Impeachment

Donald Trump is doubling down on his refusal to accept defeat in the US election, tweeting further baseless allegations of voter fraud after being informed of the result while on the golf course.The soon-to-be ousted US leader last night returned to his favourite platform, tweeting: “Since when does the Lamestream Media…

Maintaining the position he has voiced practically since 2016 -- not to accept any election results unless he wins -- Donald Trump has refused to concede that Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. election and is now president-elect. This is despite the many national leaders (Justin Trudeau was among the first) who swiftly congratulated Biden…

The Associated Press projects Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States, ousting President Trump after a single term marked by impeachment, constant battles, a disastrous response to the deadly coronavirus pandemic and an unexpectedly close election.Kamala Harris will join him as the first woman and…

Premium Lawyers for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump are bracing for drawn-out court fights after the November election. REUTERS/Leah Millis; REUTERS/Alan Freed; Insider This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Democrats and Republicans are bracing for what's…

It’s one of the most lumbering clichés of American politics. “The American people,” politicians intone, are hurting, tired, angry, or “bitterly divided.” Yet when this election is finished, they will have spoken, as if with one voice.Defining “the people” is not a new problem. The United States Constitution speaks in…

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates BBC presenter Emily Maitlis clashed with former White House advisor John Bolton over why he did not testify at Donald Trump's impeachment trial. The former US national security advisor appeared on BBC Newsnight to…

For days we’ve been hearing President Donald Trump fulminate about his “FAKE and BIASED interview” with Lesley Stahl of CBS News’s 60 Minutes. It was a “vicious attempted ‘takeout’” full of “bias, hatred, and rudeness” that made Trump so mad he cut the interview short. Holy smoke! When the president…

President Donald Trump is considering firing FBI director Chris Wray after the election, The Washington Post reported. Trump's frustration with Wray and Attorney General William Barr has mounted in recent weeks after neither official announced an investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to boost Trump's poll numbers, the report…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017, and set a lot of it on fire. Trump bought a $10 million Super Bowl ad when he didn't yet have a challenger. He tapped his political organization to…

Twitter and Facebook knew this was coming. For the last four years, they have ostensibly been preparing for foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election. Pressed by lawmakers, executives from both companies insisted that they had learned their lesson. “In 2016, we were not prepared for the coordinated information operations…