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Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell on Meet the Press in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2019. | William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images This marks the first time this election cycle that the moderators for a debate will all be women. For the first time this election cycle, the moderators for a Democratic primaryContinue reading “An all-female panel will moderate the November Democratic debate”

Twitter CEO and Co Founder Jack Dorsey addresses students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) on November 12, 2018 in New Delhi, India. | Amal KS/Hindustan Times via Getty Images The platform’s latest policy could make it harder to combat misinformation. Last month, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced his platform would not only startContinue reading “Twitter is banning political ads. Nonprofits like mine could suffer.”

Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs George P. Kent (left) and top US diplomat in Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on November 13, 2019. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland will testify Wednesday, along with Pentagon official LauraContinue reading “Who’s who in the impeachment hearings”

US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, on Nov. 20, 2019. | Andrew Harnik/AP “We followed the president’s orders,” Sondland says. Gordon Sondland, the US Ambassador to the European Union, is testifying to the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning in the highest-stakes impeachment hearing yet —Continue reading “Read: Gordon Sondland’s opening statement for impeachment hearing”

US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland (center) arrives at the US Capitol on October 17, 2019. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Here’s who Sondland is, and why he’s so important to the Trump-Ukraine scandal. Again and again during the first four impeachment hearings, Republicans had a common complaint — the witnesses were people whoContinue reading “Gordon Sondland: Trump ally gives high-stakes testimony in impeachment inquiry”

President Trump is pictured in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on November 15, 2019. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images And why it’s a problem. What is obstruction of justice? The question has been asked countless times since special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe was released, but today it’s relevant for another reason: the impeachmentContinue reading “How Trump and Republicans are obstructing the impeachment process”

US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, on Nov. 20, 2019. | Andrew Harnik/AP “We followed the president’s orders,” Sondland says. Gordon Sondland, the US Ambassador to the European Union, is testifying to the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning in the highest-stakes impeachment hearing yet —Continue reading “Read: Gordon Sondland’s opening statement for impeachment hearing”

US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland (center) arrives at the US Capitol on October 17, 2019. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Here’s who Sondland is, and why he’s so important to the Trump-Ukraine scandal. Again and again during the first four impeachment hearings, Republicans had a common complaint — the witnesses were people whoContinue reading “Gordon Sondland: Trump ally gives high-stakes testimony in impeachment inquiry”

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, National Security Council Director for European Affairs, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee. | Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Two Today, Explained episodes explore what we learned from Vindman, Volker, Williams, and Morrison. Last week, three people testified in the public impeachment inquiry by House Democrats. This week, there are nineContinue reading “What we learned from the 3rd day of public impeachment hearings”

President Trump is pictured in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on November 15, 2019. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images And why it’s a problem. What is obstruction of justice? The question has been asked countless times since special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe was released, but today it’s relevant for another reason: the impeachmentContinue reading “How Trump and Republicans are obstructing the impeachment process”