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GOP senators reject plans to dismiss Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans signalled Monday they would reject the idea of simply voting to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump as the House prepares to send the cha...

Jan 13, 2020

Trump cheered loudly at college football title game

NEW ORLEANS - President Donald Trump turned sports fan for an evening as he watched No. 1 Louisiana State University and No. 3 Clemson battle it out in the College Football Playoff championship. Trump...

Jan 13, 2020

Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years in prison for ex-Congressman

NEW YORK - A former congressman should serve nearly five years in prison for insider trading, especially after coming to represent "the cynical idea that those in power who make the laws are not requi...

Jan 13, 2020

US sends home nearly two dozen Saudi cadets after shooting

WASHINGTON - The U.S. sent home 21 Saudi military students following an investigation into a deadly shooting last month by one of their fellow trainees at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, an attack th...

Jan 13, 2020

Trump's fate rests with McConnell in impeachment trial

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump needs Mitch McConnell more than ever. With Trump finally facing his impeachment trial, this promises to be a defining moment for both men, They started their relati...

Jan 13, 2020

McConnell on US-Iran strategy: 'Let's not screw it up'

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes a Senate resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military actio...

Jan 13, 2020

Sanders didn't think woman could win presidency, Warren says

WASHINGTON - Elizabeth Warren said Monday that fellow Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told her he didn't think a woman could win the White House when they met privately in 2018. Sande...

Jan 13, 2020

US drops designation of China as currency manipulator

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator in advance of the signing Wednesday of a Phase 1 U.S.-China trade agreement. The preliminary pact t...

Jan 13, 2020

St. Louis prosecutor: Racist interests try to force her out

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday filed what she called an unprecedented federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing the city, the local police union and others of a co-ordinated and racist ...

Jan 13, 2020

‘Joker’ leads Oscar noms; ‘1917,’ ‘Irishman’ close behind

Female filmmakers were shut out, "Parasite" made history and "Joker" edged out "The Irishman," "1917" and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" in Monday's Oscar nominations. Todd Phillips' R-rated supe...

Jan 13, 2020