Comparing past impeachments to Trump's
Jack Rakove, an American historian and professor of history at Stanford University, joins "Red and Blue" to discuss the difficulties in comparing the past impeachments of U.S. presidents.
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House votes to impeach Trump
The House voted Wednesday night to impeach President Trump after a full day of debating. He joins Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson as the only presidents in U.S. history to be impeached. Nancy Cordes has the latest.
Comparing impeachment inquiry to past ones
Republicans on Capitol Hill have largely stayed firm in their defense of President Trump during the public impeachment hearings. Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics; Patrick Maney, a professor of modern American history at Boston College; and Mark Summers, a history professor at the University of Kentucky, joined "Red & Blue" to discuss how the 2019 impeachment process compares to those faced by presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.
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Online learning platform Canvas hacked
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What's in the released UFO files?
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Pentagon begins releasing UFO files: "It's time the American people see"
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President Trump told CBS News exclusively on Monday that he wants to suspend the federal gas tax to give Americans some relief at the pump as the war with Iran continues. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.
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