Philippine Vice President Duterte Questions Impeachment Trial Under New Congress
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has questioned whether her impeachment trial on charges that include a suspected plot to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. can go forward when a new set of lawmakers takes office next month.
Duterte said in a video of a doorstep interview Tuesday that procedural issues may arise for her trial in the Senate due to the current body adjourning next week. If the trial does go ahead in July, Duterte would face public scrutiny over her actions related to the impeachment charges, although her allies' strong performance in a May midterm election has bolstered her chances of acquittal.
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But the GOP megabill, Trump's signature legislation, which could undermine Musk's businesses by withdrawing extremely valuable subsidies, shattered what many had always assumed was an alliance of convenience. And it rocketed from a relatively civil policy disagreement to a blowup threatening to derail the president's agenda and Musk's personal fortune. Musk had spent three days criticizing the bill, which he called a 'disgusting abomination,' and the Republicans in the House who voted for it, but Trump had largely held his tongue, though he and close aides were privately frustrated. But by Thursday morning Trump had clearly had enough. 'Elon and I had a great relationship,' Trump told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. 'I don't know if we will anymore.' He later said he was 'very disappointed in Elon' and suggested Musk was suffering from 'Trump derangement syndrome.' Boom. 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