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Trump urges fast impeachment ahead of Speaker’s announcement
US president tweets ‘Do it now … so that our country can get back to business’. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Democrats in the House of Representatives to move swiftly if they are going to impeach him, shortly before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned to make a statement on the status of their impeachment...
Trump’s lawyer meets lawmaker to discuss misuse of US funds in Ukraine
Rudy Giuliani has met current, former Ukrainian officials amid ongoing impeachment inquiry. (File pic)KIEV: An independent Ukrainian lawmaker said on Thursday he had met US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer in Kiev to discuss the alleged misuse of US taxpayer money by Ukrainian state bodies. In a statement on Facebook accompanied by...
Melania Trump wades into impeachment battle to defend teen son
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania, and their son Barron (left) at the White House. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US first lady Melania Trump on Wednesday publicly rebuked a scholar who used her 13-year-old son’s name to make a point during a hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into the president. Constitutional law professor Pamela...
Trump willing to compromise US security, says impeachment hearing chair
Senior Republican Doug Collins says impeachment probe is factless. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Democrats accused President Donald Trump of a readiness to sell out US national security to bolster his 2020 re-election effort as hearings opened yesterday to draw up impeachment charges against the US leader. But in a fiery start to the House Judiciary...
Germany kicks out diplomats over murder, Russia denies involvement
Body of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a Georgian Muslim, during funeral in Duisi village, Georgia. (AP pic)MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday denied the Russian government had been involved in the murder of a Georgian citizen in Berlin, hours before Germany expelled two Russian diplomats over what it said was Moscow’s refusal to cooperate in the...
Log shows Trump lawyer in frequent contact with White House
Giuliani had contact with White House during Ukraine saga. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Call records released yesterday in the House impeachment probe show President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani had extensive contacts with the White House as well as interactions with Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee. Giuliani...
Trump, Macron clash over Nato ahead of summit
Trump (right) said Macron’s criticism of Nato as ‘vrain dead’ was ‘very, very nasty’. (AP pic)LONDON: US President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron clashed over the future of Nato on Tuesday before a summit intended to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Western military alliance. In sharp exchanges underlining...
Top US career diplomat rejects Ukraine meddling theory
State Department official David Hale testifies during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The top US career diplomat yesterday unambiguously rejected a theory promoted by President Donald Trump that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election. Asked at a hearing by Democratic Senator Robert Menendez...
Trump believes he’s above the law, say Democrats
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump solicited foreign interference to boost his chances of re-election next year, undermined national security and ordered an “unprecedented” campaign to obstruct Congress, Democrats said in a report...
Trump loses appeal to block financial records subpoenas
Trump had sued the 2 banks to prevent the disclosure of his financial records. (AP pic)NEW YORK: A US appeals court on Tuesday handed President Donald Trump another defeat in his bid to keep his financial records secret, directing Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp to comply with subpoenas from congressional Democrats demanding the...
