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    Rival campaigns say Ukraine hits are a warning to Biden
    Jan30

    Rival campaigns say Ukraine hits are a warning to Biden

    Analysis: In the final days before the Iowa caucuses, Democratic hopefuls trying to take advantage of the former vice president’s troubles are carefully walking a tightrope. …read more Source::...

    Report: John Roberts Stops Rand Paul From Revealing Whistleblower’s Identity
    Jan30

    Report: John Roberts Stops Rand Paul From Revealing Whistleblower’s Identity

    Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has blocked Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) from using questions at President Trump’s impeachment trial to reveal the name of a person thought to be the Ukraine whistleblower, Politico reports. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reportedly composed questions which would expose the tipster’s identity. But Roberts, who...

    Alan Dershowitz Defends Trump With an Unapologetic Embrace of American Fascism
    Jan30

    Alan Dershowitz Defends Trump With an Unapologetic Embrace of American Fascism

    Mario Tama/GettyAfter months of insisting Donald Trump committed no wrong on his “perfect” call, Republicans have found their way to the inevitable endgame: at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Pompeo heads to a Ukraine that can’t seem to catch a break
    Jan30

    Pompeo heads to a Ukraine that can’t seem to catch a break

    In Kyiv, Pompeo will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...

    6 Scenes From Day 8 of Trump Impeachment Trial
    Jan30

    6 Scenes From Day 8 of Trump Impeachment Trial

    Wednesday was question-and-answer day in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, and it included a thought exercise in which Barack Obama asks Russia to investigate election rival Mitt Romney. Senators acting as jurors, and in some way judges, submitted questions in writing to Chief Justice John Roberts. He then read them out loud...

    National Security Council found top secret info in Bolton book manuscript, warned classified details must be removed
    Jan30

    National Security Council found top secret info in Bolton book manuscript, warned classified details must be removed

    The National Security Council notified an attorney for former national security adviser John Bolton last week that the manuscript for Bolton’s upcoming book “appears to contain significant amounts of classified information” that must be removed prior to publishing or any other kind of disclosure.Three days later, The New York...

    Lee Zeldin calls reporters ‘shills’ for Adam Schiff after fiery exchange with NBC reporter
    Jan30

    Lee Zeldin calls reporters ‘shills’ for Adam Schiff after fiery exchange with NBC reporter

    Republican lawmakers had such a contentious briefing with reporters about the impeachment trial that one representative called the media “shills” for Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the lead impeachment manager. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) was being aggressively questioned by Heidi Przybyla of NBC News when he made the comments....

    Trump Signs USMCA, ‘Ending the NAFTA Nightmare’; Key Democrats Not Invited
    Jan30

    Trump Signs USMCA, ‘Ending the NAFTA Nightmare’; Key Democrats Not Invited

    By Jeff Mason, Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a new North American trade agreement during an outdoor ceremony at the White House attended by about 400 guests – but not the key Democrats who helped secure congressional passage of the deal. Recent Stories in Issues Trump Signs USMCA, ‘Ending the...

    At Long Last, Trump Defense Team Bearhugs Rudy’s Dirt-Digging Campaign
    Jan30

    At Long Last, Trump Defense Team Bearhugs Rudy’s Dirt-Digging Campaign

    The campaign to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Trump’s political opponents began earlier than some senators had suggested, a lawyer for Trump said on Wednesday, bear-hugging Rudy Giuliani in what appears to be the deepest defense Trump’s team has offered of the President’s outside lawyer’s conduct. Trump lawyer Patrick Philbin...

    Murkowski And Collins Draw Blood In Pointed Question On Trump’s Political Motives
    Jan30

    Murkowski And Collins Draw Blood In Pointed Question On Trump’s Political Motives

    Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) pitched President Donald Trump’s lawyers a curve ball Wednesday, asking a question that underscored the political motive behind Trump’s sudden interest in Ukrainian corruption. The senators asked if Trump ever mentioned the Bidens in connection to corruption in Ukraine before the...