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LONDON (AP) — A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian embassy. Judge Deborah Taylor said it was hard to imagine a more serious version of the offense as she gave the 47-year-old hacker a sentence close to the maximum of a year in custody. She said Assange’s seven years in…

WASHINGTON — House Democrats are threatening to escalate their showdown with the Trump administration with open threats to fine — or even jail — officials found in contempt of Congress. The growing frustration among Democrats seeking to press forward with a variety of committee investigations in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report comes as the White House has sought to stonewall them over requests for documents and testimony…

By day’s end, news spread of another blow to the opposition: Leopoldo López, the political prisoner who heads Mr. Guaidó’s party, had fled into the Chilean Embassy, along with his wife, Lilian Tintori. Only hours earlier, Mr. López had appeared freed from house arrest imposed by Mr. Maduro’s government. Venezuelans in Caracas said they were bracing for a revived but protracted struggle between Mr. Maduro and Mr. Guaidó, with an…

Video Gingrich: The left’s effort to erase America’s history is wrong Virginia judge rules Confederate statues are war monuments protected by state law; reaction from former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Tuesday said the report by the Washington Post that Special Counsel Robert Mueller reached out to Attorney General William Barr and let him know that his summary “did not fully capture the context, nature,…

Video Gingrich: The left’s effort to erase America’s history is wrong Virginia judge rules Confederate statues are war monuments protected by state law; reaction from former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Tuesday said the report by the Washington Post that Special Counsel Robert Mueller reached out to Attorney General William Barr and let him know that his summary “did not fully capture the context, nature,…

Video Gingrich: The left’s effort to erase America’s history is wrong Virginia judge rules Confederate statues are war monuments protected by state law; reaction from former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Tuesday said the report by the Washington Post that Special Counsel Robert Mueller reached out to Attorney General William Barr and let him know that his summary “did not fully capture the context, nature,…

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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelans were expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the “largest march” in the country’s history, a day after he called for the military to oust President Nicolas Maduro. In his boldest effort yet to gain the support of the armed forces, Guaido appeared early Tuesday morning outside a Caracas air force base with dozens of National…

TOKYO — — Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito inherited the Imperial regalia of sword and jewel and seals as proof of his succession in his first official duty as emperor Wednesday a day after his father abdicated. Naruhito succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne at midnight after Emperor Emeritus Akihito retired the previous day. At another ceremony later in the morning, Naruhito will make his first address to the people. His wife,…

I‘ve been accused of overstating former Vice President Joe Biden’s potential in the 2020 presidential primary. After all, he’s a gaffe-prone septuagenarian who touts occupational licensing reform and maintaining our private health insurance industry. And he’s in a Democratic Party led by a socialist who honeymooned in the Soviet Union and a 29-year-old former bartender who believes that ” like, the world will end in 12 years” because of climate…

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People gather across from the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after a shooting at the school on Tuesday. Jason E. Miczek/AP hide caption toggle caption Jason E. Miczek/AP People gather across from the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after a shooting at the school on Tuesday. Jason E. Miczek/AP Updated at 9:40 p.m. ET Two people are reported dead and another four…

Video The politics of President Trump’s Venezuela policy The White House insists ‘all options’ remain on the table as Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido looks to oust Nicolas Maduro; reaction and analysis from the ‘Special Report’ All-Stars. Matthew Continetti, editor in chief of the Washington Free Beacon, said on Tuesday that Russia was the “key player” in the Venezuelan crisis and that it showed no interest in following the 19th-century U.S. doctrine…

Failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has ruled out running for Senate next year. The rumor is that the candidate who still hasn’t admitted she lost last year’s governor’s race wants to take a crack at losing in the Democratic presidential 2020 primary. “I will not be a candidate for the United States Senate,” the Georgia Democrat and election truther said Tuesday in a video uploaded to social media. “The fights…

A Hennepin County jury found Mohamed Noor guilty Tuesday of fatally shooting Justine Ruszczyk Damond in 2017, capping an often dramatic and high-profile case that drew international attention. Jurors reached their verdict after about 10 hours of sequestered deliberations, convicting Noor of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. They acquitted him of the most serious count — second-degree murder. He is the first Minnesota police officer to be convicted of an…

As interim President Juan Guaidó led his people onto Venezuelan streets on Tuesday, he called for the world to support his legitimate struggle. The U.S. answered that call — with some tweets. In statements divorced from action, Trump administration officials on Tuesday showed their sympathy for an Obama administration-style foreign policy of words and absent action. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed the U.S. “fully supports the Venezuelan people in…

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is doubtful President Trump and congressional Democrats will reach an agreement on an infrastructure package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., advised Trump this week ahead of their Tuesday meeting at the White House that they were seeking “substantial, new and real revenue” to finance an infrastructure package, adding that they wanted the deal to also address climate…

As interim President Juan Guaidó led his people onto Venezuelan streets on Tuesday, he called for the world to support his legitimate struggle. The U.S. answered that call — with some tweets. In statements divorced from action, Trump administration officials on Tuesday showed their sympathy for an Obama administration-style foreign policy of words and absent action. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed the U.S. “fully supports the Venezuelan people in…

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is doubtful President Trump and congressional Democrats will reach an agreement on an infrastructure package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., advised Trump this week ahead of their Tuesday meeting at the White House that they were seeking “substantial, new and real revenue” to finance an infrastructure package, adding that they wanted the deal to also address climate…