Energy Secretary Perry asked to testify in Trump impeachment inquiry: WSJ
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has been asked to testify before House of Representatives committees in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Trump says Homeland Security official Chad Wolf will be new acting DHS secretary
Chad Wolf, a little-known policy staffer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will be the agency’s new acting secretary, said President Donald Trump, whose hard-line immigration policies are spearheaded by the DHS.
Democrat O’Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race
Democrat Beto O’Rourke dropped out of the crowded 2020 U.S. presidential race on Friday, saying it had become clear his campaign did not have the resources to continue to seek his party’s nomination.
Warren’s big healthcare plan relies on big assumptions
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s plan for universal healthcare rests on an assumption she can radically change an industry the size of Germany’s entire economy without new costs for the average taxpayer.
Democrats’ decision to televise Trump impeachment hearings could prove politically perilous
Democrats in the U.S. Congress took a major step toward impeaching President Donald Trump this week when they agreed on the rules for publicly televised hearings after weeks of testimony behind closed doors. But it is also a step onto more politically…
Democrat Warren: Medicare for All would not raise U.S. middle-class taxes ‘one penny’
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed a $20.5 trillion Medicare for All plan that she said would not require raising middle-class taxes “one penny,” answering critics who had attacked her for failing to explain how …
U.S. judge orders State Department to release more Ukraine records
A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the State Department to make public certain “readouts or summaries” of the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart at the center of a congressional impeachment investigation.
Democrat Warren: Medicare for All would not raise U.S. middle-class taxes
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren proposed on Friday a $20.5 trillion Medicare for All plan that she said would not require raising middle-class taxes “one penny,” answering critics who had attacked her for failing to explain how …
Giuliani associate charged in Ukraine-linked case denied release from house arrest
A judge on Friday refused to release an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, from house arrest while he awaits trial on charges of illegally funneling money to a pro-Trump election committee and other politicians.
Pelosi expects Trump impeachment hearings in November: Bloomberg interview
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday she expected public hearings in the impeachment inquiry of Republican President Donald Trump to begin this month.
