Under the “One-China” policy, nearly all countries across the globe recognise Beijing’s sovereignty over Chinese Taipei, including the U.S., which has no formal diplomatic ties with the territory but continues to support its anti-China stance and supply it with massive amounts of armaments.
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Ms Pelosi – the most senior US politician to visit in 25 years – departed Wednesday after meeting leaders in the capital Taipei.
However, China has condemned this first such visit in 25 years as a threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Her lawyer, Lori Ulrich, told the court that her client was not fleeing from authorities when she left her home, changed her phone number, and shut down her social media accounts after being identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Pence slammed Democratic efforts to pressure him into invoking the 25th Amendment, calling it “political games”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, which allows him and the cabinet to wrest the power of the presidency from Mr. Trump.
Pelosi, 80, retained the position after garnering 216 votes to beat her rival, Kevin McCarthy of the Republican Party, who secured 209 votes.
US President Donald Trump fired the State Department’s head of internal audits, inspector general Steve Linick, late on Friday, according to media reports.
Meanwhile Democrats in Washington are starting to push for a fourth economic stimulus package aimed at massive infrastructure projects
Trump had on Friday restricted the issuance of immigrant visas to Nigerians and nationals of Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania and Sudan
The Democratic-led US House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday.
This is in a move aimed at curbing misinformation ahead of the US presidential election.
“Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders and our hearts full of love for America, today I am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democrats in the House, on Tuesday announced a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump in the Congress.
“We will be removing large numbers of people… starting sometime after July 4,” Trump said, having earlier noted that the deportations would begin “unless we do something pretty miraculous”.
House Democrats on Friday moved forward with a resolution to block US President, Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency.
US President Donald Trump still plans to deliver his annual State of the Union address from the Capitol on January 29 as scheduled, a Trump administration official said on Tuesday.
Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi was elected as Speaker, US House of Representatives on Thursday, returning her to a position she last held in January 2011, for her third term.
“Thanks to you, tomorrow will be a new day in America,” Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi told cheering Democrats at a Washington victory party, saying House Democrats would be a check on Trump.
“At your request, I am submitting my resignation,” Sessions wrote in the opening of his resignation letter to Trump.