Of a short trial that s long enough to show the American people that. Senate is taking its responsibilities seriously but they do he doesn t want to drag it out he apparently has concluded that for his endangered Senate incumbents who are up for reelection this year like a Cory Gardner in Colorado or Susan Collins of Maine that it s better to have a short trial rather than a spectacle N.P.R. s Mara Liasson reporting a key witness in the impeachment inquiry the acting ambassador to Ukraine is being called back to the United States Senator Bob Menendez the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee is expressing a long arm more from N.P.R. s Michele Kelemen in a letter to Secretary of State might pay 0 Sen Menendez says he understands that Bill Taylor is being recalled just before the secretary visits Ukraine he calls that quote highly irregular and perhaps unprecedented the State Department has not commented Taylor was brought back from retirement earlier this year to run the
Yes and come back and vote tomorrow now this will be the 3rd day of a markup session a markup session session this is really the sausage making process on Capitol Hill that they do it on almost every bill and they certainly do it on Oracle s one page but where they consider amendments and amendments become the actual legislation the same thing here Fox s jet program on Capitol Hill the unexpected recess just before midnight angering Republicans including ranking member Doug Collins a chairman just ambushed the entire committee did not have any consultation with a ranking member said I will have votes at 10 am in the morning I guess they didn t think enough today of spreading their very paper thin impeachment process for over 12 or 14 hours is enough Fox s Davis but with more on that grueling session we must impeach Donald j. Trump this is gonna stop before it goes too much for the Democrats are pushing forward with 2 articles of impeachment the 1st abuse of power Democrats say the pre
Friends of The News Hour. This program was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by contributions to your p.b.s. Station from viewers like you. Thank you. The stage is now set for the u.s. House of Representatives to impeach the president of the United States the latest move came earlier today in a matter of minutes after long hours of hearings congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin begins our coverage this often I miss often but I with a string of Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee took a historic stand on articles of impeachment against President Trump your articles agree to risk Lucian is amended his order to 40 favorably to the house the 9 page articles make 2 charges against the president abuse of power and obstruction of Congress the committee decisions today came after a real reason debate session yesterday that lasted 14 hours and went late into the night the votes were straight along party lines and quick as were comments afterward by commit
Currently do not get paid parental leave when they give birth or adopt a child that benefit is still relatively uncommon even in the private sector fewer than one in 5 American workers get paid parental or family leave benefits but more companies in states are expanding their policies now 2000000 federal workers are on the verge of getting up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave work or advocates say they hope to eventually see lawmakers extend such federal policies to include all workers as well as to cover leave for sick and elderly care Yuki Noguchi n.p.r. News Washington stocks move higher on Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 29 points to close 827911 the Nasdaq rose 37 points this is n.p.r. . Amid ongoing protests over plans by the French government to change its pension system the country s prime minister now says the full retirement age will be increased for the country s youngest citizens but offered concessions to try to calm the mounting public furor over the
Earth information to determine where that risk is going to be because climate changes are bending everything and it s been a bad year for sugar beets extreme weather means the u.s. Needs to start importing sugar you put the seed in the ground and you mature to maturity and then somebody else decided that you re not going to be able harvest more after these headlines. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lakshmi saying the House judiciary committee convenes tonight for a markup session to refine articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump N.P.R. s Bobbie Allen reports the Democratic majority accuses Trump of inviting a foreign government to interfere in the 2020 lection by pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival Democratic leaders are moving fast in hopes of making trump the 3rd u.s. President in history to be impeached fearing that the integrity of the 2020 election was at stake Democrats say they will impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congr