Pelosi: House prepared to ‘move forward’ with impeachment motion FOX News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has the details on ‘Special Report’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave an extensive interview to "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday night, and one of the highlights was when correspondent Lesley Stahl asked her about the party’s future leadership.  Stahl pointed out that Pelosi is 80 […]

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is exploring whether the chamber can be called into an emergency session for a trial of President Donald Trump on an article of impeachment the House is set to approve this week, two senior aides said. The Senate is currently in recess, and bringing senators back before Jan. 19 would require support from Republican leader […]

Former President Donald J. Trump’s new impeachment lawyer, Butch Bowers, is a South Carolina-based attorney who was arranged through Senator Lindsey Graham and has a long history of representing politicians in his home state. Mr. Bowers will lead Mr. Trump’s defense in the eventual trial for his second impeachment, Mr. Graham and Jason Miller, an adviser to Mr. Trump, confirmed. […]

Nicola Sturgeon made ‘basic mistake’ says Tony Miklinski Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has alleged the Scottish Government failed to release “crucial” documents that he says put him at a disadvantage in both his criminal trial and legal challenge against the Government’s investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. The former first minister also revealed his legal team has now […]

After an almost normal inaugural ceremony, Biden gets to work. It’s Thursday, and this is your politics tip sheet. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Where things stand In a grand ceremony at the Capitol building yesterday, the newly inaugurated President Biden promised to turn the page on an age of rancor, speaking from […]

Adonis says UK should negotiate ‘closer relationship’ with EU The arch-Remainer took to Twitter to fume at the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab over the refusal to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s ambassador to the UK. Lord Adonis warned the move was “very unwise” as he quoted Italian philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli – who inspired the term […]

Piers Morgan asks Priti Patel ‘what she’s reading’ during interview Unlike many other countries, the Prime Minister did not take any action to stop the flow of people travelling into the UK last year as the virus took hold. It has lead to calls for the Prime Minister to explain why he allegedly ignored the Home Secretary’s advice. The Home […]

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, conducted the first news briefing of President Biden’s administration on Wednesday and vowed to bring “truth and transparency back to the briefing room.” Ms. Psaki’s appearance at the White House lectern just hours after Mr. Biden’s inauguration was designed to draw a stark contrast with the previous administration, which had engaged in verbal […]