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Trump conduct ‘beyond anything Nixon did’: House impeachment chair

Washington: President Donald Trump went beyond anything done by disgraced predecessor Richard Nixon in withholding military aid from Ukraine to demand dirt on a potential 2020 rival, the Democratic chair of the House impeachment panel alleged Thursday. “What we’ve seen here is far more serious than a third-rate burglary of the Democratic headquarters,” House Intelligence […]


US House opens first televised hearing in Donald Trump’s impeachment case

Washington : The US House of Representatives opened its momentous first televised hearing Wednesday on whether to impeach President Donald Trump, as Democrats seek to make the case to the public that he abused his power for political gain. Two career diplomats — acting ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State […]


Trump hosting Turkey’s Erdogan, ‘too busy’ to watch impeachment hearing

Washington: President Donald Trump greeted his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House for a high-stakes meeting Wednesday that underlined his claim to be ignoring the impeachment drama unfolding simultaneously in Congress. The two leaders were to hold several hours of meetings, including lunch, before giving a joint news conference. While Congress listened to evidence against Trump from two […]


Risks for all sides as Trump impeachment hearings swing open

Washington: The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the world will have the chance to see and hear for themselves for the first time about President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine and […]


White House witnesses are no-shows in impeachment probe

Washington: A White House lawyer suspected of involvement in the Ukraine scandal refused to testify Monday in the congressional impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, as three other witnesses were also expected no-shows. John Eisenberg, Trump’s deputy counsel for National Security Affairs, defied a summons to appear before the three House panels conducting the investigation, […]