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The Democrats have a cunning plan to get Trump re-elected

Analysis John Davenport - 26 Feb 2020

The bid to impeach the president failed, Iowa was a disaster and Adam Schiff is a PR nightmare

Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses

Article Michael Mathes & Paul Handley - 22 Jan 2020

The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump's guilt on national television

Trump rejects climate ‘prophets of doom’ as Thunberg warns Davos

Article Sebastian Smith & Stuart Williams - 21 Jan 2020

The 50th meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) got under way in the ski resort with an avowed focus on climate change but with starkly different visions over global warming laid bare

Historic Trump impeachment trial to begin in earnest

World Francesco Fontemaggi - 21 Jan 2020

President Donald Trump's historic impeachment trial begins in earnest on Tuesday in the Senate, with Democrats calling for his removal from...

Trump trial likely to begin next Tuesday: Senate chief

Article Chris Lefkow - 15 Jan 2020

The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven days with key players sworn in later this week,...

Fireworks expected as televised Trump impeachment hearings open

Article Paul Handley - 13 Nov 2019

Trump says the inquiry is "corrupt" and "illegal," and maintains he did nothing wrong

Trump denounces impeachment inquiry as a ‘coup’

Article Paul Handley - 2 Oct 2019

Trump faces the possibility of becoming only the third US president ever impeached by Congress

The whistle-blower, impeachment and Trump phone call: What we know

Article Chris Lefkow - 25 Sep 2019

This is what we know about the affair launched by a complaint from a mysterious whistle-blower in the US intelligence community

EXPLAINER: Why Trump has not been impeached — and likely won’t be

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Jul 2018

Trump will not be removed from office until Republicans in the House decide to support the idea or the midterms hand the Democrats more seats

Explainer: Recall, motion of no confidence and impeachment

Article Franny Rabkin - 13 Feb 2018

What are the differences and implications of these three processes? Find out in this handy guide.

Motata probe could make history

Article Franny Rabkin - 19 Jan 2018

A decade after the judge’s drunk driving incident, he may face impeachment if found guilty of professional misconduct

Judges at odds over impeachment

Article Franny Rabkin - 5 Jan 2018

Minority of justices believe the president has been held to account over Nkandla, but it’s the majority view that counts

Concourt to rule on proceedings to impeach Zuma

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Dec 2017

Opposition parties argued that an ad hoc committee should be established in Parliament to force Zuma to answer questions about Nkandla.

Zuma’s ghosts return to haunt him

Analysis Niren Tolsi - 11 Aug 2017

The president returns to court in three separate cases, but Parliament will also be a battleground.

[Archives] How do we impeach a president?

Analysis Franny Rabkin - 31 Mar 2017

Impeachments and votes of no confidence are more about politics than law.

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