Completion Date: 26 December 2019
Medium: Paint & ink on cardboard
Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches
This piece records the main US news headlines in the first 3 weeks of December 2019 up to Donald Trump’s impeachment.
* 01 Dec: Top Republican on House Judiciary Committee calls for Adam Schiff to testify
* 01 Dec: Trump’s intervention in SEALs case tests Pentagon’s tolerance
* 01 Dec: Trump will not participate in impeachment hearing
* 02 Dec: Macron: US indifference is causing the “”brain death of NATO”
* 03 Dec: Trump and Macron clash at tense NATO summit
* 03 Dec: Kamala Harris ends 2020 presidential campaign
* 03 Dec: House Dems say evidence is “overwhelming”
* 03 Dec: “One of the most serious political crimes in US history
* 03 Dec: Trade wars flare up. Again.
* 04 Dec: Trump calls Trudeau ‘two-faced’
* 04 Dec: North Korea warns US to prepare for ‘Christmas gift’
* 04 Dec: GOP senators, defending Trump, embrace debunked Ukraine theory
* 04 Dec: Expert says Trump invoked ‘royal we’
* 05 Dec: Impeachment push is about the law, not ‘hate’ says Pelosi
* 05 Dec: Democrats push ahead with rapid timetable
* 05 Dec: House could hold Trump Impeachment vote by Christmas
* 05 Dec: Pelosi: “Don’t mess with me”
* 06 Dec: Trump: ‘It’s the economy, stupid’
* 06 Dec: US added 266,000 jobs in November
* 06 Dec: White House signals Trump won’t mount House impeachment defense
* 07 Dec: Judiciary Committee releases report defining impeachable offense
* 08 Dec: House Judiciary chair: Impeachment would be a guilty verdict in ‘three minutes flat’
* 08 Dec: Hong Kong protest, largest in weeks, stretches several miles
* 09 Dec: Russia banned from global sport over doping scandal
* 09 Dec: GOP calls impeachment hearings ‘unfair’
* 09 Dec: ‘No political bias’ in FBI probe of Trump campaign
* 09 Dec: Republicans scramble to thwart impeachment
* 10 Dec: Growing divide between Trump and McConnell
* 10 Dec: House Democrats unveil articles of impeachment against Trump
* 10 Dec: Charges are obstruction of justice and abuse of power
* 11 Dec: Trump: Abusing power ‘not even a crime’
* 11 Dec: Greta Thunberg named Time Person of the Year for 2019
* 11 Dec: New Jersey killers ‘targeted’ Jewish supermarket
* 10 Dec: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has meeting with Trump in Oval Office
* 11 Dec: Lawmaker calls debate over Trump absurd
* 11 Dec: Trump again mocks teen climate activist Greta Thunberg
* 12 Dec: Republicans try to kill the Abuse of Power charge vs. Trump
* 12 Dec: Voters head to polls across the UK
* 12 Dec: Partisan divide as House Judiciary panel debates Articles of Impeachment
* 12 Dec: Trump ‘signs off’ on deal to pause US-China trade war
* 12 Dec: UK exit polls suggest huge Brexit win for Johnson
* 12 Dec: Massive win for Boris Johnson
* 13 Dec: Panel approves Impeachment Articles and sends charges for a House vote
* 13 Dec: Boris Johnson won the election but he may struggle to keep the UK together
* 13 Dec: EU prepares for Brexit hardball
* 14 Dec: Lindsey Graham: I don’t feel under pressure to pretend to be a “fair juror”
* 14 Dec: McConnell: I’m working “in lockstep with the White House” on plans for the trial
* 15 Dec: Nadler slams McConnell’s White House comments
* 15 Dec: A “subversion of constitutional order.”
* 15 Dec: President ‘a clear and present danger to democracy’
* 16 Dec: Schumer, pushing McConnell to negotiate, lays out plan for impeachment trial
* 16 Dec: Boeing to suspend 737 production
* 16 Dec: Judiciary committee report argues Trump ‘betrayed the nation’
* 16 Dec: Moderate Democrats line up behind impeachment as House prepares to vote
* 17 Dec: McConnell rejects Schumer’s call for witnesses at impeachment trial
* 17 Dec: Trump sends scorching letter to Pelosi ahead of House impeachment vote
* 17 Dec: Trump denounces ‘partisan impeachment crusade’ on eve of House vote
* 18 Dec: House debates impeachment
* 18 Dec: Votes expected along party lines
* 19 Dec: Trump impeached
* 20 Dec: Impeachment was result of ‘partisan rage,’ McConnell says
* 20 Dec: Nancy Pelosi won’t commit to sending articles of impeachment to Senate
* 20 Dec: ‘Most unfair’ impeachment in history
* 21 Dec: Evangelical publication calls for Trump’s removal from office
* 21 Dec: An angry Trump looks to vindication in November
* 21 Dec: President demands immediate Senate trial
* 21 Dec: Trump agrees to deliver State of the Union on February 4
* 21 Dec: U.S. braces for major North Korean weapons test as Trump’s diplomacy fizzles
