Political Roundup: Historic trial of a former president and another impeachment
by Houston Public Media
Houston Public Media— Houston Matters discusses former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial beginning, the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and other developments in politics in our weekly roundup.
WSTPost—Donald Trump trial LIVE: Former president returns to hush money trial as Supreme Court considers whether he is immune from prosecution. Donald Trump trial LIVE: Former president returns to hush money trial as Supreme Court considers whether he is immune from prosecution - When Trump appeared in court, he told reporters about the poor economic numbers, specifically referring to GDP, gas prices and the U.S. dollar. "This is Bidenomics, it's catching up with himit's destroyed our country at the border, destroyed our country with other countries, they don't respect the United States anymore," he said. “This is very bad news,” he...
The Washington Times—Senators sworn in for historic Mayorkas impeachment trial. Senators took their official oath Wednesday to act as jurors for the impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, marking the first such event for a sitting Cabinet member in U.S. history.
Los Angeles Times—Former Fox News executive is named president of news and politics for NewsNation. Cherie Grzech, a longtime Washington executive for Fox News, has been named president and managing editor of news and politics for Nexstar's cable channel NewsNation. The Chicago-based channel announced Tuesday that Grzech will oversee its news coverage and political programming, which now includes a Washington-based Sunday roundtable show. She had been a senior vice president in charge of those units. Michael Corn, who has been NewsNation's news president since May 2021, will take on a new role...