House Speaker Mike Johnson plans Biden impeachment inquiry vote next week

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is planning to ask lawmakers to vote next week to authorize a formal impeachment inquiry aimed at President Biden even though there is scant evidence of any wrongdoing. The right-wing leader Tuesday said the vote is needed to allow investigators to gather more evidence about supposed misdeeds tied to business dealings of presidential son Hunter Biden and other relatives. “The House has no choice if it’s going to follow its constitutional responsibility to formally adopt an impeachment inquiry on the floor so that when the subpoenas are challenged in court,...