U.S. House Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from former president Donald Trump and hardline Republican lawmakers. CBC | World News
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Republicans drop staunch Trump ally Jim Jordan as U.S. House Speaker nominee
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday dropped Jim Jordan as House Speaker nominee, putting them back at square one 17 days after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. CBC | World News
Read More »Democrats unlikely to convince 4 Republicans to hear witnesses at impeachment trial
Another key Republican has announced opposition to calling witnesses in U.S. President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, appearing to doom a bid by Democrats to have testimony in the trial and paving the way for an expected acquittal of Trump. CBC | World News
Read More »In Iowa, Republicans indifferent to Democratic caucuses. No one can beat Trump, they say
Bernie, Mayor Pete, Biden — it doesn’t matter who wins the Iowa caucuses because not one stands a chance against Donald Trump. That was the general attitude among many Trump supporters who filled the rafters of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa Thursday night. CBC | World News
Read More »Republicans hopeful Senate will acquit Trump in impeachment trial as early as Friday
A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility he could be acquitted as early as Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump lawyers, House managers field questions as Republicans try to contain fallout from Bolton revelations
The White House has objected to the publication of a book written by U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton that depicts Trump as playing a central role in a pressure campaign on Ukraine. CBC | World News
Read More »Republicans under pressure to call John Bolton to testify, as Senate impeachment trial resumes
U.S. President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate came under fresh pressure on Monday to allow witnesses and new documents in his impeachment trial after a news report that a former top aide, John Bolton, has written a book manuscript that undercuts Trump’s versions of events in the Ukraine affair. CBC | World News
Read More »Republicans seem unmoved by Democrats’ push for witnesses at Trump impeachment trial
Republicans in the U.S. Senate appear unmoved by the Democratic push for witnesses in U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial despite persistent appeals from Rep. Adam Schiff and the other House prosecutors. CBC | World News
Read More »Donald Trump Is A Better President Than Abraham Lincoln, 53 Percent Of Republicans Say
A majority of Republicans believe that President Donald Trump is a superior leader to President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, according to a new poll conducted by Emerson/YouGov. Fifty-three percent of those surveyed said that Trump was a better president compared to 47 percent of Republicans who said they believed that Lincoln, who served as president ...
Read More »Republicans seek 8 witnesses for Trump impeachment hearings, including Biden’s son
For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. CBC | World News
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