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    ‘Like I’m in a Bad Movie.’ Concerns Mount on Quarantined Ship as More Passengers Test Positive for Coronavirus
    Feb11

    ‘Like I’m in a Bad Movie.’ Concerns Mount on Quarantined Ship as More Passengers Test Positive for Coronavirus

    Gay Courter, 75, has a perfect view of the Yokohama docks from the balcony of her cabin on the virus-stricken Diamond Princess. “There are currently thirty-something ambulances, some with their headlights on,” she tells TIME by phone. “There are men in military uniforms and more executive-looking types holding clipboards. People in white hazmat...

    Nadler demands answers from Barr on ‘new channel’ for receiving Ukraine info from Giuliani
    Feb11

    Nadler demands answers from Barr on ‘new channel’ for receiving Ukraine info from Giuliani

    House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) is demanding answers from Attorney General William Barr about a Justice Department “intake process” that will review information on Ukraine from President Trump’s a… …read more Source:: The...

    US Scrutinizing Information Ahead of 2020 Election, Including From Giuliani
    Feb11

    US Scrutinizing Information Ahead of 2020 Election, Including From Giuliani

    U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department has received information from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani ahead of the November election, but that anything originating from Ukraine should not be taken “at face value.”Barr spoke at a news conference a day after Senate...

    China Virus Deaths Top 1,000 As Ukraine Readies Evacuation Of Citizens
    Feb11

    China Virus Deaths Top 1,000 As Ukraine Readies Evacuation Of Citizens

    China’s National Health Commission has reported 108 new fatalities on February 10 from a novel respiratory virus, bringing the total death toll in the country to 1,016. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Rudy Giuliani: I have the ‘smoking gun’ to prove money-laundering linked to Burisma, Bidens
    Feb11

    Rudy Giuliani: I have the ‘smoking gun’ to prove money-laundering linked to Burisma, Bidens

    President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani told Fox News’ Jesse Watters that he’s found the “smoking gun” in an investigation which has uncovered a multimillion dollar money-laundering scheme in the Ukraine that involves far more than just Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.On the radio program...

    Crimean-Tatar TV Channel In Ukraine Blames Lack Of State Funding For Imminent Closure
    Feb11

    Crimean-Tatar TV Channel In Ukraine Blames Lack Of State Funding For Imminent Closure

    Ukraine’s first and currently only television channel in the Crimean-Tatar language says it is on the brink of shutting down operations due to lack of government funding. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Senate GOPers Are Totally Fine With Trump’s ‘Friday Night Massacre’
    Feb11

    Senate GOPers Are Totally Fine With Trump’s ‘Friday Night Massacre’

    Beyond just dismissing Democrats’ claims of political retaliation, some Senate Republicans on Monday offered a vigorous defense of President Donald Trump’s unceremonious ouster of two key impeachment witnesses just 48 hours after the Senate voted to acquit him. “I’d dismiss him for that,” Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) said of House...

    Barr: Justice Department Handling Giuliani’s Ukraine Information With Caution
    Feb11

    Barr: Justice Department Handling Giuliani’s Ukraine Information With Caution

    Attorney General William Barr said Monday that the Justice Department has set up an “intake process” to handle Ukraine-related information from Rudy Giuliani, but that the agency is being “very careful” with what the Trump lawyer has provided. “We have to be very careful with respect to any information coming from Ukraine. There are a lot of...

    Trump Again Proposes Big Cut to Foreign Aid
    Feb11

    Trump Again Proposes Big Cut to Foreign Aid

    U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing a 21% cut in aid the United States provides to foreign countries, with a budget request of $44.1 billion for such programs, compared with $55.7 billion enacted in fiscal 2020.Lawmakers and others predict Trump’s plan to cut one-fifth of foreign aid from the current level will...

    US Counterintel Strategy Emphasizes Protection of Democracy
    Feb10

    US Counterintel Strategy Emphasizes Protection of Democracy

    A new counterintelligence strategy released Monday ranks fighting foreign influence in U.S. elections and countering the theft of research and innovation among the top national security priorities over the next two years.In focusing on foreign interference in elections, the strategy touches on a sensitive subject for President Donald Trump. The...