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Trump Impeachment Probe: Democrats Seek To Shape Senate Trial
File Photo: US President Donald Trump gestures during a working lunch at the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019.Nicholas Kamm / AFP US Democrats signaled Monday they were girding for battle over witnesses and fair process in the Senate trial of Donald Trump, days ahead of a historic House vote on...
Trump To Face Impeachment Vote After House Panel Approves Charges
US President Donald Trump stood on the verge of impeachment Friday after a House panel approved charges he abused his power and obstructed Congress, setting up a historic vote in the chamber next week. In a grave moment for a deeply divided nation, Democrats and Republicans in the Judiciary Committee voted along strict party lines, 23 to 17, to...
US Lawmakers Clash Over Impeachment Charges Against Trump
House members, media and others are seen during a House Judiciary Committee markup of Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Longworth House Office Building on Thursday December 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. Matt McClain -Pool/Getty Images/AFP US lawmakers clashed Thursday ahead of a committee vote to approve charges of...
World’s Youngest PM Takes Office In Finland
Finland’s new Prime Minister Sanna Marin speaks during a press conference of the new Finnish government in Helsinki, Finland on December 10, 2019. Jussi Nukari / Lehtikuva / AFP Finland’s Sanna Marin, 34, was officially appointed as the country’s prime minister on Tuesday, becoming the world’s youngest sitting head of...
Russia’s Top Diplomat To Visit White House Amid Impeachment
US President Donald J. Trump (L) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) during their meeting at the White House in Washington, DC. HO / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday opened a visit to Washington in which he will meet Donald Trump, the very day when Democrats unveiled...
Trump Calls Impeachment Accusation ‘Ridiculous’
US President Donald Trump gestures during a working lunch at the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019. Nicholas Kamm / AFP President Donald Trump responded to the announcement of impeachment charges Tuesday by calling the accusations “ridiculous.” Trump — who will be only the third US president to be...
Democrats Unveil Impeachment Charges Against Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi next to House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, Democrat of New York, announces articles of impeachment for US President Donald Trump during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, December 10, 2019. SAUL LOEB / AFP Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment Tuesday against US President Donald Trump...
Two Articles Of Impeachment Expected Against Trump On Tuesday
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence listens to U.S President Donald Trump (R) speak about a report released by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz on how the Justice Department and FBI launched their investigation into the 2016 campaign, During a roundtable meeting on empowering families with education choice, in the Cabinet Room on...
Democrats lay out impeachment case against Trump
Democrats laid out their case Monday for the impeachment of Donald Trump, branding the US president a “clear and present danger” to national security as they prepared to issue formal charges against him. Four months after a whistleblower sparked the investigation of Trump for seeking illicit political favors from Ukraine, Democrats said there was...
EU To Prolong Russia Sanctions
EU leaders will renew economic sanctions against Russia when they meet for a summit this week, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday. Maas said he saw no reason to relax the measures imposed on Moscow over its role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The sanctions target whole sectors of the Russian economy, including its valuable oil...
