not, we are now in a distinctly post-post-triumphalist American world.
![White House Counsel Don McGahn listens behind President Trump during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on October 17, 2018, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/2019_1126-don-mcgahn-400x300.jpg)
Judge Says Trump Can’t Block Officials From Testifying
If this ruling stands, Don McGahn and other Trump officials could be forced to sit down with investigators.
![Police officer and Donald Trump take aim](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/2019_1124-trump-police-400x300.jpg)
Trump Thinks He Can Get Away With Murder Because Police Do All the Time
Long before Trump, police were using bullying and gaslighting to cover up their own crimes.
![Rudy Giuliani speaks at a podium during a Trump rally](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/2019_1125-rudy-giuliani-400x300.jpg)
New Ukraine Documents Expose Clear Paper Trail From Giuliani to Trump to Pompeo
The documents come just days after Gordon Sondland testified that “everyone was in the loop.”