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Video Second day of violent protests in Venezuela Government forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro clash with protesters who back Juan Guaido; Steve Harrigan reports from Caracas. Protesters and military forces clashed for the second day in Venezuela on Wednesday as both the country’s disputed president, Nicolas Maduro, and opposition leader, Juan Guaido, vied for power. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Caracas as part of a rebellion that has so…

The two students who were killed in a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have been identified as 19-year-old Ellis “Reed” Parlier and 21-year-old Riley Howell. Police on Wednesday hailed Howell as a hero for having the courage to fight the gunman.  Howell “took the fight to the assailant” and “took the assailant off his feet,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Chief of Police Kerr Putney said at a news conference….

WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller objected to Attorney General William Barr‘s characterization of the principal findings of the Russia investigation and asked the attorney general on multiple occasions to release the special counsel’s prepared summaries of the report. Mueller communicated his objections to Barr in a letter on March 27, three days after the attorney general disclosed the special counsel’s conclusions in a summary letter clearing President Donald Trump of having obstructed the investigation into Russian interference…

WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller objected to Attorney General William Barr‘s characterization of the principal findings of the Russia investigation and asked the attorney general on multiple occasions to release the special counsel’s prepared summaries of the report. Mueller communicated his objections to Barr in a letter on March 27, three days after the attorney general disclosed the special counsel’s conclusions in a summary letter clearing President Donald Trump of having obstructed the investigation into Russian interference…

WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller objected to Attorney General William Barr‘s characterization of the principal findings of the Russia investigation and asked the attorney general on multiple occasions to release the special counsel’s prepared summaries of the report. Mueller communicated his objections to Barr in a letter on March 27, three days after the attorney general disclosed the special counsel’s conclusions in a summary letter clearing President Donald Trump of having obstructed the investigation into Russian interference…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at Southwark Crown Court in central London Wednesday raising a defiant fist in front of cameras, before being sentenced to 50 weeks behind bars for jumping bail in 2012. Assange skipped bail and stayed at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he was wanted on sexual assault allegations, which he has denied. He was arrested at the embassy in mid-April….

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for the “largest march” in the country’s history, as Venezuelans braced for a new round of dueling demonstrations on Wednesday. Thousands took to the streets as demonstrators clashed with pro-government forces Tuesday, resulting in dozens of injuries, after Guaidó announced what he called the “definitive phase” of an operation to oust President Nicolás Maduro. The opposition leader, who has declared himself interim president, appeared…

President Trump would like the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low to help the economy grow faster and help him win reelection. He also thinks underqualified would-be flunkies such as former Godfather’s Pizza impresario Herman Cain and right-wing economics pundit Stephen Moore are the ones to help him do it, floating both of them for open seats on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Keeping interest rates low is…

Jeffrey A. Baker, chief of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Police & Public Safety agency, said swift intervention by authorities prevented a shooting on campus from claiming more lives. (Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images) Susan Svrluga Nick Anderson May 1 at 2:00 PM CHARLOTTE — The two people fatally shot at the University of North Carolina campus here were identified Wednesday as students of the public university. UNC Charlotte officials…

Attorney General William Barr faces tough new questions about his response to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Judiciary committee members want to know why Mueller told the attorney general he was frustrated with Barr’s original summary of the report. In a letter, Mueller told Barr his message to Congress “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of Mueller’s views on obstruction of…

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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,…