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U.S. Farmers Get A Much-Needed Break Under Partial Trade Pact With Japan

4:53pm September 25, 2019

by Scott Horsley

President Trump signed a partial trade agreement with Japan that promises lower tariffs on U.S. farm exports. The deal does not address Trump's threat to impose a tariff on Japanese cars.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is calling for President Trump's impeachment unless he complies with all of Congress' requests relating to a phone call Trump had with the Ukranian president.

Politics & Government

Biden Blasts Trump As A President Who 'Believes He Is Above The Law'

11:31pm September 24, 2019

The former vice president, who is at the center of Trump's Ukraine call controversy, is now in favor of impeachment if the president doesn't comply with Congress.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reads a statement announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry Into President Trump

8:28pm September 24, 2019

by Domenico Montanaro

"The president must be held accountable," the House speaker said Tuesday. "No one is above the law."

Politics & Government

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Speaks Amid Growing Calls for Impeachment

5:09pm September 24, 2019

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is speaking to reporters after meeting with the House Democratic caucus.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a decision to make about whether to open impeachment proceedings against President Trump, as more Democrats are moving in favor of it.

Politics & Government

Impeachment Has Never Been Very Popular, But That Hasn't Stopped Congress Before

11:53am September 24, 2019

by Ron Elving

The truth is, impeachment has almost never been popular. It tends to pump up the partisans in either party but has far less allure for independents or those less politically inclined.

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg (center), head of Big City Mayors, discusses the homeless problem after the group met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in March. Steinberg says it's time for any adversarial relationship between cities and the Trump adm

The Ongoing Clash Between Trump And Big Cities

10:20am September 24, 2019

by Cheryl Corley

Mayors of some of the cities the president targets say they aren't worried about jeopardizing federal funding and will continue fighting the rhetoric and policies they believe will harm urban areas.

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Workers fix damage at Saudi Aramco's Khurais oil field in Saudi Arabia on Friday after it was hit during a Sept. 14 attack.

Trump Sending Troops To Middle East After Attack On Saudi Oil Facilities

1:11pm September 21, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The Pentagon provided few details on the deployment. The announcement appears to indicate that the president has not made a decision about whether to take military action against Iran.

The inmate population at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, once stood at nearly 700 but has since dwindled to 40.

National

Trump Rules Out Sending Captured ISIS Fighters To Guantánamo Bay

5:48pm September 20, 2019

by David Welna

Few foreign ISIS fighters captured in Syria and Iraq have been repatriated. Unless European allies accept nationals who are ISIS prisoners of war, Trump said, "we're releasing them at the border."

Saudi Attack Draws New U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

4:58pm September 20, 2019

by Scott Horsley

The Trump administration ordered new sanctions on Iran, in response to the attack in Saudi Arabia that temporarily cut off nearly 6% of the world's oil supply. The sanctions' effect may be limited.

In this image from video released by the CIA on Nov. 1, 2017, Hamza bin Laden is shown at his wedding.

World News

Osama Bin Laden's Son Killed In U.S. Counterterrorism Operation, Trump Says

2:46pm September 14, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Hamza bin Laden was killed in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region, according to a statment by the president on Saturday. He said his death "undermines important operational activities" of al-Qaida.