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White House: Impeachment inquiry illegitimate, won’t cooperate
WASHINGTON: The White House said yesterday that it would refuse to cooperate with an “illegitimate, unconstitutional” congressional impeachment inquiry, setting Republican President Donald Trump on a collision course with the Democratic-led US House of Representatives. Hours after the administration abruptly
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Democrats subpoena Pentagon, White House in impeachment probe
WASHINGTON: Congressional Democrats issued subpoenas to the Pentagon and the White House budget office yesterday as part of their impeachment inquiry, seeking documents related to US President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold military assistance from Ukraine. The subpoenas follow a
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Second whistleblower in Trump-Ukraine scandal comes forward
WASHINGTON: A second whistleblower has come forward with first-hand knowledge of President Donald Trump’s attempts to get the Ukrainian president to investigate a political rival, lawyers for the official said yesterday. Lawyer Mark Zaid said the person, also an intelligence
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House Democrats subpoena White House for documents to probe Trump
WASHINGTON: US House Democrats yesterday subpoenaed the White House for documents they want to see as part of their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump. The chairmen of three House of Representatives committees said they want documents related to a
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Now Trump asks China to investigate Bidens…publicly
US President Donald Trump has again invited foreign interference in a US presidential election by publicly calling on China to investigate his Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the kind of request that has already triggered an impeachment inquiry in Congress.
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Joe Biden: Trump is a bully who fears me
Former US vice president Joe Biden yesterday gave a preview of a potential general election face-off with Donald Trump by taking a more aggressive tone and assailing the president for his “abuse of power” and for “smearing” him and his
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Trump slams impeachment, throws tantrums on reporters
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday angrily denounced an impeachment inquiry into his July telephone call with Ukraine’s leader as Democratic lawmakers said they would subpoena White House records about the call. At a joint news conference with Finland’s president,
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Impeachment probe intensifies as Trump rages about inquiry
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives’ impeachment probe into President Donald Trump intensified on Monday, as Trump raged about the inquiry and news reports suggested he had used additional diplomatic channels to go after his adversaries. Three House committees said
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In pushing probe of rival, did Trump enlist the US government?
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate a political foe. Now, a central question for Democratic lawmakers moving with remarkable speed to impeach him is the extent to which Trump entangled both his office and the
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House Democrats subpoena Pompeo for Ukraine documents
WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US House of Representatives who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump forged ahead with their probe yesterday, issuing a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian
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