Honduran president denies protecting brother caught in U.S. drug probe
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on Thursday he had never intervened to protect anybody, after his brother was accused of smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States for years under Hernandez’s protection.
Treason! Arrest him! The Democratic lawmaker who enrages Donald Trump
For nearly three years, President Donald Trump has dismissed the investigations that have shadowed almost every day of his presidency as hoaxes and witch-hunts, and the people leading them as crooks and liars.
Italy PM backs intelligence over reported U.S. attorney general visits
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is not concerned about reports that U.S. Attorney General William Barr held secret meetings with Italian intelligence agencies, Conte’s office said on Thursday.
Bernie Sanders ‘up and about,’ will be in next Democratic presidential debate
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is “up and about” after being treated for a blocked artery and will participate in the fourth Democratic debate on Oct. 15, his wife Jane Sanders said on Thursday.
Pence says Biden, son should be investigated for Ukraine dealings
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday offered a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump’s call for an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son’s dealings with Ukraine, saying the American people deserve to know the fa…
Factbox: Portraits of Volker, four U.S. diplomats asked to testify in Trump impeachment inquiry
Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker on Thursday became the first of five former and current U.S. diplomats to give a deposition to the congressional committees conducting an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump.
U.S. House leader to back bill limiting court secrecy
(This story corrects paragraph 8 to clarify Judge Story spoke on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States and not as a member in September 26 story.)
Trump broke his oath of office in asking China to probe Biden: Schiff
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee’s chairman, Democrat Adam Schiff, said on Thursday that President Donald Trump broke his oath of office in asking China to probe former Vice President Joe Biden, who could end up running against Trump in the 2020 e…
Trump publicly asks China to investigate Biden, even amid impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election by publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the kind of request that has already triggered an impeachment inquir…
Bernie Sanders will participate in the next Democratic debate: campaign
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who was treated on Tuesday for a blocked artery after experiencing chest discomfort, will participate in the fourth Democratic debate on Oct. 15, his campaign said on Thursday.
