With Trump impeachment trial over, wounded Washington grapples with divisions
Washington DC, US Reuters Former President Donald Trump’s acquittal on charges of inciting a deadly attack on the US Capitol left Democrats and Republicans deeply divided on Sunday even as his Democratic successor, Joe Biden, sought to move on with his political and economic agenda. Democrats said they looked to the courts for possible civil […]
US Senate acquits Trump as Republicans save him in impeachment again
Updated: 8.50amWashington DC, US Reuters The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president’s role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the US Capitol. The Senate vote of 57 to 43 fell short of the two-thirds majority […]
After Pell sentence, Pope prays for those suffering “unjust sentences”
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis, speaking just a few hours after Australia’s highest court acquitted Cardinal George Pell of sexually assaulting two choirboys, on Tuesday offered his morning Mass for those who suffer from unjust sentences. The court quashed convictions that Pell sexually assaulted the two teenagers in the 1990s and allowed the 78-year-old former Vatican […]
Trump takes jabs at political opponents during National Prayer Breakfast
Washington DC, USRNS Shortly before President Donald Trump delivered his speech at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, the event’s keynote speaker, Harvard University professor and author Arthur Brooks, asked the crowd, “How many of you love somebody with whom you disagree politically?” Many people in the audience raised their hands. Trump, sitting quietly a few […]
Updated: Senate acquits Trump in historic vote as re-election battle looms
Updated: 11.15amWashington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his US Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term. The businessman-turned-politician, 73, survived only the third presidential impeachment […]
Updated: US Senate votes against calling witnesses in Trump trial, clearing way for acquittal
Updated: 6pmWashington DC, US Reuters The US Senate voted on Friday against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump’s almost certain acquittal next week. By a vote of 51-49, the Republican-controlled Senate stopped Democrats’ drive to hear testimony from witnesses like former national security adviser […]