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?White House sought to bury Trump-Ukraine call?
WASHINGTON: The White House moved to “lock down” all records of Donald Trump’s phone call seeking Ukraine’s interference in the 2020 US election, a whistleblower’s complaint released Thursday alleges, in the latest explosive episode in the rapidly unfolding impeachment drama.The top-secret complaint, declassified by...
US military struggles to weed out soldiers with far-right ties
KANSAS: The arrest of a US soldier with far-right sympathies who is suspected of plotting an attack on American soil to spark “chaos” has highlighted a challenge for the Pentagon: purging its ranks of extremists. Jarrett Smith, a private in the US Army based at Fort Riley in Kansas, was arrested and charged in federal court with one count of...
Impeachment bid presents risks for Trump, Democrats
US Democrats’ explosive launch of an official impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump has set off a massive political battle, raising multiple questions about the process and its consequences for the Republican’s tempestuous presidency.Will conservative Republicans turn on their man, or dig in their heels? Do Democrats relish the prospect...
Democrats launch formal Trump impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON D.C.: Top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, saying he betrayed his oath of office by seeking help from a foreign power to hurt his Democratic rival Joe Biden. The dramatic move — the first step in a complex process that stands little chance of driving...
Pelosi launches ‘official impeachment inquiry’ into Trump
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that Democratic leaders are launching an “official impeachment inquiry” into President Trump. “The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution, especially when the president says, ‘Article Two says I can do whatever I want,’ ” Pelosi said...
Trump confirms he held back US aid to Ukraine as controversy swells
UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday he had withheld nearly $400 million in U.S. aid to Ukraine but denied he did so as leverage to get its president to initiate an investigation that would damage Democratic political rival Joe Biden.In remarks to reporters at the United Nations over the intensifying political...
Trump says he put ‘no pressure’ on Ukraine, as tension mounts
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump on Monday swatted away mounting pressure from Democrats demanding his impeachment, rejecting accusations he had offered aid to Ukraine only if it investigated his political rival Joe Biden. Battered by the burgeoning scandal during his first full day at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Trump...
Impeachment pressure grows, Trump remains defiant
Pressure escalated Monday for US Democrats to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, who faces accusations that he sought to extort Ukraine into revealing dirt on his political rival Joe Biden. A defiant Trump said he is taking the impeachment threat “not at all seriously” and sought to make the controversy about Biden,...
Pompeo accuses Biden of covering up son’s corruption amid calls for probe
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: Earlier, President Trump accused the Democrats of seeking to stay clear of discussing former Vice President Joe Biden’s alleged pressure on Kiev to fire a prosecutor investigating his son Hunter Biden, who has been accused of engaging in illegal activity while serving on the board of directors of an energy firm...
Biden urges investigation into Trump Ukraine call
DES MOINES: Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, on Saturday called for an investigation into reports that President Donald Trump pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Biden and his son. “This appears to be an overwhelming abuse of power. To get on the phone with a foreign...
