Trump asked about Ukraine aid before July Zelenskiy call
New documents show President Donald Trump asked about U.S. military aid to Ukraine a month before the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that went on to trigger an impeachment investigation. The heavily redacted emails, obtained under a freedom of information request by the Center ...
White House does not want prolonged impeachment trial, or witnesses, says top official
The White House does not want to see a prolonged impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, a senior administration official said on Sunday, suggesting President Donald Trump is comfortable with proceeding without calling witnesses in his defense. The Democratic-led House of Representatives approved two impeachment ...
Trump seeks rapid exoneration in GOP-controlled Senate after impeachment
U.S. President Donald Trump pressed his Republican allies Thursday to exert rigid control of his Senate trial and ensure a swift exoneration, a day after he was impeached in a historic rebuke by the House of Representatives. A bitter fight looms over the coming hearings, ...
Trump impeachment showdown looms as Democrats seek to shape Senate trial and call witnesses
U.S. Democrats signaled Monday they were girding for battle over witnesses and fair process in the Senate trial of Donald Trump, days ahead of a historic House vote on impeaching the president for abuse of office and obstruction of Congress. Even as Trump faces disgrace ...
Russian apps could pose 'counterintelligence threat,' FBI says
The FBI is treating any mobile app that comes out of Russia as a "potential counterintelligence threat," the U.S.'s top law enforcement agency said in a letter to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's concern arises in part from "the legal ...
Trump and Republican allies push ahead with anti-impeachment resolution
Republicans pressed their offensive against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry targeting President Donald Trump on Thursday with plans for a Senate resolution calling the investigation illegitimate while the White House lauded lawmakers in his party who stormed into a high-security room and interrupted testimony. The House ...
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called an agreement between the United States and Turkey on a pause in Ankara's offensive in northeastern Syria a "sham." The agreement "seriously undermines the credibility of America's foreign policy and sends ...
U.S. Democrats increase pressure on Trump and Republicans with new gun bills
U.S. Democrats, looking to heighten their profile on the hot-button issue of gun control, prepared to move forward on Tuesday with new measures to curb gun violence, while President Donald Trump also planned to huddle with Republican leaders. The Democratic-led House of Representatives Judiciary Committee ...
Democratic Party leaders called on Tuesday for the resignation of President Donald Trump's secretary of labor over a secret plea deal he made a decade ago with a wealthy hedge fund manager accused of sexually abusing young girls. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, 50, was serving ...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday sought to slam the door on further investigations of President Donald Trump by declaring "case closed" after a two-year probe of Russia's meddling in the 2016 elections, even as House Democrats' war with the White House ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to force votes next week on a Republican plan to change the Senate's rules to short-circuit Democrats' ability to slow nominations from President Donald Trump. McConnell announced the rules change on the Senate floor Thursday, setting up a potential ...
Andrew McCabe says 'Gang of Eight' lawmakers didn't object when FBI opened Trump probe
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said congressional leaders — Republicans and Democrats — didn't object when he informed them in 2017 that the bureau was opening a counterintelligence investigation into President Donald Trump. "That's the important part here," McCabe said in an interview Tuesday ...
