The Senate has rejected both articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, swiftly ending the trial triggered by the House's narrow vote to impeach in February.
https://npr.org/2024/04/17/1245366876/senate-rejects-impeachment-articles-against-mayorkas
The Senate rejected the two articles that accuse Mayorkas of refusing to enforce immigration laws. The House voted to impeach him in February.
https://npr.org/2024/04/17/1245377914/senate-articles-impeachment-mayorkas-vote
The only non-binary member of Oklahoma's legislature looks at a year since they were censured by their colleagues - and the aftermath of the death of an Oklahoma student after a fight at school.
Last week President Biden traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to announce new student loan relief for some borrowers. But some Madison students may still may need more motivation to support him.
Providers at a Phoenix reproductive health clinic worry about they and their patients' futures after Arizona's supreme court ruled that an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions now stands.
The president of Columbia University is set to testify about how she responded to antisemitic incidents on her campus.
https://npr.org/2024/04/17/1245366877/columbia-university-president-to-testify-in-congress
Divisions within the House Republican conference could threaten both the future of the package and Mike Johnson's speakership.
https://npr.org/2024/04/17/1245290743/johnson-ukraine-israel-aid-motion-to-vacate-border
The Senate is still negotiating what the scope of the homeland security secretary's trial will be and whether to allow debate in the Democratic-controlled chamber.
https://npr.org/2024/04/17/1245249027/mayorkas-impeachment-trial-senate-border-debate
The House sent articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate, where a trial starts Wednesday. Democrats are expected to try to dismiss the charges.
Some states make it much easier to get on the ballot as a minor-party presidential candidate, compared with running as an independent. That's why RFK Jr. and Cornel West have made their own parti...
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