U.S. Energy Secretary Perry has told Trump he will step down: source
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has told President Donald Trump he will step down, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, a day before a deadline set by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives for Perry to turn over documents in th…
Two charged in campaign finance case with associates of Giuliani plead not guilty
Two American businessmen charged with conspiring to violate campaign finance laws with former associates of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
White House acknowledges strings attached in Trump withholding Ukraine aid
President Donald Trump’s withholding of $391 million in military aid to Ukraine was linked to his request that the Ukrainians look into a claim – debunked as a conspiracy theory – about the 2016 U.S. election, a senior presidential aide said on Thursda…
Request for 2016 election probe was factor in frozen Ukraine aid: White House
A top White House official on Thursday acknowledged that U.S. President Donald Trump held back military aid for Ukraine earlier this year in part to pressure Kiev to look into allegations about the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg hits pause on China, defends political ads policy
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended the social media company’s political advertising policies and said it was unable to overcome China’s strict censorship, attempting to position his company as a defender of free speech.
Alicia Alonso, Cuba’s ballet legend, dies at age 98
Legendary Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso, who achieved global acclaim in the 1940s and went on to run the internationally renowned National Ballet of Cuba for decades, died on Thursday at age 98, state-run media said.
Elijah Cummings, U.S. civil rights icon who led House probe of Trump, dead at 68
U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, a civil rights champion who over the last quarter century became one of the most influential Democrats in Congress and a key figure in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, died on Thursday. He was 68…
Trump ordered U.S. officials to work with his lawyer on Ukraine, envoy says
President Donald Trump directed senior U.S. officials to talk directly to his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, about U.S. policy in Ukraine, raising concern that the president was outsourcing American foreign policy to a private citizen, the U.S. ambass…
Trump to host next year’s G7 summit at his Florida golf resort, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump will host next year’s Group of Seven economic summit of developed world leaders at one of his own properties, the Trump National Doral golf resort near Miami, a White House official said on Thursday.
Key U.S. diplomat underscores role of Trump lawyer Giuliani in Ukraine scandal
President Donald Trump directed senior U.S. officials to talk directly to his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, about U.S. policy in Ukraine, stirring concern that the president was outsourcing foreign policy to a private citizen, the U.S. ambassador to …
