Senate Republicans increasingly confident impeachment trial could end by Friday
A senior Senate Republican said momentum was building on Thursday for a quick end to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial despite a push by Democrats to call witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton.
Illinois man becomes first person infected with coronavirus after contact within U.S.
An Illinois man is the first person confirmed to have become infected with the new coronavirus emerging from China after contact with someone with the disease within the United States, health authorities said on Thursday.
U.S. coronavirus evacuee from China placed under quarantine order after trying to flee base
One of 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, to a U.S. air base in California to begin 72 hours of voluntary observation for signs of coronavirus infection was placed under mandatory quarantine after trying to leave the facility, public health off…
U.S. sets meeting on liability for posts on Facebook, other platforms
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it will hold a public meeting on Feb. 19 to discuss the future of a federal law which largely exempts online platforms from legal liability for the material their users post.
Democrats, Republicans in high-stakes tussle over witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
Democratic prosecutors and Republican defenders in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial traded barbs in a second day of questioning by U.S. senators on Thursday, with Democrats stressing the importance of calling witnesses such as former national…
A second video shows Trump with former Ukraine fixer Lev Parnas
A secretly recorded video released on Thursday shows U.S. President Donald Trump associating with Lev Parnas, the indicted businessman who says he worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of Trump’s Democratic political rivals.
Senior Republican sees ‘completion’ of impeachment trial Friday or Saturday
The No. 3 Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Thursday Republicans were prepared to stay through the “completion” of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial whether late on Friday or on Saturday.
U.S. authorizes departure of some employees from diplomatic facilities in China
The U.S. State Department has authorized the departure of family members and all non-emergency U.S. government employees at the American embassy in Beijing and consulates in Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenyang due to the coronavirus outbreak, a d…
U.S. environmental groups plan to sue Trump administration on airplane emissions
Environmental groups said on Thursday they planned to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to regulate aircraft emissions after a 2016 agency determination that those emissions pose a danger to public health.
U.S. reports its first case of person-to-person coronavirus spread
The first U.S. incident of person-to-person spread of the new coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China has been identified in Illinois, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday.
