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Donald Trump

A candidate for Idaho Republican Presidential Primary, State of Idaho in the 2020 Idaho Presidential Primary

Party: Republican

Age: 77

Occupation: Businessman

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Dana Milbank: Slow-walking impeachment may look weak. But restraint is Democrats’ greatest strength.

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Dana Milbank: Trump’s not claiming executive power. He’s going for divine right.

In 1787, the framers gave us a president, not a king. On Tuesday, lawyers for President Trump gave a dissenting opinion.

Jamie Rankin: Congress isn’t just a co-equal branch. We’re first among equals.

The three branches of U.S. government have different functions and different powers, and we operate in a dynamic relationship with one another. But the forward motion and energy must be provided by Congress, and Congress must protect our national values.

Dana Milbank: No, Mitch, the case isn’t closed

Contrary to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s declaration about the Russia investigation, it isn’t “case closed” – not by a long shot.

Marc A. Thiessen: Impeaching Trump will only help him

While Democrats debate pursuing impeachment, they are also abusing their powers to get Trump’s tax returns. The only thing they will succeed in doing is eliciting sympathy for an otherwise unsympathetic president.

Michael Gerson: House leaders should lay the groundwork for impeachment

The honor of the presidency now depends on the actions of Congress. Beginning with a thorough series of coordinated hearings, House leaders should lay the groundwork for impeachment – and at least delay the surrender of our institutions to cynicism.

Adam B. Schiff: Take steps to ensure that Trump isn’t working for foreign interests

Now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report has been issued, it is up to Congress to assure that the president and his associates work for the American people and not for some undisclosed personal or foreign interests.

Robert J. Samuelson: Can the Fed stay independent?

Donald Trump’s nominees for the Federal Reserve Board are fiercely partisan, which would cast a dark shadow over economic policymaking.

Marc A. Thiessen: Trump is right to call out Democrats for their hypocrisy on sanctuary cities

If Democrats won’t help the president secure the border, then there’s nothing outrageous about making them live with the consequences of the policies they advocate.

Kathleen Parker: It is finished

In the span of a few days, we’ve been joggled between the banal and the sublime, from Trump’s “I’m [effed]” upon learning of Robert Mueller’s assignment to the Russia investigation to the millions who prayed that centuries of beauty be spared by the flames.