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Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

House committees subpoena top Pompeo aides over IG firing

11:43 pm August 3, 2020

Washington: House Democrats have subpoenaed four top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying that the Trump administration is stonewalling their investigation into the firing of the State Department’s top independent watchdog earlier this year. Former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick appeared for a closed-door interview in the probe in June and told investigators that top department officials tried to bully him […]

Trump's counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips

Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

11:53 pm July 8, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says are impractical and expensive. Taking to Twitter to voice his frustration, Trump argued that countries including Germany, Denmark and Norway have reopened schools “with no problems.” The Republican president also repeated […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Russia bounty allegations are ‘Fake News’

7:28 pm July 1, 2020

Washington DC: President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as “Fake News” allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan. Lawmakers have been demanding answers over the allegations, and Democrats have accused Trump of bowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the risk of U.S. soldiers’ lives. They returned from a briefing at the White House on Tuesday saying they learned nothing new […]

Shooting in Seattle protest zone leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

12:17 am June 21, 2020

Seattle: One person was killed and another was in critical condition in a pre-dawn shooting in Seattle’s protest zone, authorities said Saturday. The shooting happened at about 3 a.m. in the area near downtown known as CHOP, which stands for “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” zone, police said in a statement on Twitter. Seattle Police Sgt. […]

Washington DC faces House vote to become the 51st state

10:23 pm June 17, 2020

Washington DC: Democrats controlling the House have slated a vote next week to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, an issue that they say has become far more important in the aftermath of protests for racial justice in both Washington and across the nation. Next Friday’s vote, if successful, would pass a D.C. statehood bill for the […]