US Senate acquits Trump, ending noisy impeachment

By CNN,

The Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment Wednesday, marking the inevitable and historic end to a bitterly foug...

Trump impeachment

How impeaching a U.S. President would work

By Paul Ombati,

Calls to impeach President Donald Trump have been rising each day, mostly among some Democrats. Recent admissions that he tried to influence Ukrain...

democrats , Trump

House condemns Trump over ‘racist comments’ tweeted at congresswomen

By Reuters,

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to condemn President Donald Trump for “ racist comments” against four minority Democratic congr...

Congresswomen , Donald Trump , Kevin McCarthy , racism

US House passes emergency funding bill for migrant care crisis

By VOA,

It took last-minute changes and a full-court press by top Democratic leaders, but the House passed with relative ease Tuesday a $4.5 billion emergency...

Funding bill , Immigration crisis , John Sanders , U.S.A

Trump heads to US-Mexico border

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to the U.S. - Mexico border Friday to view a border wall project, one day after backing down on a t...

Mexico , Trump

While Washington fiddles, many states facing up to threats of climate change

By VOA,

When Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey introduced their Green New Deal resolution, Markey said it would be "the greatest blue-...

Washington

US senate heats up on climate change

By VOA,

The U.S. Senate on Thursday completed its most momentous week on climate change in years, loudly swatting down an ambitious proposal to overhaul Ameri...

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Trump attacks news media for Russia probe stories

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at the U.S. mainstream news media Tuesday, saying it was being condemned throughout the world for its wide cove...

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Lawmakers call for release of full report on Russia investigation

By VOA,

Special counsel Robert Mueller has completed a long-awaited report on his investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election and a...

Robert Mueller , russia

US senator: I was raped while serving in the Air Force

By CNN,

Freshman Senator, Martha McSally of Arizona revealed Wednesday that she was raped while she served in the military. McSally, who is a Republican, m...

Freshman Senator Martha McSally , Sexual assault , US Air Force

Congress on verge of rejecting Trump’s border emergency

By Reuters,

The U.S. Congress was on the verge of issuing a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump over his declaration of an emergency at the border with Mexico,...

Donald Trump , Mitch McConnell

Why Trump’s threat to declare national emergency freaks out Republicans

By CNN,

President Donald Trump has signaled to lawmakers he will sign the compromise border security legislation in conjunction with plans to declare nation...

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Trump to declare national emergency as he signs border security Bill

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump plans to declare a national emergency so he can bypass Congress and get the money to build a wall along the border with Mexico....

President Donald Trump , United States National emergency

Senate breaks from Trump with Syria troop vote

By Reuters,

The Republican-led U.S. Senate backed largely symbolic legislation on Monday that broke with President Donald Trump by opposing plans for any abrupt w...

Syria , Trump

Even some Republicans balk as Trump targets US spy chiefs

By CNN,

Even after two years, President Donald Trump's assaults on US spy chiefs are shocking coming from a commander in chief. The President's Twitter bar...

Trump offer: Reopen government for wall down payment

By VOA,

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would accept a deal to at least temporarily reopen the federal government if it contained a "pro-rated do...

Government for wall down , Trump

Senate stirs with votes on bills to end U.S. shutdown

By Reuters,

The Republican-led U.S. Senate planned votes for Thursday on competing proposals, one broadly backed by Democrats and the other by Republicans, to end...

Government shutdown , U.S Senate

The 1 big lesson for Donald Trump in the Senate’s shutdown votes

By CNN,

There was a clear message from Senate Republicans to President Donald Trump in the two failed votes Thursday aimed at ending the 34-day-and-counting ...

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Senate prepares to vote on competing measures to end shutdown

By VOA,

The U.S. Senate is preparing to vote on competing partisan efforts to end a partial federal government shutdown, now in its second month, but neither ...

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Senate sets votes but U.S. shutdown likely to go on

By Reuters,

There was no sign of quick relief for 800,000 federal workers going without pay because of the partial government shutdown as the U.S. Senate schedule...

House of Representatives , Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , President Donald Trump , U.S Senate , U.S-Mexico border wall