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Senate non willingness to get witnesses over a fair trail might delay the impeachment proceedings People have mixed reactions over Trump's impeachment The impeachment proceedings of the US President Donald Trump has hit a roadblock in the absence of witnesses and some bit on non-clarity over rules. While the House voted last week in favour of the Impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, she would be withholding the articles to the Republican-controlled Senate before the year-end break unless she had clarity over the rules and witnesses to appear at the trial. Apparently, both houses of Congress are on recess while Trump is in Florida till the year end.   However, lawmakers are positive that the congressional leaders will reach a deal and be able to send the two articles to the Senate soon. In order to present a fair trial, the Democrats would like to call witnesses, which the White House has been denying. These include acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, ...

Bloomberg has shown his seriousness to enter the presidential race already. The whopping investment into advertising time last week that broke Obama’s record is evidence of this. Michael Bloomberg , the media publication tycoon has now declared a limitless budget for his democratic presidential bid. This isn’t looking like good news for America but shows the race of a crowded candidature has become further crowded and seems more like a desperate move by Bloomberg as everyone is coming to the finishing line of the presidential race. The kind of money spent by Bloomberg is being seen as obscenely big for a presidential nominee a week before the general election. Running as a centrist, Bloomberg is being seen as someone who could draw supporters from candidates such as former Vice President Joe Biden , Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind. While the points that Bloomberg is standing for resonates with the ...