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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 […]

Ken Starr, celebrity lawyer Dershowitz join Trump defense team

12:11 pm January 18, 2020

Washington: Ken Starr, who was at the center of Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the 1990s, and America’s biggest celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz were announced Friday to be joining President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment defense. The administration has yet to unveil the full team but confirmed that White House counsel Pat Cipollone will be lead lawyer, […]

Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid

9:23 pm January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON: The federal government’s watchdog agency said Thursday a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine. The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the aid. The freeze is at center of the impeachment of President Donald […]

‘All is well,’ says Trump after Iran missile attack

2:46 pm January 8, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump, in his first reaction after Iran’s missile attack on two American bases in Iraq, insisted that “all is well” and promised to make a statement to the nation on Wednesday morning. On Tuesday night, Iran launched over a dozen ballistic missiles targeting at least two bases where US military and […]

US strike on Iran could have consequences in North Korea

White House warns North Korea over ‘Christmas gift’ threat

12:56 am December 30, 2019

Washington: The White House said Sunday it would consider “other tools” beyond personal diplomacy if North Korea went ahead with a threatened “Christmas gift” that could reignite global tensions over its nuclear program. Experts have interpreted the message delivered earlier this month by Pyongyang as a warning that a long-range missile test was imminent if […]