Politics

News Brief: Impeachment Vote, FBI Rebuked, Haiti Protests Ease

6:04am December 18, 2019

The House votes Wednesday on whether to impeach President Trump. Secretive U.S. court rebukes the FBI for mistakes in Russia probe. And, for the time being at least, protests in Haiti have subsided.

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'The Speech': How Sanders' 2010 Filibuster Elevated His Progressive Profile

5:00am December 18, 2019

by Scott Detrow

Bernie Sanders boosted his national reputation by filibustering a tax deal brokered by Joe Biden. Years later, the two are fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a detailed medical report.

Joe Biden Is 'Healthy' And 'Vigorous,' According To Doctor's Report

9:29pm December 17, 2019

by Richard Harris

The 77-year-old former vice president released an upbeat medical report Tuesday.

Doubt about the FBI and Justice Department's practices exploded after Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a report finding 17 omissions or other problems with filings connected to Carter Page, who served as a junior foreign policy aide to Donald T

Secret Surveillance Court Rebukes FBI, DOJ With Order To Re-Validate Their Work

6:18pm December 17, 2019

by Philip Ewing

The presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the government, in so many words, to explain why the court should accept what it submits when it applies for warrants.

FISA Slams FBI Over Surveillance Of Trump Adviser Carter Page

6:09pm December 17, 2019

by Ryan Lucas

The secret court that oversees foreign intelligence work rebuked the FBI and Justice Department, essentially asking for the government to prove why its judges should believe what they submit.

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Why Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown Thinks The USMCA Is Different

5:34pm December 17, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, about why he's voting for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, his first yes vote for a trade deal in more than 25 years in Congress.

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Insights From An Impeachment Manager During Bill Clinton Proceedings

5:34pm December 17, 2019

NPR'S Ari Shapiro interviews former Republican Congressman Chris Cannon of Utah about his experience as impeachment manager during the Bill Clinton proceedings.

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How A Ukrainian Prosecutor Helped Ignite The Trump Impeachment

4:53pm December 17, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews New Yorker writer Adam Entous about his story on the role Ukraine's former prosecutor general, Yuriy Lutsenko, played in the impeachment of Donald Trump.

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In A Scathing Letter, Trump Blasts Pelosi And Impeachment Proceedings

4:53pm December 17, 2019

by Mara Liasson

President Trump sent a six-page letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday — an unvarnished complaint about how he feels the impeachment process was unfair.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after criticizing the House Democrats' effort to impeach President Trump.

Politics & Government

McConnell: 'I'm Not Impartial' About Impeachment

4:31pm December 17, 2019

by Kelsey Snell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said that the Trump impeachment process has been a political one rather than a judicial one.