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"No Choice But To Act": US House Speaker On Move To Impeach Donald Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that Democrats will begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, setting up a constitutional clash that Trump now says he embraces and is eager to frame on his terms when it moves to an expected Senate trial next month.
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"Then Nothing Is Impeachable...": What Experts Said On Trump At Hearing
The White House signaled Wednesday that it will aggressively defend President Donald Trump in a near-certain Senate impeachment trial in the coming weeks, as legal experts called by House Democrats testified in a contentious hearing that Trump's Ukraine dealings constitute an impeachable offense.
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Republicans Fumble As New Details In Impeachment Hearings Corner Trump
The first day of public impeachment hearings unearthed new evidence potentially implicating President Donald Trump more directly in a scheme to center American policy toward Ukraine on political investigations, heightening the stakes of upcoming proceedings that will include a set of critical witnesses.
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"Urged To Tweet Support For Trump": Ex-Ukraine Envoy Testifies
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testified that she was the target of a secret plot to orchestrate her removal that involved President Donald Trump's personal attorney and Ukrainian officials suspected of fostering corruption, according to a transcript of her testimony released Monday by House impeachment investigators.
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US House Approves Resolution Authorising Donald Trump's Impeachment Process
A divided House approved a resolution Thursday formally authorizing and articulating guidelines for the next phase of its impeachment inquiry, a move that signaled Democrats are on course to bring charges against President Donald Trump later this year.
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Trump Pressured State Department To Remove US Envoy To Ukraine: Report
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine whose abrupt ouster in May has become a topic of interest for House impeachment investigators said Friday that her departure came as a direct result of pressure President Donald Trump placed on the State Department to remove her, according to her prepared remarks before Congress obtained by The Washington Post.
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Email Records Of Dozens Of Hillary Clinton's Ex-Aides Being Probed In US
The Trump administration is investigating the email records of dozens of current and former senior State Department officials who sent messages to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email, reviving a politically toxic matter that overshadowed the 2016 election, current and former officials said.
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"Betrayal Of Oath": US Speaker Announces Impeachment Inquiry Of Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the extraordinary step Tuesday of initiating impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, accusing him of violating the Constitution in seeking help from a foreign leader to damage a political opponent.
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Officer Accuses Trump's Nominee For Top Army Post Of Sex Assault
Gen. John E. Hyten's chances of being confirmed as the military's second-highest officer may come down to one thing next week: whether senators believe an Army colonel's charges that he sexually assaulted her while she was under his command - accusations he denies.
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Donald Trump Vetoes 3 Bills Blocking Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed three resolutions that Congress passed to stop several arms sales benefiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which the president pushed through without congressional approval.
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US Senate Seeks To Block Trump's Emergency Arms Deals Benefiting Saudi
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's top Democrat and a close congressional ally of President Donald Trump are teaming up to try to block 22 arms deals largely benefiting Saudi Arabia, a move that seeks to quash the administration's attempt to use emergency powers to circumvent congressional objections.
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"Trump A Racist, My Loyalty To Him Cost Me Everything", Ex-Lawyer Reveals
The man who once derived his identity from making President Donald Trump's problems go away turned on his former boss in stunning fashion Wednesday, alleging to Congress that Trump manipulated financial records, paid to cover up extramarital affairs and reacted with glee upon learning the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy organization would release emails dam...
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Democrats To Probe Report Whether Trump Told Lawyer To Lie To Congress
House Democrats on Friday moved to accelerate their investigations into President Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russian interests, reacting to an explosive but unconfirmed report that Trump directed his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about his push for a Moscow real estate project.
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Trump's Call To Pull Troops From Syria Denounced By Friends, Foes
President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered a parting snub to one of his biggest congressional critics, as even his Republican allies laid into administration officials for the White House's surprise announcement that U.S. troops would be withdrawing from Syria because, as the president put it on Twitter, Islamic State forces there had been "defe...
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US Senate Votes To Condemn Saudi Crown Prince For Jamal Khashoggi Killing
The Senate on Thursday delivered back-to-back rebukes of President Donald Trump's embrace of Saudi Arabia, first voting to end USparticipation in the Saudi-led war in Yemen and then unanimously approving a measure blaming the kingdom's crown prince for the ghastly murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Together, the dual actions represent an unambig...
