Tag: Deep Dive

Deep Dive (Feb. 2): Impeachment Managers Release 80-page Outline; Trump’s Defense Lawyers Respond

Democratic impeachment managers released an 80-page brief outlining their plans for the upcoming trial. Trump’s defense lawyers responded with their own filing. Senate Republicans proposed a $618 billion proposal to counter Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan. What are some of the differences? And newly released footage shows Facebook’s CEO praising the new administration. Project Veritas published…


Deep Dive (Feb. 1): President Biden Reverses Trump’s Spending Cuts

Experts weigh in on the constitutionality of the second impeachment trial of Trump. What are the two arguments? According to one reading of the Constitution, scholars say impeachment is for current officeholders. They said since Trump had already left office, the Senate’s jurisdiction to hold an impeachment trial expired on Jan. 20 when his term…


Deep Dive (Jan. 29): Texas Governor Orders State Agencies to Sue Biden Admin

The mayor of Washington, D.C., made an announcement regarding what will happen to the thousands of national guard troops stationed in the nation’s capital. Arizona’s largest county is trying to bring peace of mind to any who question the 2020 election. Maricopa County has agreed to conduct a forensic audit of the county’s election equipment. The…


Deep Dive (Jan. 28): Reddit Post Causes AMC, GameStop Shares to Soar

The Biden administration is facing another lawsuit, this time over an executive order halting oil and gas leasing on federal lands. The lawsuit argues that the administration’s suspension of the federal oil and gas leasing program is “an unsupported and unnecessary action that is inconsistent with the Secretary’s statutory obligations” and is “both arbitrary and capricious.”…


Deep Dive (Jan. 27): 45 Senators Rule Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional

Forty-five senators voted the impeachment trial against former President Trump is unconstitutional. Senator Rand Paul forced the Senate to vote on whether or not it’s constitutional for the Senate to hold a trial of a private citizen, since Trump is no longer in office. He called it a “partisan vendetta against a man no longer…


Deep Dive (Jan. 26): Trump Forms New ‘Office of the Former President’

Former President Donald Trump’s impeachment is now in the hands of the Senate. Republican Senator Rand Paul challenged the constitutional grounds for pursuing impeaching, calling it the Democrat’s “partisan vendetta against a man no longer in office.” Trump meanwhile is opening up “an office of the former president,” this comes as he distances himself from…


Deep Dive (Jan. 25): Split Over Trump Impeachment Trial Grows

Thousands of national guards are set to stay in Washington D.C. due to security concerns around the impeachment trial. The impeachment trial is pushing forward despite there being mixed views as to whether impeachment is constitutional now that Trump has left office. Amazon is trying to block a warehouse union vote by mail. It’s pushing…


Deep Dive (Jan. 22): Outrage Over Mistreatment of US Troops

Thousands of national guards at the U.S. Capitol return to adequate living quarters after being put out in the cold by Capitol Police following bipartisan outrage over the way they were treated. Twitter suspends the account of Iran’s leader after posting a call for an attack on former President Trump. Twitter also suspended several Antifa…


Deep Dive (Jan. 21): Trump’s Fight on Communism, Will It Persist?

There’s a new Director of National Intelligence, but what are her views on China and Iran. Haines is the first Biden cabinet member approved by the Senate. All Democrat senators voted to confirm her, while ten Republicans dissented. Haines previously served under the Obama administration. In a slew of executive orders, Biden reversed many of Trump’s…


Deep Dive (Jan. 20): Trump Departs White House Hours Before Biden’s Inauguration

It’s the 59th inauguration today and Biden was officially sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Trump had left Washington hours before the ceremony and gave remarks to reporters outside the White House that echo parts of his farewell speech from yesterday. Trump told reporters outside the White House, “It’s been a…