Following is the text of the Impeachment Resolution that the House of Representatives plans to debate on Wednesday, unless President Trump first resigns or is removed by Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the Cabinet utilizing the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
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New York (AFP) – The social platform Parler sued Amazon on Monday after the tech giant’s web division forced the conservative-friendly network offline for failing to rein in incitements to violence. Nevada-based Parler asked a federal court for a restraining order to block Amazon Web Services from cutting off access to internet servers. The suit
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Washington (AFP) – A Democratic member of the US House of Representatives said Monday she had tested positive for Covid-19 after sheltering during the violent storming of the Capitol with several other lawmakers who declined to wear masks. “I received a positive test result for Covid-19, and am home resting at this time,” Representative Bonnie
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Washington (AFP) – US President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will seek to foster national unity, organizers said Monday, as fears of renewed violence prompted the Pentagon to authorize a surge of troops ahead of the event. About 15,000 members of the National Guard have been readied for deployment, with 6,200 already on the ground in Washington
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Extremists are calling on Trump supporters to “storm” the U.S. Capitol again and stage “armed protests” at state government buildings across the country — including in New York — in the lead-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to the FBI. An internal FBI bulletin obtained by ABC News warns that the armed actions are
Beginning in 2005, Nadine Epstein, current editor of Moment Magazine, a well-respected Jewish publication since its founding in 1975 by the late Elie Wiesel and Leonard Fein, initiated an “Ask the Rabbi” column, distinguishing itself from other similar columns by asking not one, but many rabbis to respond. “Ask the Rabbi” column seeks advice from rabbis across the full spectrum of Jewish thought and theology – including, Humanist and Independent Judaism on the left, through Reform and Conservative, and on to Orthodox, Sephardic, and Chabad on the right. [Fred Reiss, Ed.D]
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U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer has announced his office in San Diego “will work closely with our law enforcement partners, including the U.S. Attorney’s office in the District of Columbia, to ensue that any individuals from San Diego or Imperial Counties who were involved in criminal activity at the U.S. Capitol are brought to justice. If we determine that federal charges should be brought in this District, we will aggressively prosecute all such matters.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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Israel appears to be stepping up attacks on Iranian targets in Syria as President Donald Trump sees out his final days in office, with the latest rounds of strikes hitting suspected Hezbollah targets and Syria’s military complex. Israel has carried out at least three strikes in Syria over the past ten days, hitting southern Syria,
Egypt, Jordan, Germany and France on Monday asserted their commitment to supporting all efforts aimed at resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as their foreign ministers met in Cairo in an attempt to revive the Middle East peace process. The meeting comes as two Gulf Arab countries – the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – as well
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Washington (AFP) – Key US lawmakers on Monday urged a quick reversal of outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s branding of Yemen’s Huthis as a terrorist group, saying he had worsened a humanitarian crisis. “The designation of the Huthis as a terrorist organization is a death sentence for thousands of Yemenis”, said Senator Chris Murphy,
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The US House of Representatives on Monday introduced a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to remove President Donald Trump from office. The move pressures Pence to invoke the Constitution’s 25th Amendment and strip Trump of his powers by declaring him unfit to perform his duties. House Republicans blocked the measure, leading to a
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) — According to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, “The new normalization agreements between Israel and the Arab states have opened a window of opportunity for a new Middle East. Arab countries understood that they could not survive in constant tension with parts of the West and with Israel, so they
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Musk, who is often mistakenly thought to be Jewish, visited Israel in 2018, meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, dining in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda market, and pouring himself a flaming absinthe in a Jerusalem bar. Musk also went to Masada and posted a selfie from there on Instagram, with what pithy caption? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Washington (AFP) – Since Vice President Mike Pence led the Congress session that ceremonially confirmed his boss Donald Trump had lost the November election, relations between the two top Republicans have plummeted to an Arctic chill. The men have not spoken after the president’s supporters violently stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, according to the US
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