Trump says he plans to ban flavoured e-cigarettes: 'People are dying with vaping'
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The top 10 Democrats in the presidential race faced each other in yet another 2020 showdown, with Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren meeting head-to-head for the first time in the primary season.
The debate comes following a busy day in Washington, where the House Judiciary Committee approved a key resolution as it gears up towards potential impeachment of Donald Trump. The resolution has defined the boundaries of a probe that Democrats hope could lead to said impeachment, and potentially his removal from office. The move allows the committee to designate certain hearings as impeachment hearings, and empower staff to question witnesses for a longer period of time.
Mr Trump travelled to Baltimore today for a Republican fundraising event and the House Republican Conference member retreat dinner.
During the debates, Ms Warren and Mr Biden were joined by the likes of Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, Julián Castro, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, and Andrew Yang.
The debate saw an illustration of their differences on healthcare policy, with Ms Warren and Mr Sanders advocating for Medicare for All, while many of the others advocating for a less aggressive approach.
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Mr Trump has a quiet day scheduled for Friday, meeting for an intelligence briefing in the morning, before then meeting with the secretary of Defense in the afternoon.
The Independent's Andrew Buncombe wrote the following dispatch near the US-Mexico border on the plight of migrants seeking entry to the United States as Donald Trump continues his hard-line agenda on immigration:
The president responded on Twitter with a quote he attributed to Al Green, one of the first Democrats to call for an impeachment vote on: “We can’t beat him, so let’s impeach him!’ Democrat Rep. Al Green,” Mer Trump wrote.
It was not immediately clear whether the congressman had in fact said that exact quote, though in a TV interview in May he said: “"I'm concerned that if we don't impeach the president, he will get re-elected."
Donald Trump did not take action against Israel after it was accused of planting spying devices found near the White House in a move that has shocked former intelligence officials, according to a new report.
The devices are called “Stingrays” and can extract identifying information from cell phones, including their geolocation. They were found near the White House and across Washington in “sensitive locations,” former officials told Politico, adding that the US government determined Israel was “most likely” behind their placement.
Officials said the devices were likely planted in order to spy on Donald Trump and his inner circle. But the president declined to take action after his government determined within the last two years that Israel was most likely the foreign entity behind the apparent espionage attempts, three former senior US officials told the news outlet.
It appears Donald Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has agreed to the House Judiciary Committee's plans to meet with him on 17 September. The meeting will discuss in part allegations the president asked him to deliver a message seeking to curtail Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election -
2020 candidate Bernie Sanders is hitting out at Donald Trump on his so-called "booming" economy, while dropping some facts the president seemingly fails to mention while taking credit for the gains under his administration:
This video below shows the moment Democrats successfully passed a key vote this morning establishing guidelines in their inquiry to launch potential impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump:
Al Green, a Texas Democrat and one of the first and most vocal supporters of impeachment against Donald Trump, delivered a fiery rebuke of his presidency in a speech that called on the president to be removed from office:
Donald Trump is now claiming John Bolton was "holding me back" while suggesting he was actually more hawk-ish towards Venezuela and Cuba than his now ex-national security adviser:
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe faces the prospect of an indictment after his attorneys were unable to persuade senior Justice Department officials not to pursue charges.
Two people familiar with the matter say the deputy attorney general declined an appeal from McCabe’s lawyers aimed at preventing a prosecution. The attorneys have argued that McCabe, a frequent target of Donald Trump’s wrath, shouldn’t face charges on accusations he lied during an internal investigation.
The people weren’t authorized to discuss the issue by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.
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