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House Judiciary Committee grinds through Republican objections to impeachment articles against Donald Trump
•The House Judiciary Committee trudged toward a historic impeachment vote Thursday, turning back Republican attempts to kill the charges that President Donald Trump abused his power and obstructed Congress
Key takeaways from House Intelligence Committee's impeachment report: 'Unprecedented campaign of obstruction,' panel reproaches Donald Trump
•The report, written in narrative form, laid out the testimony of witnesses who came before the panel in public and private.
2016 US election and alleged Russian collusion: Trump-Democrats conflict intensifies as White House tells witness to ignore subpoenas to testify
•The clash between US president Donald Trump and the Democratic majority in Congress intensified on Monday, with the White House telling the president's former lawyer to ignore a subpoena to testify about Trump's alleged obstruction of justice in the Russia probe.
Despite Donald Trump's use of 'executive privilege' to stop unredacted Mueller report, climbing US economy may firewall threats in 2020
Tara Kartha •The Mueller report served to Congress through Attorney General William Barr in a highly concise fashion however threatened to come to a boiling point when the president used “executive privilege” to prevent the unredacted report from reaching Congress.
Pichai to testify in November before US House over Google's privacy issues
Ians •Google CEO Sundar Pichai to also allay concerns the tech giant's entry into the Chinese market.
US Congressional panel passes crucial bill on Tibet, seeks 'unhindered access' for US officials, journalists, citizens
•A key Congressional committee has unanimously passed a crucial bill on Tibet under which Chinese officials responsible for discriminating against Americans who try to enter Tibet would be banned from entering the US.
FBI the 'very best' in upholding rule of law, says director Christopher Wray, slams Donald Trump for criticism
•FBI director Christopher Wray defended his agency following criticism by US president Donald Trump. He asserted that the bureau was determined to be the "very best" at protecting the American people and upholding the rule of law
John Conyers to step aside as top Democrat on House Judiciary Committee after sexual harassment allegations
•John Conyers, under investigation over allegations he sexually harassed female staff members will step aside as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
US House panel passes legislation aimed at overhauling certain aspects of NSA's internet surveillance programme
•Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the NSA to collect digital communications from foreign suspects living outside the US.
27 US Congressmen will travel to India in February end to strengthen bilateral ties
•A record number of 27 US Congressmen will visit India later this month, reflecting the growing bipartisan support for strengthening the Indo-US strategic ties.