McCarthy announces Biden impeachment inquiry, escalating GOP probes
"This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public," the speaker said.
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"This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public," the speaker said.
Partisanship remains in potential booster uptake; since vaccines became available, vaccine uptake for Democrats has outpaced that for Republicans.
A trial is underway over a sweeping Texas voting law that set off a 38-day walkout by Democrats in 2021 and resulted in thousands of rejected mail ballots the following year.
The historic impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton enters its second week at the Texas Capitol Monday morning.
President Biden said he met with China's No. 2 at the G20 summit in India. Chinese President Xi Jinping did not attend.
The ruling is a win for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who charged Meadows along with former President Donald Trump and 17 others under Georgia's anti-racketeering law.
Paxton is only the third Texas official to be impeached, and if the Senate votes to convict, this could end his political career in the state.
Paxton has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and his legal team has called the impeachment a sham from the start. The trial may take several weeks to complete. We spoke with appellate attorney David Coale of Dallas for legal analysis about the first few days of the trial.
We spoke with Dr. Josh Blank of the Texas Politics Project at UT Austin about his observations so far.
During the fourth day of testimony, senators heard from two witnesses, both whistleblowers.
Danco Laboratories and the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to review the appellate court's decision on patient access to the abortion pill.
Another impeachment allegation against the Attorney General involves Paul hiring Paxton's alleged mistress, which, according to House prosecutors, made it possible for the Attorney General to see her in Austin rather than San Antonio, where she had previously lived.
"The problem is the office is being used for the benefit of one person," Mateer said. "It's not exercising its own independent judgment. You have the attorney general acting on behalf of one person and by this time I knew that he was a campaign donor."
The tax agency vowed not to increase audit rates for people earning less than $400,000 annually.
