Washington rejects Iraqi request to remove troops
Washington on Friday rebuffed an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian...
Bloomberg to tell states to restore felon voting rights, stop purging rolls
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg would seek to standardize federal elections across the United States and prevent states from blocking felons from voting under a...
House poised to move Trump impeachment charges to Senate next week
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week, House Speaker...
Majority of Americans favor wealth tax: poll
The idea of imposing a wealth tax on the richest Americans has elicited sharply divergent views across a spectrum of politicians, with President Donald Trump...
Iraq’s top cleric condemns U.S., Iran confrontation on Iraqi soil
Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned mutual U.S. and Iranian attacks on Iraqi soil and warned of deteriorating security in the country and...
Explainer: What is McConnell’s proposed impeachment trial format?
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he has enough support from his fellow Republicans to begin the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump...
Iraqi cleric condemns U.S. and Iran as fears of wider conflict persist
Iraq’s most senior Shi’ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned mutual U.S. and Iranian attacks on Iraqi territory and warned of deteriorating security in the country...
Trump uses campaign rally to trumpet Soleimani killing as ‘justice’
President Donald Trump made the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani a theme of his re-election campaign on Thursday, drawing cheers from thousands at a...
U.S. House passes resolution to limit Trump’s ability to wage war on Iran
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran, rebuking the president days...
Democrats to press for impeachment witnesses throughout trial
U.S. Democrats on Thursday vowed to keep fighting to hear witnesses at President Donald Trump’s pending impeachment trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, even as their...
