Top ranking Republican, 9 others voted to impeach Trump
Ten fellow Republicans voted in support of outgoing President Donald Trump’s second impeachment by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
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US Republicans shun Biden’s win, but to what end?
Most Republican lawmakers have yet to acknowledge Joe Biden as America’s next leader, a departure from political norms that suggests President Donald Trump retains an iron grip on his congressional flock. Five days after every major US media outlet projected Biden as the next president, more world leaders have publicly congratulated the Democratic winner —
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‘You haven’t lost, fight hard’ ― Top US Republican urges Trump
One of the most prominent Republicans in the US Congress on Sunday urged Donald Trump to “fight hard” and not concede his loss to Joe Biden in the race for the White House, saying unfounded allegations of fraud by the president must be investigated. Other Republicans sought to walk a finer line, saying legal challenges
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COVID-19: Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen
United States President, Donald Trump, on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says are impractical and expensive. Taking to Twitter to voice his frustration, Trump argued that countries including Germany, Denmark and Norway have
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Trump to accept Republican presidential nomination in Florida
United States President, Donald Trump, will accept the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in Florida, organizers announced Thursday, following a row over coronavirus restrictions with the governor of North Carolina, where the event was originally scheduled. The most visible portions of the Republican National Convention, a traditional election-year gathering that is a staple of American political
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‘Losers’: Trump hits back at makers of fiercely critical ad
A biting new anti-Trump ad by a group of dissident Republicans, including the husband of a top White House aide, prompted the US president to lash out Tuesday at the “losers” who created it. Tens of thousands of Americans have been killed by “a deadly virus Donald Trump ignored,” according to the one-minute online video,
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Trump says sexism not to blame for end of Warren’s campaign
United States President Donald Trump insisted Friday that sexism wasn’t to blame for the end of Elizabeth Warren’s Democratic presidential campaign, even as he showered her with insults that are often deployed against women. Speaking to reporters as he signed an emergency $8.3 billion funding package to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak, Trump was asked whether he
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Trump to make statement Thursday on impeachment acquittal
United States President, Donald Trump said that he will issue a formal statement on Thursday after his acquittal on two impeachment charges. “I will be making a public statement tomorrow at 12:00 pm from the @WhiteHouse to discuss our Country’s VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax!” he tweeted. Shortly before, he tweeted a montage depicting a
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US Democrats lay impeachment case against Trump
United States Democrats began laying out a detailed case on Wednesday for the removal of the nation’s President, Donald Trump, accusing him at his historic Senate impeachment trial of seeking to cheat to ensure re-election in November. Adam Schiff, the head of the prosecution team from the House of Representatives, took the floor of the
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Republican security officials accountable for making the world less safe – Trump
Fifty senior Republican national security officials have issued a stinging rejection of their party’s White House nominee Donald Trump, warning if elected he would be “the most reckless president in American history”. Trump in his responds issued a sharply worded reprimand of the group, painting them as “nothing more than the failed Washington elite looking
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