Trump could be acquitted in impeachment trial as early as Friday: U.S. Senator
A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility the president could be acquitted as early as Friday.
Chesapeake Energy reports oil well fire in Texas
Chesapeake Energy said emergency personnel are responding to an oil well fire at one of its drill sites in Texas.
Ukraine part of Bolton manuscript should not be classified: lawyer
Former national security adviser John Bolton and his lawyer do not believe any information in a chapter on Ukraine in Bolton’s book manuscript should be considered classified, the lawyer wrote last week in a letter to the White House.
Parnas, former Ukraine fixer, turned away from Trump impeachment trial
Lev Parnas, an indicted businessman who says he worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of President Donald Trump’s political rivals, traveled to Washington to press the Senate to allow him to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial, only to be turn…
As White House objects to Bolton book, senators pose queries in Trump impeachment trial
The White House on Wednesday objected to the publication of a book by President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton depicting Trump as playing a central role in a pressure campaign on Ukraine, while members of the U.S. Senate as…
U.S. says it has begun sending Brazilian migrants to Mexico to await U.S. court hearings
The United States has begun sending Brazilian migrants crossing the border from Mexico back there to await their U.S. court hearings, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Wednesday.
At trial, U.S. says Avenatti’s greed fueled Nike extortion; defense says tenacity is no crime
Michael Avenatti was bent on a big payday when he demanded millions of dollars for himself from Nike Inc, a federal prosecutor told jurors on Wednesday in his opening argument at the extortion trial of the celebrity lawyer and prominent critic of U.S. …
‘The real question’: Quotes from Day 8 of Trump’s Senate impeachment trial
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial entered a new phase on Wednesday as the White House objected to a book written by his former national security adviser, John Bolton, depicting the Republican leader as playing a central role in a pressure cam…
Senior Senate Republican sees ‘momentum’ to end impeachment trial Friday
U.S. Republican Senator John Barrasso, a member of the Senate Republican leadership, told reporters on Wednesday that Republicans seemed to have the “momentum” to move to end the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by Friday, without calling w…
U.S. House Democrats call for $760 billion in infrastructure spending over five years
U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a proposed $760 billion infrastructure spending bill over five years that aims to rebuild sagging roads and bridges and reduce carbon pollution.
