As President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial shifted to its question-and-answer phase, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine started off by asking Trump’s attorneys about the president’s motives. The senator’s question was read as follows by Chief Justice John Roberts: “If President Trump had more than one motive for his alleged conduct — such as the […]
As pressure mounts on Senate Republicans to allow John Bolton’s testimony in President Trump’s impeachment trial following bombshell revelations from Bolton’s upcoming book, the president took to Twitter on Wednesday to trash his former national security adviser. “For a guy who couldn’t get approved for the Ambassador to the U.N. years ago, couldn’t get approved […]
The Supreme Court said Monday it will allow the Trump administration to begin enforcing a controversial new policy making it harder for low-income legal immigrants to obtain green cards or visas. The administration’s new, expanded “public charge” rule, which makes it easier for officials to bar immigrants who use, or are deemed likely to use, […]
WASHINGTON — The president’s top White House lawyer has repeatedly told the Senate that Trump did nothing wrong in withholding aid to Ukraine, even as other lawyers on his defense team directly contradicted that assertion over the last two days. In the opening moments of the Senate impeachment trial last Tuesday, some of Pat Cipollone’s […]
The U.S. federal government debt is set to skyrocket over the next ten years, according to a Congressional Budget Office forecast published Tuesday. The debt held by the public is projected to rise to $31.4 trillion at the end of 2030 — an amount equal to 98% of GDP. That’s the highest since the end […]
Gold futures ended with a loss on Tuesday, as investor worries over the spread of China’s coronavirus abated somewhat and prices consolidated, a day after prices rose to a more than six-year high. Some upbeat economic data also put pressure on haven demand for gold. The U.S. consumer confidence index climbed to a five-month high […]
3M Co. Chief Executive Mike Roman said Tuesday that his view of weakness in the China business is “changing” because of the coronavirus, as the outbreak of the deadly virus has boosted demand for face masks. The industrial and consumer products maker’s stock MMM, -5.02% took a dive in midday trading, however, on track for […]
Starbucks Corp. popular pumpkin spice latte isn’t just a hit with its own customers. It’s also a hit with Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. customers. Half of the visitors to a Dunkin’ DNKN, +1.18% in the fourth-quarter of 2019 also went to a Starbucks SBUX, +0.10%, according to data provided by advertising intelligence and measurement company […]
CLAREMONT, Calif. (Project Syndicate) — An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4,000 people — mostly in China, but also in several other countries, from Thailand to France to the United States — and killed more than 100. Given China’s history of disease outbreaks […]
1 / 2 A staff member of the Topography of Terror archive points at a historical photograph allegedly showing convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk at the Sobibor camp A staff member of the Topography of Terror archive points at a historical photograph allegedly showing convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk at the Sobibor camp (AFP Photo/Tobias […]