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People walk past the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2017. The US Senate reconvenes after failing to pass Republican health care reforms sought by US President Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Will Congress Revive the Authority to Impeach Executive Officers Below the President?
The legislature has its own constitutional power to bring executive officials into line.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MARCH 31: Governor Mike Pence of Indiana holds a press conference March 31, 2015 at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis, Indiana. Pence spoke about the state's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act which has been condemned by business leaders and Democrats. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) Memo to Pence: Prepare to Be Gerald Ford
If you want to be Trump's successor after his impeachment or resignation, these are the steps you have to take right now.
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ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) greets service members after a meeting at the Pentagon July 20, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. President Trump participated in a 'Pol-Mil session' and was briefed on national security issues and the fight against ISIS. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump’s Transgender Tweet Isn’t In Force Yet, But It’s Close
Unless Congress acts to legislatively protect transgender people’s right to serve, the president can have his way.
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Screen Shot 2017-08-01 at 3.07.46 PM The House Judiciary Committee Is Hard at Work Investigating Reddit Conspiracies
“This is not a shitpost. This is real. Congressional investigation. Do it for America!”
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford speaks at the Newsmaker Luncheon in Washington, DC, June 19, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Watch: Here’s What Senior U.S. Officials Say About Russian Election Interference
Top intelligence and administration officials answer questions about the 2016 presidential election.
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The Google self-driving car maneuvers through the streets of in Washington, DC May 14, 2012. The system on a modified Toyota Prius combines information gathered from Google Street View with artificial intelligence software that combines input from video cameras inside the car, a LIDAR sensor on top of the vehicle, radar sensors on the front of the vehicle and a position sensor attached to one of the rear wheels that helps locate the car's position on the map. As of 2010, Google has tested several vehicles equipped with the system, driving 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi) without any human intervention, in addition to 225,308 kilometres (140,000 mi) with occasional human intervention. Google expects that the increased accuracy of its automated driving system could help reduce the number of traffic-related injuries and deaths, while using energy and space on roadways more efficiently. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GettyImages) Bad Code Is Already a Problem. Soon, Companies Will Be Liable.
Where life and death are at issue, responsibility and liability cannot be far behind.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 13: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during a news conference to announce significant law enforcement actions July 13, 2017 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. Attorney General Jeff Sessions held the news conference to announce the 2017 health care fraud takedown. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Jeff Sessions Shouldn’t Resign. He Should Force Trump to Fire Him.
In what will probably go down as the single most important decision of his professional life, the attorney general made the right call.
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Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner leaves after making a statement at the White House after being interviewed by the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington on July 24, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / YURI GRIPAS (Photo credit should read YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images) 7 Observations About Jared Kushner’s Statement
The president’s son-in-law apparently thinks he’s pretty safe from investigators. But he threw Don Jr. under the bus.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee June 19, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Mueller confirmed that the FBI uses drones for domestic surveillance during the hearing on FBI oversight. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) How Will Trump’s Attack Dogs Affect Mueller’s Russia Investigation?
The special counsel has a mammoth job, and the president has just warned him of what he long suspected: He may not have much time.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 13: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during a news conference to announce significant law enforcement actions July 13, 2017 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. Attorney General Jeff Sessions held the news conference to announce the 2017 health care fraud takedown. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump Attacks Federal Law Enforcement With a Blunt Force Instrument
It should be patently clear to everyone that the president does not want an independent Justice Department.
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US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) The Seven Circles of Donald Trump’s Russia Inferno
We now know that the president wasn’t ignorant of his campaign’s contacts with Moscow’s intelligence agents. But, on a scale, how complicit was he?
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 18: Donald Trump Jr. arrives at Trump Tower on January 18, 2017 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump is to be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on January 20. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Could Trump Jr., Kushner, or Manafort Be Charged Under the Espionage Act?
If the meeting at Trump Tower feels to you like treason, that's probably because it may actually be espionage.
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ARIVACA, AZ - NOVEMBER 14: Civilian paramilitaries with Arizona Border Recon search for a illegal immigrants and drug smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border on November 14, 2016 near Arivaca, Arizona. The armed group, made up mostly of former U.S. military servicemen and women, stages reconnaissance and surveillance operations against drug and human smuggling operations in remote border areas. The group, which claims up to 200 volunteers, does not consider itself a militia, but rather a group of citizens supplimenting U.S. Border Patrol efforts to control illegal border activity. With the election of Donald Trump as President, border security issues are a top national issue for the incoming Administration. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) When Drug Trafficking Is Your Only Option
As it gets harder to cross the border, the mafia is helping ever more migrants enter the United States — for a price.
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ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Donald Trump, Jr. (R) greets his father Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the town hall debate at Washington University on October 9, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri. This is the second of three presidential debates scheduled prior to the November 8th election. (Photo by Rick Wilking-Pool/Getty Images) The Wall Begins to Crumble: Notes on Collusion
Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer is looking fishier and fishier.
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Nominee for FBI Director Christopher Wray meets with US Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 29, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) The Defense of the FBI Against Donald Trump Has to Start Now
The president’s nomination of Christopher Wray as FBI director threatens permanent damage to the institution. It’s up to the Senate to stop him.
