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Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that spared him the first-ever conviction of a current or former U.S. president but exposed the fragility of America’s democratic traditions and left a divided nation to come to...
Trump lawyers portray impeachment trial as Democratic score-settling
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Friday Democrats had provided no evidence the former president incited last month’s deadly US Capitol riot and had used his second impeachment trial to settle political scores. Trump is on trial in the US Senate on a charge of inciting the January 6 insurrection by supporters who stormed the...
Daughter of NFL, NHL owners advances at Australia Open
Monitoring Desk MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It’s a long way from Buffalo, New York, to the second week of a Grand Slam, which may be why Jessica Pegula’s journey took a while. The No. 61-ranked Pegula reached the fourth round at the Australian Open by drubbing Kristina Mladenovic 6-2, 6-1 Saturday. Even Pegula, 26, seemed surprised by...
Trump trial video shows vast scope, danger of Capitol riot
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, showing the mob of rioters breaking into the Capitol, smashing windows and doors and searching menacingly for Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as overwhelmed police begged on their...
Germany offered US a deal to drop Nord Stream 2 sanctions
Monitoring Desk A German environmental NGO claims Finance Minister Olaf Scholz offered to aid the import of liquid gas from the US if the Trump administration dropped threatened action against the Russian pipeline project. The German government offered the Trump administration financial support of up to €1 billion ($1.21 billion) in a bid to...
House vote to proceed with Trump’s impeachment trial, but conviction may prove elusive
WASHINGTON: A divided US Senate voted largely along party lines on Tuesday to move ahead with Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol, but conviction appears unlikely barring a major shift among Republicans. The Senate voted 56-44 to proceed to the first-ever trial of a former president,...
Trump’s trial starting: ‘Grievous crime’ or just ‘theater’
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate launches Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial on Tuesday, with lawyers for the former president insisting he is not guilty of inciting mob violence at the Capitol to overturn the election while prosecutors say he must be convicted of the “most grievous constitutional crime” even...
What the National Guard Deployment to D.C. Tells Us
Bradley Bowman The failure to protect the U.S. Capitol from an insurrectionist attack on January 6 is understandably dominating headlines. Leaders and investigators are right to ask how such a horrible breach of security happened—and what must be done to ensure it never happens again. There are also serious concerns about the role of veterans in...
Trump lawyers challenge legitimacy of post-presidency impeachment trial
WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Tuesday the US Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office, while the Democratic lawmakers due to serve as prosecutors called him singularly responsible for the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump’s legal team and the nine...
Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan energy deal unlocks new regional politics
LUKE COFFEY The new tentative deal will allow both countries to explore lucrative deposits of energy beneath the Caspian Sea. Last week Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan took concrete steps to end a three-decade long dispute over an offshore oil field in the Caspian Sea. The Azerbaijanis called the disputed oilfield Kapaz — after Mount Kapaz located...
