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Justice chief blasts Trump for making job 'impossible'
US Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday delivered a highly unusual public rebuke of Donald Trump, saying the president's tweets were making his job at the Justice Department 'impossible.'
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Ousted ambassador calls US diplomacy 'amoral'
Marie Yovanovitch, who Trump abruptly recalled last May from her post as US ambassador to Ukraine, spoke at Washington's Georgetown University where she received a prize from the school's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.
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US-Taliban breakthrough appears closer as Ghani reports progress
Washington and the insurgents have been locked in gruelling talks that have stretched over more than a year for an agreement that would see the US pull thousands of troops from Afghanistan in a bid to end America's longest war.
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US President Trump's Middle East peace plan
A map of Israel and Palestinian territories showing a proposed Middle East peace plan of US President Donald Trump.
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Lacking support, Palestinians pull request for UN vote against Trump plan
A diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the United States has placed "very strong pressure" on other countries on the Security Council, including threats of economic retribution.
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US Senate acquits Trump in historic vote as re-election campaign looms
The trial formally began on 16 January. The Senate voted 51-49 last Friday to defeat the Democrats’ bid to call witnesses such as Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, with only two Republicans joining them.
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Top Democrat Pelosi rips up Trump speech
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.
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Trump in State of Union speech: 'I keep my promises'
The Republican said his policies of deregulation and tax cuts - criticised by opponents as harming the environment and favoring the wealthy over the poor - were responsible for "unparalleled success" in the economy.
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Families in Africa fear impact of US immigration ban
These are some of the families waiting to see how they will be affected by President Donald Trump’s expansion of the US travel ban.
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With acquittal expected, Democrat calls for Trump censure
West Virginia's Joe Manchin said that although the evidence was strong that Trump abused his power to solicit political support from Ukraine, the Republican-dominated Senate was not going to convict him when it votes on Wednesday.
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Trump impeachment trial to resume for final arguments
At only the third impeachment trial of a US president, Trump is all but assured of being acquitted Wednesday, the day after his annual 'State of the Union' speech, which the president said will carry a 'very, very positive message.'
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Carter says Trump Mideast plan violates international law
US President Donald Trump's plan recognises Israeli sovereignty over most of its West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley, as well as an undivided Jerusalem.
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Palestine relying on SA to help defeat Trump's Mideast peace plan - Jarrar
Palestine’s ambassador to South Africa Hanan Jarrar told a media briefing on Friday that US President Donald Trump's plan was actually a plan for the surrender and perpetual subjection of Palestine.
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Republicans hope for fast end to Trump trial as Democrats push for witnesses
Democrats are demanding witnesses in order to shed more light on Trump’s attempt to persuade Ukraine President Volodmyr Zelenskiy to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Trump attacks Bolton as impeachment trial heats up
Bolton's book reportedly says that the president wanted to freeze military aid to Ukraine until Kiev opened an investigation into Trump's political rival Joe Biden.
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Trump peace plan embraced in Israel, rejected by Palestinians
Trump, who unveiled the plan on Tuesday at the White House standing alongside Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with no Palestinian representatives on hand, said his initiative could succeed where others had failed.
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Trump calls Mideast plan a 'big step towards peace'
Calling the plan a 'historic opportunity' for the Palestinians to achieve an independent state, Trump added, 'this could be the last opportunity they will ever have.'
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Trump to unveil Israeli-Palestinian plan in Netanyahu, Gantz visits
The White House meeting with Netanyahu and, separately, with his arch-rival Benny Gantz, thrusts Trump right into Israel's tense election scheduled in just over a month.
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'Leave him alone!' Mboweni defends Motsepe over 'Africa loves Trump' quip
The African Rainbow Minerals CEO was caught on camera during a dinner at the World Economic Forum telling Trump that Africa loved him and America.
