• Trump issues memo that could kill American union rights for 750,000 federal workers

    Trump issues memo that could kill American union rights for 750,000 federal workers

    Feb 26, 2020 10:54

    US President Donald Trump has recently issued a memo that stabs at the heart of labor unions in a move that could abolish union rights for up to 750,000 federal workers.

  • Trump campaign: Socialism dominated Nevada with Sanders win

    Trump campaign: Socialism dominated Nevada with Sanders win

    Feb 23, 2020 10:41

    US President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has described as a domination by “big government socialism” Senator Bernie Sanders’ win in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday.

  • Pelosi slams Trump's 'dangerous' pick for intelligence chief

    Pelosi slams Trump's 'dangerous' pick for intelligence chief

    Feb 23, 2020 10:35

    Speaker of US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has censured President Donald Trump’s decision this week to tap Richard Grenell as the acting director of national intelligence, comparing his inexperience to her being asked to perform brain surgery.

  • Trump’s medicaid block grant plan may impact millions of low-income people

    Trump’s medicaid block grant plan may impact millions of low-income people

    Feb 05, 2020 17:52

    Tens of millions of people in the US currently enrolled in Medicaid would not be included in a potential state block-grant project, including children, people who qualify for the program based on disability, people needing long-term care and individuals who are 65 and over, according to the guidance announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday.

  • Historic Trump impeachment trial to begin in earnest

    Historic Trump impeachment trial to begin in earnest

    Jan 21, 2020 11:17

    President Donald Trump's historic impeachment trial begins in earnest Tuesday in the Senate, with Democrats calling for his removal from office and Republicans determined to acquit him -- and quickly, if possible.

  • Trump will likely use senate trial to push his conspiracy theories

    Trump will likely use senate trial to push his conspiracy theories

    Dec 15, 2019 20:38

    Trump is no student of sociology, but he has a very finely honed sense of how to spoil the public and he’s a natural at disinformation and propaganda. He’s been doing it his whole life. He knows the value in using a Senate trial to push his conspiracy theories into the mainstream and seems to instinctively understand that the more exposure they get, the more “real” they become.

  •  US House committee recommends Trump impeachment for abuse of power, obstruction

    US House committee recommends Trump impeachment for abuse of power, obstruction

    Dec 13, 2019 16:07

    A US House committee has voted on charges against President Donald Trump, setting up the impeachment by the full House of Representatives next week where the Democrats hold a majority.

  •  US House Judiciary chief: Trump conduct 'clearly impeachable'

    US House Judiciary chief: Trump conduct 'clearly impeachable'

    Dec 10, 2019 08:40

    US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler has said President Donald Trump’s conduct is “clearly impeachable” and described him as a threat to the country’s elections and system of government.

  •  US House Democratic counsel: 'Evidence is overwhelming Trump abused power'

    US House Democratic counsel: 'Evidence is overwhelming Trump abused power'

    Dec 10, 2019 06:00

    The House Judiciary Committee received the impeachment inquiry’s official findings during an unruly hearing Monday where lawyers from both parties sparred in blunt terms over whether President Trump indeed abused his power in dealings with Ukraine -- while committee members clashed repeatedly over a process Republicans decried as a "rubber stamp."

  • France, EU to retaliate possible US tariffs

    France, EU to retaliate possible US tariffs

    Dec 03, 2019 13:40

    France and the European Union (EU) would retaliate if the United States went ahead with the tariffs on French products that Washington has threatened to impose, French government ministers say.