Factbox: What Wednesday’s impeachment witnesses have told House inquiry so far
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine and a senior State Department official testify Wednesday at the first public hearing in the House of Representatives’ impeachment probe into President Donald Trump.
Michigan boy, 17, gets double lung transplant after damage from vaping
A 17-year-old Michigan boy facing “imminent death” from vaping injuries has undergone a double lung transplant, the first in a patient suffering from the effects of e-cigarettes, a Detroit hospital said on Tuesday.
Republicans, Democrats draw battle lines over Trump impeachment inquiry hearings
(This Nov 12 story corrects date for April Trump-Zelenskiy call to April 21 from April 12 in final paragraph.)
Ex-judges, families of murder victims, call for halt to U.S. federal death penalty
The relatives of murder victims, along with former judges and corrections officials, asked President Donald Trump and his attorney general on Tuesday to halt federal executions, at least for now, citing concerns about how the penalty is carried out.
Regulators begin probe into Google-Ascension cloud computing deal: WSJ
A U.S. federal regulator has initiated an investigation into a cloud computing deal between Alphabet Inc’s Google and Ascension Health [ASCNH.UL] which would give Google access to detailed health information of millions of patients, the Wall Street Jou…
Automakers expect Trump will delay decision on imposing EU, Japan auto tariffs
Major automakers think U.S. President Donald Trump will again this week push back a self-imposed deadline on whether to put up to 25% tariffs on national security grounds on imported cars and parts from the European Union and Japan amid an ongoing trad…
U.S. House panel to hold impeachment hearings next week
The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee will hold public hearings for three days next week in its impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, the panel’s chairman, Representative Adam Schiff, said on Tuesday.
U.S. House prepares stopgap bill to fund government through December 20: aide
The U.S. House of Representatives, with just more than a week left before federal funds expire for a wide range of government programs, will attempt next week to pass a stopgap spending bill through Dec. 20, according to a senior aide familiar with neg…
Advice for impeachment witnesses: don’t let lawmakers get under your skin
As televised hearings on whether to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump begin this week, witnesses are preparing for a grilling by lawmakers keen to score political points in front of ranks of TV cameras, watched by a public tuning in that may not know…
Judge blocks White House from allowing downloads of 3-D printed gun blueprints
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the Trump administration’s effort to allow blueprints for making guns from 3-D printers to be posted online.
