U.S. Democrats set the stage for impeaching Trump with key hearing
Democratic lawmakers in Congress will take a big step this week in what appears to be a now inexorable march toward impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump, with the start of hearings seen as a precursor to formal charges being announced within weeks.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear its first major gun case since 2010
A legal fight over a New York City handgun ordinance that could give the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority a chance to expand gun rights goes before the nine justices on Monday in one of the most closely watched cases of their current term.
Montana Governor Bullock quits Democrats’ 2020 presidential race
Montana Governor Steve Bullock said on Monday he was quitting his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, exiting the crowded race for the party’s nod to run against Republican Donald Trump.
Giuliani associate due in court in campaign finance case
Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is expected to appear in Manhattan federal court on Monday on campaign finance charges.
White House says it will not participate in Wednesday’s Trump impeachment hearing
The White House told Democratic lawmakers on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump and his lawyers would not participate in a congressional impeachment hearing this week, citing a lack of “fundamental fairness.”
White House tells House Democrats that it will not participate in Wednesday impeachment hearing
The White House said in a letter on Sunday to the chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee that President Donald Trump would not send representation to a Wednesday impeachment hearing.
As deadline passes, no word whether Trump to send lawyer to Wednesday impeachment hearing
The White House remained silent as a deadline passed on Sunday for it to say whether President Donald Trump would send legal counsel to participate in a congressional impeachment hearing this week.
White House stays mum about hearing participation as deadline passes
U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House made no public statement as of a 6 p.m. (2300 GMT) deadline on Sunday to say whether he would send legal counsel to participate in a congressional impeachment hearing this week.
Trump off to London for NATO summit, under pressure to steer clear of British election
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves on Monday for a NATO summit in London and he is under pressure from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resist the temptation to wade into the British election campaign coming up later in December.
Trump faces two deadlines as U.S. Congress ramps up impeachment focus
U.S. President Donald Trump faced two deadlines in Congress this week as Democrats prepared to shift the focus of their impeachment inquiry from fact-finding to the consideration of possible charges of misconduct over his dealings with Ukraine.
