Biden takes on Trump and Republicans in feisty State of the Union speech

Reuters 03/08/2024

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden took on Donald Trump in a fiery speech to Congress on Thursday, accusing his election rival of threatening U.S. democracy and kowtowing to Russia, as he laid out his case for four…

Donald Trump found liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll

Agence France Presse 05/10/2023

NEW YORK — A New York jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing and defaming an American former magazine columnist and ordered the ex-president to pay her $5 million in damages. The nine jurors rejected…

E. Jean Carroll called minutes after Trump allegedly raped her, friend testifies

Reuters 05/03/2023

A friend of E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday backed up the writer’s account of being raped by Donald Trump, testifying during a civil trial that she received a phone call about the alleged attack minutes after it…

Trump accuser tells jury: ‘He raped me whether I screamed or not’

Reuters 04/28/2023

NEW YORK  – E. Jean Carroll, a writer accusing Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, pushed back during a cross-examination on Thursday, exclaiming: “He raped me whether I screamed or not.” Asked by Trump’s lawyer why she…

Donald Trump has been booked and charged – what happens now?

Reuters 04/05/2023

The events underlying the criminal case against Donald Trump – hush money payments to suppress stories about extramarital affairs – took place nearly seven years ago. But any potential trial could be more than a year away.…

Trump, lawyers sanctioned nearly $1 million for ‘political’ lawsuit vs Clinton

Reuters 01/20/2023

A federal judge has ordered former U.S. President Donald Trump and his attorneys to pay more than $937,000 in sanctions for suing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over claims the 2016 presidential election was rigged. U.S.…

Crisis of leaders, crisis of voters

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 11/17/2022

The United States has just gone through one of the most consequential midterm elections in its recent history. Filipinos are keenly interested in the elections in the so-called land of milk and honey, even if we are…

One queen, many presidents: Elizabeth II’s ties with America

Agence France Presse 09/10/2022

She had scones with Dwight Eisenhower, went riding with Ronald Reagan and took tea with Donald Trump: Queen Elizabeth II saw 14 US presidents serve during her reign, and she crafted her “special relationship” with America in…

Truman and Trump, surveys gone sour

Ramon J. Farolan - @inquirerdotnet 02/28/2022

Some notes on Philippine National Police chief and Balesin: Retired Brig. Gen. Manuel Oxales made the observation that the unfortunate crash of a PNP chopper in Real, Quezon, on its way to fetch PNP chief Dionardo Carlos…

Trump impeachment trial nears end with verdict expected

Reuters 02/13/2021

WASHINGTON – The US Senate was expected to deliver a verdict in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial this weekend after his lawyers argued Friday that the former president bears no responsibility for an attack by supporters on Congress…

Brown Americans and white Filipinos

Segundo Eclar Romero - @inquirerdotnet 01/15/2021

The participation of Filipinos in the assault on the US Capitol is so instructive of the mental twists that develop in the minds of Filipinos who wrench themselves from the “Philippine Islands” to relocate to the colonial…

Americans who follow Donald Trump

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 01/10/2021

Political observers who take more than a passing interest in American politics typically do so for the purpose of knowing how US democratic institutions function to get the nation through its most difficult political crises. This is…

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