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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives now favor launching impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump, after a California lawmaker on Friday became the 118th Democrat to call for the process to begin. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during an address at a campaign rally in

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) questions U.S. Attorney General William Barr as he testifies during a hearing on “the Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal introduced legislation on Friday to

CINCINNATI (Reuters) – This time, he didn’t quite go there. U.S. President Donald Trump reacts with supporters during a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis President Donald Trump on Thursday briefly renewed his criticism of four minority Democratic congresswomen at his first rally since controversy erupted when a crowd at

FILE PHOTO: Roger Stone, longtime political ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, departs following a hearing to convince a judge to dismiss charges stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald

DETROIT (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden came under heavy fire over healthcare, immigration and criminal justice reform on Wednesday, but fought back against a stage full of rivals eager to knock him off his perch during a contentious debate. On the second of back-to-back nights of debates among Democrats vying to challenge Republican

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of U.S. senators on Wednesday questioned the Federal Aviation Administration oversight of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX as the agency defended the longstanding practice of deferring much of the process of certifying new aircraft to manufacturers. A grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is seen parked in an aerial photo at Renton

DETROIT (Reuters) – Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders offered an unabashed defense of their progressive policies during a Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday, as their more moderate rivals took aim at their proposals as unrealistic and politically untenable. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speak on the first night of the second

DETROIT (Reuters) – Joe Biden says he is done being polite when it comes to defending his decades-long record on race. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign stop at Mack’s Apples in Londonderry, New Hampshire, U.S., July 13, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder But when the former

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump wants combat forces reduced in Afghanistan by the next U.S. presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, introducing a timeline to Washington’s plan for cutting troop numbers there. FILE PHOTO: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks from a helicopter to return to his plane at

An electronic billboard displays a marijuana hashtag at Times Square in New York, U.S., November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use, meaning possession of small amounts of the drug will be punished with fines rather than jail time, a step short of Governor Andrew

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican who strongly defended him at a recent congressional hearing, to replace Dan Coats as the U.S. spy chief. FILE PHOTO: Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies to the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about “worldwide threats”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic on Saturday, calling him a “brutal bully” who should concentrate on cleaning up his “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” Baltimore district rather than criticizing the work of U.S. immigration officers on the Mexican border. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to

(Reuters) – Ninety-five Democratic lawmakers in the 435-member U.S. House of Representatives have said they support starting impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump. Several more lawmakers joined the ranks of those wanting to launch the impeachment process after congressional testimony on Wednesday by former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Trump and the

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee asked a federal court on Friday for access to grand jury evidence from the Mueller probe that lawmakers say they need to determine whether to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. A 53-page petition filed in U.S. District Court in Washington targets evidence of interactions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had no hatchet to bury on Friday, playing down tensions after a meeting between the powerful speaker and freshman lawmaker who in recent months has seized the Democratic Party spotlight. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) poses with Rep.