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Transcripts Show FBI Considered Whether Trump was ‘Following Directions’ of the Kremlin
On Monday, Trump also defended his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey , a move that has drawn Mueller's scrutiny. "I never worked for Russia ", Trump told reporters before departing the south lawn of the White House for a scheduled trip to New Orleans. [Full Article...]
Corbyn prefers Brexit deal to referendum
However, J.P. Morgan has gone a step further than many others in saying there is now a strong chance of the Brexit process being abandoned altogether. "I just want to make sure the vote of the people in the referendum is carried through", she said. - A second referendum: Labour members at conference left the door open to supporting a new vote on leaving if the party could not trigger a general e... [Full Article...]
United States official, in Beirut: Hezbollah's tunnels into Israel, missiles 'unacceptable'
Military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said the final tunnel was the largest one discovered so far, running hundreds of meters (yards) from under a Lebanese home and deep into Israeli territory. UNIFIL, the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, was informed of the latest tunnel, Conricus said. Israel has traditionally refrained from publicizing military operations against Iranian-... [Full Article...]
United States calls for 'orderly transition' in Venezuela
Through the social network Twitter, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, said that with contradictory elements the New Granada authorities modified their position before the meddlesome statements in the historical litigation of the Essequibo area. [Full Article...]
Canada granting asylum to Saudi teenager Rahaf al-Qunun: Trudeau
Alqunun's case has highlighted the cause of women's rights in Saudi Arabia . In some cases, a male's consent is also necessary to work. The office of the U.N. Ms Alqunun later tweeted the video of that meeting and wrote that her "Twitter account has changed the game against what he wished for me". She said she believed she was hours away from being forced on a flight back to Kuwait. [Full Article...]
Moderate Democrats Are Trying to Reign In Socialist Ocasio-Cortez
According to the NYDN, a "Democratic campaign veteran scoffed that "it's not a great look" for Ocasio-Cortez that her campaign received a fine for not carrying workers' compensation coverage". "This is basic stuff, especially if you hold yourself out to be the champion of workers", the campaign operative said. In responding to the Politico article Friday morning, Ocasio-Cortez quoted a charact... [Full Article...]
Chinese Court Sentences Canadian to Death Over Drug Trafficking Case
On Monday, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg , 36, was convicted by the Intermediate People's Court of Dalian of smuggling over 222 kilograms of methamphetamine while serving as a "core member" of an global drug trafficking ring. sanctions on Iran. Beijing has previously executed foreign nationals convicted of drug-related crimes - a Briton was executed in 2009, prompting a British outcry over what it ... [Full Article...]
Trump Rejects GOP Proposal to Temporarily End Government Shutdown
But there was no end in sight to the stalemate as Democrats have refused to budge in their opposition to Trump's call for more than $5 billion in funding for the wall . "As an equal branch of government we have the authority to override the President's veto, if that's what he chooses to do, " Manchin said. Funding for the border wall remains the sticking point in passing budgets to reopen t... [Full Article...]
Le maire de Gdansk succombe à ses blessures après son agression — Pologne
Le Parlement européen a observé à Strasbourg (est de la France), au début de sa session, une minute de silence en hommage à Pawel Adamowicz, "victime de la haine ". L'agression a provoqué un choc en Pologne , pays qui n'a pratiquement pas connu d'incident violent de ce genre depuis la chute du communisme il y a trente ans, hormis l'assassinat par balle à Lodz en 2010 d'un membre du PiS (Droit et... [Full Article...]
Trump Mocks Elizabeth Warren Over Instagram Live Video
President Trump kept up his ridicule of Sen. Trump has long called Warren " Pocahontas " as a way of undercutting her claim to Native American heritage in attempting to denigrate her credibility. While she used the results to counter allegations she lied about that ancestry to get ahead in academia, Trump and other Republicans highlighted how diluted that ancestry was revealed to be. [Full Article...]
Le régime d’Erdogan répond aux menaces de Trump — Turquie
Poursuivant dans sa déclaration, le porte-parole du Président turc, Ibrahim Kalin, ni voit rien de sérieux dans la déclaration du Patron de la Maison Blanche. Le président américain a clairement indiqué sur Twitter qu'il ne laisserait pas les Turcs attaquer l'enclave kurde en Syrie après le retrait des Etats-Unis. [Full Article...]
Florida Governor Replaces Broward Sheriff, Citing 'Incompetence'
New Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) blamed Israel's "repeated failures, incompetence and neglect of duty". DeSantis was traveling for a scheduled 3 p.m. "True leaders like Governor DeSantis are willing to make the tough decisions that may not always be the most popular choices", Bell said. Dave Vasquez, the governor's spokesman, said the flight crew had to divert the plane after encountering wha... [Full Article...]
Ses propos qui vont rendre les Français furieux — Emmanuel Macron
Les thèmes des questions avaient été définis le 10 décembre: fiscalité, modèle social , démocratie, institutions, transition écologique et diversité, immigration , laïcité . - Quelle est la bonne dose de proportionnelle aux élections législatives pour une représentation plus juste de tous les projets politiques? "C'est un enfumage pour un enterrement" de la contestation, selon Danielle Simo... [Full Article...]
Former Deputy Secretary of State: Trump's secrecy on Putin meetings 'outrageous'
He added , "I was very concerned by President Trump's steadfast and public refusal to embrace the conclusion of our own intelligence community that Vladimir Putin's Russian Federation had interfered in our 2016 election". Robert Mueller took over the investigation when he was appointed special counsel soon after Mr Comey's firing. "The constraints that Trump imposed are part of a broader patter... [Full Article...]
Led coalition begins withdrawal from Syria
President Donald Trump announced last month the decision to withdraw 2,000 U.S. troops who have deployed to Syria in support of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia, which have spearheaded the fight against the IS group . [Full Article...]
Israel locates Hezbollah tunnel on Lebanon border
It reached a few dozen metres into Israel, and at 55 metres under the ground was the deepest as well as "the longest and most detailed" of all the tunnels the army exposed, Conricus said. Israel and the United Nations say the tunnels violate a ceasefire resolution made after a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. The tunnel wasn't operational or a threat to Israel's citizens, Israel's military... [Full Article...]
USA partial government shutdown becomes longest on record
Waiting three weeks would take the negotiations past Trump's State of the Union address later this month. The longest federal government shutdown in American history ground into a fourth week Saturday, Jan. "Clearly the president's got authority under the law, but he's said he doesn't want it to come to that". The president vowed to veto any spending bill that does not contain the 5.7 bi... [Full Article...]
May warns MPs against 'catastrophic' failure to deliver Brexit
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The Sunday Times reported that some lawmakers are planning to seize control of the legislative agenda from the government in an act that would allow Parliament to extend the Brexit deadline or even overturn the decision to leave the EU. "If MPs who represent seats that voted 70% to leave say "sorry guys, we're still going to have freedom of movement", they will turn against the political mainst... [Full Article...]
Ocasio-Cortez criticized after failing to provide workers’ compensation coverage
For example, during a recent " 60 Minutes " interview, she explained that being "morally right" is more important than being factually accurate. Veterans of the Democratic establishment, unsettled by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's lack of deference to seniority and party unity, have cautioned the freshman lawmaker to direct her potent social-media attacks toward Republicans rather t... [Full Article...]
Bungie has broken away from Activision, but what happens to Destiny?
The original story follows below. The surprise split comes only five years into Bungie's 10-year publishing deal with Activision, who had provided resources and support to the development and marketing of the Destiny IP since the the ambitious online shooter first launched in 2014. [Full Article...]