Former U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence drops out of Republican presidential campaign

Former U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence drops out of Republican presidential campaign

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announces that is withdrawing from the presidential campaign during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence ended his cash-strapped presidential campaign on October 28, after struggling for months to convince Republican … Read more

Morning Digest | CBI team visits Odisha train accident site, begins probe; 3 killed, 4 injured in fresh violence in Manipur, and more

Morning Digest | CBI team visits Odisha train accident site, begins probe; 3 killed, 4 injured in fresh violence in Manipur, and more

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw waves as a train passes after train services resumed on the section where the accident happened on Friday, near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Balasore district on Sunday night, June 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@RailMinIndia via PTI CBI team visits Odisha train accident site, begins probe A 10-member CBI team … Read more

Appeals court rejects Trump effort to block Pence testimony in January 6 probe

Appeals court rejects Trump effort to block Pence testimony in January 6 probe

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. | Photo Credit: AFP A federal appeals court on Wednesday night moved former Vice President Mike Pence closer to appearing before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting a bid by lawyers for former President Donald Trump to block the testimony. … Read more

US officials reportedly considering criminal charges against Trump Organization – live

US officials reportedly considering criminal charges against Trump Organization – live

A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania compared Democrats to Nazis and told supporters: “Go fight them.” Scott Perry. Photograph: Reuters Scott Perry, a member of the hard-right Freedom Caucus, made the remarks earlier this month in a speech to state conservatives – as reported by Vice News. “They are not the loyal opposition,” the former soldier … Read more

Covid ‘remains a serious and deadly threat’ for unvaccinated people, Biden says – live

Covid ‘remains a serious and deadly threat’ for unvaccinated people, Biden says – live

This group of mayors, dubbed Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity (MORE), is led by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. Their stated goal is for these reparations programs to “serve as high-profile demonstrations for how the country can more quickly move from conversation to action on reparations for Black Americans,” … Read more

Analysis: Impeachment proves imperfect amid US polarization

Analysis: Impeachment proves imperfect amid US polarization

WASHINGTON: Three Republican senators spent an hour talking strategy with lawyers for the accused. The entire Senate served as jurors even though they were also targets of the crime. No witnesses were called. And the outcome was never in doubt. The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump laid bare the deep imperfections in the Constitution’s … Read more

Donald Trump impeachment trial nears end with verdict expected

Donald Trump impeachment trial nears end with verdict expected

The US Senate was expected to deliver a verdict in Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial this weekend after his lawyers argued on Friday that the former president bears no responsibility for an attack by supporters on Congress after he failed to win re-election. Defense lawyers wrapped up their presentation in just three hours, accusing Democrats of … Read more

U.S. House urges Pence to start process of removing Trump from office

U.S. House urges Pence to start process of removing Trump from office

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to urge Vice President Mike Pence to start the U.S. Constitution’s 25th Amendment process of removing President Donald Trump from office, although the vice president already has said he will not do so. To invoke the 25th Amendment, Pence and a majority of Trump’s Cabinet would need … Read more

American democracy could withstand a coup-like assault, but it will be on crutches for a while

American democracy could withstand a coup-like assault, but it will be on crutches for a while

After sending his violent supporters to storm the US Capitol, President Donald Trump is deemed a clear and present danger to the republic. Calls from Democrats are growing for him to resign immediately because he simply should not have access to America’s nuclear codes. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatened to impeach Trump for the second … Read more

US lawmakers seek immediate removal of Trump after his supporters stormed Capitol

US lawmakers seek immediate removal of Trump after his supporters stormed Capitol

Several US lawmakers have demanded immediate removal of President Donald Trump from office, alleging that he incited his supporters who stormed the Capitol in an unprecedented incident that has dented the democracy of America. Thousands of pro-Trump rioters on Wednesday stormed the US Capitol, interrupting a joint session of Congress where lawmakers were set to … Read more