House impeaches Alejandro Mayorkas in historic vote
GOP defections and an unexpected appearance by a Democratic lawmaker saved Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from impeachment last week.
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GOP defections and an unexpected appearance by a Democratic lawmaker saved Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from impeachment last week.
Republicans targeted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Republicans have said that formalizing the inquiry would give them leverage in court as they demand documents and witness testimony.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that he is directing House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden, escalating GOP lawmakers' investigations into the president and his family's foreign business dealings. CBS New York's Dick Brennan reports.
Prosecutors said they made the decision after reviewing electronic evidence gathered in raids on Giuliani's home and law office in April 2021.
The Assembly announced it would abruptly end its impeachment proceedings Friday, saying it did not have the authority to impeach someone no longer in office.
As Kathy Hochul gets ready to take the helm of in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still in charge for the next and weeks, and nobody is sure what to expect.
Lawyers for the Legislature's impeachment probe gave the state's chief executive one week to provide them with reasons why he thinks he should keep his job.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has defiantly resisted a chorus of calls for his resignation. That begs the question: Will state lawmakers impeach him?
Seven Republicans joined all Democrats in voting "Guilty" for a majority of 57 votes – but Democrats failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to convict.
President Trump's legal team on Friday rested their case after less than three hours, prompting another two-and-a-half hours of questioning from senators.
House Democrats are concluding their arguments for former Pres. Trump's conviction at his Senate impeachment trial on Thursday, a day after presenting a dramatic video timeline of the Capitol riot.
House Democrats leading the prosecution of former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial presented dramatic new security footage showing the attack on the Capitol, emphasizing just how close the pro-Trump mob came to lawmakers and staff when they breached the complex on January 6.
The Senate voted to move forward with former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Tuesday, with a majority of senators determining they have jurisdiction to place former presidents on trial in cases of impeachment.
The lawyers said the article of impeachment approved by the House last month, which charges Trump with incitement of insurrection, "ignores the very Constitution from which its power comes."
Senators were sworn in as jurors on Tuesday in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection, with proceedings scheduled to get underway in two weeks.
The article of impeachment against President Trump was delivered to the Senate. The trial will begin the week of Feb. 8.
Former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial will begin the week of February 8.
Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi informed him the House will deliver the article of impeachment against President Trump on Monday.
The final vote was 232 to 197, with 10 Republicans joining all 222 Democrats in supporting a single article of impeachment charging the president with "incitement of insurrection."
Katko, who was among hundreds of members of Congress locked down for hours while rioters invaded the Capitol on Wednesday, said he didn't take his decision to impeach lightly.
A senior administration source confirmed to CBS News that President Trump and Vice President Pence spoke Monday in the Oval Office, their first meeting since the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Mayor Bill de Blasio joined members of New York City's delegation Saturday, explaining why impeachment needs to happen even though the president has less than two weeks left in office.
A trio of House Democrats plan to introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump on Monday for incitement of insurrection following Wednesday's riots at the U.S. Capitol.
With little left to hold him back now, President Trump aired his profanity-laced grievances and declared victory over not just the impeachment saga that has forever marked his legacy, but over everyone and everything that has stood in his way since he took office.
