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    Democratic Response to Trump Focuses on Pocketbook Issues
    Feb05

    Democratic Response to Trump Focuses on Pocketbook Issues

    Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is using the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to appeal to working-class voters, saying her party is focusing on easing health care costs and addressing other pocket-book issues.”It’s pretty simple. Democrats are trying to make your health care better....

    Russia Establishes Siberian Quarantine Center for Coronavirus 
    Feb05

    Russia Establishes Siberian Quarantine Center for Coronavirus 

    Russia’s government took additional measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus across the border from China, with a Kremlin task force announcing a quarantine location for at-risk patients just days after two cases were reported. Both of the infected are Chinese nationals living inside Russia. “We’re all interested in the...

    Collins: It would be ‘helpful’ for Trump to apologize
    Feb05

    Collins: It would be ‘helpful’ for Trump to apologize

    Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Tuesday that it would be “helpful” for President Trump to apologize for asking Ukraine to help investigate Democrats, but appeared to rule out a formal reprimand by the Senate.”… …read more Source:: The...

    Turkish-Russian Tension Over Syria Opens Door to Washington
    Feb05

    Turkish-Russian Tension Over Syria Opens Door to Washington

    Questions about the future of Turkey’s rapprochement with Russia are growing as fallout continues from Monday’s killing of at least five Turkish soldiers by Russia-backed Syrian government forces. The rising Russia-Turkey tension over Syria is now seen as offering an opportunity to the United States to improve strained ties with...

    Collins: Trump has learned ‘a pretty big lesson’ from impeachment
    Feb05

    Collins: Trump has learned ‘a pretty big lesson’ from impeachment

    Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) on Tuesday defended her newly announced decision to vote to acquit President Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, saying he has learned “a pretty big lesson” over his dealings with Ukraine…. …read more Source:: The...

    Susan Collins announces she’ll vote to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment
    Feb05

    Susan Collins announces she’ll vote to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment

    Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has announced that she will vote to acquit President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment put forward by the House of Representatives.In a Tuesday speech from the Senate floor, Collins — who had previously been seen a possible GOP swing vote on impeachment — discussed both articles and gave her reasons for...

    McConnell Says Trump’s Articles of Impeachment Are ‘Constitutionally Incoherent.’ But Are They?
    Feb05

    McConnell Says Trump’s Articles of Impeachment Are ‘Constitutionally Incoherent.’ But Are They?

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R–Ky.) on Tuesday railed against the articles of impeachment facing President Donald Trump, characterizing them as an affront to the founding fathers and an attempt to overturn the 2016 election. It is the “the most rushed, least fair, and least thorough” impeachment process in history,...

    Trump ‘Hasn’t Told Me Not To’: Giuliani Still Sniffing Around For Biden Dirt
    Feb05

    Trump ‘Hasn’t Told Me Not To’: Giuliani Still Sniffing Around For Biden Dirt

    Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani acknowledged Tuesday that he’s still sniffing around for “more information” on Joe Biden in Ukraine, even as the Senate approaches its vote to acquit President Trump in his impeachment trial. Witnesses in the impeachment proceedings against Trump described Giuliani’s central role in Trump’s pressure...

    Connecting the IRGC to the Shootdown of the Ukrainian Passenger Jet
    Feb05

    Connecting the IRGC to the Shootdown of the Ukrainian Passenger Jet

    KIEV, Ukraine—On Jan. 8, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, a Boeing 737-800 model passenger jet with slightly more than three years in service, crashed just outside of Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board. It was the second major commercial aviation disaster connected to Ukraine...

    ‘Between Two Fires’ looks at the complexities of life in Putin’s Russia
    Feb05

    ‘Between Two Fires’ looks at the complexities of life in Putin’s Russia

    Joshua Yaffa lives in Russia and is the Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker magazine. In his new book, “Between Two Fires,” he writes about how complicated life is in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and how — to some degree — he found the same in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Public Radio...