Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi likely speaker again, but might require high-wire act

Trump is ‘poor leader’, I don’t pay much attention to his tweets: Pelosi

11:36 pm April 19, 2020

Washington: Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that she does not pay much attention to the tweets being posted by President Donald Trump and accused him of being a “poor leader.” “Frankly, I don’t pay that much attention to the president’s tweets against me. As I’ve said, he’s a […]

As coronavirus crisis deepens, congressional rescue deal teeters

3:00 am March 23, 2020

Washington: Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House teetered Sunday on a nearly $1.4 trillion economic rescue package, as the coronavirus crisis deepened and President Donald Trump called for a deal to steady a shuttered nation. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin indicated an agreement was within reach. But faced with mounting opposition from Democrats who […]

President Trump celebrates impeachment acquittal by blasting Opposition Democrats

8:16 pm February 7, 2020

Washington: A combative President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal in the gruelling impeachment trial by launching a tirade against the Democrats, saying, “they want to destroy our country.” A day after he was acquitted by the ruling Republican Party-controlled Senate on the two impeachment charges abuse of power and obstruction to Congress Trump appeared confident, […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

US President Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges by Senate

6:39 pm February 6, 2020

Washington: The Republican-controlled Senate has acquitted Donald Trump in his high-profile impeachment trial, giving the US President a major political victory in an election year but not before bitterly dividing the country and costing millions of dollars to the tax payers. The Senate voted on Wednesday 52-48 to acquit Trump of abuse of power and […]

Crimes? Impeachment prosecutors, defense lay out arguments

1:23 pm January 20, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump’s defense team and the prosecutors of his impeachment are laying out their arguments over whether his conduct toward Ukraine warrants his removal from office. Trump’s lawyers on Sunday previewed their impeachment defense with the questionable assertion that the charges against him are invalid, adopting a position rejected by Democrats as nonsense. […]