Ron Elving

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The Week In Politics

Saturday, January 25, 2020

House Democrats finished their opening statements in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump. Here's what to expect as Trump's lawyers begin their arguments on Saturday.

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Senate To Hear Opening Statements In Trump Impeachment Trial

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

After more than 12 hours of work Tuesday, the Senate adopted the ground rules for President Trump's impeachment trial. The proceedings resume Wednesday. At the same time, Trump weighed in from Davos.

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Week In Politics

Saturday, January 18, 2020

We'll catch you up on the start of President Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate.

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Latest Trump Book, Once Again, Makes The Case That He's Incompetent, Narcissistic

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

A Very Stable Genius gives pause to ponder: Is this moment simply about Trump — or are we also witnessing a sea change in journalism? Are we seeing new standards for the presentation of a presidency?

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Something Is Missing In Iowa As Democrats Once Again Debate: A Clear Favorite

Monday, January 13, 2020

The state's best known poll shows Bernie Sanders ahead in Iowa, but the average of polls nationwide and in early voting states still shows a modest preference for former Vice President Joe Biden.

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How Presidents Wage War Without Congress

Sunday, January 12, 2020

The Constitution limits the president's power to wage war but presidents have gotten around that and Congress has only rarely asserted itself successfully.

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Week In Politics

Saturday, January 11, 2020

We'll take a look at what's next in President Trump's impeachment trial and the how the early Democratic primaries and caucuses are shaking out.

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Week In Politics: Soleimani Response, Impeachment

Saturday, January 04, 2020

We'll catch up on congressional response to the assassination of a top Iranian general in Iraq, and get updates for what's next in President Trump's impeachment trial.

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Trump Will Win Again. No Way He'll Win. Be Wary Of 2020 Election Predictions

Wednesday, January 01, 2020

Don't put too much stock in all those New Year's predictions you're hearing about American politics in 2020. The one thing we can safely say is that there's nothing that can be safely said.

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Week In Politics

Saturday, December 28, 2019

We have a recap of the week in politics.

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Trump Is Impeached, But There's No Endgame In Sight

Saturday, December 21, 2019

What trophy can be said to await the speaker or her party at game's end? Their case has not penetrated the popular membrane enough to supply the two-thirds vote required for conviction in the Senate.

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Week In Politics: Countdown To Impeachment

Saturday, December 14, 2019

The House is scheduled to vote on impeachment next week, with political repercussions impossible to know.

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Week In Politics

Saturday, December 07, 2019

House Democrats are drafting articles of impeachment and President Trump is indicating he will not participate in the process.

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How Did Framers Of The Constitution Come Up With 'High Crimes And Misdemeanors'?

Thursday, December 05, 2019

What does the framework of high crimes and misdemeanors, as written in the Constitution, tell us about the founding father's intentions?

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Week In Politics

Saturday, November 23, 2019

We recap the dramatic hearings of the past week — and looks ahead to what happens next in the House impeachment inquiry.

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Week In Politics

Saturday, November 16, 2019

What we learned in the first public testimonies in the impeachment hearings, explosive statements made behind closed doors in yet another testimony, and Roger Stone's very bad day in court.

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In 'A Warning,' An Invisible Hand Rings A Somber Alarm

Thursday, November 14, 2019

President Trump, we are told in this soon-to-be-published book, has destroyed the guardrails thoughtful people tried to erect around him. Further, he has banished nearly all those thoughtful people.

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What's In The Anonymous Official's 'A Warning'

Thursday, November 14, 2019

We look at what's contained in the book by an anonymous author, who only self-identifies as "a senior official in the Trump administration."

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In Memoir, Nikki Haley Hammers White House Team But Pledges Allegiance To Trump

Monday, November 11, 2019

In With All Due Respect, the former U.N. ambassador says Trump's ex-Chief of Staff John Kelly and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asked her to help them "save the country" from the president.

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Week In Politics

Saturday, November 09, 2019

We'll talk about what to expect in next week's public impeachment hearings, what the GOP strategy might be, and what Michael Bloomberg's potential presidential candidacy might mean.

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