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Biden, Pelosi sidestep calling on NY governor to resign
Eight women have come forward since last month to denounce what they said were inappropriate words and gestures from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Donald Trump was impeached on a single charge of "incitement of insurrection" for his role in whipping up his supporters during a speech in Washington on 6 January, the day a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress with deadly consequences.
The complaint, filed late Sunday in US District Court in Washington, seeks the arrest of Riley June Williams of Pennsylvania on grounds including "violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds."
The Senate will not hold a trial before 20 January, when Democrat Joe Biden assumes the presidency, meaning the real estate tycoon will escape the ignominy of being forced to leave early.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there would be a resolution on Monday calling for the cabinet to remove Donald Trump as unfit for office under the Constitution's 25th amendment.
Pelosi has led her caucus since 2003. Two years ago, she agreed to serve in the post through 2022 at most, a move that may have cleared the way for her easy re-nomination Wednesday.
The move came after Trump spent the day ranting against critics and threw the debate schedule with Democrat Joe Biden into turmoil.
The New York Times report, which has been confirmed by several American and British media outlets, said that US intelligence concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit offered rewards to Taliban-linked militants to kill troops of the US-led coalition in Afghanistan.
The tension between Trump and his Democratic nemesis was palpable from the outset, as Pelosi extended her extended her hand for a handshake - and the president failed to return the favour.
US President Donald Trump is accused of using a delay in delivery of foreign aid money to Ukraine to try to force the country to open a deliberately embarrassing corruption probe into a main 2020 reelection rival, Democrat Joe Biden.
Democrats are looking into whether the Republican president abused his power by withholding $391 million in US security aid to Ukraine as leverage to pressure Kiev to conduct two investigations that would benefit him politically.
In the first formal test of support for the impeachment investigation, the Democratic-controlled House on Thursday voted almost entirely along party lines - 232 to 196 - to move the probe forward in Congress.
Trump has repeatedly branded the process as illegitimate and politically motivated and, true to form, his reaction was swift.
The complaint caps a stunning week of revelations that have put Trump's presidency in jeopardy, with his administration, the Justice Department and State Department all engulfed in the mushrooming scandal.
US President Donald Trump denied claims he abused his office by repeatedly urging President Volodymyr Zelensky to probe his rival Joe Biden - as confirmed in a call transcript released by the White House.
Her visit would mark the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans being sent to the United States.
In a tweet, Donald Trump referred to "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen," which appeared to be a reference to a group of outspoken relatively young, liberal women, all first-time members of the House of Representatives.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wished President Donald Trump’s family or staff would conduct an 'intervention' with him for the good of the US after he threw what she called a temper tantrum at a meeting a day earlier.
The clash marked a dramatic escalation in Trump's war of words with congressional opponents seeking to bring him to account for what they say is presidential wrongdoing.