WASHINGTON — In an explosive hearing, former FBI Director James B. Comey told Congress on Thursday he believed President Donald Trump fired him to impede the FBI’s Russia investigation, and described the president’s claims that the FBI was poorly led and in disarray as “lies, plain and simple.” “It’s my judgment that I was fired […]
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International, USAWhile much of the nation’s attention was focused on James Comey’s account of his interactions with President Donald Trump on Thursday, a key part of the president’s anti-regulatory agenda moved forward in Congress with far less fanfare: The House passed a bill that would dismantle the Dodd-Frank financial regulations put in place in 2010. The
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USABy Ken Stone Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Lichtblau, author of an exposé of the Nazi era’s shameful American aftermath, is worried what a future historian might say about today’s War on Terror. With James Risen, Eric Lichtblau won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for revealing
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Ken Stone, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There’s another American President asserting his intention of bring peace to Israel and Palestine. So far his string of failures, flubs, and foolishness in this and other fields provides little hope that he’ll do any better than a host of others. Yet his words, to the extent that they can
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — California state Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez was elected as Los Angeles’ newest member of Congress on Tuesday, defeating attorney Robert Lee Ahn in a sharply contested battle for the 34th Congressional District. Gomez will take the seat vacated by Xavier Becerra, who became state attorney general earlier this year, and will represent one
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USANORRISTOWN, Pa. — A day after she confronted her alleged attacker in court for the first time, Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand faced a challenge from his lawyers. The defense spent much of its cross-examination Wednesday morning seeking to sow doubt about Constand’s account of the attack and her relationship with Cosby. Cosby lawyer Angela
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAJames Comey, the FBI director President Donald Trump fired last month, is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. But on Wednesday, his prepared opening statement dropped online. Here’s a copy-and-paste version of the PDF so you can read it for yourself: Chairman Burr, Ranking Member Warner, Members of the Committee. Thank
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USAWASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Donald Trump says he feels totally vindicated by the damning allegations by former FBI Director James Comey that he was pressured by the president to drop the bureau investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Outside lawyer Marc Kasowitz said Trump is pleased that Comey — whose prepared
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USADemocratic Representative Al Green of Texas is expected to submit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday in the first legislative step for any congressional bid to force a sitting president from office. Related: Michael Moore launches “ TrumpiLeaks” website for whistleblowers “Obstruction of justice by the president is the problem,” Green said Tuesday.
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USAHomeless man James Pocock is being hailed as a hero after he saved a trucker who suffered a heart attack while driving, causing him to crash into the side of the road. James, who was camping out at his usual spot by interstate Exit 12 in Williston, Vermont, witnessed the moment when Paul Bristol succumbed
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump demanded “loyalty” from former FBI Director James B. Comey and asked him to drop at least part of the bureau’s investigation of former national security adviser Mike Flynn, Comey plans to testify to Congress on Thursday. In a prepared statement posted on the Senate Intelligence Committee website, Comey says that
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USAIn the wake of the US’s announced withdrawal from the Paris agreement, California Governor Jerry Brown met with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week to cement green Sino-American economic and technological cooperation. “Where the grass is green and the energy is greener.” Image credits Tobias Müller. Five days ago, President Trump split the US in
President Donald Trump is by no means popular—compared with his predecessors his approval rating has been remarkably low his entire tenure in the White House. But there’s some small solace this week: Trump’s approval rating is, at least for the moment, a hair better then where former President Bill Clinton stood at the same point
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would pick Christopher Wray, a former Justice Department official who also has represented New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, to lead the FBI. The announcement on Twitter, which caught many in Washington off guard, appeared to be an effort to seize attention ahead of what is expected
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