US lawmakers reject hardliner Jordan as speaker of the House for a
US lawmakers rejected hard-line conservative Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker of the House of Representatives for a second time on Wednesday, as the leadership vacuum...
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Far-right US Republican launches bid to oust McCarthy as house speaker
A far-right Republican lawmaker launched a bid on Monday to oust US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post, reigniting an intra-party battle between traditional...
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Trump business empire under threat as New York civil fraud trial opens
Donald Trump faces fresh legal danger on Monday as a civil fraud trial against the former president and two of his sons begins in New...
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US Congress passes last-minute bill to avert shutdown
The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with...
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Republican presidential candidates blast Trump for debate no-show
Seven US presidential hopefuls tussled over immigration, China and the economy Wednesday at the second Republican primary debate – but saved some of their most...
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Top US House Republican orders impeachment inquiry into Biden
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, bowing to pressure from his party’s hard right, gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for an impeachment investigation into US President...
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US federal judge sets March 4 trial date for Trump in election
A judge has set a March 4 trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to...
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Republican candidates take the stage in Wisconsin, Trump skips debate
Vying to be the leading alternative to front-runner Donald Trump, eight Republican candidates were gathering Wednesday night in Milwaukee for the first Republican presidential primary debate....
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Trump’s bond set at $200,000 in Georgia 2020 election interference
Donald Trump’s bond has been set at $200,000 in the Georgia case accusing the former president of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss,...
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Justice Dept names special counsel to ensure independent Hunter Biden
The US Justice Department on Friday escalated its investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, naming a special counsel amid allegations he engaged in illicit...
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Abortion still divides the US one year after Supreme Court struck down
The historic US Supreme Court about face on abortion a year ago has created a nightmare for women seeking the procedure, a legal morass for...
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Biden, McCarthy meeting at White House ends with no debt ceiling
Issued on: 23/05/2023 – 02:29 President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could not reach an agreement Monday on how to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4...