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White House rules out cooperation in Trump impeachment probe
WASHINGTON: A defiant White House declared war Tuesday against the impeachment investigation of Donald Trump, blasting the process as partisan, illegitimate and unconstitutional and saying neither the president nor his administration will cooperate.In a fiery letter, the White House threw down the gauntlet to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the...
Kuril Islands: The unresolved dispute between Japan and Russia
Umit Nazmi Hazir In the beginning of September, the Eastern Economic Forum took place in Vladivostok, which is a Pacific port city in eastern Russia. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also joined this forum. One of the topics of the forum was the Kuril Islands issue, which has been the greatest obstacle to the normalization of the bilateral...
Trump’s Ukraine call was ‘crazy’ and ‘frightening,’ official told whistleblower
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WH blocks diplomat?s impeachment probe testimony
WASHINGTON: The White House on Tuesday blocked a top US diplomat from speaking to Congress as part of the impeachment investigation of Donald Trump, dramatically escalating the battle with Democrats over his presidency.Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland had voluntarily agreed to be deposed by House Democrats who were expected to...
White House says it will not cooperate with impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Tuesday (Oct 8) it would refuse to cooperate with a “baseless, unconstitutional” congressional impeachment inquiry, setting Republican President Donald Trump on a collision course with the Democratic-led US House of Representatives. An eight-page letter signed by White House counsel Pat...
White House blocks witness from speaking in impeachment inquiry
The Trump administration on Tuesday blocked the US ambassador to the European Union from giving testimony in the House of Representatives’ impeachment investigation of the Republican president. The impeachment probe is focusing on a whistleblower’s allegations that Trump used US military aid to secure a promise from Ukraine’s...
White House rules out cooperation in Trump impeachment probe
The Trump administration main objection is House of Representative failure to a formal vote for inquiry launch. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: A defiant White House declared war Tuesday against the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, blasting the process as partisan, illegitimate and unconstitutional and saying neither the president nor his...
Democrats push election security bill amid impeachment moves in bid to quash foreign meddling in U.S. polls
House Democrats unveiled broad legislation Tuesday to protect the country’s elections as they investigate whether President Donald Trump inappropriately solicited foreign election help from Ukraine … …read more Source:: The Japan...
Trump bars EU envoy Gordon Sondland’s Ukraine testimony, escalating impeachment fight
President Donald Trump intensified his fight with Congress Tuesday over the Democrats’ impeachment investigation, as the administration blocked a U.S. diplomat from testifying behind closed … …read more Source:: The Japan...
U.S. Senate panel chief looks to probe Rudy Giuliani’s unproved Ukraine claims, seeks lawyer’s testimony
The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday opened the door to a Senate investigation into unproven allegations regarding Ukraine raised by … …read more Source:: The Japan...
