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Trump slams Pelosi impeachment probe: ‘PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!’ Trump, in a string of at least five tweets, called the move “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!” and shared a video slamming impeachment as Democrats’ “sole focus.” Politicsread more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday blamed California’s worst-in-the nation air quality on shoddy paperwork, calling on the state to overhaul its plans for cleaning up toxic smog or risk losing billions in federal road dollars. The government’s warning comes days after the Trump administration moved to block the state’s emission standards for cars and trucks, a move that would eliminate California’s most important weapon for combating…

“We applaud the decision to release the whistle-blower complaint as it establishes that, ultimately, the lawful whistle-blower disclosure process can work,” said Mr. Bakaj and I. Charles McCullough III, another lawyer for the whistle-blower. Intelligence community lawyers have had discussions with the White House and the Justice Department officials about how the whistle-blower can share his complaint without infringing on issues like executive privilege. Allowing the whistle-blower to meet with…

The Orlando police have fired a school resource officer after he arrested two 6-year-old students at their school on misdemeanour charges on Thursday. According to WKMG-TV, Officer Dennis Turner, who was initially suspended after the incident, arrested and handcuffed 6-year-old Kaia Rolle, a first-grader at Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy after she reportedly got agitated and kicked someone. Another 6-year-old, initially thought to be 8 years, was also arrested in…

No one outside the White House or the Ukrainian government knows what was said in July in a private phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. No one knows whether it is true that Trump pressed Zelensky to investigate Democratic front-runner Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, with the explicit intention of interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. But a lack of details has not stopped…

For example, Mr. Craig said, the initial rules in that case gave Republican managers four days to make a case for conviction, followed by four days for the president’s legal team to defend him. These were essentially opening statements. The Senate then decided whether to hear witnesses, and if so, whether it would be live or on videotape. Eventually, the Senate permitted each side to depose several witnesses by videotape….

CHICAGO — Fourteen people were transported to area hospitals after a possible collision between two CTA trains. It happened at about 9 a.m. Tuesday just north of the Sedgwick station. It appears that a southbound Brown Line train made contact with a southbound Purple Line train. There was no derailment of any rail cars, and it’s unclear at this time whether or not the trains collided. A pregnant woman and…

NEW YORK – For two years, world leaders meeting at the United Nations have tiptoed around an unconventional U.S. president who stormed into town, touted his “America first” foreign policy and left allies uncertain about what he would do next. This year there are signs the world is taking a new tack with President Donald Trump. As in the past, Trump arrived at the United Nations riding a cloud of controversy – this…

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, President Trump attacked his favorite whipping horse — globalism — in its greatest stable. Trump was explicit. “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots. The future belongs to sovereign and independent nations.” Lamenting the failure of international organizations to deal with abusive practices such as China’s trade policies, Trump continued, “For years, these abuses were tolerated, ignored…

As calls grow to split Facebook, ex-employees describe why it… Facebook at the time was much smaller and fending off what threatened to be fierce competition from Twitter, which had already bid for Instagram, as well as Google’s new… Technologyread more

How did Johnson lose such a key legal battle — and control over Parliament — so quickly? The lead-up Mid-June: Reports that Johnson may suspend Parliament to meet Oct. 31 Brexit deadline Before even becoming prime minister, then-candidate Johnson first circulates the idea of proroguing Parliament to deliver his biggest promise: leaving the European Union on Oct. 31, no matter what. At the time, Johnson reportedly hopes the move will…

LONDON — The British Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson illegally suspended Parliament, dealing him another heavy blow and thrusting the nation’s politics into even deeper turmoil, barely a month before Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union. The unanimous decision, which upheld a ruling from Scotland’s highest civil court, said that the suspension of Parliament until Oct. 14 is void. That means that the…

Nearly 150 House Democrats — well over half the 235-member caucus — now back some type of impeachment action in light of President Donald Trump’s burgeoning Ukraine scandal. The fast-expanding list includes 11 lawmakers who have come out in favor of action since reports last week that the president pushed Ukraine to investigate the Biden family. READ THE FULL LIST HERE Some on this list have called for an impeachment…

Video Democrats call for impeachment as Ukraine controversy grows National security attorney Bradley Moss and attorney Harmeet Dhillon weigh in on the whistleblower complaint. A guest on MSNBC offered a warning to Democratic lawmakers on Monday night that if they don’t pursue impeachment against President Trump that they will lose in 2020. Richard Painter, the former White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, began by claiming there was…

Image copyright Getty Images The EU’s top court has ruled that Google does not have to apply the right to be forgotten globally. It means the firm only needs to remove links from its search results in Europe – and not elsewhere – after receiving an appropriate request. The ruling stems from a dispute between Google and a French privacy regulator. In 2015, CNIL ordered the firm to globally remove…

If the experts know a bit more than Michael Gove would have us believe, the next staging post on the road to hell is imminent. It isn’t clear when the Supreme Court will rule on Boris Johnson’s muting of parliament. As some previous Supremes under the leadership of chief justice Diana Ross almost put it, they just keep us hangin’ on. But they can’t keep us hangin’ on forever. Within the next…

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Karla Adam William Booth September 24 at 8:17 AM LONDON — Britain’s highest court dealt a serious blow Tuesday to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ruling that his controversial decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, in a landmark judgment that will have immediate implications for Britain’s departure from the European Union. In one of the most high-profile cases to come before Britain’s Supreme Court, the 11 judges ruled unanimously that Johnson had…