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Romney: Mueller report did not show obstruction, ‘I don’t think impeachment is the right way to go’ – Fox News

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Video Flashback: Biden mocks Romney over Russia threat Former Vice President Joe Biden’s attacks on Mitt Romney for his 2012 warning about Russia resurfaces. Soon after Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., went against the GOP consensus by claiming President Trump committed “impeachable conduct” in the form of obstruction of justice, another known Trump critic took the opposite position. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, acknowledged that while he has called out Trump when he’s…

Romney: ‘I don’t support the Alabama law’ effectively banning abortion – CNN

Sunday, May 19, 2019

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Austria’s Kurz calls for snap elections amid video scandal – Aljazeera.com

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Austria‘s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called for fresh elections after his ruling coalition collapsed following an apparent video sting that forced his deputy to step down. In a statement on Saturday, Kurz said he would ask the country’s President Alexander Van der Bellen to hold a new vote “as soon as possible”. The call came hours after Heinz-Christian Strache, the vice chancellor and leader of the far-right Freedom…

Romney: War with Iran ‘not going to happen’ – POLITICO

Sunday, May 19, 2019

“The president made it very clear that he thinks the greatest foreign policy mistake, probably in the modern age, was the decision by President [George W.] Bush to go into Iraq,” Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday on CNN. | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo Congress By DAVID BEAVERS 05/19/2019 10:11 AM EDT As tensions between the United States and Iran increase, Sen. Mitt Romney on Sunday expressed confidence that war with the…

Trump’s hardline advisers are weakening his position – CNN

Sunday, May 19, 2019

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GOP Rep. Amash becomes first Republican to call for Trump’s impeachment – CNN

Sunday, May 19, 2019

• Read and search the full report • CNN found 77 instances of lies and false assertions in Mueller’s report. Trump told the greatest number • 77 lies and falsehoods Mueller called out • What Trump associates told the public vs. what they told Mueller • 4 times Barr twisted and cherry-picked Mueller’s report

Barr: John Durham picked to review Russia investigation origins for being ‘tenacious’ and ‘fair’ – Washington Examiner

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Attorney General William Barr is speaking out publicly for the first time about selecting Connecticut’s U.S. Attorney John Durham to head up an inquiry into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation and the conduct of the Justice Department and the FBI. “I was looking for someone who is tenacious, who is used to looking at sensitive material involving government activities, who has a reputation for being fair and evenhanded,” Barr…

Some Taylor University students walk out of Pence’s commencement speech – Washington Examiner

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech to the graduating class of Taylor University on Saturday, although not everyone chose to stay for it. Dozens of students and faculty at the Indiana evangelical Christian college walked out in protest before Pence walked up to the podium, according to the Indianapolis Star. Most of the graduating class stayed for Pence’s speech and gave him a standing ovation. So it’s hard to…

Trump’s immigration proposal sounds nice, but he’ll probably let his supporters down again – Washington Examiner

Thursday, May 16, 2019

There’s no reason for anyone to get excited about the White House’s “new” immigration proposal. If he treats it anything like he treated the nearly identical bill introduced two years ago by Sens. David Perdue, R-Ga., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., President Trump will forget about it 10 days after it’s introduced. White House officials have been dripping out details on the plan for two weeks, and so far it’s set…

Alabama abortion law: Alabama just criminalized abortions for women – and every single yes vote was cast by a white man – CBS News

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Twenty-five members of the Alabama State Senate voted to pass the nation’s most restrictive abortion bill on Tuesday — and every single one of them were white men. On Wednesday, the state’s Republican female governor, Kay Ivey, signed the bill into law. After hours of discussion, the Senate on Tuesday passed the near-total abortion ban in a 25 to 6 vote. Of the 35 senators in the state, four are…

With a stroke of his pen, Trump worsens Europe’s Huawei dilemma – CNN

Thursday, May 16, 2019

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Trump, frustrated by advisers, is not convinced the time is right to attack Iran – The Washington Post

Thursday, May 16, 2019

John Hudson Shane Harris Josh Dawsey Anne Gearan May 15 at 11:35 PM The Trump administration has been on high alert in response to what military and intelligence officials have deemed specific and credible threats from Iran against U.S. personnel in the Middle East. But President Trump is frustrated with some of his top advisers, who he thinks could rush the United States into a military confrontation with Iran and…

Amid US-China trade war, Americans need to know who they’re dealing with – Washington Examiner

Thursday, May 16, 2019

President Trump is not backing down in his trade war. After initially raising tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of goods coming from China, the Trump administration also hiked tariffs on an additional $300 billion worth of goods. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump said: “We’re having a little squabble with China because we’ve been treated very unfairly for many, many decades or actually a long time,…

California Officials Blame PG&E For State’s Deadliest Wildfire – NPR

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Volunteer rescue workers search for human remains in the rubble of homes burned in the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. State officials say the fire was caused by PG&E power lines. Terry Chea/AP hide caption toggle caption Terry Chea/AP Volunteer rescue workers search for human remains in the rubble of homes burned in the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. State officials say the fire was caused by PG&E power lines….

Trump says deal with China will happen ‘when the time is right, US needs to ‘make up’ ground first – Fox News

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Video Trump argues trade fight with China is worth having to strike ‘great deal’ Dow futures rebound after the president says a deal will happen ‘much faster than people think’; Kevin Corke reports from the White House. President Trump on Tuesday said that a deal with China will happen “when the time is right,” and only after the U.S. is allowed to “make up” ground he says was lost after…

It’s Trump vs. Xi in the China trade war — and it’s personal – CNN

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

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‘Trump, the clean-up man’: Ingraham says president ‘wisely using tariffs’ to ‘punish China’ – Fox News

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Video Ingraham: Trump the cleanup man Trump cleaning up predecessor’s mess on China, using tariffs as trade enforcement tool. In her “Ingraham Angle” monologue on Monday, Laura Ingraham said President Trump is effectively the “clean-up man” for past presidents who may have been too wary to take a hard line against China on trade policy. Ingraham noted that the Chinese government “retaliated” against Trump’s 25 percent increase on tariffs on some…

Farmers get impatient with Trump’s trade war: ‘This can’t go on’ – CNN

Monday, May 13, 2019

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Rashida Tlaib now thinks she’s a victim because people reacted to her offensive remarks – Washington Examiner

Monday, May 13, 2019

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is at it again. During an interview on the “Skullduggery” podcast, the only member of Congress openly advocating for the abolition the state of Israel went off on quite the diatribe: Predictably, conservatives pounced or seized or whatever they’re doing these days. Really, though, any reasonable person would, because what she said is ludicrous. Tlaib responded with a personal outburst on Twitter a few hours later….

Invoking Mueller, Rosenstein tells graduates to compromise ‘without violating your principles’ – CNN

Monday, May 13, 2019

• Read and search the full report • CNN found 77 instances of lies and false assertions in Mueller’s report. Trump told the greatest number • 77 lies and falsehoods Mueller called out • What Trump associates told the public vs. what they told Mueller • 4 times Barr twisted and cherry-picked Mueller’s report