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Trump legal team slams House Dems for investigating possible Russia probe obstruction – Fox News

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 14 Fox News Flash top headlines for May 14 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com President Trump’s legal team slammed House Democrats on Tuesday evening after a report the House Intelligence Committee has been investigating possible obstruction by Trump’s lawyers after the 2016 election. “Instead of addressing important intelligence needs, the House Intelligence Committee appears to seek a truly needless dispute,” Patrick…

US does not seek war with Iran, says Mike Pompeo – BBC News

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Image copyright EPA Image caption Mr Pompeo (left) and Mr Lavrov held talks in the Russian city of Sochi US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the United States does not seek a war with Iran, amid rapidly growing tensions between the two countries. Speaking in Russia, Mr Pompeo said the US was looking for Iran to behave like a “normal country” but would respond if its interests were…

‘I don’t see him crying uncle’: Trump believes China tariffs will help him win reelection – The Washington Post

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Robert Costa Josh Dawsey Sean Sullivan May 14 at 7:37 PM President Trump is telling advisers and close allies that he has no intention of pulling back on his escalating trade war with China, arguing that clashing with Beijing is highly popular with his political base and will help him win reelection in 2020 regardless of any immediate economic pain. Administration officials and outside Trump advisers said Tuesday that they…

Trump Jr. reaches deal to comply with congressional subpoena – CBS News

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Donald Trump Jr. has reached a deal to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee sometime in mid-June, according to a source familiar with the matter. Trump Jr. was subpoenaed by the GOP-led committee last week to answer questions about his previous Russia-related testimony before the committee. The source said Trump Jr. will testify before the committee for a limited amount of time — two to four hours — in mid-June….

Trump pushes for new bailouts for farmers hurt by his trade war – Vox.com

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

President Donald Trump is opposed to the government interfering in the market to pick winners and losers — at least when doing so doesn’t directly benefit voters crucial to his reelection prospects. In recent months, Trump has made his opposition to socialism — a system of government in which the government plays a leading role in distributing goods and services — a regular feature of his speeches. During his most…

Planning for war in Iran is very different from mobilizing for war in Iran – Washington Examiner

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Generals, officers, and policy staffers knocking their heads together in the office and drawing up war plans are nothing new in the Pentagon. The U.S. military has a plan for every contingency you can possibly think of, from an out-of-the-blue Russian incursion in the Baltics to an internal collapse of the Venezuelan government. So, we should all take the latest report in the New York Times about a hypothetical American…

Meet the shadowy security firm from Israel whose technology is believed to be at the heart of the massive WhatsApp hack – Business Insider

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

NSO showed off demonstrations of its mobile phone hacks on a BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android phones in 2013, according to leaked emails from a breach of Hacking Team, a competitor of the company based in Italy. “Your smartphone today is the new walkie-talkie,” NSO cofounder Omri Lavie told the Financial Times that year. “Most of your typical solutions for interception are inadequate, so a new tool had to be built.”…

Iran suggests oil attacks orchestrated to spark conflict – Al Jazeera English

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Iranian officials accused “hardliners” in the United States and elsewhere of attempting to orchestrate an incident that would ratchet up tensions with the Islamic Republic, as the supreme leader vowed there would be no war. The allegation by Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday came as tensions in the Gulf continue to rise as American military forces head to the region and amid a series of attacks…

Elizabeth Warren: Making campaigns ironic again – Washington Examiner

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., may be a former Harvard Law professor, but her campaign strategy is utterly absurd. Consider Warren’s tweet thread on Tuesday, in which the Democratic 2020 presidential hopeful explained her rejection of a Fox News invitation for a town hall event. Fox News is a hate-for-profit racket that gives a megaphone to racists and conspiracists—it’s designed to turn us against each other, risking life and death consequences,…

Trump tries to calm public, says he’ll reach deal with China ‘when the time is right’ – The Washington Post

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Shipping containers sit stacked at the Yangshan Deepwater Port, operated by Shanghai International Port Group Co. (SIPG), in this aerial photograph taken in Shanghai, China, on Friday, May 10, 2019. The U.S. hiked tariffs on more than $200 billion in goods from China on Friday in the most dramatic step yet of President Donald Trump’s push to extract trade concessions, deepening a conflict that has roiled financial markets and cast…

Oil prices jump after Saudi Arabia reports drone attack on pumping stations – CNN

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

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

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

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WhatsApp was hacked and attackers installed spyware on people’s phones – Business Insider

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

WhatsApp was hacked and attackers installed sophisticated spyware on an unknown number of people’s smartphones. The Facebook subsidiary, which has 1.5 billion users, said an advanced cyber actor infected an unknown number of people’s devices with the malware, which it said it discovered in early May. The Financial Times first reported the vulnerability. It said the bad actors were able to install the surveillance technology by phoning the target through…

Five dead, one missing after sightseeing planes collide in Alaska, cruise line says – The Washington Post

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

In all, 14 passengers from the cruise ship Royal Princess were involved in a deadly air crash off the coast of Alaska on Monday. (Becky Bohrer) Tim Elfrink May 14 at 12:51 AM Two sightseeing planes collided Monday afternoon off the coast of Alaska, leaving five people dead and one unaccounted for, according to Princess Cruises. All 14 passengers on the two planes came from the cruise ship Royal Princess,…

First assessment blames Iran for Middle East ship explosions, official says – Fox News

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Video President Trump warns Iran of consequences of potential attack Trump says ‘bad problem’ may await Iran as the U.S. bulks up its military presence in the Persian Gulf; State Department correspondent Rich Edson reports. An American military team assessing blasts that damaged four commercial ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sunday has blamed Iran or Iranian-backed proxies using explosive charges, a source told Fox News on Monday…

Trump Hosts Hard-Right Hungarian Leader Viktor Orbán At The White House – NPR

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to the White House in Washington on Monday. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to the White House in Washington on Monday. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Trump hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House on Monday, a gesture that two past presidents have avoided granting…

‘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…

5 dead after two planes collide in flight in Alaska – CNN

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

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Barr assigns US attorney in Connecticut to look into government surveillance involving Trump campaign: source – Fox News

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Video Hannity: Barr is searching for truth and justice AG Barr assigns U.S. attorney John Durham to investigate the origins of the Russia probe. Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection efforts targeting the Trump campaign were “lawful and appropriate,” a person familiar with the situation told Fox News on Monday evening. John Durham, the U.S. attorney…

Supreme Court’s conservatives overturn precedent as liberals ask ‘which cases the court will overrule next’ – The Washington Post

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Robert Barnes May 13 at 8:01 PM The Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned a 40-year-old precedent Monday, prompting a pointed warning from liberal justices about “which cases the court will overrule next.” The issue in Monday’s 5-to-4 ruling was one of limited impact: whether states have sovereign immunity from private lawsuits in the courts of other states. In 1979, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no constitutional right to…