More witnesses to testify as U.S. House prepares impeachment rules
Two U.S. State Department officials will testify before House of Representatives investigators in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Wednesday while lawmakers prepare to weigh rules formalizing the impeachment process ahead.
Critics set to unload on Trump administration biofuel proposal
Representatives of both the oil and corn industries are poised to sound off against the Trump administration’s proposed biofuels plan for next year during a public hearing on Wednesday hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Virginia state elections offer early political test ahead of 2020 U.S. race
The off-year elections for the Virginia state legislature are often a quiet, little-noticed interlude before the frenzy of the U.S. presidential campaign. But not this year.
‘Vamos to Victory’: Trump’s Spanish ads skirt immigration, warn of socialism
U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has run more than 3,000 Facebook ads in English asking for support to curb illegal immigration in the past six months, often asking people to sign online petitions to “deport illegals.”
White House adviser tells lawmakers Trump Ukraine call raised national security concerns
A senior White House official testified on Tuesday he was so alarmed by hearing U.S. President Donald Trump ask Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival, Democrat Joe Biden, that he reported the matter to a White House lawyer.
White House adviser tells lawmakers Trump Ukraine raised national security concerns
A senior White House official testified on Tuesday he was so alarmed by hearing U.S. President Donald Trump ask Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival, Democrat Joe Biden, that he reported the matter to a White House lawyer.
U.S. appeals court blocks release of unredacted Mueller report pending appeal
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday issued a stay that blocks the release to a congressional committee of an unredacted copy of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report detailing Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
Democratic senator seeks review of Pompeo adherence to bar on political activities
A senior Democratic senator on Tuesday asked a U.S. government watchdog to assess Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s compliance with a law barring federal workers from engaging in political activities while acting in their official capacities.
Border arrests hit 11-year high, U.S. seeks to expedite deportations
Immigration arrests at the U.S. border with Mexico soared 88 percent in fiscal 2019 in what U.S. officials on Tuesday labeled a crisis while unveiling their latest measure to combat the trend: expediting the deportation of asylum seekers.
White House aide expected to testify in impeachment probe on Friday
Robert Blair, an aide to the acting White House chief of staff, is expected to testify on Friday in a closed session of the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, an official working on the impeachment probe said on Tue…
