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House Judiciary Committee lawyers on Monday told a federal appeals court that the panel might consider recommending “new articles of impeachment” against President Trump if former White House counsel Don McGahn testifies and provides fresh evidence, The Washington Post reports. Democrats who lead the committee have been fighting in court …

US Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have overtaken former Vice President Joe Biden in head to head matchup with President Donald Trump, a new poll shows. The survey, conducted between December 18 and 19 by Ipsos/Reuters, found that 39 percent of US voters favored Sanders over Trump, compared …

US President Donald Trump’s looming impeachment trial in the Senate has reached an impasse as Republican and Democratic leaders in the upper chamber of Congress clash over impeachment rules. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against the Republican president on Wednesday on charges of abuse of …

US President Donald Trump has accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of “breaking all the rules” by holding on to the articles of impeachment instead of sending them to the Senate, saying that she has conducted “the most unfair trial in the history” of the United States Congress. “Pelosi gives us …

More than 60 vehicles have been involved in a pile-up in foggy conditions on a motorway in the US state of Virginia. There were no reports of fatalities in the crash on Interstate 64 near Williamsburg but more than 50 people were injured, two critically. The cause of the accident …

Donald Trump has launched America’s first new military service in 70 years – the US space force. The president put aside $40m for its creation as he signed off the country’s $738bn annual military budget on Friday. “The space force will help us deter aggression and control the ultimate high …

US President Donald Trump has demanded an immediate impeachment trial in the Senate, amid an impasse among Democrats and Republicans over when it may start. On Wednesday, the House impeached Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. But Democrats have refused to start the proceedings, arguing …

President Donald Trump has called the approval of impeachment articles against him a “sham” and “a hoax,” and accused Democrats of “trivializing impeachment.” Speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, Trump said that he “wouldn’t mind” a drawn-out impeachment process, and would like to see the whistleblower whose …

The House Judiciary Committee has approved impeachment charges against President Donald Trump with a vote strictly along party lines. The process is expected to advance to a full House vote next week. After debating articles of impeachment in a heated session on Thursday, the committee voted 23 to 17 to …

U.S. President Donald Trump reprised his ridicule of 16-year-old Greta Thunberg on Thursday after the Swedish climate activist was named Time’s Person of the Year for 2019. Thunberg won the magazine’s annual honorific on Wednesday for her work inspiring millions of young people to take action against climate change. “So …

The House Judiciary Committee will pursue two articles of impeachment against President Trump, a narrower approach than some Democrats had hoped, as the Republican-led Senate outlined plans for a trial early in the new year. The first of the two articles accuse Mr. Trump of abuse of power by soliciting …

For the second time in two days, a deadly shooting has occurred at a US Navy base leaving at least Four people dead and several others injured. Four people including the suspected shooter were killed and seven others were injured on Friday at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, said …

U.S. President Donald Trump called Justin Trudeau “two-faced” on Wednesday after the Canadian Prime Minister appeared to be caught on camera joking about his press appearances during a chat with other leaders at a NATO summit in Britain. Trudeau was filmed at a Buckingham Palace reception for NATO leaders on …

In efforts to defend his policy on Turkey and Syria, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington has been successful in keeping the oil in Syria. Speaking at the start of a NATO meeting on Tuesday, Trump repeated the assertion that he “kept the oil” inside Syria, although …

U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at European allies before a NATO anniversary summit in London on Tuesday, singling out France’s Emmanuel Macron for “very nasty” comments on the alliance and Germany for spending too little on defense. Underlining the breadth of strife in a transatlantic bloc hailed by its …

11 people have been shot in New Orleans’ French Quarter in the early hours of Sunday, police say. Two of those are in a critical condition, and a ‘person of interest’ has been detained according to police superintendent Shaun Ferguson. Of the critically injured, one was shot in the chest, …

A flock of birds may have been the cause of panic in Washington, sending the White House and Capitol into lockdown, according to officials. The alarm bells were sounded on Tuesday, with reports of an aircraft violating the tightly controlled airspace around the president’s official residence. As a precautionary measure, …

The White House and the US Capitol have been put on temporary lockdown following an airspace violation in Washington D.C. According to law enforcement sources, the North Lawn of the White House was cleared as fighter jets from Air Force Base Andrews were mobilized on Tuesday. “The White House was …

US Under Secretary of Defence John Rood visited Iraq on Tuesday to meet with senior officials in Baghdad and Erbil for talks on regional security, fighting terrorism and other issues, Pentagon spokesperson Carla Gleason said in a statement. “In Baghdad, Rood met with Prime Minister Adel Abd-al-Mahdi to reiterate the …

Half of Americans say US President Donald Trump’s request to Ukraine’s leader to investigate his political rival was wrong and he should be impeached and removed from office, according to a new poll. Fifty percent of US adults think Trump should be impeached and removed from office, while 43 percent …