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The Washington Post did a deep dive into the time former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden spent in Ukraine. Paul Sonne, a national security and military reporter for the Washington Post, joined CBSN to discuss. Subscribe to the CBS News Channel HERE: http://youtube.com/cbsnewsWatch CBSN live HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1PlLpZ7Follow CBS News on Instagram HERE: https://www.instagram.com/cbsnews/Like CBS News on Facebook HERE: http://facebook.com/cbsnewsFollow CBS News on Twitter HERE: http://twitter.com/cbsnews Get the latest…

Donald Trump said in a tweet that if he is removed from office, a “civil war” might erupt in the United States. The president was quoting Pastor Robert Jeffress, a Fox News contributor and host, who suggested that impeaching the president would lead to “civil war.”   “If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he would take up impeachment articles passed by the House because he is required to do so under Senate rules. “It’s a Senate rule related to impeachment that would take 67 votes to change, so I would have no choice but to take it up,” McConnell told CNBC in an interview. “The Senate would have to take up an impeachment resolution if it…

On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick spoke with Walter Dellinger, former acting solicitor general and emeritus professor at Duke Law School (and occasional Slate contributor). The two talked about all things impeachment, and the whole episode is worth a listen, but we’ve excerpted one of Dellinger’s answers here, edited lightly for clarity. Dahlia Lithwick: Regardless of what we’re calling it today, Walter, whether it originated in the Judiciary Committee or…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday said the Senate would have “no choice” but to move forward with impeachment proceedings if the House ultimately votes to bring charges against President Donald Trump. “I would have no choice but to take it up,” McConnell said in a CNBC interview. “How long you are on it is a different matter, but I would have no choice but to take it up…

Katie Mettler September 30 at 3:57 PM The escape began with a shiv. At around midnight Saturday evening, four male inmates at the Gallia County Jail in southeast Ohio set into motion a plan to flee and live on the lam, spurring a multistate search and thrusting increased scrutiny upon the maintenance and management of the facility, which has experienced a total of three breakouts in the past two months….

Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday the whistleblower at the center of a growing scandal surrounding President Donald Trump will testify before the House Intelligence Committee “very soon.” That whistleblower filed a formal complaint alleging Trump attempted to use “the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 US election.” Reporting identified that country as Ukraine and the solicitation to be a request to investigate…

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that Senate rules would require him to take up any articles of impeachment against President Trump if approved by the House, swatting down talk that that the GOP-controlled chamber could dodge the matter entirely. “I would have no choice but to take it up,” McConnell said on CNBC. But he cautioned: “How long you’re on it is a whole different matter.” House Democrats are…

“How long you’re on it is a different matter,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNBC on Monday. | Getty Images Congress By MARIANNE LEVINE 09/30/2019 12:01 PM EDT Updated 09/30/2019 02:37 PM EDT 2019-09-30T02:37-0400 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he would “have no choice” but to take up impeachment proceedings if a majority of the House of Representatives approves articles of impeachment. During an interview with…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that the Senate would have to hold a trial if the House passes articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. “I would have no choice but to take it up,” the Kentucky Republican told CNBC. “How long you are on it is a different matter, but I would have no choice but to take it up based on a Senate rule on impeachment.”…

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Lawyers for the whistleblower have expressed “serious concerns” for their client. They wrote to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees and Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire this weekend. “The events of the past week have heightened our concerns that our client’s identity will be disclosed publicly and that, as a result, our client will be put in harm’s way,” the lawyers wrote in…

Significantly, five of the diplomats say, the build-up includes elements of the People’s Armed Police (PAP), a mainland paramilitary anti-riot and internal security force under a separate command from the PLA. While Reuters was unable to determine the size of the PAP contingent, envoys say the bulk of the troops in Hong Kong are from the PLA. PAP forces would be likely to spearhead any crackdown if Beijing decides to intervene,…

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday night to lash out at Democrats, the whistleblower who lodged a formal complaint against him, and US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. Trump’s tweetstorm comes in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement last week that the House will launch a formal impeachment inquiry, in light of a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. An intelligence…

A former member of the Ukrainian parliament and adviser to Ukraine’s president told CBS News it was a “well-known fact” there that President Donald Trump wanted “compromising” information on former Vice President Joe Biden. Serhiy Leshchenko added that Ukraine’s president knew that U.S. aid to his country was at stake. “I am sure that issue of Biden was forever on the table between Zelensky and Trump,” said Leshchenko. As a…

CLOSE On average, there are more than 128 suicides per day in the United States, attempted by people with and without known mental health conditions. USA TODAY GRAND CANYON WEST, Ariz. – Authorities are trying to find the body of a man who climbed over a safety barrier at the Grand Canyon Skywalk and apparently jumped to his death. They say the 28-year-old visitor to the tourist spot on the Hualapai…

WASHINGTON — As Joe Biden prepared to launch his 2020 presidential bid last April, members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle began publicly pushing unsubstantiated allegations about the former vice president and Ukraine. The president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and Brad Parscale, his 2020 campaign manager, both blasted out links to articles on Twitter within days of each other in early April that painted Biden and his son Hunter…

Montana’s governor declared a “winter storm emergency” tonight after the state was slammed by more than 3 feet of heavy, wet snow. Governor Steve Bullock declared the emergency as storm watches and warnings were posted across the region. This early-occurring winter storm blasted the city of Great Falls with more than a foot of snow in September. The snow has covered streets and made driving difficult. “My recommendation is to…

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