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Pinay na executive chef ng White House ginawaran ng honorary degree sa UP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 07:37 PM

Patuloy na ipinakikilala ni Cristeta Comerford ang mga pagkaing Pinoy sa mundo. Read more »

Cristeta Comerford, first Asian executive chef of White House, gets UP honorary degree

Karen Flores Layno, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 02:39 PM

The University of the Philippines has conferred an honorary degree upon Cristeta Comerford, the first Asian and first female executive chef of the White House.  Read more »

First impeachment transcripts go public as White House stonewalls

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 08:07 AM

Witness transcripts in the impeachment probe into Donald Trump were made public for the first time Monday, with the former US ambassador to Kiev telling investigators she felt threatened by the president in his call to Ukraine's leader. Read more »

Trump says Homeland Security official Chad Wolf will be new acting DHS secretary

Ted Hesson, Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 09:49 AM

WASHINGTON - Chad Wolf, a little-known policy staffer at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will be the agency's new acting secretary, said President Donald Trump, whose hardline immigration policies are spearheaded by the DHS.  Read more »

New impeachment witness rocks White House

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 30 07:40 AM

WASHINGTON - A decorated Iraq War veteran rocked the White House Tuesday with devastating testimony on Donald Trump's alleged extortion of Ukraine as Democrats laid out plans for the public phase of the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency. Read more »

Concerned White House official told gov't lawyer of Trump's push for Ukraine to probe Bidens

Karen Freifeld, Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 03:18 PM

WASHINGTON - A high-ranking White House national security official will tell congressional impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he was so alarmed about a call in which U.S. President Donald Trump pushed Ukraine's leader to investigate former vice president Joe Biden that he reported it to a top government lawyer. Read more »

Republicans storm secure impeachment deposition, delay testimony

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 24 02:19 PM

It is a violation of US House rules to enter sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) -- secure facilities designed to prevent electronic eavesdropping -- without permission, and concerns were raised that lawmakers were committing serious security breaches by entering with their mobile phones and other devices. Read more »

Ukraine envoy testifies Trump linked military aid to investigations, lawmaker says

Michael D. Shear and Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 23 07:48 AM

President Donald Trump held up vital security aid for the Ukraine and refused a White House meeting with Ukraine’s leader until he agreed to make a public pronouncement pledging to investigate Trump’s political rivals, the United States’ top diplomat in Ukraine told impeachment investigators privately Tuesday.   Read more »

Swift backlash as Trump picks own golf resort to host G7

Jerome Cartillier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 12:08 PM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has awarded hosting of the next G7 summit to one of his own Florida golf clubs, the White House said on Thursday, sparking accusations of corruption from opposition lawmakers and ethics campaigners. Read more »

White House admits Trump tied Ukraine aid to political effort

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 09:42 AM

WASHINGTON - A top White House official admitted Thursday that President Donald Trump had tied military aid for Ukraine to Kiev undertaking an investigation that would help Trump politically, adding ammunition to Democrats' impeachment probe.  Read more »

Democrat Biden calls for Trump's impeachment

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 10 10:46 AM

WASHINGTON - Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden called Wednesday for Donald Trump's impeachment, saying the president "betrayed" the United States, but Trump dug in, predicting that the Supreme Court would have to resolve the fight. Read more »

White House calls House impeachment probe unconstitutional

Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 06:59 AM

WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday rejected an impeachment inquiry launched by Democrats in the House of Representatives as "constitutionally invalid" and said it would refuse to cooperate with the probe absent a vote of the full House. Read more »

House Democrats subpoena White House for documents in Trump impeachment probe

Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 05 08:48 AM

US House Democrats on Friday subpoenaed the White House for documents they want to see as part of their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump. Read more »

White House attempting gambit to slow House impeachment push

Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Oct 04 01:44 PM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's bitter fight against an impeachment inquiry has not slowed down the Democrats' push to investigate whether he sought personal political gain by urging Ukraine to probe Democratic opponent Joe Biden. Read more »

The anonymous whistleblower who has threatened Trump's presidency

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 07:33 AM

WASHINGTON - Only a handful of people know his or her identity, but the whistleblower whose complaint threatens to implode Donald Trump's presidency is already being lauded as both a hero and a traitor. Read more »

White House pressed agency to repudiate weather forecasters who contradicted Trump

Peter Baker, Lisa Friedman and Christopher Flavelle, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 12 11:15 AM

WASHINGTON — The White House was directly involved in pressing a federal scientific agency to repudiate the weather forecasters who contradicted President Donald Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian would probably strike Alabama, according to several people familiar with the events. Read more »

White House to host meeting with tech executives on Huawei ban: sources

David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper, Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 10:54 AM

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will host a meeting with semiconductor and software executives on Monday to discuss the US ban on sales to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, 2 sources briefed on the meeting said on Friday. Read more »

Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway defies subpoena for House testimony

Jan Wolfe, Reuters
Posted at Jul 16 08:48 AM

WASHINGTON - White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway defied a subpoena and failed to appear on Monday at a congressional hearing about allegations she violated federal law, prompting a Democratic threat to hold her in contempt of Congress. Read more »

Trump meets conservatives at 'free speech' social media summit

David Shepardson and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 05:39 AM

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, United States—President Donald Trump met with prominent conservative social media figures on Thursday at a White House forum where he is set to reiterate frustrations with big tech firms for allegedly suppressing conservative voices. Read more »

House prepares subpoenas of top White House officials in Trump probe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 10 04:31 AM

A Democrat-led committee said it intends to authorize subpoenas of up to 12 current and former administration officials if they don't readily agree to testify in its investigation. Read more »