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Pelosi pursues articles of impeachment against Trump
WASHINGTON: Warning that American democracy is at stake, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi directed a House committee yesterday to draft articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump, a historic step that sets up a fight over whether to
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Trump impeachment hearing highlights Democrats’ dilemma
What is bribery? The question was robustly debated by legal experts yesterday during a congressional hearing in the impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump. The back-and-forth highlights a dilemma faced by Democrats seeking to remove Republican Trump from office
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Pelosi: Nixon was magnanimous to resign after scandal, unlike Trump
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is amplifying her unfavourable comparison of President Donald Trump to fellow Republican Richard Nixon, saying that disgraced president at least cared enough about the country to leave office before his impeachment. The top Democrat in
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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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Trump impeachment effort passes first test in divided US Congress
A deeply divided US House of Representatives took a major step yesterday in the effort to impeach President Donald Trump when lawmakers approved rules for the next, more public, stage in the Democratic-led inquiry into Trump’s attempt to have Ukraine
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Elijah Cummings: Iconic US congressman and fierce critic of Trump, dies
WASHINGTON: US Representative Elijah Cummings, a civil rights champion who over the last quarter century became one of the most influential Democrats in Congress and a key figure in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, passed away yesterday. He
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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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