The House is expected to take up the measure Wednesday. Sens. King and Collins haven’t said whether they will support impeachment.
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Trump Homeland Security chief abruptly quits at tense time
Chad Wolf was never confirmed by the Senate, and said he was compelled to leave by ‘recent events,’ including court rulings that found he could not legally hold the position.
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Pingree co-sponsors resolution to investigate 147 members of Congress for role in insurrection
Enacted after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment prohibits membership for those who have ‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion’ against the U.S.
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Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign
Aides hope the president will spend his last days in office trying to trumpet his policy accomplishments, beginning with a trip to Alamo, Texas, on Tuesday to highlight his administration’s efforts to curb illegal immigration and border wall construction.
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House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol insurrection
But House Republicans block a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke constitutional authority to remove President Trump from office.
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Pelosi says House will impeach Trump unless vice president forces ouster
Pelosi made the announcement in a letter to colleagues, framing it as an ultimatum to Mike Pence to invoke the powers of the 25th Amendment
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Bill Nemitz: So, Maine businessman, you say you were in the U.S. Capitol? Tell us more.
Someone, preferably with a badge, needs to knock on Kevin Finkenaur’s front door.
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Maine Voices: Wounds of Trump years run deeper than politics. Are we ready to heal?
The United States of America still has to reckon with the darkest eras of its past and to inclusively and equitably reconstruct what America can and ought to be.
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The View From Here: Watching democracy come unglued
The assault on the U.S. Capitol looks unpleasantly familiar to an expert in Balkan politics.
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Murkowski becomes first Republican senator to say Trump should resign
The Alaska senator tells an Anchorage newspaper that if the GOP doesn’t cut ties with the president, she might leave the party.