Factbox: Democrats in U.S. Congress take aim at Trump with multiple probes
In addition to Special Counsel Robert Mueller and other federal prosecutors, several U.S. congressional committees are pursuing investigations focusing on President Donald Trump, looking at questions regarding Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential ele…
Washington Governor Inslee runs for U.S. president on climate change platform
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee said on Friday he will seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2020, joining the crowded field as a relative unknown who hopes to catch fire by making climate change a central issue of his campaign.
Back home from Hanoi, Trump faces more political headwinds
President Donald Trump embarked on his trip to Vietnam with a political cloud hanging over his head and keen to show progress on a thorny foreign policy issue that has befuddled many of his predecessors.
Cohen ‘fully cooperative’ on Day 3 of Capitol Hill questioning
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was “fully cooperative” during closed-door testimony before a congressional committee investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S election, the panel’s chairman said on Thursday.
White House drafts guidelines for panel questioning climate threat to security
The White House is advancing plans to form a presidential panel that will question science used in U.S. military and intelligence reports showing that human-driven climate change poses national security risks, according to a source briefed by participa…
Senators propose bill to let thousands of Venezuelans remain in U.S.
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators proposed legislation on Thursday that would let an estimated 72,000 Venezuelans remain in the United States after fleeing chaos in their country.
Cohen ‘fully cooperative’ in Day 3 of Capitol Hill questioning
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was “fully cooperative” during closed-door testimony before a congressional committee investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S election, the panel’s chairman said on Thursday.
Trump ordered aide to give Kushner security clearance: NY Times
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff in May to grant his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen to return before U.S. Congress on March 6
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen said after testifying in a closed hearing before a congressional panel on Thursday that he would return on March 6 “to finish up.”
House panel had ‘productive’ interview with Trump ex-lawyer Cohen
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen was “fully cooperative” in his day-long testimony before the panel and responded to all its questions….
