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Trump tied Ukraine aid to inquiries he sought vs rivals, Bolton book says

Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 27 11:21 AM

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told his national security adviser in August 2019 that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including the Bidens, according to an unpublished manuscript by the former adviser, John Bolton. Read more »

In Trump trial, US lawmaker cites PH among nations that look to America for rule of law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 11:45 AM

MANILA - A United States lawmaker on Friday cited the Philippines as among countries that look up to America as a nation where the rule of law prevails, as he pushed for the removal of US President Donald Trump.  Read more »

Trump 'flagrantly' abused power: impeachment trial

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 07:03 AM

Democrats told President Donald Trump's impeachment trial Thursday that he openly and dangerously abused his powers to gain political advantage. Read more »

Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses

Michael Mathes and Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 04:46 PM

The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump's guilt on national television. Read more »

US Senate rejects Democratic bids for documents in Trump impeachment trial

Susan Cornwell and David Morgan, Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 08:37 AM

WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate rejected two Democratic efforts on Tuesday to obtain documents and evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, an early sign the proceeding could advance along lines favorable to Trump. Read more »

Trump legal team asks Senate for speedy acquittal in impeachment trial

Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 21 08:23 AM

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team called on the Senate on Monday to “swiftly reject” the impeachment charges and acquit him, maintaining that he committed no impeachable offense and has been the victim of an illegitimate partisan effort to take him down. Read more »

Giuliani associate says Trump 'knew exactly what was going on' in Ukraine

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 09:00 AM

NEW YORK - Just hours before Donald Trump's impeachment trial opened Thursday, an associate of his personal attorney said the US president was fully aware of efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. Read more »

Historic Trump impeachment trial begins in US Senate

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 05:48 AM

The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump opened Thursday in the US Senate, as lawmakers took a solemn oath to be "impartial" in deciding whether to force the 45th US president from office. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 16, 2020

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Updated as of Jan 17 12:58 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Pelosi signs Trump impeachment articles

Brendan Smialowski, AFP
Updated as of Jan 16 08:21 PM

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gets up after signing the articles of impeachment of US President Donald Trump during an engrossment ceremony on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, in Washington, DC. Read more »

Trump impeachment: What happens next?

Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 08:32 AM

Democratic lawmakers, who represent the House majority, voted along party lines on Dec. 18 to impeach Trump over his dealings with Ukraine.   Read more »

Trump impeachment articles heading for US Senate

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 10:57 PM

After a weeks-long standoff over rules and witnesses, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that what will be only the third presidential impeachment trial was now ready to move forward. Read more »

Trump trial looms as House to send charges to Senate on Wednesday

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 03:54 AM

The US House of Representatives will transmit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday, setting the stage for the US leader's trial for abuse of power, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced. Read more »

Democrats to send Trump impeachment articles to Senate next week

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 06:57 AM

The top Democrat's announcement virtually assures that a historic trial of Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress begins this month, as anticipated. Read more »

US Senate returns amid standoff over impeachment trial

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 07:11 AM

US lawmakers return to Washington Friday with President Donald Trump's upcoming impeachment trial looming over the first Senate session of 2020. Read more »

Emerging from the shadows: the US chief justice who will preside over Trump's trial

Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 08:13 AM

US Chief Justice John Roberts is due to preside over a Senate impeachment trial, while the Supreme Court he leads will rule on a titanic clash over the president's attempts to keep his financial records secret. Read more »

Twitter system 'outage' briefly blocked Trump whistleblower tweet

Reuters
Posted at Dec 30 08:37 AM

A tweet from US President Donald Trump that identified an intelligence analyst as the alleged whistleblower who helped spark his impeachment was temporarily blocked at the weekend, with Twitter blaming an outage that affected a number of user accounts. Read more »

Rebuttal of Christianity Today's Trump editorial leads to a resignation

Karen Zraick, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 25 09:25 AM

A scathing anti-Trump editorial published by the prominent evangelical magazine Christianity Today continues to provoke fierce debate. A response in The Christian Post on Monday denounced the editorial, prompting an editor there to resign in protest. Read more »

Trump slams House's impeachment delay as 'so unfair'

Alexandra Alper and Jan Wolfe, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 10:51 AM

Trump is unlikely to be convicted and removed from office by the upper chamber of Congress because it is controlled by his Republican Party.  Read more »

US evangelical magazine calls for removal of 'grossly immoral' Trump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 08:41 AM

WASHINGTON - Christianity Today, a leading US evangelical Christian publication, said Thursday that President Donald Trump is "morally lost and confused" and should be removed from office. Read more »