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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about Russia and Ukraine during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Jan. 26, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)
January 31, 2022, 3:22 pm
US, Russia top envoys to hold new Ukraine crisis talks after key UN session
Phone call between Blinken and Lavrov is latest in flurry of diplomatic meetings between senior diplomats from Moscow, Brussels and Washington over fears of looming conflict
By Brian Knowlton
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing at a court in Moscow, June 24, 2019. (Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)
April 18, 2021, 7:58 pm
US warns Russia of consequences if Navalny dies in prison
Mass protests called in Russia as jailed Kremlin critic’s health rapidly deteriorates
By Brian Knowlton and Anna SMOLCHENKO
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the top Republican in Senate, leaves the chamber after Vice President Kamala Harris swore in three new Democratic senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. The victory by the two candidates in the pivotal Georgia runoff election this month was decisive in handing Democrats the majority in the Senate and forcing McConnell to become the minority leader. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 25, 2021, 2:15 am
Republicans signal growing opposition to Trump trial in the Senate
Some say move will only fan flames of conflict, while others argue there is no constitutional support for impeaching an ex-president
By Brian Knowlton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives at the US Capitol on January 1, 2021 in Washington, DC (Liz Lynch/Getty Images/AFP)
January 1, 2021, 10:43 pm
Delivering rebuke to Trump, US Senate overrides his veto of defense bill
Chamber votes overwhelmingly to bypass president and approve $740.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act to fund military for fiscal 2021
By Brian Knowlton
Surrounded by Army cadets, President Donald Trump watches the first half of the 121st Army-Navy Football Game in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
December 21, 2020, 6:19 am
Claims Trump oversaw discussion of martial law to overturn election draw outrage
US president denies Oval Office meeting mulled idea of utilizing military to overturn election results; ‘He is unfit for the job,’ says his ex-national security adviser John Bolton
By Brian Knowlton
Then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden waves to supporters before speaking at a drive-in rally at Dallas High School, in Dallas, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 2020. (Angela Weiss / AFP)
October 25, 2020, 11:26 pm
Biden accuses Trump of giving up in coronavirus fight
As cases surge from sea to shining sea, US president’s chief of staff concedes, ‘We are not going to control the pandemic’
By Brian Knowlton
US President Donald Trump waves from the back of a car in a motorcade outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4, 2020. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP)
October 5, 2020, 4:46 am
Trump slammed for leaving hospital to greet supporters, exposing guards to virus
Experts say ‘stunt’ broke public health guidelines requiring patients to isolate while they are in treatment and still shedding virus, and endangered Secret Service protection
By Brian Knowlton and Joshua MELVIN
Democratic presidential nominee, former US Vice President Joe Biden (R), and vice presidential running mate, US Senator Kamala Harris, sign required documents for receiving the Democratic nomination for President and Vice President, in Wilmington, Delaware, August 14, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)
August 17, 2020, 9:33 am
Democrat convention set to begin, with (virtual) spotlight on Biden
After coronavirus outbreak forces event to go online, planners struggle to find replacements for the usual roaring applause, circus-like atmosphere and balloon drops
By Elodie Cuzin and Brian Knowlton
Medics transfer a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance outside of the emergency room at Coral Gables Hospital, where coronavirus patients are treated in Coral Gables, Florida, on July 30, 2020. (Chandan Khanna/AFP)
August 9, 2020, 8:45 pm
US hits 5 million virus cases as Trump criticized over relief package
Confirmed cases worldwide near 20 million; Democrats bash US president’s measure as ‘absurdly unconstitutional’ and ‘unworkable’
By Brian Knowlton
US President Donald Trump during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, July 14, 2020, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)
July 19, 2020, 7:10 pm
Trump won’t commit to accepting election result, calls Biden ‘not competent’
US president makes several unfounded accusations against his rival, the former vice president, saying he would ‘triple your taxes’ and ‘defund the police’
By Brian Knowlton
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Students for Trump event at the Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, June 23, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
July 6, 2020, 3:33 am
Mayors in US Sunbelt push back against Trump’s virus optimism
As American president tries to minimize severity of pandemic, local leaders warn hospitals could be overwhelmed by surge in patients
By Brian Knowlton
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, after his meeting with President Donald Trump, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
December 31, 2018, 12:38 am
Top Republican indicates Trump rethinking plans to withdraw from Syria
After meeting president, Lindsey Graham says Trump is now vowing to stay and ‘destroy’ IS before leaving Syria and to make sure ‘Iran doesn’t become the big winner of our leaving’
By Brian Knowlton
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) listens during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on US President Donald Trump's decision to remove US military forces from Syria. December 19, 2018. (WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
December 30, 2018, 10:47 pm
Top Republican to urge Trump to rethink Syria pullout
‘The president is reconsidering how we would do this. He’s frustrated,’ says Lindsey Graham
By Brian Knowlton
US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, December 7, 2018, following a day trip to Kansas City, Missouri. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
December 10, 2018, 6:22 am
Key Democrat says Trump allegations could be ‘impeachable’
Jerrold Nadler, the incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, says president was at the center of ‘massive frauds against the American people’
By Brian Knowlton
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, to attend political events in Georgia and Tennessee, November 4, 2018. (CHRIS KLEPONIS / AFP)
November 4, 2018, 10:44 pm
Republicans, Democrats make frenzied final push ahead of US midterm elections
As Trump keeps up hectic campaigning schedule and Obama stumps for Chicago Democrat, observers say turnout will be key
By Brian Knowlton
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