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    McConnell open to convicting Trump in impeachment trial
    Jan14

    McConnell open to convicting Trump in impeachment trial

    WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pointedly did not rule out Wednesday that he might eventually vote to convict the now twice-impeached President Donald Trump, but he also blocked a quick Senate impeachment trial. Minutes after the House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, McConnell said in a letter to his GOP colleagues that...

    Trump Makes History Again
    Jan14

    Trump Makes History Again

    By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president ever to be impeached twice, formally charging him in his waning days in power with inciting an insurrection just a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol. Recent Stories in...

    US rivals are looking to use the Capitol siege to their advantage
    Jan13

    US rivals are looking to use the Capitol siege to their advantage

    Pro-Trump rioters storm the US Capitol, January 6, 2021. Samuel Corum/Getty Images The US’s rivals are likely calculating that the US, distracted by the Capitol Siege of January 6, will be ill-equipped to respond to provocations. The thinking likely extends to strategic rivals like Russia and China as well as regional actors and even US...

    When Impeachment Is an Act of Self-Defense
    Jan13

    When Impeachment Is an Act of Self-Defense

    Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, a 12-term veteran of Congress, was holed up in her office when the mob arrived. Thousands of MAGA diehards had followed President Donald Trump’s call to march to the Capitol to protest the certification of the Electoral College vote. “It was like a declaration of war against the United States,...

    As House Deliberates, Senate Republicans Mull Starting Trump Impeachment Trial Friday
    Jan13

    As House Deliberates, Senate Republicans Mull Starting Trump Impeachment Trial Friday

    By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. House of Representatives moved on Wednesday toward a vote on impeaching President Donald Trump, Republican leaders in the Senate weighed whether to launch a trial on Friday on whether to remove him from office, a source familiar with the deliberations said, though no final...

    ‘Music Takes Your Mind Off War And Death’: Ukrainian Violinist Plays In The Trenches
    Jan13

    ‘Music Takes Your Mind Off War And Death’: Ukrainian Violinist Plays In The Trenches

    Roman is a trained violinist who signed up to fight Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. He takes out his violin and plays for half an hour once or twice a week and says music distracts him from the war and the possibility of dying. According to the United Nations, more than 13,000 people have died as a result of...

    Trump’s nightmare scenario of being impeached, convicted, then barred from public office for life is looking more and more likely
    Jan13

    Trump’s nightmare scenario of being impeached, convicted, then barred from public office for life is looking more and more likely

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (L) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R) with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in March 2020. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Shorn of GOP support after the riot at the US Capitol, President Trump is facing a three-part reckoning in Congress. The House is due to vote today on impeaching him...

    Servers Seized In Ukraine, Moldova As Germany Takes Down ‘World’s Largest’ Illegal Darknet Marketplace
    Jan13

    Servers Seized In Ukraine, Moldova As Germany Takes Down ‘World’s Largest’ Illegal Darknet Marketplace

    German authorities have shut down “the world’s largest” illegal online marketplace as part of an international operation against the darknet. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Indian partying hotspot Goa counts losses, braces for change
    Jan13

    Indian partying hotspot Goa counts losses, braces for change

    GOA, India (AP) — The sun’s golden rays fall on Goa’s smooth, sandy beaches every evening, magical as ever but strangely quiet and lonely. This holiday season, few visitors are enjoying the celebrated sunsets in the Indian party hotspot. The unspoken fear of the coronavirus is sapping Goa’s vibrant beach shacks and noisy bars of...

    EXPLAINER: How Trump’s 2nd impeachment will unfold
    Jan13

    EXPLAINER: How Trump’s 2nd impeachment will unfold

    WASHINGTON — The House is expected to impeach President Donald Trump for his encouragement of supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, a vote that would make him the first American president to be impeached twice. While the previous three impeachments — those of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Trump — took months before a final vote,...