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Impeachment is just another weapon in a time of deep polarization

Impeachment is just another weapon in a time of deep polarization

For 211 years, only one president had been impeached. But three of the last five presidents have been impeached or faced impeachment inquiries, and just this month a Cabinet secretary was impeached for the first time since 1876. While a powerful constitutional weapon when wielded correctly, the impeachment blade is becoming dull thanks to overuse, according to some political experts.

Impeachment is just another weapon in a time of deep polarization

For 211 years, only one president had been impeached. But three of the last five presidents have been impeached or faced impeachment inquiries, and just this month a Cabinet secretary was impeached for the first time since 1876. While a powerful constitutional weapon when wielded correctly, the impeachment blade is becoming dull thanks to overuse, according to some political experts.

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House Committee attacks Biden’s border policies

House Committee attacks Biden’s border policies

WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing on Mar.7 to examine President Joe Biden’s inability to maintain border security, calling for a change in the current immigration law. While both Democrats...

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Haley looks ahead to Michigan after South Carolina primary on Saturday

Despite losses in early primaries and low poll numbers in her home state, Nikki Haley projected confidence and determination during her “Beast of the Southeast” bus tour in South Carolina. Haley’s strong support among college-educated Republicans and moderates as well as the momentum effect shows that she has reasons to stay in the race.

Presidential candidate Nikki Haley seems unable to connect with young voters

Even with the Republican primary at hand and a former governor of their state on the ballot, young voters in South Carolina were focused instead on the general election rematch between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump — whether they were students at colleges across the state or trainees at a technical school.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators interrupt Biden campaign speech

MANASSAS, Va. – At their first joint campaign event in the 2024 presidential race, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris rallied voters around abortion access and reproductive rights at a northern Virginia university campus, but several Pro-Palestinian...

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