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White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump spokeswoman says Obama aides left mean notes during 2017 handover

Numerous Obama aides denounced the accusation as fiction.

20 Nov 2019 2:34 PM

Vindman, a Soviet Jewish immigrant, felt it necessary to state his allegiance as he batted away Republican questions about the offers he got to work for Ukraine’s government. (Photo: AP)

‘I am an American,’ Vindman reminds Trump allies in impeachment hearing

The exchange highlighted the extent to which identity politics are playing a role in the impeachment investigation against Trump.

20 Nov 2019 1:50 PM

Hearings began last week in Washington into whether US President Donald Trump ordered to freeze US military aid to Ukraine in an effort to get Kiev to launch investigations against potential 2020 election rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter. (Photo: File)

Ukraine getting ‘tired’ of Donald Trump scandal, says Volodymyr Zelensky

'We have our country, we have our independence, we have our own problems,' Zelensky said.

20 Nov 2019 1:17 PM

Wednesday marks Abe's 2,887th day in office, topping the record previously set by Taro Katsura, a revered politician who served three times between 1901 and 1913. (Photo: File)

Shinzo Abe becomes Japan's longest-serving Premier with 2,887 days in office

The 65-year-old is also the second-longest-serving leader of the Group of Seven major economies behind only German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

20 Nov 2019 10:49 AM

Some of the news reports speculated that he had heart ailments. (Photo: File)

Donald Trump slams media for spreading rumour about his health, calls them sick

Trump visited a military hospital over the weekend which many news channels and media reported that was a sign that he is not well.

20 Nov 2019 7:56 AM

Pushing back against accusations from the president that the process has been stacked against him, Pelosi said Trump is welcome to appear or answer questions in writing, if he chooses. (Photo: File | AP)

'Speak under oath': Democrats invite Trump to testify in impeachment inquiry

Sondland, Trump's ambassador to EU, is among the only people interviewed to date who had direct conversations with the president.

18 Nov 2019 11:14 AM

Amid the ongoing impeachment hearings against him by a Democrats-dominated Congressional panel, US President Donald Trump has asserted that he has the right to speak and the freedom of speech. (Photo: File)

‘I have the right to speak,’ says Donald Trump amid impeachment hearings

The US President said he watched the second-day public hearing on impeachment against him by the Congressional Committee.

16 Nov 2019 9:56 AM

A spokeswoman for the US State Department said Trump remained committed to making progress on agreements he reached with Kim Jong Un at a first summit in Singapore in June last year, namely 'transformed relations, building lasting peace, and complete denuclearisation.' (Photo: File)

North Korea rejects US offer of December talks

North Korea has been seeking a lifting of punishing sanctions, but US has insisted Kim Jong Un must dismantle his nuclear weapons programme.

15 Nov 2019 5:14 PM

Among those celebrating was President Donald Trump, who tweeted "Wow! Was just told that my son's book, 'Triggered,' is Number One on The New York Times Bestseller List. Congratulations Don!" (Photo: Twitter)

Trump Jr’s book is a No 1 bestseller, but with an edge

According to BookScan, 'Triggered' sold 71,000 copies last week, second only to Jeff Kinney's latest 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid.'

15 Nov 2019 1:35 PM

Pelosi’s comments could offer a preview of articles of impeachment Democrats might put forward. (Photo: File)

Trump has admitted to bribery, says Pelosi as impeachment probe intensifies

'What the president has admitted to and says it’s ‘perfect,’ I say it’s perfectly wrong. It’s bribery,' Pelosi said.

15 Nov 2019 1:00 PM

Biden "had the temerity to dare slander the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK", the North's official KCNA news agency said late Thursday. (Photo: File)

North Korea calls Biden 'rabid dog' that 'must be beaten to death'

Pyongyang is renowned for its vitriol, but the verbal deluge was unusually ferocious even by its own standards.

15 Nov 2019 9:10 AM

A second hearing is scheduled for Friday. (Photo: File)

13.8 million TV viewers watch Trump's live impeachment hearing on first day

The Nielsen company said 10 different networks aired live or taped coverage of the hearing, which stretched nearly six hours on Wednesday.

15 Nov 2019 8:40 AM

Trump is facing allegations of using his office to pressure Ukraine officials for personal political gain against Democratic presidential aspirant Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukrainian gas company. (Photo: File)

Impeachment proceedings a 'sham and should not be allowed': Trump

Trump, who was in meetings with Erdogan for most of the day at the White House said that he did not watch public hearing on his impeachment.

14 Nov 2019 2:44 PM

The transcript of a July 25 call Trump made with the Ukrainian president in which he asked him to investigate the son of his political rival Joe Biden has become the subject of a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry into the president. (Photo: File)

Trump plans to release transcript of April Ukraine call on Thursday

Trump's critics accuse him of withholding almost USD 400 million to Ukraine as leverage to pressure Zelensky to publicly declare probe.

14 Nov 2019 2:11 PM

For many Trump supporters, the impeachment inquiry is nothing more than a partisan effort by Democrats to unseat a president they could not beat in 2016. (Photo: File)

Voters say impeachment hearing will not change their views on Trump

Democrats hope a series of televised hearings would help persuade Americans that Trump deserves to be ousted from office.

14 Nov 2019 12:32 PM

Will Trump impeachment hearings only be great TV?

Republican bravado being what it is, the case against impeachment is looking strong.

14 Nov 2019 1:28 AM

The US last week formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Climate accord, a landmark global agreement which brought together 188 nations, including India, to combat global warming. (Photo: File)

Garbage dropped by China, India into sea 'floats into Los Angeles': Trump

Terming climate change as 'complex issue', Trump said he considers himself to be, 'in many ways, an environmentalist, believe it or not'.

13 Nov 2019 3:36 PM

Trump was touting the strength of the US economy in a speech to business executives in New York and said the rest of the world wants to get its share. (Photo: File)

'Dictators, it's ok, come on in': Donald Trump at New York event

Trump said he's happy to deal with any kind of foreign leader able to help the United States.

13 Nov 2019 2:31 PM

Just two days before the first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, Trump issued a series of scathing tweets on Monday slamming the probe and the Democrats conducting it. (Photo: File)

Trump promises to release transcript as hearing of impeachment probe set to begin

Trump said on Saturday he would likely release the transcript on Tuesday, describing it to reporters as 'very important'.

13 Nov 2019 12:20 PM

In a speech Tuesday, Trump said the US got al-Baghdadi, then got "his second" and now, "we have our eye on his third. His third has got a lot of problems because we know where he is, too." (Photo: File)

'We know where he is, US on hunt for new Islamic State's leader': Trump

Trump didn't mention the name of the new target, but he was likely referring to Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.

13 Nov 2019 9:27 AM

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