WASHINGTON (Reuters) – 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 the Senate as Republicans balk at a call to dismiss the charges without a trial. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks to
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – 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 any attempt to dismiss the charges against him without a trial. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to his office from the Senate Chamber ahead of
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – John Bolton meet Monica Lewinsky. FILE PHOTO: White House former national security advisor John Bolton delivers remarks on North Korea at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Twenty-one years ago former White House intern Lewinsky was at the center
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders hosts a climate rally with Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Ro Khanna in Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. January 12, 2020. REUTERS/Scott Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders gained the support on Sunday of a large and influential labor union in New Hampshire, an important early-voting state
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg told Reuters he is ready to spend much of his vast fortune to oust Republican President Donald Trump from the White House in 2020, rejecting criticism from rivals for the Democratic nomination that the billionaire is trying to buy the U.S. election. FILE PHOTO: Democratic
SPARKS, Nev. (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, who wears the nickname “working class Joe” with pride and courts a multi-racial voter base, faces a stern test of his ability to win nationally in Nevada’s mining towns and unionized gambling parlors. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad, and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATO’s presence there. Seeking to tighten pressure on its foe, the United States meanwhile imposed
FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a town hall at Keokuk Middle School in Keokuk, Iowa, U.S. December 15, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Acker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders leads in the latest poll of Iowa voters released on Friday and conducted by the state’s largest newspaper, one of the
BAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) – 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 and the wider Middle East as a result of Washington’s confrontation with Tehran. European foreign ministers were also meeting in Brussels to find ways to ease the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to engage in military conflict against Iran, days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander. The Democratic-controlled House voted 224 to 194, almost exclusively along party lines, reflecting the deep
FILE PHOTO: South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Elizabeth Warren debate campaign contributions from wealthy donors during the sixth 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (Reuters) – Grassroots donors gave about $1 billion to Democratic candidates and progressive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday poured cold water on a new effort to ratify a decades-old proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ensure women have equal rights to men. FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a sign calling for an equal rights amendment (ERA) during in the Third Annual Women’s March
(Reuters) – Potential jurors are expected to appear in a Manhattan court on Wednesday for former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial as lawyers try to find impartial New Yorkers to decide his fate. Jury selection got off to a dramatic start on Tuesday when a visibly angry Judge James Burke caught Weinstein texting in
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg each are planning to air a 60-second television commercial during this year’s Super Bowl broadcast, a prime example of their ability to devote vast resources to reach millions of viewers. FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg delivers remarks where
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in 2020, two people close to McConnell said. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on human rights in Iran at the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, said on Monday he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president, a surprise development that could complicate a weeks-long dispute over how the trial would play out. “If the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony,