Impeachment proceedings: Here’s what it means and what happens next

Here’s what impeachment proceedings entail and what to expect as the House moves forward with its impeachment inquiry against Trump.

Pelosi refuses to say when, if articles of impeachment will be sent to Senate

Minutes after the House impeached President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw the process into confusion by refusing to say when or whether she would send the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial.

Pelosi leads 'somber' Trump impeachment

The House's center of power took a seat toward the back of the chamber Wednesday. Her golden mace brooch, symbol of the House and the speaker's authority, glinted.

Pres. Donald Trump suggests late congressman John Dingell is 'looking up'

In the Merry Christmas Rally, President Donald Trump said that John Dingell may be looking up, suggesting he's not looking down from heaven.

21 years ago, Bill Clinton became the second president to be impeached

Almost exactly 21 years after Congress impeached then-President Bill Clinton, Congress once again voted to approve articles of impeachment, this time against President Donald Trump. Here's a look back at the second presidential impeachment in American history.

Murphy signs legislation to restore voting rights to some convicts

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation restoring voting rights to convicts who are out of prison on parole or probation.

Party-swapping NJ congressman gets Trump praise, Democratic ire

The political fate of party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew may well hinge on how forcefully he is backed by President Trump, whose impeachment the New Jersey lawmaker is refusing to support.

Giuliani says he needed US ambassador to Ukraine 'out of the way'

Rudy Giuliani is now openly admitting that he pushed President Trump to dismiss the former ambassador to Ukraine - a key factor in the Democrats' impeachment case against President Trump.

Trump angrily objects to impeachment, calls it 'perversion'

The president angrily objected to the House of Representatives' articles of impeachment in a fiery letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

NJ lawmakers pass CROWN Act to ban hairstyle discrimination

Lawmakers have passed a new bill that would ban discrimination based on the style or texture of a person’s hair in New Jersey.

Another lawsuit targets Philadelphia voting machines

Pennsylvania faces another lawsuit over its certification of a voting machine bought by Philadelphia and that was at the center of an undercount in one county's election last month.

Democratic debate to proceed Thursday after labor agreement reached

All seven Democratic presidential candidates who qualified for next week's debate have threatened to skip the event if an ongoing labor dispute forces them to cross picket lines on the campus hosting it.

President Trump threatens to bypass Commission on Presidential Debates

President Trump has made clear that he intends to participate in at least three general election debates, but is threatening to sidestep the nonprofit group charged with running them.

‘Indisputably better’: Barack Obama says world would see ‘significant improvements’ if run by women

Speaking at a private event on leadership in Singapore, former President Barack Obama said that the world would see “significant improvements” if every country was run by women, BBC News reported.

Turbulence shakes Democrats going into final debate of 2019

A deepening sense of volatility is settling over the Democratic Party's presidential primary election on the eve of the sixth and final debate of 2019. The seven candidates who remain are being forced to grapple with unprecedented distraction from Washington.