On February 24, 1868, something extraordinary happened in the U.S. Congress. For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat ...

the power of impeachment. On February 24, 1868, the House of Representatives voted along party lines, 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson for having committed “high crimes and ...

He often asserts that everything—the economy, the military, his ratings—is better, bigger and stronger than ever before.

Democratic Texas Representative Al Green has hit back at Donald Trump after he was kicked out of the president's joint address to Congress on Tuesday, saying that he is "working on" Articles of ...

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Members of Congress take an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Everything following “support”—the part aboutdefending the ...

How do I know? Because in 1868, Andrew Johnson was impeached for speaking ill of the House of Representatives. Impeachment is not all that the scholars would have us believe it is. It is what ...

How do I know? Because in 1868, Andrew Johnson was impeached for speaking ill of the House of Representatives. Impeachment is not all that the scholars would have us believe it is. It is what ...

He often asserts that everything—the economy, the military, his ratings—is better, bigger and stronger than ever before. Everything is at levels no one’s ever seen.