Richard Burr

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Richard Burr: “My party’s leadership has chosen loyalty to one man over the core principles of the Republican Party and the founders of our great nation.” said the Republican senator from North Carolina. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Bloomberg
Republican senators who voted against Trump censured

The fallout from Donald Trump’s acquittal in his second impeachment trial continued on Tuesday as several Republican senators who voted against the f(...)

House impeachment manager Republican Jamie Raskin and other impeachment managers on Saturday after the Senate voted to acquit former president Donald Trump, ending the impeachment trial. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Republicans need to convince Trump he cannot win in 2024

The outcome of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial was never in doubt. Just over a year after Trump was impeached for the first time, he was once (...)

Former US president Donald Trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial in the US Senate. File photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty
Donald Trump acquitted of incitement to insurrection in impeachment trial

Former US president Donald Trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial, as the US Senate failed to garner enough votes to convict him on (...)

Republican senator from Georgia Kelly Loeffler said she and her husband – the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange – had ‘acted entirely appropriately and observed both the letter and the spirit of the law’. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
Senators under scrutiny after selling shares before stock market crash

Federal investigators are ramping up their inquiries into at least two US senators who sold shares before the US stock market crashed due to coronavir(...)

‘We will build our glorious future with American hands, America grit and American pride,’ US president Donald Trump said during a factory visit in the key election state of Pennsylvania on Thursday. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty
Trump vows to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to US

US president Donald Trump has vowed to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the United States as he pledged to put “America first” during a fact(...)

US Senator Richard Burr reportedly sold sold between $628,000 (€ 587,000) and $1.7 million (€ 1.5m) worth of stock on February 13th. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP
Republican senators criticised over reports of stock sale before market meltdown
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  • March 20, 2020, 17:38

Two Republican senators faced calls to resign on Friday over media reports they sold substantial amounts of stock before the global coronavirus-induce(...)

The company said the indictment is “part of an attempt to irrevocably damage Huawei’s reputation”
US accuses Huawei of stealing trade secrets, assisting Iran

US prosecutors on Thursday accused Huawei of stealing trade secrets and helping Iran track protesters in its latest indictment against the Chinese com(...)

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell ahead of the Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, in Washington, on Saturday. Photograph: Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images
The notorious Donald John Trump goes on trial

Republicans know very well who they are. That’s why it was such a juicy moment when Hakeem Jeffries, the congressman from Brooklyn and Democratic impe(...)

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg testifies before the US Senate Intelligence Committee. Photograph: Getty
Sandberg admits Facebook ‘too slow’ to spot Russian efforts to interfere in US election

Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, has admitted to US senators that the company has been “too slow” to spot Russia’s attempts t(...)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: to testify before the senate intelligence committee. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP Photo
Attorney general Jeff Sessions to face Russia questions in senate

The US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, will testify publicly before the intelligence committee of the United States Senate on Tuesday, when he is ex(...)

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