Associate of Rudy Giuliani received $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch: prosecutor
U.S. prosecutors said in court on Tuesday that Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, received a $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash.
U.S. Senate votes for massive defense policy bill, creating Space Force
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to pass a $738 billion defense policy bill, sending it to the White House, where President Donald Trump has promised to quickly sign it into law.
Judge sentences ex-Trump campaign aide Gates to probation and 45 days in jail
A federal judge sentenced U.S. President Donald Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates to serve an intermittent term of 45 days in jail and 36 months of probation, saying that while she was moved by his extensive cooperation with prosecutor…
Trump plans to attend annual Davos economic forum -source familiar with the plan
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to attend the annual Davos economic forum in January, a source familiar with the plan said on Tuesday.
Trump administration refrains from endorsing U.S. Senate measure on Armenian Genocide
The Trump administration on Tuesday refrained from endorsing a resolution passed by the U.S. Senate recognizing as a genocide the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, saying it continued to see them as “mass atrocities.”
U.S. judge sentences ex-Trump campaign deputy to probation, 45 days in jail
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced President Donald Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates to 36 months of probation and ordered him to serve 45 days in jail, after he provided extensive cooperation that helped the government secure convi…
Top Senate Republican blasts House impeachment effort against Trump
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday signaled opposition to a Democratic request to call new witnesses in a Senate trial expected next month on whether to remove President Donald Trump from office, saying he would not allow a “fishing…
McConnell suggests Senate will not call witnesses requested by Democrats in impeachment trial
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday appeared to reject a request from the Senate’s top Democrat to call new witnesses in the expected impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
U.S. Democratic debate to proceed after labor dispute settled
Negotiators reached a tentative deal to end a labor dispute that threatened this week’s Democratic debate, allowing the event bringing together seven top presidential candidates to proceed, a service workers union and Democratic officials said on Tuesd…
U.S. lawmakers set to hammer out rules for Trump impeachment vote
Democrats and Republicans were set to grapple on Tuesday over the rules of engagement for a historic vote set for Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives, where President Donald Trump is likely to become the third U.S. president to be impeached….
