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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 7, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 01:54 AM

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Trump celebrates acquittal

Evan Vucci, AP Photo
Posted at Feb 07 08:55 AM

President Donald Trump holds up a newspaper with the headline that reads "ACQUITTED" at the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast, at the Washington Hilton, Thursday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 6, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 12:28 AM

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Trump’s acquittal

Michael Reynolds, EPA-EFE
Posted at Feb 06 11:03 AM

Protesters sit on the floor of the Capitol Rotunda and shout shortly before being arrested, to demonstrate against US President Donald J. Trump possibly being acquitted in the Senate impeachment trial on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday Read more »

Trump seen heading to acquittal in US Senate impeachment vote on Wednesday

Susan Cornwell and David Morgan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 07:50 PM

Trump's Senate trial, spanning 21 days, focused on whether he withheld US aid to Ukraine last summer as leverage to get Kiev to launch an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic contender in this year's US presidential election. Read more »

US Senate rejects witnesses in Trump impeachment trial, clearing way for acquittal

Susan Cornwell and David Morgan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 10:39 AM

The US Senate voted on Friday against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump's almost certain acquittal next week. 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 »

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 »

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 lawmaker: Senate united in condemnation of Duterte administration's troubling behavior

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 11:51 PM

The Duterte administration denounced the passage of a US Senate resolution which calls for sanctions on Philippine officials tagged in the detention of opposition Filipino senator Leila de Lima. Read more »

US Senate told: Don't meddle with Philippine state affairs

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 03:11 PM

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the resolution can be considered as a "direct and shameless affront" against the Philippines. Read more »

US Senate passes resolution urging White House to sanction De Lima jailers

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 12:32 PM

The US Senate passed on Thursday passed a resolution calling on President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Philippine government officials who are supposedly behind the detention of Sen. Leila de Lima. Read more »

'Outrageous': Palace slams 'intrusive' US Senate resolution backing De Lima, Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 06:38 PM

US Senate Resolution 142 read that De Lima is "a prisoner of conscience, detained solely on account of her political views and the legitimate exercise of her freedom of expression." It also described Ressa's past arrest as "part of a pattern of 'weaponizing the rule of law' to repress independent media." Read more »

US Senate committee passes resolution backing De Lima, Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 05:35 AM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE)—A US Senate committee has passed a resolution calling for the release of Sen. Leila de Lima and the dropping of charges against Rappler boss Maria Ressa, its proponents said Tuesday. Read more »

US Senate unanimously passes bill backing human rights in Hong Kong

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 09:29 AM

The lawmakers also approved a measure that would ban the sale of tear gas, rubber bullets and other equipment that has been used by security forces to suppress the protests that have rocked Hong Kong for months.   Read more »

OPINION: U.S. legislators' visa sanction

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 30 12:58 PM

Visa sanction. That is what the American legislators are exercising in adopting an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill. Read more »

US Senator who said De Lima was wrongfully imprisoned is 'ignorant': Panelo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 08:54 PM

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo on Sunday said a US Senator was "ignorant" for calling the incarceration of Sen. Leila De Lima as "wrongful imprisonment." Read more »

US senator to Panelo: We respond against Philippine officials who abuse justice system

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 11:55 AM

MANILA—A US senator on Friday slammed presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo for saying Washington is interfering with Manila's affairs over a proposed travel ban against officials behind the imprisonment of Sen. Leila De Lima.  Read more »

US Senate panel approves ban of PH officials who jailed De Lima

Arianne Merez and Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 04:04 PM

A US Senate panel has approved an amendment to deny entry to any Philippine official involved in the 2-year detention of Sen. Leila de Lima, a US senator said Friday.  Read more »

Republicans block US Senate Democrats' move on making Mueller report public

Reuters
Posted at Mar 26 07:36 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell on Monday blocked a second attempt by Democrats to pass a measure aimed at prodding the Justice Department to release to the public Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Read more »