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Adam Schiff
early and often
Mar. 6, 2024
Schiff’s Strategy Worked: He Will Face Garvey in California Senate Election The front-running Democrat love-bombed the hapless Republican with ads that boosted him over the more formidable Katie Porter.
poll position
Mar. 4, 2024
California Senate Polls: Schiff Helps Garvey Edge Out Fellow Democrats Adam Schiff spent millions to ensure a long-shot GOP candidate will be his general-election rival. Polls of the March 5 primary show it’s working.
early and often
Feb. 13, 2024
Inside the Three-Way Race to Fill California’s Senate Seat Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee each represent a distinct way forward for liberals. But the decision might have already been made for them.
early and often
Jan. 23, 2024
Could Democrats’ California Senate Fight Cost Them the House? The standoff between Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee may hurt down-ballot Democrats — so some are rooting for Republican Steve Garvey.
early and often
Oct. 10, 2023
Steve Garvey Gives California Republicans Hope in 2024 Senate Race The former baseball star won’t win, but he could keep the general election from becoming an all-Democratic contest.
early and often
June 22, 2023
House Republicans’ ‘Sham’ Censure Was a Gift to Adam Schiff The House GOP censured Schiff as retaliation for serving as Trump’s tormentor. But the Californian clearly thinks the move will boost his Senate bid.
early and often
Apr. 12, 2023
Will Feinstein Be Pushed Into Resigning After All? Democrats need a senator present to approve Biden’s judges. But if Feinstein resigns, it could scramble an already complicated race to succeed her.
early and often
Mar. 27, 2023
3 House Democrats Will Face Off in California’s Senate Race Ro Khanna declined to run and endorsed Barbara Lee, setting up a race between Lee, Adam Schiff, and Katie Porter for Dianne Feinstein’s seat.
the national interest
Apr. 3, 2020
GOP’s Refusal to Oversee Trump’s Emergency Power Is an Invitation to Corruption Trump labels any oversight of his power a “witch hunt,” and his party is going along.
impeachment
Jan. 26, 2020
In Apparent Threat, Trump Says Schiff Has ‘Not Paid the Price’ for Impeachment Schiff said Trump’s tweet was “intended to be” a threat, days after audio emerged of the president telling associates to “take out” an ambassador.
impeachment
Jan. 25, 2020
What We Learned on Day Five of the Trump Impeachment Trial Team Trump took just two hours to preview their case, which mostly revolves around the claim that House Democrats have no real evidence.
the national interest
Jan. 25, 2020
Republicans Feign Anger at Schiff ‘Head on Pike’ Speech to Justify Cowardice Senators threaten to cover up presidential crimes because they’re upset the Democrat quoted a news report.
impeachment
Jan. 24, 2020
What We Learned on Day Four of the Trump Impeachment Trial House impeachment managers wrapped up by arguing that Trump’s obstruction of Congress was egregious and ongoing. Next up: the White House’s defense.
impeachment
Jan. 24, 2020
Republicans Warming to Idea of Calling Their Own Trump Trial Witnesses The thinking is that if Democrats get John Bolton into the dock, the president should get an impeachment witness he wants, like Hunter or Joe Biden.
impeachment
Jan. 22, 2020
What We Learned on Day Two of the Trump Impeachment Trial House Democrats got a chance to lay out their case without interruption, as Trump raged and senators schemed in the background.
capitol report
Jan. 16, 2020
What It’s Like to Manage an Impeachment Trial in the U.S. Senate “This is on live TV with a billion people watching. If I say anything stupid my grandkids are going to be seeing it on the History Channel.”
impeachment
Jan. 15, 2020
Pelosi Appoints Impeachment Managers, to Be Led by Adam Schiff The managers will trigger the Senate trial once they present articles of impeachment.
impeachment
Jan. 14, 2020
House to Trigger Senate Impeachment Trial in Wednesday Vote Pelosi says the House will vote Wednesday to name impeachment managers, which likely means Trump’s Senate trial will start next week.
impeachment
Dec. 17, 2019
Trump Suggests Adam Schiff Be Subject to Guatemalan Justice for Paraphrasing Him In front of President Jimmy Morales, Trump said if Schiff were in Guatemala, he’d be punished for paraphrasing him: “They handle things much tougher.”
trump impeachment
Dec. 10, 2019
Senate Republicans Push Back Against Trump’s Impeachment Show Trial Trump is now promoting a lengthy counter-trial that may alienate some Republicans, but Mitch McConnell is resisting him.
impeachment
Dec. 10, 2019
trump impeachment
Dec. 6, 2019
Trump Warms to Idea of a Long Impeachment Show Trial After pushing Senate Republicans for no trial, or at least a quick one, Trump may try to put the Bidens and other Democrats on trial in the Senate.
trump impeachment
Dec. 5, 2019
Pelosi Announces Trump Impeachment Sprint Looks like the House will adopt articles of impeachment in three areas involving investigations of foreign election interference — and do it quickly.
trump impeachment
Dec. 4, 2019
Republicans Offer Feisty Trump Defense at House Judiciary Impeachment Hearing Unlike Devin Nunes, Doug Collins doesn’t ask you to accept wild right-wing conspiracy theories. But he and his colleagues want to convey pure outrage.
