Politics

November 29, 2018

President Donald Trump abruptly cancels Vladimir Putin meeting at G-20 summit, hours after Michael Cohen guilty plea

Trump said in a tweet the decision was made based on the fact that Russia hadn't yet returned the Ukrainian ships or crew members.
 

November 29, 2018

November 29, 2018

Trump Russia: What (else) we've just learnt about Mueller probe

With the US mid-term elections over, attention in the US again quickly returned to when Robert Mueller would make His Next Move. It turns out the wait was just over three weeks.

November 29, 2018

November 28, 2018

Nancy Pelosi nominated by Democrats to be next House speaker

Pelosi ran unopposed but number of members who voted against her could signal a messy battle when new Congress convenes
 

November 28, 2018

November 28, 2018

Ivanka breaks silence on email drama

Ivanka Trump has defended her use of a private email account she was using for government business saying it is not the same as the Hillary Clinton case.

November 28, 2018

November 27, 2018

Paul Manafort Secretly Met With Julian Assange Multiple Times: Report

Trump responded to the news Tuesday by lashing out at Mueller and accusing him of being “a conflicted prosecutor gone rogue,” and again proclaiming the investigation a “Witch Hunt.”

November 27, 2018

November 16, 2018

Stacey Abrams Ends Fight for Georgia Governor

She said she saw no legal path to overturn the results. “The law currently allows no further viable remedy,” she said.

November 16, 2018

November 16, 2018

Trump ordered to restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta's access

A judge in Washington DC has ordered the White House to return CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press pass after it was revoked by the US Secret Service.

November 16, 2018

November 15, 2018

Trump administration defends its case against CNN's Acosta

The CNN lawsuit calls the revocation "an unabashed attempt to censor the press and exclude reporters from the White House who challenge and dispute the President's point of view.

November 15, 2018

November 13, 2018

CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning.

November 13, 2018

November 11, 2018

Video Democrats and Trump: What does it take to impeach a president?

But how does the process actually work?

November 11, 2018

November 08, 2018

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taken to hospital after fall

She is being treated at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

November 08, 2018

November 07, 2018

Jeff Sessions Resigns as Attorney General

Sessions announced his plan to resign in a letter to the White House on Wednesday.

November 07, 2018

November 07, 2018

Trump calls midterm results a 'tremendous success,' as Democrats gain control of House and GOP retains Senate

Trump, who watched the midterm election returns with family and friends at the White House Tuesday evening, settled into a brief role as spectator, after months of campaigning for Republican congressional and gubernatorial candidates.

November 07, 2018

November 06, 2018

US celebs out in force to vote

STARS across Hollywood have used their voice to vote in the country’s midterm elections, taking to social media to urge their millions of followers to do the same.

November 06, 2018

October 30, 2018

Trump: End birthright citizenship for some US-born babies

He stressed there's never been a Supreme Court case on the issue, "so it's never been tested."

October 30, 2018

October 24, 2018

'Potential explosive devices' sent to Obama, Clinton homes; CNN building evacuated over suspicious package

The Secret Service has “initiated a full scope criminal investigation” to “determine the source of the packages and identify those responsible.”

October 24, 2018

October 22, 2018

Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer's suit

Avenatti did not appear at the court hearing and never filed opposing arguments in the case.

October 22, 2018