With Trump’s Impeachment, American Democracy Is on Trial
Chief Justice John Roberts swears in senators for Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.Senate Television via AP The start of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is a reminder that the American political system does include safeguards and norms that are meant to protect the citizenry from corruption and misdeeds in the highest offices of the…
Trump Says the US Is Ready for War. Not All His Troops Are So Sure.
President Donald Trump joins West Point cadets during the the Army v. Navy American Football game.Afp/Lapresse/ZUMA This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Between the killing…
Senators Will Get to Ignore Trump’s Tweets for Six Hours a Day
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) checks his phone.Alex Wong/Getty The Associated Press reports that the US Senate is about to launch a weeks-long experiment in which its members will be forced to put away their smartphones and maintain “silence, on pain of imprisonment.” This mandatory unplugging, based on a 19th-century senatorial tradition, is meant to improve…
“Not a Crime”: Republican Senators Try Out Their Impeachment Defenses
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swears in senators for President Trump’s impeachment trial.Senate Television/AP President Donald Trump’s senatorial allies-slash-jurors hit the Sunday news shows to try out their best defenses of him ahead of his impeachment trial, which begins on Tuesday. On ABC’s This Week, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) disputed the fact that the…
House Democrats Present Their Argument for Removing President Trump
House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, center, leads the way through the rotunda on his way to the Senate to exhibit the articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, followed by impeachment managers.Julio Cortez/AP Photo On Saturday, House Democrats made their formal case to the Senate…
How a Reporter Discovered the Doctored Photo From the 2017 Women’s March
Original photo of protesters at the 2017 Women’s March. Mario Tama/Getty Images If you had stepped into the National Archives in the past few weeks and entered an exhibit meant to honor women’s suffrage, you would have seen an iconic photograph of the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, DC. But if you looked closer, you…