Republicans prevail in the vote to block new testimony, with plans to allow senators to speak from the floor Monday and Tuesday before a vote on Wednesday.
Politics
Political news and information from the Sun Journal.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Susan Collins will vote to support witness testimony in President Trump’s impeachment trial
Maine’s senior senator says she will vote to allow witnesses and documents to be subpoenaed, but Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, another key Republican, announced he would not support that position in a pivotal vote expected Friday.
advertisement
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Trump says he doesn’t know Parnas, Fruman, but recording shows they met at Mar-a-Lago
The recordings undercut Trump’s repeated assertions that he does not know Parnas and Fruman, who were arrested in October on campaign finance charges.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Trump trial could end soon as Democrats fail to win key support for calling witnesses
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., says there is ‘no need for more evidence’ after Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced she would vote to allow witnesses.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Nation / World, News, Politics
Bloomberg, Trump spending millions on Super Bowl campaign ads
Each campaign is spending an estimated $10 million on 60 seconds of airtime.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
On quid pro quo and witnesses: What senators asked at trial
WASHINGTON — There were questions about quid pro quos and whisteblowers, the Constitution and an unpublished book. Senators in President Trump’s impeachment trial posed dozens of questions Wednesday to White House lawyers and to House Democrats prosecuting the case. The questions, written on paper and read aloud by Chief Justice John Roberts, provided a window […]
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Susan Collins, Senate colleagues ask opening question as impeachment trial enters new phase
Sens. Collins, Romney and Murkowski ask if senators should consider more than 1 motive to assess whether the president abused his power.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Ukraine ‘quid pro quo’ not an impeachable offense, Trump’s defense says
Alan Dershowitz tells senators that, in the matter of impeachment, it doesn’t matter if the president traded U.S. military aid for political favors.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers take up bill to ban ‘deepfake’ political ads
Supporters say the measure would protect election integrity and prevent deception of voters, but some lawmakers raised free speech concerns.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation / World, News, Politics
Social Security administrators say their agency is getting barraged with scam complaints
A Senate hearing led by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday delved into a growing problem of con artists impersonating government officials to cheat Americans out of their savings.