Most Democrats Back Impeachment Hearings, A Move That’s Unpopular Overall

Most Democrats want impeachment hearings to begin now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted findings are public, but that idea is still unpopular overall, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. The results come as national Democratic Party leaders and 2020 presidential candidates are grappling with how to approach an […] Read more »

Majority of Americans oppose Trump impeachment hearings after Mueller report, but questions remain

The majority of Americans think Congress should not begin impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump in light of the findings in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. But nearly six in 10 Americans think questions about the president’s conduct […] Read more »

31% believe Trump is exonerated after Mueller report, 56% oppose impeachment

Donald Trump’s approval rating is essentially unchanged at a historically weak 39 percent after the release of the Mueller report, just three in 10 Americans accept the president’s claim to have been exonerated and 58 percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll say the president lied to the public […] Read more »

Majority of Americans oppose impeachment, but majority also says Trump lied to public

A majority of Americans say they oppose calls for Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the wake of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether the president sought to interfere with the probe, according to a Washington Post-ABC […] Read more »

The Political Risk of Impeachment

Democrats face a choice. We’ve heard many say President Trump is unqualified and unworthy of being president; that he has behaved in ways beneath his position and that he has betrayed the office—and because of his actions and words, he deserves to be impeached and removed from power. … Any […] Read more »

‘Impeachment Will Help Republicans’ and Other Myths

With the (redacted) Mueller Report now in the hands of the public, Democrats have begun a furious debate over whether or not to seek president Donald Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. Notably, the discussion over removing Trump from office has shifted from the mouths of activists and volunteers to […] Read more »