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Video Sen. Graham to fight to make sure William Barr is confirmed Republican senator speaks out on the importance of the attorney general nominee being confirmed on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’ South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News on Sunday that Saudi Arabia’s military “can’t fight out of a paper bag” when confronted with Mideast challenges including Iran, and insisted that the U.S. has the necessary leverage to punish…

CLOSE Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States. Time Meng Wanzhou, Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, is pictured attending the VTB Capital’s ‘RUSSIA CALLING’ investment forum in Moscow.(Photo: Maxim Shipenkov, EPA-EFE) The Chinese foreign ministry on Sunday summoned U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to protest the detention of a senior tech executive by the…

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Impeachment is a “last resort and only when the evidence is clear of a really substantial legal violation,” Sen. Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We may get there, but we’re not there now.”

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White House protocol dictates that National Security Council staff should be present on all phone calls with foreign leaders. Yet, according to the Times, Kushner defied this rule and “kept chatting” privately to the prince. “The two men were on a first-name basis, calling each other Jared and Mohammed in text messages and phone calls,” the report said, citing several former White House officials. 

London, United Kingdom – Exiting the European Union, Theresa May suggested after the referendum two years ago, was a simple process. “Brexit means Brexit,” she said in the wake of the United Kingdom’s vote to quit the EU, following former Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to resign over the result. Almost two and a half years after she succeeded Cameron, however, May now finds herself mired in the complexity…

PARIS (Reuters) – Workers in Paris swept up broken glass and towed away burnt-out cars on Sunday after the latest “yellow vest” riots, while the government warned of slower economic growth and said that President Emmanuel Macron would address the nation this week. On Saturday, anti-government protesters wrecked havoc in the city for the fourth weekend in a row, throwing stones, torching cars and vandalizing shops and restaurants. Across the…

SAN FRANCISCO — A dog that survived the catastrophic wildfire in Northern California apparently protected the ruins of his home for almost a month until his owner returned. Madison was there waiting when Andrea Gaylord was allowed back to check on her burned property in Paradise this week. Gaylord fled when the Nov. 8 fire broke out and decimated the town of 27,000. An animal rescuer who responded to Gaylord’s…

Mark Wilson/Getty Images White House By ASSOCIATED PRESS 12/07/2018 10:40 PM EST A divided U.S. appeals court late Friday refused to immediately allow the Trump administration to enforce a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The ban is inconsistent with an existing U.S. law and an attempted end-run around Congress, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1…

Mark Wilson/Getty Images White House By ASSOCIATED PRESS 12/07/2018 10:40 PM EST A divided U.S. appeals court late Friday refused to immediately allow the Trump administration to enforce a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The ban is inconsistent with an existing U.S. law and an attempted end-run around Congress, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1…

Mark Wilson/Getty Images White House By ASSOCIATED PRESS 12/07/2018 10:40 PM EST A divided U.S. appeals court late Friday refused to immediately allow the Trump administration to enforce a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The ban is inconsistent with an existing U.S. law and an attempted end-run around Congress, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1…

Mark Wilson/Getty Images White House By ASSOCIATED PRESS 12/07/2018 10:40 PM EST A divided U.S. appeals court late Friday refused to immediately allow the Trump administration to enforce a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The ban is inconsistent with an existing U.S. law and an attempted end-run around Congress, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1…

For the fourth weekend in a row, yellow vest protesters took to the streets across France to demonstrate against President Emmanuel Macron, high taxes, and economic inequality. The weekly protests have steadily grown more violent, and French officials said by the end of Saturday, dozens were injured and hundreds arrested. Thousands of police officers were deployed to control the riots, eventually firing tear gas and rubber bullets, and repelling demonstrators…

Tear gas was hurled as protesters, known as yellow vests, took part in a fourth demonstration in Paris on Saturday. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images Tear gas was hurled as protesters, known as yellow vests, took part in a fourth demonstration in Paris on Saturday. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images Updated at 5:21 p.m. ET The streets of Paris were filled with thousands of…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Many more people were detained on 8 December than during the previous weekends French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has vowed to “restore national unity” after violence broke out during a fourth consecutive weekend of protests. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday – the latest day of “yellow vest” demonstrations against fuel tax rises and high living costs. Almost 1,000 people were taken…

A man known as the “Crying Nazi” from his role in the Charlottesville alt-right protests posted a detailed post on alt-right site Gab threatening more violence after the conviction of Heather Heyer’s murderer this week. In the post, Christopher Cantwell called James Fields an innocent man. Fields was found guilty of murdering Heyer on Friday. She was killed during the Charlottesville protests, which took place in August 2017, when Fields drove his car into…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Many more people were detained on 8 December than during the previous weekends French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has vowed to “restore national unity” after violence broke out during a fourth consecutive weekend of protests. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday – the latest day of “yellow vest” demonstrations against fuel tax rises and high living costs. Almost 1,000 people were taken…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Many more people were detained on 8 December than during the previous weekends French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has vowed to “restore national unity” after violence broke out during a fourth consecutive weekend of protests. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday – the latest day of “yellow vest” demonstrations against fuel tax rises and high living costs. Almost 1,000 people were taken…