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Tech bosses grilled together for first time by Congress
Today for the first time, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet, which owns Google, are all appearing in front of the House subcommittee on market dominance.
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Congress debates massive economic stimulus as USA grapples with coronavirus
Well in the United States, in the last hour, Senators have again blocked a $1.8 trillion economic stimulus package
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‘Trudeau must provide evidence’ – Bijan Ahmadi, former president, Iranian Canadian Congress
Bijan Ahmadi, former president of the Iranian Canadian Congress, and founder of the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy.
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Trump ‘stonewalling’ Congress, says author Neal Katyal
The writer Neal Katyal says Donald Trump’s refusal to engage in the impeachment process is an unprecedented response from a President of the United States.
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Congress votes to formalise Trump impeachment inquiry
The hearings will now go public after weeks of testimony behind closed doors – and could prove a defining issue in next year’s Presidential election.
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White House subpoenaed by Congress as Trump impeachment inquiry intensifies
“After nearly a month of stonewalling, it appears clear that the President has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction and cover-up.” That’s the conclusion of not one, but three, Democratic committee chairmen.
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Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib: ‘We have a crooked CEO running US government’
We spoke to the Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who’s been the target of President Trump’s criticism, and started by asking her why the Democrats, who have held off before, think now is a good time to start an impeachment inquiry.
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Trump renews attack on African-American congressman
President Trump has launched yet another tirade against an African-American congressman who criticised his policy towards migrants being detained on the US border.
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Pelosi says Trump’s ‘rat infested’ attack on Congressman was racist
Never one to give up an argument lightly, President Trump has continued a barrage of hostile criticism, via Twitter, of the senior Democrat Elijah Cummings.
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Trump supporters chant ‘send her back’ at mentions of Somalia-born US citizen congresswoman Ilhan Omar
Today Mr Trump distanced himself from the chant, claiming he disagreed with it.
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Trump’s attack on congresswomen condemned as racist by US House
The vote, which passed mainly along party lines, led to a bitter debate on race, ethnicity and political ideology in the US today.
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Congresswomen hit back at Trump’s ‘blatantly racist’ comments
Donald Trump has again denied that his racist tweets are racist.
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Democratic Congressman Jim Himes: ‘We are standing up against naked racism President is using’
Democratic Congressman Jim Himes has represented Connecticut’s 4th District for 10 years.
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May condemns Trump’s racist remarks about congresswomen
Far from apologising, the President insisted his tweets had not been racist, declaring that “if you hate our country, if you’re complaining all the time, you can leave right now”.
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Congress steps up investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election
The US Congress is stepping up its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether the White House was involved – issuing a subpoena to see the full, unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
