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

Trump to sign order on police changes as Democrats urge more

11:21 pm June 16, 2020

Washington: Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump was ready to sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at encouraging better police practices and establishing a database to keep track of officers with a history of excessive use of force. The Rose Garden announcement comes as Senate Republicans are preparing their own […]

Pelosi: Confederate symbols ‘have to go’ from Capitol, bases

12:03 am June 12, 2020

Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that it’s time to remove symbols honoring Confederate figures from the US Capitol building and military bases as the pandemic and racial unrest force a national reckoning with racial discrimination. “These names have to go from these bases and these statues have to go from the Capitol,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. […]

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Democrats argue ‘right matters’ in Trump impeachment trial

9:30 pm January 24, 2020

Washington: Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a “completely bogus” Ukraine theory pushed by attorney Rudy Giuliani. On Friday, the Democrats will press their final day of arguments before skeptical Republican senators, focusing on the second […]

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. […]

Trump impeachment articles heading for the Senate

8:51 pm January 15, 2020

Washington : The House of Representatives is expected to transmit articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate Wednesday, setting the stage for a trial next week that will decide whether the 45th US president is forced from office. After a weeks-long standoff over rules and witnesses, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority […]