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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Joshua Brown at the trial of Amber Guyger A witness who testified at the “wrong flat” murder trial of US policewoman Amber Guyger has been shot dead, just days after she was sentenced. Joshua Brown lived on the same floor of a Dallas, Texas, apartment building as victim Botham Jean, shot by Guyger after she apparently mistook his flat for her own and him for…

President Trump told Republicans that Energy Secretary Rick Perry encouraged him to have the phone call with Ukraine’s president that flung his presidency into chaos. During a conference call with GOP lawmakers in the House on Friday, Trump claimed he did not even want to have the July 25 conversation in which he urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rivals. A clash over a U.S. intelligence official’s…

Edward B. Foley directs the Election Law program at the Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, where he also holds the Ebersold Chair in constitutional law. Here’s the big question on which the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump could turn: Is it ever appropriate for a U.S. president to ask a foreign government to investigate a political rival? Democrats seem to assume the answer is no, that this…

Working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington have broken off, North Korea‘s top negotiator has said, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate. The talks, at an isolated conference centre on the outskirts of Stockholm, were the first such formal discussions since US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in June and agreed to restart negotiations that stalled…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told House Republicans Friday that he was urged by Energy Secretary Rick Perry to make the midsummer phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that is now at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. Trump suggested it was a call he didn’t even want to make, the sources said. The news was first reported by…

Authorities responded en masse after electrical vault explosions  shook the Old World Oktoberfest celebration in Huntington Beach on Saturday night. A series of explosions rocked an Oktoberfest gathering in Huntington Beach on Oct. 5, 2019. (Credit: Kyle Nelson) Two firefighters and two civilians were treated for injuries initially described as minor, Huntington Beach Fire Department officials said. The incident was first reported as a transformer fire shortly after 8 p.m….

Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, delayed invoking the law for weeks, out of concern that it would hurt efforts to persuade residents, tourists and international businesses that the city is still a safe place. She appears to think the ban’s potential upside for the government — dissuading moderate Hong Kongers from joining demonstrations — is worth the damage it would inflict upon her reputation. But Hong Kongers are also deeply…

“Enough is enough. Every day — every few hours, seemingly — more evidence is uncovered revealing that President Trump is abusing the power of the presidency and is wholly unfit to be president,” Biden wrote. “He is using the highest office in the land to advance his personal political interests instead of the national interest.” “He does not understand the immense responsibility demanded of all those who hold the office…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpGordon Sondland expected to appear for House deposition Ivanka Trump on impeachment: ‘Everything’s a question of priorities’ Second intel official considering filing complaint over Trump: report MORE on Saturday lashed out against House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry while blasting the U.S. intelligence community whistleblower whose complaint has helped fuel the probe. Trump asserted in a tweet that the whistleblower’s complaint was “way off” and claimed that key Democrats didn’t…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpGordon Sondland expected to appear for House deposition Ivanka Trump on impeachment: ‘Everything’s a question of priorities’ Second intel official considering filing complaint over Trump: report MORE compared his impeachment inquiry to former Secretary of State Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWarren campaign fires senior official after allegations of ‘inappropriate behavior’ GOP senator says he confronted Trump over Ukraine in August Whistleblowers and the hypocrisy of the ruling class…

A witness who delivered key testimony in the trial of Amber Guyger — the white former Dallas police officer convicted this past week in the murder of an unarmed black man, Botham Jean — was fatally shot on Friday night, a lawyer for Mr. Jean’s family said. The witness, Joshua Brown, 28, who lived in the same apartment complex as Ms. Guyger and Mr. Jean, was shot several times by…

North Korea claims that its negotiations with the United States over its nuclear weapons program broke down on Saturday, although the U.S. sees it differently. This latest turn of events comes after North Korea announced earlier this week that it would resume its talks with the United States on its nuclear program, months after negotiations between the two countries collapsed when Pyongyang said American demands were unreasonable. But North Korea’s…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has indicated that his department has issued an “initial response” to congressional Democrats’ request for Ukraine-related documents. “The State Department sent a letter last night to Congress, which is our initial response to the document request,” Pompeo said at a news conference in Greece on Saturday. “We will obviously do all the things we are required to by law.” His insistence that the department has…

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said Republican senators are “choking” on President Trump’s Ukraine scandal. At his second appearance in Spokane, Washington, in as many days, the famed Watergate sleuth discussed the precarious situation GOP lawmakers find themselves in as Trump faces controversy for encouraging foreign countries to investigate Joe Biden, a political rival, and his son Hunter. “I know Republican senators, and they are choking on this,” Woodward said on…

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said Republican senators are “choking” on President Trump’s Ukraine scandal. At his second appearance in Spokane, Washington, in as many days, the famed Watergate sleuth discussed the precarious situation GOP lawmakers find themselves in as Trump faces controversy for encouraging foreign countries to investigate Joe Biden, a political rival, and his son Hunter. “I know Republican senators, and they are choking on this,” Woodward said on…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has indicated that his department has issued an “initial response” to congressional Democrats’ request for Ukraine-related documents. “The State Department sent a letter last night to Congress, which is our initial response to the document request,” Pompeo said at a news conference in Greece on Saturday. “We will obviously do all the things we are required to by law.” His insistence that the department has…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has indicated that his department has issued an “initial response” to congressional Democrats’ request for Ukraine-related documents. “The State Department sent a letter last night to Congress, which is our initial response to the document request,” Pompeo said at a news conference in Greece on Saturday. “We will obviously do all the things we are required to by law.” His insistence that the department has…

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said Republican senators are “choking” on President Trump’s Ukraine scandal. At his second appearance in Spokane, Washington, in as many days, the famed Watergate sleuth discussed the precarious situation GOP lawmakers find themselves in as Trump faces controversy for encouraging foreign countries to investigate Joe Biden, a political rival, and his son Hunter. “I know Republican senators, and they are choking on this,” Woodward said on…

Republicans are hunting for a boogeyman in the burgeoning impeachment fight as the party struggles to unify behind a single strategy.  Facing growing headaches, Republicans are eager to shift the public’s focus toward politically safer territory —ranging from former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenGordon Sondland expected to appear for House deposition Ivanka Trump on impeachment: ‘Everything’s a question of priorities’ Second intel official considering filing complaint over Trump: report MORE…

Still, anti-Trump voices within the Republican Party have been emboldened by comments like Mr. Amodei’s. Republicans for the Rule of Law, the main initiative of the conservative anti-Trump group Defending Democracy Together, is spending more than $1 million to run television ads on Fox and MSNBC, calling on Republicans to “demand the facts” about Mr. Trump and Ukraine. The campaign began last week with ads in five districts — including…