Trump news: House takes major step towards impeachment, as Democrats debate in Houston
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Your support makes all the difference.The top 10 Democrats in the presidential race faced each other in yet another 2020 showdown, with Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren meeting head-to-head for the first time in the primary season.
The debate comes following a busy day in Washington, where the House Judiciary Committee approved a key resolution as it gears up towards potential impeachment of Donald Trump. The resolution has defined the boundaries of a probe that Democrats hope could lead to said impeachment, and potentially his removal from office. The move allows the committee to designate certain hearings as impeachment hearings, and empower staff to question witnesses for a longer period of time.
Mr Trump travelled to Baltimore today for a Republican fundraising event and the House Republican Conference member retreat dinner.
During the debates, Ms Warren and Mr Biden were joined by the likes of Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, Julián Castro, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, and Andrew Yang.
The debate saw an illustration of their differences on healthcare policy, with Ms Warren and Mr Sanders advocating for Medicare for All, while many of the others advocating for a less aggressive approach.
Mr Trump has a quiet day scheduled for Friday, meeting for an intelligence briefing in the morning, before then meeting with the secretary of Defense in the afternoon.
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Warren says that "we have a Congress that is beholden to the gun industry", and says that Congress needs to roll back the filibuster.
Warren says corruption is the reason there is no movement on gun control, and calls to eliminate the filibuster.
Sanders says "What we are looking at is a corrupt political system."
He says he "will not be intimidated by the NRA".
Biden says that comparing the Obama administration to the Trump administration on immigration is "outrageous".
He says that he is "proud to have served" with Obama, citing DACA and other measures that were taken.
Biden has dodged the question on whether he is willing to say the Obama administration made a mistake by its record of deportations.
He said the president made the best choices he could. Then, when asked if he did the best he could, he said: "I am the vice president".
"He wants to take credit for Obama's work but not have to answer any questions," Castro says of Biden.
"I stand with Barack Obama all eight years. Good, bad, and indifferent," Biden says.
Yang says his father grew up as a peanut farmer in Asia in a home with no floor, and that he is now running for president. His point being that his story is the best kind of American immigrant story.
Buttigieg says that the only people who buy into Donald Trump's hatred of immigrants are people "who don't know any".
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