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Trump asks US Supreme Court to prevent release of his tax returns
US President Donald Trump asked the conservative-majority Supreme Court yesterday to reverse a lower court ruling that directed his longtime accounting firm to hand over eight years of his tax returns to New York prosecutors. Trump appealed a November 4
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Pelosi: Trump has admitted to bribery as impeachment probe intensifies
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of an impeachable offense under the US Constitution. “The bribe is
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Despite ‘wonderful’ meeting, Trump and Erdogan fail to resolve conflicts
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday pushed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to walk away from the purchase of a Russian missile defence system, calling it a “very serious challenge” to bilateral ties, even though he described a meeting between
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Trump impeachment hearings focus on Ukraine pressure campaign
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat in Ukraine, testifying yesterday in the first televised hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, linked the president more directly to a pressure campaign on Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him
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Democrats vow to insulate impeachment inquiry from ‘sham investigations’
WASHINGTON: The impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump will not be allowed to become a venue for “sham investigations” into Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his son, the head of a congressional committee leading the probe said yesterday.
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Trump-Erdogan ‘bromance’: A White House meeting to mend strained ties
At the 2012 opening of Trump Towers in Istanbul, real estate mogul Donald Trump sang the praises of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, telling a mostly Turkish audience that their leader, prime minister at the time, was “highly respected” around the world.
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Democrats release new batch of testimony from Trump impeachment inquiry
A senior Pentagon official detailed confusion and concern in the US national security apparatus after the White House blocked aid to Ukraine without explanation, according to a testimony released yesterday by the congressional impeachment panel into US President Donald Trump.
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Trump: Morales’ resignation a lesson to undemocratic leaders
WASHINGTON: The resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales should serve as a warning sign to other regional leaders at loggerheads with the US, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting US President Donald Trump as saying yesterday. “These events send a strong signal
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US: Diplomats and public impeachment hearings could be catharsis
On the first day of November, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent an internal email to thousands of State Department staff that began: “As champions of American diplomacy, we are in the truth-telling business.” While the email seen by
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In Trump’s shadow, Republicans slowly losing suburban support
The last time Democrats controlled the government in Delaware County, a suburb of Philadelphia, the US Civil War had just ended. But on Tuesday, Democrats ended a century and a half of Republican dominance. In two other Philadelphia-area suburbs, they
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