Joe Biden

WASHINGTON – Three constitutional experts on Wednesday bolstered Democrats’ efforts to impeach Donald Trump by saying the president’s actions seeking foreign interference in U.S. elections are grounds for removal, as the inquiry…

NEW YORK – Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel “existential” to Dictionary.com‘s word of the year.The choice reflects months of high-stakes threats…

NEW YORK – After Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden’s past opposition to school busing in a nationally televised Democratic presidential debate, the former vice president who prides himself on strong relationships in the black…

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA – Joe Biden launched an eight-day bus tour of Iowa on Saturday projecting confidence, ignoring his many Democratic presidential competitors and pledging that he will unseat President Donald Trump in 2020.The…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was briefed on the whistleblower complaint about his dealings with Ukraine before the White House released nearly $400 million in military aid to Kyiv, officials say, shedding new light on events…

WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking records of payments to Rudy Giuliani, U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, as part of an active criminal investigation, according to a grand jury subpoena seen by…

WASHINGTON – Rudy Giuliani, a focus of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s foreign policy dealings, suggested he has dirt on the Biden family that would be released were he to get into trouble — after earlier hinting he has…

WASHINGTON – Rep. Devin Nunes lashed out at the media on Sunday as he faced criticism — and a potential ethics probe — for his alleged role in helping President Donald Trump dig up dirt on political rival Joe Biden.“It’s not okay…

Newly-released documents show Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the US ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled. The State Department released the…

It’s been a rough week for Donald Trump.After five days of public impeachment hearings, even staunch Republicans are predicting the US President may soon be on the way out.True to form, his response has largely been contained to firing…

US President Donald Trump promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a “fictional narrative” that played into Russia’s hands.Mr Trump called in…

WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence’s office, responding to testimony on Wednesday by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, said the two men had not discussed tying the release of U.S. aid to Ukraine to…

The US ambassador to the European Union told an impeachment hearing Wednesday that he was following the orders of President Donald Trump in seeking a “quid pro quo” from Ukraine. Gordon Sondland — whose appearance before Congress is…

Highlights in history on this date: 1616: Cardinal Richelieu becomes France’s minister of state for foreign affairs and war.1695: Bounty hunters kill rebel chieftain Zumbi, leader of the largest community of runaway slaves in the…

WASHINGTON – Despite his denials, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden before his July phone call with President Donald Trump that…

WASHINGTON – The witnesses who have testified publicly and privately in the House impeachment inquiry so far have generally told a consistent tale.Then there’s Gordon Sondland.The U.S. ambassador to the European Union has said he…

US President Donald Trump said he is “strongly” considering answering a challenge from opposition Democrats to testify in his own impeachment investigation. After the speaker of the lower house, Nancy Pelosi, upped the ante by suggesting…

North Korea has appeared to weigh in on the US presidential race for 2020, lashing out at Joe Biden and calling him a “rabid dog” for insulting Kim Jong-un.The official KCNA news agency did not say how Mr Biden had insulted the North’s…

Former President Barack Obama has warned the Democratic field of White House presidential hopefuls not to veer too far to the left, a move he said would alienate many who would otherwise be open to voting for the party’s nominee next…

America’s former ambassador to Ukraine has dramatically recounted the devastation she felt when she was targeted by President Trump and his allies.Marie Yovanovitch was removed from her post earlier this year amid rumours she had been…