Study Debunks Claims That Led to Bolivian Coup

Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams Feb 28, 2020 New research from MIT raises serious questions about the U.S.-backed Organization of American Studies' assertions of election fraud. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Post-Impeachment, House Democrats Set Sights on Barr

MARY CLARE JALONICK / The Associated Press Feb 14, 2020 They are looking into the attorney general's intervention in the case of Roger Stone, a Trump confidant convicted of lying to Congress. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Oscars Get With the Political Program

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Feb 10, 2020 This year's telecast showed signs of progress—now the Academy Awards producers need to get audiences to tune in again. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Alexander Hamilton Would Have Backed Trump’s Impeachment

Bill Blum / Truthdig Feb 3, 2020 Both parties have invoked the founding father during Senate proceedings. Only one side is telling the truth about what he truly believed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Senate Rejects Witnesses in Trump Trial

LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER/ The Associated Press Jan 31, 2020 New revelations from former national security adviser John Bolton fail to sway GOP senators, who said they'd heard enough. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump’s Impeachment Defense Is Incoherent by Design

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 30, 2020 Republican senators and Trump’s lawyers are forced to resort to blatant contortions of logic in the impeachment trial. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Trial: Pointed Questioning With Bolton Book at the Center

LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Jan 29, 2020 The former national security adviser's forthcoming publication threatens GOP hopes of a quick acquittal. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

GOP Doesn’t Have Votes Yet to Block Bolton, McConnell Concedes

ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press Jan 28, 2020 Republican senators mulling impeachment meet after defense rests; Trump's hopes to end the trial with a quick acquittal could be imperiled. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Team: Impeachment Not About ‘Unsourced Manuscripts’

ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press Jan 28, 2020 As defense winds down in Senate trial, the president's lawyers and Republicans scoff at reported revelations in Bolton's unpublished book. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

What Exactly Is John Bolton’s End Game?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 28, 2020 It's not principle that's driving the former former national security adviser to intervene against Trump, but something worryingly nefarious. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Vile Message Democrats Are Sending With Impeachment

Saif Ansari / Truthdig Jan 27, 2020 People of color have suffered the brunt of Trump’s abuses, so why are there no articles of impeachment that speak to their pain? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Republicans Have Made a Mockery of Impeachment

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jan 24, 2020 It's not just Mitch McConnell. The Senate GOP has made clear it has no desire to get to the bottom of the charges against Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )