Topic: United States
The House has voted to impeach a federal judge from Louisiana. A House Judiciary Committee task force charged District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. with a long-standing pattern of corruption. The first of four impeachment articles was approved Thursday, 412-0. The second passed 410-0. The ...
Initial election results from two mainly Shiite Iraqi provinces put Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the lead on Thursday, as rival blocs voiced doubts over the vote count. Four days after the election, Maliki and his main secular rival Iyad Allawi have emerged nationally as the main candidates for the top job, with their parties appearing to have fared ...
The US trade deficit narrowed unexpectedly in January as imports and exports declined and overall volume fell for the first time in five months, the government reported Thursday. The Commerce Department said the trade deficit shrank to a seasonally adjusted 37.3 billion dollars, from a downwardly revised 39.9 billion dollars in December. The figures surprised most analysts who ...
