Democrats say consumer product safety commission too close to companies
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), whose job is to assure products Americans buy are safe, is inappropriately deferential to companies it investigates, according to a report done for Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee released on Th…
Top Republican in Senate launches harsh attack on ‘toxic’ impeachment
The top Republican in the U.S. Senate on Thursday harshly attacked Democratic lawmakers a day after they impeached President Donald Trump, sending the strongest signal yet that the Senate will not remove Trump from office.
Impeachment of Trump sets ‘toxic’ precedent, U.S. Senate leader says
The House of Representatives’ impeachment of President Donald Trump over his handling of Ukraine sets a “toxic” precedent for future U.S. presidents, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday.
Trump must now depend on ‘Grim Reaper’ McConnell to save him in Senate trial
As President Donald Trump girds for a U.S. Senate impeachment trial, he is entrusting the future of his presidency to someone widely known as a shrewd negotiator who also plays hardball politics at a level unusual even by Washington standards.
Omitted from debate stage, 2020 Democratic hopefuls seek limelight elsewhere
Miles from where seven Democratic presidential hopefuls will take the debate stage on Thursday night in Los Angeles, Julian Castro on Wednesday walked the city’s Skid Row, the largest encampment of homeless people in the United States
Putin says impeachment case against Trump is ‘fabricated’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that U.S. Democrats had impeached President Donald Trump for “fabricated” reasons in order to reverse his 2016 election victory.
Few minds changed, but political passions roused, as Trump formally impeached
By Andrew Hay, Gabriella Borter, Brendan O’Brien and Zachary Fagenson
U.S. House impeachment of Trump sets stage for trial in Senate
The impeachment of President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress sets the stage for a historic trial next month in the Republican-controlled Senate on whether he should be removed f…
Russia’s Putin expects Trump to survive impeachment proceedings
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he expects his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump’s to remain in office despite the House of Representatives voting to impeach Trump on Wednesday.
Chinese national arrested for allegedly trespassing at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
A Chinese national trespassed at U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Wednesday and was arrested upon refusing to leave, police said.
