Trump impeachment: What happens next?
The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday.
U.S. SEC Democratic Commissioner Jackson to step down next month
Rob Jackson, a Democratic commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said on Thursday he will step down from the agency on Feb. 14 to continue teaching at New York University School of Law, where he is on faculty leave.
Trump impeachment trial opens; White House faulted on Ukraine aid freeze
As the Senate formally opened the impeachment trial on whether to remove Donald Trump from office, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog on Thursday dealt the Republican president a blow by concluding that the White House violated the law by withholding…
Pelosi says Trump administration broke law in withholding Ukraine aid
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, seizing on a report from a nonpartisan congressional watchdog, accused the Trump administration of breaking the law in withholding aid for Ukraine that Congress had approved.
As Warren-Sanders spat intensifies, liberal grassroots groups seek to calm tensions
Liberal grassroots groups on Thursday launched a bid to calm tensions between supporters of the two progressive standard-bearers in the Democratic presidential race, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who have engaged in a days-long feu…
White House broke law by withholding Ukraine aid, congressional agency says
The White House violated federal law by withholding security aid approved by lawmakers for Ukraine, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog said on Thursday, in a blow for U.S. President Donald Trump as the Senate prepared to hold a trial on whether to re…
U.S. presidential hopeful Bloomberg unveils plan to cut wildfire losses in half
U.S. presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg on Thursday unveiled a plan that he claims will halve property losses and deaths from catastrophic wildfires within four years, as part of a suite of initiatives to combat climate change.
Congressional watchdog says Trump administration violated law over Ukraine aid
The White House violated federal law by withholding security aid approved by lawmakers for Ukraine, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog said on Thursday, in a blow for U.S. President Donald Trump as the Senate prepared to hold a trial on whether to re…
Factbox: Key U.S. senators in battle over Trump impeachment trial testimony
The U.S. Senate is poised to hear charges that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden.
U.S. watchdog says Trump administration violated law by withholding Ukraine aid
The Trump administration violated federal law last year by withholding security aid for Ukraine that had been appropriated by Congress, a U.S. congressional watchdog said in a report released on Thursday.
