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The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk freely, said the appeal would be based on these Democrats’ 2018 election promises to work with the president — accompanied with a warning that impeachment would hamper possible legislative victories. White House aides have been closely monitoring statements from these lawmakers to see how many fully back impeachment, whether they have put conditions on any vote, and whether they…

Four people have been killed in the stabbing at the Paris police headquarters, according to CNN affiliate BFM TV. Loïc Travers, a police union secretary, told BFM TV that five were dead, including the attacker. The motive of the attacker, who was a longtime administrative employee for the police, is still unknown. “He has been with us for over 20 years,” Travers said, speaking outside the police headquarters.

Top House Intelligence Committee Republicans accused Chairman Adam Schiff of withholding information from the panel about a whistleblower complaint concerning President Trump before it became public. Responding to a report that revealed Schiff had earlier knowledge of the complaint from a CIA officer than previously known, California Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member, called the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry a politically motivated attack on the president. “We learn from the…

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Your impeachment questions, answered Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi officially launched an impeachment investigation into President Trump regarding a phone call between Trump and the President of Ukraine. Must impeachment be based on a statutory crime? No. Congress certainly can — and perhaps must — impeach if the President has committed a crime. But even if Trump’s conduct dodges the statutory raindrops and doesn’t…

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A jury has sentenced Amber Guyger to 10 years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean, after viewing racist text messages sent by the former Dallas police officer. Prosecutors had symbolically asked for a minimum sentence of 28 years. Jean, who was 26 when he died, would have turned 28 last Sunday. In extraordinary scenes in the courtroom a few minutes after the sentence was handed out, the victim’s…

CLOSE Unleashing an unusual show of anger, President Donald Trump railed against former Vice President Joe Biden, his son, the media and the World Trade Organization at a joint press conference in the White House East Room with Finland’s president. (Oct. 2) AP, AP WASHINGTON – An aide to Vice President Mike Pence listened in on the phone call by the president that sparked an impeachment inquiry, the Washington Post reported…

The shooting of an 18-year-old student set off a wave of recriminations in Hong Kong on Wednesday, as protesters vented fresh outrage against the police while others searched for ways to keep the violence from pushing the city into even more dangerous territory. …

Toluse Olorunnipa October 2 at 7:55 PM The rowdy, meandering and combative news conference Wednesday began with President Trump marveling at the media. “Look at all the press that you attract,” he told Finnish President Sauli Niinisto as the two men faced a room of reporters. “Do you believe this? Very impressive.” It ended with Trump excoriating the press as “corrupt people” who undermine U.S. democracy. “If the press were…

After three demonstrators were killed on Tuesday by riot police officers who resorted to live fire, Mr. Mehdi ordered the security forces to refrain from the use of bullets. By nightfall on Wednesday, however, it seemed that some police officers may have ignored his instructions as more people were reported shot. Officials in the prime minister’s office said the government had cut off the internet to hinder the use of…

Earlier Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged during a news conference in Rome that he listened in on the call, on which Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son. Current and former U.S. officials also told The Washington Post that Trump involved Vice President Pence in efforts to pressure Zelensky at a time when the president was using other channels…

A jury has sentenced a former Dallas police officer to 10 years in prison for the shooting death of her unarmed neighbor in his home last year. Amber Guyger was convicted of murder Tuesday by the same jury in the death of Botham Jean.  The sentence was met with boos and jeers by a crowd gathered outside the courtroom. But Jean’s younger brother, Brandt Jean, as he addressed Guyger in a victim…

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In a sign that even Trump-haters don’t see strong enough grounds to impeach President Trump, the New York Times on Monday “broke” yet another breathless story meant to bolster the case about his supposed abuse of power. Trump “pressed” Australia’s leader “in a recent telephone call” to help Attorney General William Barr collect info to “discredit” the Mueller probe, the paper said, citing (as usual) unnamed sources. “The president,” it…

“Like other whistle-blowers have done before and since under Republican and Democratic-controlled committees, the whistle-blower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the intelligence community,” said Patrick Boland, a spokesman for Mr. Schiff. In his whistle-blower complaint, the officer said Mr. Trump pressured the Ukrainian government to investigate a host of issues that could benefit him politically, including one connected to a…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, delivered a stern warning to the White House: attempts to “stonewall” the impeachment inquiry “will be considered further evidence of obstruction of justice”. “We’re not fooling around here,” Schiff said, speaking at an unusually crowded press conference. Pelosi said Trump’s threats against the whistleblower and officials who spoke with the whistleblower are “dangerous”. The whistleblower…

A vintage World War II plane crashed shortly after takeoff, erupted into flames and killed people on board Wednesday at Bradley International Airport, just outside of Hartford, Connecticut, authorities said. “There were fatalities,” State Police Commissioner James Rovella told reporters, while not specifying exactly how many were killed. “Victims are very difficult to identify, we don’t want to make a mistake.” Download the NBC News app for breaking news and…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the House Intelligence Committee is attempting to “intimidate, bully and treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the Department of State.” Politico’s chief Brussels correspondent David Herszenhorn explains how former envoy Kurt Volker is involved in the scandal.

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Live updates: Democrats warns White House ‘we’re not fooling around’ on impeachment inquiry Pompeo on Wednesday confirmed that he listened in on the phone call and reiterated his complaint that the demands by Democrats for interviews with State Department officials amounted to an act of intimidation. “We won’t tolerate folks on Capitol Hill bullying and intimidating State Department employees — that’s unacceptable,” he said during a news conference in Italy….