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OAN Newsroom UPDATED 11:22 AM PT — Wednesday, January 15, 2020 President Trump has officially signed the ‘phase one’ trade deal with China. He held...

White House officials are bracing for a “quick” impeachment trial in the Senate, saying they don't expect new witness testimonies. Top administration officials believe President Trump is overwhelmingly winning in the impeachment case. They also expect the trial to last no more than two weeks.

Cambodia’s National Rescue Party leader appeared in court on Wednesday to face charges of treason. Kem Sokha has been accused of conspiring with American and Canadian advisers to oust the current prime minister.

Relief is on its way to Puerto Rico. Reports are saying the Trump administration will release $8.2 billion of recovery funding to the island following the magnitude 5.9 earthquake that shook the U.S. territory last weekend.

The Justice Department is being forced to explain why they have repeatedly failed to produce records for the Awan Brothers case. During a snap hearing on Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the DOJ must appear for a status hearing on Wednesday regarding Judicial Watch's 2018 FOIA request.

House Democrats have blocked a vote on Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's resolution to support the demonstrators in Iran. On Tuesday, Democrats in the lower chamber prevented consideration of the measure, which would have called on Iran to refrain from violence against the protesters.

A growing number of cities in Texas are voting in favor of becoming ‘sanctuary cities for the unborn.’ The city councils of Big Spring and Colorado City voted on Tuesday in support of a new ordinance, which will prohibit abortions from being performed within city limits.

Chief Justice John Roberts could reportedly swear in jurors for President Trump’s impeachment trial this week. Wednesday reports said the House’s impeachment managers are expected to read the articles of impeachment in the chamber on Thursday.

Thousands of Hondurans are attempting to form another migrant caravan. On Wednesday, migrants were seen waiting for buses to the border with Guatemala while others have reportedly already began the journey on foot.

The entire Russian government resigned following President Vladimir Putin's proposal to change the country's constitution. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced his resignation on Wednesday, shortly after Putin's annual State of the Nation Address.

The House has passed a resolution authorizing impeachment managers, which sets up the Senate for the long awaited impeachment trial. The resolution passed 228-to-193 mostly along party lines Wednesday. Only one Democrat, congressman Collin Peterson of Minnesota, sided with Republicans on the "no" vote, while nine lawmakers did not cast a vote at all.

ICE issued a detainer for an illegal immigrant accused of murdering a 92-year-old woman in New York. 21-year-old Reeaz Khan is a Guyanese national.

By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc said on Wednesday it has started rolling out the fifth-generation (5G) telecoms network in Canada's select cities, becoming

By Andrew Osborn and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday proposed a nationwide vote on sweeping constitutional changes that would shift power from the

PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Wednesday that public transport unions' strikes will not succeed in stopping the government's planned reform of the pension system.

The Trump administration is set to divert billions of dollars to further construction of the president's border wall. According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, the White House is planning to reappropriate $7.2 billion for wall construction. This includes $3.5 billion from anti-drug trafficking programs and $3.7 billion from military construction projects.

After the downing of a passenger jet resulted in the deaths of 176 people, the global community has scrutinized Iran's military capabilities and has expressed concern about the possible acquisition of a nuclear weapon.

Two presidential candidates who did not qualify for this week's Democrat debate chose to hold their own campaign events instead.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc and other technology companies should cooperate with U.S. investigators, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday as law enforcement officials continued

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Wednesday a proposal for a new "Trump deal" aimed at resolving a nuclear row, saying it was a "strange" offer and

By Ceyda Caglayan and Nevzat Devranoglu ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's budget deficit jumped 70% last year as the government boosted spending before local elections in the face of a recession, while

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(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, as the largest U.S. health insurer managed to control medical costs and made gains with the

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan cut its economic assessment for three of the country's nine regions on Wednesday but remained cautiously optimistic that domestic demand could

By Andy Bruce and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - British inflation sank unexpectedly to a more than three-year low in December as hotels slashed prices, ramping up expectations that the Bank of