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"No Choice But To Act": US House Speaker On Move To Impeach Donald Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that Democrats will begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, setting up a constitutional clash that Trump now says he embraces and is eager to frame on his terms when it moves to an expected Senate trial next month.
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"Then Nothing Is Impeachable...": What Experts Said On Trump At Hearing
The White House signaled Wednesday that it will aggressively defend President Donald Trump in a near-certain Senate impeachment trial in the coming weeks, as legal experts called by House Democrats testified in a contentious hearing that Trump's Ukraine dealings constitute an impeachable offense.
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Republicans Fumble As New Details In Impeachment Hearings Corner Trump
The first day of public impeachment hearings unearthed new evidence potentially implicating President Donald Trump more directly in a scheme to center American policy toward Ukraine on political investigations, heightening the stakes of upcoming proceedings that will include a set of critical witnesses.
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"Urged To Tweet Support For Trump": Ex-Ukraine Envoy Testifies
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testified that she was the target of a secret plot to orchestrate her removal that involved President Donald Trump's personal attorney and Ukrainian officials suspected of fostering corruption, according to a transcript of her testimony released Monday by House impeachment investigators.
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US House Approves Resolution Authorising Donald Trump's Impeachment Process
A divided House approved a resolution Thursday formally authorizing and articulating guidelines for the next phase of its impeachment inquiry, a move that signaled Democrats are on course to bring charges against President Donald Trump later this year.
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Trump Pressured State Department To Remove US Envoy To Ukraine: Report
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine whose abrupt ouster in May has become a topic of interest for House impeachment investigators said Friday that her departure came as a direct result of pressure President Donald Trump placed on the State Department to remove her, according to her prepared remarks before Congress obtained by The Washington Post.
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Email Records Of Dozens Of Hillary Clinton's Ex-Aides Being Probed In US
The Trump administration is investigating the email records of dozens of current and former senior State Department officials who sent messages to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email, reviving a politically toxic matter that overshadowed the 2016 election, current and former officials said.
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"Betrayal Of Oath": US Speaker Announces Impeachment Inquiry Of Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the extraordinary step Tuesday of initiating impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, accusing him of violating the Constitution in seeking help from a foreign leader to damage a political opponent.
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Officer Accuses Trump's Nominee For Top Army Post Of Sex Assault
Gen. John E. Hyten's chances of being confirmed as the military's second-highest officer may come down to one thing next week: whether senators believe an Army colonel's charges that he sexually assaulted her while she was under his command - accusations he denies.
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Donald Trump Vetoes 3 Bills Blocking Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed three resolutions that Congress passed to stop several arms sales benefiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which the president pushed through without congressional approval.
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US Senate Seeks To Block Trump's Emergency Arms Deals Benefiting Saudi
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's top Democrat and a close congressional ally of President Donald Trump are teaming up to try to block 22 arms deals largely benefiting Saudi Arabia, a move that seeks to quash the administration's attempt to use emergency powers to circumvent congressional objections.
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"Trump A Racist, My Loyalty To Him Cost Me Everything", Ex-Lawyer Reveals
The man who once derived his identity from making President Donald Trump's problems go away turned on his former boss in stunning fashion Wednesday, alleging to Congress that Trump manipulated financial records, paid to cover up extramarital affairs and reacted with glee upon learning the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy organization would release emails dam...
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Democrats To Probe Report Whether Trump Told Lawyer To Lie To Congress
House Democrats on Friday moved to accelerate their investigations into President Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russian interests, reacting to an explosive but unconfirmed report that Trump directed his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about his push for a Moscow real estate project.
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Trump's Call To Pull Troops From Syria Denounced By Friends, Foes
President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered a parting snub to one of his biggest congressional critics, as even his Republican allies laid into administration officials for the White House's surprise announcement that U.S. troops would be withdrawing from Syria because, as the president put it on Twitter, Islamic State forces there had been "defe...
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US Senate Votes To Condemn Saudi Crown Prince For Jamal Khashoggi Killing
The Senate on Thursday delivered back-to-back rebukes of President Donald Trump's embrace of Saudi Arabia, first voting to end USparticipation in the Saudi-led war in Yemen and then unanimously approving a measure blaming the kingdom's crown prince for the ghastly murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Together, the dual actions represent an unambig...
