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US surveillance program expire after renewal stalls in Senate
WASHINGTON: US government surveillance tools fiercely opposed by privacy advocates and defended by intelligence agencies will expire, after legislation renewing them stalled in the Senate yesterday, although passage is expected next week. In a rare bipartisan vote, the Democratic-led House
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US Senate blocks bids for documents in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON: The Republican-controlled US Senate rejected three Democratic efforts yesterday to obtain documents and evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, an early sign the proceeding could advance along lines favourable to Trump. As the third impeachment trial in US
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Trump ally, McConnell comes up with rules that may acquit the president
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges and called for their immediate dismissal by the Republican-led Senate in a memo offering a legal and political case against his removal. The 116-page Trial Memorandum
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US House sends Trump impeachment charges to Senate for trial
WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted yesterday to send two formal charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, clearing the way for only the third impeachment trial of a US president to begin in earnest next week. Lawmakers
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Pelosi: Republicans will pay a price for denying impeachment witnesses
WASHINGTON: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats will determine tomorrow when to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate and warned that Republicans will pay a political price for denying a trial with witnesses.
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Trump impeachment: Senate Republicans close ranks on rules
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday he had enough support from his fellow Republicans to set the rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, dealing a blow to Democrats’ efforts to call new witnesses against the president. Democrats responded
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Bolton says he is willing to testify in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, said yesterday that he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president, a surprise development that could potentially strengthen the case that Trump should
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Senate Republican eyes rule change to kick start Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON: The head of the US Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he wants the Senate to launch an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump within days and wrap it up this month, even if it means changing Senate rules.
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Leading Republican senator says impeachment witnesses not ruled out
WASHINGTON: US senators yesterday sparred over the shape of an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, with Republican leader Mitch McConnell saying he has not ruled out hearing from witnesses as Democrats have demanded. McConnell, speaking on Fox News, stopped
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In historic moment, US House impeaches Donald Trump for abuse of power
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump became the third US president to be impeached yesterday, as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power in a historic step that will inflame partisan tensions across a deeply divided America. The Democratic-led
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