House Democrats huddle ahead of expected transfer of Trump impeachment charges to Senate
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday will discuss the strategy and timing for sending articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to...
Seattle passes campaign finance curbs on ‘foreign-influenced’ firms
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously on Monday to approve campaign finance legislation banning political donations in local elections from companies with at least 5%...
Republican senators say they will not vote to dismiss charges against Trump ahead of trial
Republican members of the U.S Senate, poised to begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the coming days, voiced opposition on Monday to...
U.S. presidential campaign probes to require top officials’ approval: Barr
U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday that he would raise the threshold needed to open counterintelligence investigations of presidential campaigns, a move that...
How troops in Iraq escaped a devastating attack
Nearly eight hours before Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack on U.S. forces at bases in Iraq, American and Iraqi soldiers at Ain al-Asad air base...
Pompeo: Soleimani was plotting ‘imminent attacks’
Responding to a question on why the American people should trust U.S. intelligence on the imminent threat posed by Qassem Soleimani, Secretary of State Mike...
Nancy Pelosi poised to send Trump impeachment charges to Senate for trial
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives is expected to formally send impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate this week, where Majority Leader...
Democrat Booker gives up 2020 U.S. presidential race after unity message falls flat
U.S. Senator Cory Booker, whose relentlessly optimistic message of love and unity failed to sway Democratic voters, ended his White House campaign on Monday, saying...
U.S. House chairman ‘frustrated’ Pompeo refused to testify on Iran
The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he was “disappointed and frustrated” that Secretary of State Mike...
Democrat Cory Booker drops out of 2020 presidential race
U.S. Senator Cory Booker, an African-American candidate who had recently bemoaned the increasingly lack of diversity in the Democratic presidential field, on Monday said he...