WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers took to the airwaves Sunday to defend their leader, President Trump, after a week of compelling and at times damning testimony in the House’s ongoing impeachment inquiry. The most absurd and delusional of these appearances came on Fox News anchor Chris Wallace’s show. Wallace had invited …
Read More »Three Things You Need to Know From Thursday's Impeachment Hearing
WASHINGTON —Dr. Fiona Hill and David Holmes appeared before Congress on Thursday in the sixth and likely final public impeachment hearing not as Democratic- or Republican-called witnesses but as fact witnesses. Holmes, a career foreign service officer and adviser in the U.S. embassy in Ukraine, overheard the phone call when …
Read More »'SNL' Spoofs Impeachment Hearings With Surreal Soap Opera
Saturday Night Live reimagined the impeachment inquiry into President Trump as a literal soap opera, not just a political one. Jon Hamm made a cameo in the dense cold-open sketch, playing William B. Taylor Jr., acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. The segment opened with a voiceover that outlined the premise: …
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