House Intelligence Committee Sends Report to Judiciary, Setting Up Impeachment Now the venue for impeachment shifts to the Judiciary Committee, which will draft formal articles of impeachment.
trump impeachment
Dec. 3, 2019
It’s Decision Time on Trump’s Impeachment: Narrow or Broad? Getting impeachment done quickly could make a narrow range of articles necessary, though obstruction of Congress and of justice is on the table.
Washington’s Jam-packed December Will Cast a Long Shadow on 2020 With impeachment proceedings, a big DoJ report on the Russia investigation, and a possible government shutdown in play, it could get crazy.
impeachment
Nov. 30, 2019
How Nadler’s Impeachment Hearings Will Differ From Schiff’s Each day of the upcoming House Judiciary hearings will be long and perhaps even more contentious than what we’ve already seen.
impeachment
Nov. 15, 2019
How a Tweet from Trump Scrambled the GOP’s Impeachment Strategy Even the best laid plans are no match for a president who can’t stop weighing in.
impeachment recap
Nov. 15, 2019
Weekly Impeachment Recap: Mainstream-Cable Jetsons Meet the Fox News Flintstones This week’s installment of impeachment was a crossover episode — a Jetsons Meet the Flintstones for the Hannity and Maddow Cinematic Universes.
House Dems Want to Give America an Impeachment Christmas Present By eschewing litigation and hard-to-secure witnesses, Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, and the rest are on a fast track to a pre-Christmas Trump impeachment.
impeachment season
Oct. 15, 2019
Trump’s New Impeachable Offenses Threaten Pelosi’s Narrow Focus on Ukraine How do you decide how to impeach a president who won’t stop committing high crimes and misdemeanors? That’s a tough question for House Democrats.
Somebody Explain to Trump That ‘Traitors’ Schiff and Pelosi Cannot Be Impeached Trump’s rage toward those pursuing his impeachment follows his M.O. of accusing his accusers of whatever he’s done, even if it’s unconstitutional.
the national interest
Sept. 30, 2019
Trump: People Accusing Me of Politicizing Investigations Should Be Investigated It’s like a person accused of murder who becomes enraged during the trial and tries to strangle the prosecutor.
the national interest
Sept. 19, 2019
mueller time
July 24, 2019
Adam Schiff Tells a Story of Disloyalty to Country, Greed, and Lies The Intelligence Committee chairman provided the most compelling statement of the day.
mueller report
June 25, 2019
Robert Mueller to Testify Before House Committees on July 17 The House Judiciary and Intelligence committees issued subpoenas for the special counsel to testify publicly, despite his reluctance to do so.
mueller time
May 22, 2019
Schiff–DOJ Deal for Mueller Documents Slows Down Impeachment Momentum Nancy Pelosi may have obtained a temporary reprieve from pressure to initiate impeachment proceedings against a stonewalling president.
the national interest
Apr. 1, 2019
The President As Adolescent Bully Trump’s bullying nicknames have become mini-events celebrated by his fans.
2020 election
Oct. 17, 2018
Kamala Harris Updates Obama’s Winning Strategy for 2020 Twelve years after Obama’s breakthrough, it’s unclear Harris can emulate it given a giant field and polarized politics.
House Republicans Are Trying to Thwart Dem Russia Probe House Intel chairman Devin Nunes is denying Democrats use of conference rooms, among other things, in hopes of crippling their Russia probe.
Trump: ‘They Are Laughing Their Asses Off in Moscow’ In a barrage of tweets, the definitely-not-rattled president went off on a range of subjects.
release the memo
Feb. 10, 2018
Trump Will Not Release Democrat’s Rebuttal Memo The president is suddenly a lot more concerned about the opinions of law enforcement officials.
Trump Accuses Adam Schiff of Lying, Leaking One takeaway: The president really needs to come up with some new nicknames.
Nunes Could Accomplish the Hard Task of Making Himself Vulnerable Back Home The House Intelligence Committee chairman is from a pretty safe red district. But he’s going out of his way to paint a bull’s-eye on his own back.
The House Intel Committee Is Planning to Subpoena Mike Flynn The former national security adviser is highly sought after on Capitol Hill.
Schiff Says Nunes Canceled Russia Hearing to Protect Trump The Republican House Intelligence chair abruptly canceled an open hearing Friday. The committee’s ranking Democrat cries foul.
