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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2022
Intruder hunting Pelosi attacks her husband with hammer
An intruder attacked the husband of the U.S. House speaker with a hammer, fracturing his skull, after breaking into their California home on Friday in search of her.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 25, 2022
U.S. allies, fearing Trump whiplash, eye midterms for political clues
There is a perception that a strong showing by Republicans — especially those that align themselves closely with Trump — would portend unwelcome foreign policy U-turns.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2022
U.S. midterms and the 'election deniers' threatening democracy
Two weeks ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans up and down the ballot are embracing Trump's false assertion that the 2020 election was stolen and that voter fraud is rife.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2022
Trump summoned to testify to Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot panel
The committee said it had sent a subpoena to Trump requiring documents to be submitted to the panel by Nov. 4 and for him to appear for deposition testimony beginning on or about Nov. 14.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2022
Trump deposed by rape accuser’s lawyers in defamation suit
Trump had no choice but to go ahead with the deposition after a New York judge last week rejected the former president's latest effort to put the questioning on hold.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2022
The House Jan. 6 panel has set a high bar: Showing criminality
It is not clear whether the committee will follow through and take the largely symbolic step of issuing a criminal referral for former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2022
In dramatic move, Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena Trump
The committee, in a unanimous vote on Thursday, agreed to demand documents and testimony from the former U.S. president about his role in the attack on the Capitol.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 13, 2022
Former Trump employee says ex-president ordered classified records to be moved: report
Coupled with surveillance footage, the witness testimony represents some of the strongest known evidence to date of possible obstruction of justice by the former Republican president.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022
Experts sound alarm over violent speech ahead of U.S. midterm elections
Many experts are bracing for a surge in the already burgeoning discourse around 'civil war' as the Nov. 8 midterm elections approach.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2022
The biggest threat to democracy and peace is thuggishness
The operating system of any functioning society is civility, and thuggishness is the virus that makes it crash.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2022
How Trump deflected demands for documents, enmeshing aides
The former president exhibited a pattern of dissembling about the material he took from the White House, creating legal risk not just for himself but also some of his lawyers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2022
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in review of Mar-a-Lago records
Although the Supreme Court is dominated by six conservative justices, it has rejected earlier efforts to block the disclosure of information about him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2022
Trump correspondence with North Korea's Kim missing, archives told lawyers
The former U.S. president also reportedly failed to turn over a letter that former President Barack Obama left for him during their transition, a longstanding tradition.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 2, 2022
Trump's White House records still partly missing at U.S. archives
Some White House staff used unofficial messaging accounts for official business without duplicating the messages on their official accounts as required by the Presidential Records Act.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2022
2020 U.S. election conspiracy theorists could soon oversee voting
A victory in November could allow election deniers to restrict voting access or seek to block certification of results.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2022
For Obama, one Trump term wasn’t a big worry but ‘eight years would be a problem’
The former U.S. leader said he was concerned about a 'sustained period” of political norms being undermined if Trump served two terms, according to newly released documents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2022
Trump ties and Olympics 'soft power': Memorable moments from Abe's tenure
As Japan holds a state funeral for the slain former prime minister, here are some of the most memorable moments of his nine years in office.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2022
New York suit threatens to uproot Trump from his hometown and business legacy
As well as pursuing the former U.S. president for alleged inflation of asset values, the city's attorney general also seeks to ban his three oldest children from running a corporation there.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2022
U.S. court lets investigators resume review of classified records in Trump probe
Trump's lawyers could potentially ask the U.S. Supreme Court, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices appointed by him, to intervene.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2022
U.S. judge asks Trump's lawyers if he declassified records in FBI search
Roughly 100 of the documents seized in the court-approved Aug. 8 search at Trump's home at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach had classified markings.

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