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    Dem Rep: Trump Killed Soleimani to Distract From Impeachment
    Jan03

    Dem Rep: Trump Killed Soleimani to Distract From Impeachment

    Friday, January 3 , 2020 - 21:01 (EEST) Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)

    Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.) said President Donald Trump’s decision to kill Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani was made because he wanted to distract the public from recent developments in the impeachment inquiry. “What I think is going on here, frankly, is that this action was taken more in President Trump’s...

    DOJ On McGahn: Courts Have No Role In Fights Between Congress, White House
    Jan03

    DOJ On McGahn: Courts Have No Role In Fights Between Congress, White House

    Friday, January 3 , 2020 - 20:01 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

    Federal courts should not rule on separation-of-powers disputes between Congress and the White House, the Justice Department argued Friday. The oral arguments came in D.C. federal appeals court as the House Judiciary Committee seeks to enforce a subpoena it issued in April for testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn. “We have two...

    Trump made the order to hold Ukraine’s aid, an OMB official reportedly told the Pentagon
    Jan03

    Trump made the order to hold Ukraine’s aid, an OMB official reportedly told the Pentagon

    Friday, January 3 , 2020 - 6:01 (EEST) Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)

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    Schumer says newly released emails justify witnesses at impeachment trial
    Jan03

    Schumer says newly released emails justify witnesses at impeachment trial

    Friday, January 3 , 2020 - 2:01 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    Sen. Charles Schumer said that newly released emails about President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold military aid to Ukraine warrant Democrats’ call for witnesses and documents at the impeachment trial. …read more Source:: United Press...

    News of the Day From Around the World, Jan. 2
    Jan03

    News of the Day From Around the World, Jan. 2

    Friday, January 3 , 2020 - 2:01 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    1 Hillary Clinton: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a new role: chancellor at Queen’s University in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. The university said Thursday that Clinton was appointed to a five-year term in the largely ceremonial post. “It is a great privilege to become the chancellor of Queen’s...

    Another Missed American Opportunity to Support Ukraine
    Jan03

    Another Missed American Opportunity to Support Ukraine

    Friday, January 3 , 2020 - 0:01 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky scored an important political win last Sunday by securing the release of 76 Ukrainians who were taken hostage by Russian and Russian-supported forces. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was scheduled to have been in Kyiv tomorrow, and could have praised Zelensky’s efforts, while offering unambiguous U.S....

    Happy New Year From the President of the United States
    Jan03

    Happy New Year From the President of the United States

    Friday, January 3 , 2020 - 0:01 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    Perhaps you, like me, are slowly returning to following the news closely after a break from your standard media diet over the holidays. That meant, among other things, mostly tuning out the president’s social-media feed. Perhaps you heard about the lowlights, such as when Donald Trump retweeted a message naming the presumptive...

    ‘Devastating blow’: Schumer says newly revealed emails show why Senate GOP needs to allow impeachment witnesses
    Jan03

    ‘Devastating blow’: Schumer says newly revealed emails show why Senate GOP needs to allow impeachment witnesses

    Friday, January 3 , 2020 - 0:01 (EEST) Section: NBC (USA)

    There was “clear direction” from Trump to freeze aid to Ukraine, a White House budget official wrote in one of the emails obtained by Just Security. …read more Source::...

    Explosive new documents reveal the lengths to which the Justice Department went to conceal the Pentagon’s concerns about Trump’s Ukraine aid freeze
    Jan02

    Explosive new documents reveal the lengths to which the Justice Department went to conceal the Pentagon’s concerns about Trump’s Ukraine aid freeze

    Thursday, January 2 , 2020 - 22:01 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    The Justice Department redacted explosive emails that show how concerned the Pentagon was about Trump’s decision to freeze Ukraine’s military aid. …read more Source:: Business...

    McConnell, Schumer Made No Progress Over The Holidays On Senate Trial
    Jan02

    McConnell, Schumer Made No Progress Over The Holidays On Senate Trial

    Thursday, January 2 , 2020 - 22:01 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

    The holidays were anything but productive for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to figure out how to manage the Senate impeachment trial. According to a Washington Post report Thursday, congressional aides said that McConnell and Schumer failed to communicate over the holidays on how to...