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Why Donald Trump 'pleaded the Fifth' in New York investigation and what it means

The Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution establishes a number of rights related to legal proceedings including that no one ‘shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself’

Why Donald Trump and his children might 'plead the Fifth' in New York investigation and what it means

The Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution establishes a number of rights related to legal proceedings including that no one 'shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself'

Why remove Donald Trump now? A guide to the second impeachment of a president

While the House moved with remarkable speed to impeach Trump, a Senate trial to determine whether to remove him cannot begin until 19 January, his final full day in office

US House moves to impeach Donald Trump 15 months after its first attempt

As expected, Republicans objected to a resolution calling on Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, meaning that the House would have to call a full vote on the measure

US House to push for removing Trump through 25th Amendment: A look at what the provision entails

The amendment deals with situations in which the post of the president becomes vacant, or the president becomes incapable of discharging his or her duties

'Electoral College has spoken': US Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell finally acknowledges Joe Biden's victory

The Republican leader's statement, delivered in a speech on the Senate floor, ends weeks of silence over President Donald Trump's defeat

Can Donald Trump preemptively pardon himself or his family? Here's what the US constitution says

The US constitution gives the president clemency powers “to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment”

US election 2020 shows that the American electoral college system is stupid and immoral

It's because the outcome of the US presidential election depends on results in individual states — and because those results are much narrower than the national tally — that Trump can claim there is a path to reversing the outcome, however ridiculous that claim is

Three years into Donald Trump's presidency, US govt ramps up efforts to seize private land in Texas to build border wall

Donald Trump's signature campaign promise has consistently faced political, legal, and environmental obstacles in Texas, which has the largest section of the US-Mexico border, most of it without fencing

US court to pursue Democrats' lawsuit against Donald Trump accusing him of accepting gifts without congressional approval

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a lawsuit that accuses President Trump of profiting off the presidency in violation of the Constitution's emoluments clause can move forward. The case brought by nearly 200 congressional Democrats argues that Trump has been accepting gifts from foreign and state governments without congressional approval. Trump, unlike modern presidents before him, has declined to fully divest from his businesses.