House Republicans are finally getting the opportunity to ask Hunter Biden directly about the extent of his father’s involvement in the sprawling network of foreign business deals he set up while Joe Biden was serving as vice president and in the time immediately afterwards. Hunter Biden, the president’s son, will appear before investigators on Wednesday […]
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The House impeaches Secretary Mayorkas
he House voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, casting a historic vote that marks the first time a Cabinet secretary has been impeached in nearly 150 years. Under two articles of impeachment accusing Mayorkas of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and a “breach of public […]
House rejects Secretary Mayorkas impeachment
The House rejected a GOP push Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a significant blow to the Republicans trying to make immigration and the border a top issue heading into the 2024 elections. The vote failed by a count of 214-216 to not impeach Mayorkas, with no Democrats supporting the move and a […]
DHS’s Mayorkas 1 step closer to impeachment
House Republicans will hold a markup of their impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, moving closer to taking the rare step of impeaching a Cabinet official. The House Homeland Security Committee will mark up its resolution claiming Mayorkas has committed high crimes and misdemeanors for his handling of the […]
Articles of impeachment against Mayorkas released
House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — accusing him of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and “breach of public trust.” “These articles lay out a clear, compelling, and irrefutable case for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment,” House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., […]
Chinese media support Biden in Impeachment
Chinese state-run newspaper The Global Times published an editorial defending President Joe Biden against House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry. The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted on party lines to formalize the impeachment inquiry into Biden following months of investigations into whether he benefited from his son’s business dealings with China and Ukraine while he served […]
House approves Biden impeachment inquiry
The House GOP on Wednesday formalized its impeachment inquiry into President Biden with a House vote, a step Republicans hope will add legal weight to their demands as the probe moves into a more aggressive end stage. Lawmakers voted 221-212 along party lines to approve the resolution authorizing the inquiry. Earlier in the day, Hunter […]
Republicans hold 1st impeachment hearing
House Republicans are holding their first hearing for an impeachment inquiry for President Biden on Thursday morning. It’s been an event nearly a year in the making. Republicans promised they would try to impeach Biden as soon as they took over the House of Representatives last November. Now, their time has come. Republicans have zeroed […]
McCarthy will back Biden impeach inquiry
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is expected to tell fellow House Republicans this week that he backs an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, two sources familiar with the speaker’s plan confirmed. McCarthy plans to say to his GOP colleagues that opening the impeachment inquiry into the president is the “logical next step” in the investigations into […]
GOP House returns with plans to impeach Biden
Hard-line Republicans in the House are itching for fights over opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and extracting deep spending cuts even at the risk of a government shutdown. Their eagerness to fight isn’t just with Biden and Democrats, but also with Republicans in their conference worried about the political risks of an impeachment […]
House GOP Announce Articles of Impeachment Against Mayorkas
GOP lawmakers banded together to file an additional resolution that would impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, filing a second bill to do so less than a month into the new Congress. The resolution filed Wednesday comes after its sponsor, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), promised a resolution with “even more justification” than a first resolution […]
Kamala Harris To Face Impeachment?
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called out Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for speaking out against former President Donald Trump after voting to acquit Trump at his impeachment trial. Despite voting in Trump’s favor, McConnell, R-Ky., blamed the former president for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Graham warned on “Fox News Sunday” that this will be […]