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King: Impeachment acquittal would shift power to White House

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Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "Policy Response to Russian Interference in the 2016 U.S. Elections" on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Angus King: Donald Trump acquittal could reshape power structure between president, Congress

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Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Rudy Giuliani: ‘This ends, hopefully, with Biden finally being put under investigation’

By Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this July 25, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, flanked by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., left, and Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., introduces the Zero Waste Act that would create a federal grant program to help local governments invest in waste-reduction initiatives, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ilhan Omar, Muslim congresswoman, branded ‘jihadi’ in Facebook posts shared by Republican challenger

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate entrepreneur Andrew Yang thanks supporters after a campaign event Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Clinton, Iowa. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Andrew Yang: Congress will back term limits if incumbents are exempt

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks at the NCAA convention Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

NCAA’s Emmert: ‘Our job’ to solve athlete compensation

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

President Trump’s trial is not a charade but deadly serious business based on constitutional norms

By Andrew P. Napolitano

DNR board to gauge reaction to deer hunt changes

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

Impeachment manager Adam B. Schiff condemned the Senate on Tuesday for not issuing subpoenas he and his House colleagues refused to issue and lectured senators for not calling witnesses he himself had refused to call. (Associated Press)

Adam Schiff lectures Senate on Donald Trump impeachment

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 29, 2019, file photo, members of the Coast Guard stand near seized cocaine in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, file)

Feds allow use of opioid funds to stem meth, cocaine surge

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

Illustration on Medicare for All by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Sacrificing public and private health insurance for ‘Medicare for All’

By Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Robert E. Moffit

In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the telephone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Donald Trump’s legal team says in legal brief he did ‘nothing wrong’

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Obama, chiding the Supreme Court justices sitting before him, claimed falsely during his 2009 State of the Union address that "even foreign corporations" could influence U.S. elections. (Associated Press/File)

Citizens United ruling marks 10th anniversary as Democrats warm to ‘dark money’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol building, center, is seen next to the bottom part of the Washington Monument, left, before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, a day after the U.S. House voted to impeach President Donald Trump on two charges, abuse of power and obstructing Congress. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Repealing both Iraq War authorizations is needed to rein in presidents

By Charles D. Stimson

In this March 4, 2019, file photo, the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

Outrage over David Kris muddies battle over secret FISA court

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, file photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins, center, is surrounded by reporters as he leaves federal court, in New York. On Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick in Manhattan will sentence Collins for conspiring in an insider trading scheme. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Ex-US Rep. Collins gets over 2 years in insider trading case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020. file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, right, walk along the colonnade of the White House in Washington. The federal government's watchdog agency says a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine aid. The Government Accountability Office said Thursday the White House Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the assistance. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

House Committee on Homeland Security member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a hearing on &quot;meeting the challenge of white nationalist terrorism at home and abroad&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dalia al-Aqidi, Ilhan Omar Republican challenger, is fellow Muslim refugee woman

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a trade agreement with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump broke law by withholding Ukraine money, Congress’ legal branch says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times