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    Biden Under Pressure to Prove He Can Thwart New Republican Attacks
    Jan30

    Biden Under Pressure to Prove He Can Thwart New Republican Attacks

    With five days until the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden is fending off a new onslaught of Republican attacks over his son’s business overseas and facing piling pressure to show Democratic voters he can handle the incoming.As Republicans amplified their allegations against the former vice president, accusing him of nepotism and worse in a series...

    There Is No Christian Case for Trump
    Jan30

    There Is No Christian Case for Trump

    An editorial last month in the evangelical world’s flagship publication, Christianity Today, argued that Donald Trump should be removed from office.The editorial, the last one written by the editor in chief Mark Galli before his planned retirement, heartened those evangelicals who have been unsettled by their co-religionists’...

    Post-Brexit Trade Deal, Huawei Top Pompeo Agenda in Britain
    Jan30

    Post-Brexit Trade Deal, Huawei Top Pompeo Agenda in Britain

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in London on the cusp of Britain’s departure from the European Union for talks focused on a post-Brexit free trade deal and the U.K.’s decision to allow the Chinese tech company Huawei to play a role in the country’s high-speed wireless network.As President Donald Trump’s Senate...

    Klimkin: Ukraine Becoming Part Of U.S. Domestic Politics Is ‘Worst Possible Development’
    Jan30

    Klimkin: Ukraine Becoming Part Of U.S. Domestic Politics Is ‘Worst Possible Development’

    Ukraine’s former Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says Kyiv should remain a priority for the United States and not become part of domestic American politics. Speaking on January 29 to Current Time in Kyiv, Klimkin said Ukraine is now considered in the framework of President Trump’s impeachment process, which is the worst possible...

    The Case Against Impeachment Has Nothing to Do With Impeachment
    Jan30

    The Case Against Impeachment Has Nothing to Do With Impeachment

    Throughout the caricature of an impeachment trial under way in the Senate, Democrats and the occasional Republican have been urging—begging, actually—Mitch McConnell and his like-minded Republican senators to be fair and/or patriotic and/or honorable when hearing what is a quite damning case of abuse of office, and then to vote their consciences...

    Pompeo Heads to Ukraine Amid Trump Impeachment Trial
    Jan30

    Pompeo Heads to Ukraine Amid Trump Impeachment Trial

    Against the backdrop of U.S. domestic drama, the secretary of state’s visit to Kyiv could prove tricky. …read more Source:: Foreign...

    One America News Network, Trump’s New Favorite, Is a Bore
    Jan30

    One America News Network, Trump’s New Favorite, Is a Bore

    Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyIf there’s one constant in the Trump presidency, it’s that he loves his television. Historically, that’s meant Fox “News” but more recently Donald Trump has met someone else, someone younger, blonder and dumber. Yes, One America News Network (OAN), which brought us “Betrayal at...

    Second Day of Questions in Impeachment Trial, Then a Decision on Witnesses
    Jan30

    Second Day of Questions in Impeachment Trial, Then a Decision on Witnesses

    The U.S. Senate will spend a final day Thursday questioning President Donald Trump’s defense team and the House lawmakers prosecuting his impeachment case, as a decision looms about allowing witnesses.How quickly the proceedings come to a close will be determined by whether the Republican-majority will approve a request from Democrats to...

    Treasury slaps sanctions against pro-Russian officials, railroad company over Crimea annexation
    Jan30

    Treasury slaps sanctions against pro-Russian officials, railroad company over Crimea annexation

    The Trump administration has imposed sanctions against a Moscow-based private railway company and seven Russian-backed officials in connection to Russia’s continued attempts to occupy the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Senators Take Turns Asking Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial
    Jan30

    Senators Take Turns Asking Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial

    The 100 senators weighing if U.S. President Donald Trump should be removed from office finally got the opportunity to ask their own questions Wednesday. In the first of two days of a new phase of the Senate impeachment trial, senators followed up with House impeachment managers and the president’s own defense on a range of legal issues...