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WASHINGTON (AP) — After former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor flatly alleged that President Trump used military aid to pressure the Ukrainian government into investigating a company linked to Joe Biden, the White House labeled the ongoing impeachment inquiry as "a coordinated smear campaign." The White House statement, released Tuesday after Taylor's testimony before House impeachment investigators, called Taylor's testimony "triple hearsay" and insisted that President Donald Trump "has done nothing wrong."
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence says that a five-day cease-fire in Syria has held and that negotiations continue for a permanent cease-fire. Pence says the U.S. "may well give the international community an opportunity to establish a safe zone between Turkey and the Kurdish population in Syria." Pence says such a safe zone would ensure peace for everyone in the war-torn region. Pence made the comments during a speech to conservatives at a Tuesday dinner in Washington.
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors are pressuring actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband and nine other parents to admit guilt in a college admissions scandal by leveling new charges. Dozens of wealthy parents have been accused of bribing their children's way into elite universities or cheating on entrance exams. The indictment announced Tuesday accuses the parents of trying to bribe officials at an organization that gets federal funding. Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli have pleaded not guilty.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is calling President Donald Trump's use of the word "lynching" to describe the House impeachment investigation "unfortunate." In a Tweet Tuesday, Trump had compared the House impeachment inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine to "a lynching," essentially likening the horrors of a deadly and racist chapter in U.S. history to a process laid out in the Constitution. McConnell said that "given the history in our country, I would not compare this to a lynching."
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won one vote and lost another in Parliament, a result that inches him closer to his goal of leading Britain out of the European Union _ but effectively guarantees it won't happen on the scheduled date of Oct. 31. The good news for the prime minister was that lawmakers voted for a Brexit plan. But minutes later, legislators rejected his fast-track timetable for the bill. The European Council president then said he would recommend that the bloc grant a delay.
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