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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. […]

Davos chief welcomes views of Trump, Greta Thunberg at forum

11:57 pm January 19, 2020

Davos (Switzerland): The head of the World Economic Forum says it’s “reassuring” that US President Donald Trump and climate activist Greta Thunberg will both return to its annual meeting in Davos this year, noting that concerns about the environment will be a key topic. WEF founder Klaus Schwab sees vast changes in business, society and culture over […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

House Dems to outline case for removing Trump from office

12:37 am January 19, 2020

Washington: House Democrats were preparing to outline their case for removing President Donald Trump from office in a legal brief due Saturday, as opposing sides in the impeachment case look ahead to the opening of the historic trial in the Senate. Trump on Friday appointed several nationally known lawyers to the team that will defend […]

Splits in France’s strike movement trigger fears of violence

9:24 pm January 18, 2020

PARIS: A French government minister warned that seditious groups bent on violence were hijacking the protest movement against pension reform that has gripped the country, after a fire Saturday damaged a renowned Paris restaurant patronized by President Emmanuel Macron. The Paris fire service said the pre-dawn blaze that singed a corner of the La Rotonde […]

President Donald Trump impeachment trial to begin with rules fight, long days

Who’s who on Trump’s legal team for impeachment trial

8:53 pm January 18, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump’s legal advocates for his Senate impeachment trial will include a pair of well-known attorneys who have vigorously defended Trump on television and played roles in some of the most consequential legal dramas in recent history. Among those assisting White House counsel Pat Cipollone and longtime Trump attorney Jay Sekulow on the […]