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California Gov Newsom defeats Republican recall effort

Sharon Bernstein, Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 04:15 PM

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who won his first term in 2018 by a landslide, again claimed a resounding victory in the special recall election. Read more »

U.S. receives documents for probe on Capitol attack

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 12:50 PM

A congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol received thousands of documents before the deadline to submit them. Read more »

Fil-Am California AG Bonta backs Newsom ahead of recall election

Rommel Conclara | TFC News California
Posted at Aug 13 08:26 PM

California’s Fil-Am Attorney General Rob Bonta expresses his support for Governor Gavin Newsom who faces a recall election next month. Read more »

Fil-Am Democratic leaders oppose recall efforts vs Newsom

TFC News California, USA
Posted at Jul 22 09:21 PM

Filipino American Democratic leaders join a coalition that opposes recall efforts against California Governor Gavin Newsom. Read more »

Ex US Defense chief Rumsfeld, Iraq war architect, dead at 88

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 05:32 AM

Rumsfeld brought charisma and bombast to the Pentagon job, projecting the Bush administration's muscular approach to world affairs. Read more »

US congresswoman apologizes for comparing COVID-19 masks to Holocaust

Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 11:06 AM

Republican US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly apologized on Monday for her remarks last month comparing COVID-19 mask requirements and vaccinations to the Nazi Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews. Read more »

Malapit na nga bang makulong si Trump?

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Updated as of May 21 05:52 PM

Bagama’t alam ng buong mundo na si dating Pangulong Donald J. Trump ay nilampaso noong nakaraang halalan sa Estados Unidos, imbes na manahimik, tuloy pa rin ang kanyang panggugulo sa lipunang Americano.  Read more »

Facebook oversight board upholds Trump ban

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at May 06 07:47 AM

Facebook Inc's oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company's suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump but said the company was wrong to make the suspension indefinite and gave it six months to determine a "proportionate response." Read more »

Transgender icon Caitlyn Jenner to run for California governor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 03:38 AM

The Olympic champion and Kardashian clan member bids to become the first transgender American to win such a high-profile post. Read more »

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale dies at 93

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 02:36 PM

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who famously told voters to expect a tax increase should he win the presidency, died Monday, US media reported. He was 93 years old. Read more »

Rudy Giuliani wants $1.3-B lawsuit over his 'big lie' election claims thrown out

Jan Wolfe, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 07:39 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked a judge on Wednesday to throw out a voting machine company's $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit relating to his false claims about the November 2020 presidential election being rigged. Read more »

Biden seen pushing through infrastructure plan even sans Republican support

Katanga Johnson and Doina Chiacu, Reuters
Posted at Apr 05 09:37 AM

US President Joe Biden would be willing to push through his $2 trillion infrastructure plan without the support of Republican lawmakers if he cannot reach a bipartisan deal, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Sunday. Read more »

Capitol police sue Trump over Jan. 6 riot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 02:49 PM

Two Capitol Police officers sued former US president Donald Trump Tuesday for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection that left dozens of their fellow officers injured and 1 dead. Read more »

US House set to vote on bills to expand gun background checks

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 11:08 AM

The US House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday on a pair of bills to expand background checks before gun purchases, 2 years after a similar House effort failed to make it through the Senate. Read more »

US House passes police reforms, voting rights bill

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 03:39 PM

A sweeping police reform package that bans choke holds and combats racial profiling cleared the US House of Representatives Wednesday, 5 days before the trial of a white officer charged with murdering African-American George Floyd. Read more »

US Senate acquits Trump as Republicans save him in impeachment again

Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Makini Brice, Reuetrs
Posted at Feb 14 07:24 AM

The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president's role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the US Capitol. Read more »

If Senate does not convict Trump, 'he can do this again,' Democrats warn

David Morgan and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 07:38 AM

Democratic prosecutors making the case that Donald Trump incited a deadly insurrection by encouraging his supporters to march on the US Capitol warned the Senate on Thursday that if it fails to convict the former president, "he can do this again." Read more »

All eyes on Washington as Trump second impeachment trial starts

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 04:16 PM

The US Senate gavels in Tuesday on Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial, with his defense team decrying it as a "brazen political act" of retribution and Democratic prosecutors arguing that the ex-president wilfully incited a violent insurrection. Read more »

Smartmatic sues Fox News, Giuliani over election-rigging claims

Helen Coster, Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 07:12 AM

Electronic voting systems maker Smartmatic on Thursday sued Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News cable network and Rudolph Giuliani, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, claiming they falsely accused the company of helping to rig the U.S. presidential election in favor of Joe Biden. Read more »

Trump says hires new impeachment defense lawyers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 01 09:12 AM

WASHINGTON - Former US president Donald Trump announced Sunday that he had hired two new lawyers to head his defense team for his historic second impeachment trial.   Read more »