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AP Wire: House Democrats lay out case for formal Trump impeachment

LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press | Dec 9, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House lawyers sparred heatedly with lawmakers and each other over the impeachment case against President Donald Trump on Monday in an acrimonious hearing as Democrats prepare formal...

Democrats take big new step toward impeaching Trump

LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press | Dec 5, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House is pressing forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday. ''Our democracy is what is at stake," Pelosi...

AP Wire: Kamala Harris ends White House bid, citing lack of funding

KATHLEEN RONAYNE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press | Dec 3, 2019

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sen. Kamala Harris told supporters on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, an abrupt close to a candidacy that held historic...

AP– Sticky impeachment trial questions: How long? Who testifies?

MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press | Nov 27, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — What will the impeachment trial look like? While a Senate trial of President Donald Trump now appears inevitable, details of how it will unfold remain unknown. How long will proceedings...

Impeachment: how does it work? what do people think about it?

Alexander Bowman, Police reporter | Oct 24, 2019

With all the news about the Trump impeachment inquiry, the topic might seem a bit confusing. So, what is impeachment? Basically, the Constitution allows Congress to remove presidents before their...

Pelosi orders impeachment probe: ‘No one is above the law’

LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, and MICHAEL BALSAMO | Sep 24, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply...

Democratic debate: Top 2020 contenders finally on same stage

Bill Barrow, Associated Press | Sep 12, 2019

HOUSTON (AP) — Despite the miles traveled, the tens of millions of dollars raised and the ceaseless churn of policy papers, the Democratic primary has been remarkably static for months with Joe Biden...

Opinion: How Do We Stop It?

Austin Belet, Opinions Editor | Jul 8, 2019

Whether you are in the warm tropical climate of Cocoa Beach or the swampy underbelly of Gainesville, one thing Floridians love the most is our climate. Sure, we complain about the humidity sometimes and...

Opinion: The raging world of a primary

Austin W Belet, Opinions Editor | Jun 14, 2019

As the 2020 cycle heats up, we are finally having to consider the primary candidates. That being said, I suppose the people who don’t care for the Democratic primary can tune out because this is more...

OPINION: State of our disunion

Austin Belet, Opinions Writer | Feb 6, 2019

The State of The Union Address of 2019 has been delivered and the traditional Trump taglines have been delivered with it. On one hand, I heard several things from the President that I can get behind;...

Florida Senate race heads to manual recount

Alex Toth, Features Editor | Nov 16, 2018

The first recount of over 8 million ballots in the U.S. Senate race between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson has concluded, but there's still no official winner. Florida's secretary of state has now ordered...

OPINION: Civility is Dead, Hallelujah!

Noah Meyer, Opinions Editor | Oct 14, 2018

From the beginning of the 2016 election up to this current moment, there has been a loss of civility in political discourse. Gone are the days of reasoned debate, bipartisanship and commitment to country...