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Facebook chief Zuckerberg testifies before US Congress

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg testifies before US Congress

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Euroviews. Under the Constitution, Trump's Ukraine call is grounds for impeachment ǀ View

Using the office of the president for personal political benefit comports with both the standard understandings of bribery and the broader category of high crimes and misdemeanors.

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Euroviews. Sens. Schatz and Murphy: Trump won't act on Brazil's forest fires. Congress will ǀ View

For President Donald Trump, maintaining his personal friendship with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro — another right-wing leader with authoritarian tendencies — is seemingly more important than leading the charge against the disaster unfolding in Brazil.

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Euroviews. Congress' demands for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are sinking the Navy ǀ View

A law mandating 12 "supercarriers" is too big a cost burden, while strategists worry that they are increasingly vulnerable to Russia and China.

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Trump's tax returns won't be released, Treasury tells Democrats

The U.S. Treasury says it won't be handing over President Donald Trump's tax returns, making a legal battle likely.

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Trump bids to block request to hand over financial records to Congress

President Donald Trump responded to the Democrats with a legal maneuver in a bid to block a request to hand over financial records sought by Congress

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U.S. lawmakers call for immediate extradition of Assange

The WikiLeaks founder was charged by U.S. officials with conspiring to hack into government computers.

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Trump claims 95% of former attorney Cohen’s testimony was lies

Hitting back against Michael Cohen, the US President said it was “terrible” that the Congress hearing took place while he was the Vietnam Summit.

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No end in sight for US government shutdown

The partial US government shutdown is set to run into the new year, as an impasse continues over Donald Trump's Mexico border wall plan.

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Euroviews. The 51 letters that could shake up 2019 | View

While it is impossible to know what will come out of these requests, the [Cummings] letters offer some clues about what Trump officials can expect in 2019.

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Euroviews. How Matthew Whitaker's surprise promotion will help Trump stop Mueller

As acting attorney general, Whitaker supplants Rosenstein as Mueller’s immediate supervisor (unless, like Sessions, he must also recuse from the matter). As such, he inherits the authority, among other things, to control the scope of Mueller’s investigation.

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Euroviews. These five Cabinet officials will be first to feel Democrats' wrath

With Democrats about to take over the House Oversight Committee, White House corruption is going to take center stage.

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Euroviews. Is Trump's presidency in jeopardy yet? Ask Bill Clinton | View

This president is not going to be forced out of office because of infidelity. Congress has been down that road before — and it led nowhere.

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U.S. Congress votes to ease banking restrictions

Critics fear the move will lead to a repeat of reckless lending by bankers

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Congress gets hands on explosive Comey memos

Former FBI director's notes on conversations with President Donald Trump unusually also made available to the press.

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Trump tells Congress party's over after reluctantly signing budget-bus

Bill provides for 1.6 trillion dollars in tptal spending but nothing to replace DACA and only 1.2 billion to begin on the Mexican border wall.

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US Congress unveils $1.3tn spending budget

The bill now goes to the Senate which is expected to vote before current government funding expires at midnight on Friday

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Protests as Trump contemplates his border wall

Trump has been viewing prototypes for his proposed border wall with Mexico, but protesters insist that the nine-metre structure won't prevent migration.

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Washington set to wage war of the memos

A US congressional panel has voted to release a Democratic rebuttal to allegations of political bias in the ongoing Russia investigation.