With the Senate expected to vote largely along party lines to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday, thousands of people are planning to take part in demonstrations at more than 270 locations across the U.S. to condemn Republican senators for turning what was supposed to be a trial into a “cover-up” by refusing to allow […]
The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump comes to an end Wednesday with what is widely expected to be the president’s acquittal on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Members of the U.S. Senate will convene for the afternoon vote in their final act as jurors in the two-week trial that followed […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is ready to “return to its commitments” under the 2015 nuclear deal when other parties uphold their commitments. Rouhani’s office issued a statement Monday after his talks in Tehran with the new European Union foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell. Iran’s official news agency quotes Rouhani as saying that […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. House Democrats prosecuting the impeachment case against President Donald Trump and his defense team offered their closing arguments Monday at his Senate trial even as his acquittal remains all but certain. Congresswoman Val Demings, one of the House lawmakers calling for Trump’s conviction on two articles of impeachment, told the 100 members of the […]