On Saturday morning, the Senate echoed with what had become, by Day 5 of former President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial, a familiar sound: the raised voice of Mr. Trump’s […]
House impeachment vote: Trump on verge of being impeached twice
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, JONATHAN LEMIRE and ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged […]
US election: Donald Trump breaks silence, acknowledges Joe Biden’s victory
President Donald Trump has broke his silence in the wake of the Capitol riots, with a video posted to his Twitter account. Trump said he was “outraged by the violence” […]
Defying Trump, McConnell puts off vote on $2,000 checks, urges override of defense bill veto
(This December 29 story has been corrected to rectify spelling of Perdue in paragraph six)FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate floor as the US Senate […]
Battle over $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks shifts to U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An unusual battle in Congress over President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 coronavirus aid checks for Americans shifts on Tuesday to the Senate, where Republicans opposed to […]
Lawmakers urge Trump to sign relief bill.
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Sunday urged President Trump to sign a sweeping $900 billion aid package after millions of Americans lost their unemployment coverage on Saturday as the president put […]
US election: Who or what can stop Trump running rampant during the transition?
ANALYSIS In the two weeks since election day, Donald Trump has already sacked a bunch of officials, writes Ben Riley-Smith for the Daily Telegraph. Who or what constrains Donald Trump? […]
US election: Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani panned after performance in Pennsylvania case
With Donald Trump’s post-election legal challenges in disarray, yesterday the President’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, took matters into his own hands. Giuliani made a last-minute request to appear on the […]
AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrong on Georgia voter signature checks – The Denver Post
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that Georgia election officials are unable to verify signatures on absentee ballot envelopes because of a legal settlement known as a consent […]
Donald Trump will be removed from ‘cloak of immunity’ when he leaves office, legal experts claim
While US President Donald Trump continues to rail against the election result which saw him lose to Democratic nominee Joe Biden, it could be that his own legal problems are […]