Nancy Pelosi

Image of the Week: For the first time, women occupied both key seats of power during a joint session of the United States Congress

Allen Abel asks the experts

Image of the Week: The Speaker’s much-discussed gesture achieved what she seemed to intend, eclipsing the speech itself

Image of the Week: The Speaker of the House admonished her flock for cheering Trump’s impeachment. Republicans went on about the Salem witch trials. The U.S. Constitution managed to survive.

Thursday’s bipartisan gush of adulation for Trump was enough to make you wonder: didn’t they impeach this guy last night?

Allen Abel in Washington: It really was the best of times and the worst of times for the U.S. president on Tuesday

Voting is expected in a matter of days in the Judiciary Committee and by Christmas in the full House

Donald Trump’s foes in the Capitol would rather strike him out with the whole world watching than let him skulk off the field

Scott Gilmore: An impeachment trial will present Trump’s endless scandals as parts of a larger message that the public cannot ignore: the president is unfit

Donald Trump’s near-certain acquittal in the Senate no longer discourages his foes in the House