US solons give nod to Rahm Emanuel as Japan envoy
WASHINGTON—US lawmakers confirmed Rahm Emanuel as the country’s next ambassador to Japan Saturday, after a contentious nomination process in which ...
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Increasingly isolated Trump threatened with second impeachment
US Democrats on Saturday were readying for an unprecedented second impeachment of Donald Trump as the defiant president showed no ...
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Democrats gang up on Pete, Bernie
Manchester, New Hampshire—White House hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg—riding neck-and-neck in the polls ahead of the next Democratic primary ...
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Sanders claims caucus win amid fiasco in Iowa
Iowa’s vote kick-starting the 2020 US presidential contest degenerated into a fiasco marred by major delays on Monday, with Bernie ...
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US Democrats make final pitch
Iowa City"•Democratic candidates bolt Sunday across Iowa, where no handshake or pit stop is too insignificant one day ahead of ...
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Democrats’ report makes strong case against Trump
Washington"•US Democrats presented a forceful case for impeaching and removing President Donald Trump from office Tuesday in a report detailing ...
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Democrats set to pick Clinton
PHILADELPHIA—US Democrats converge on the City of Brotherly Love to elevate Hillary Clinton this coming week as the party’s nominee ...
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