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Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, said Judge Ellis’s sentence seemed strangely light, especially given that the judge denied every objection raised by Mr. Manafort’s lawyers to the sentencing guidelines. “He refuted all of the arguments of the defense, yet ultimately ruled very much in favor of their client,” Mr. Tobias said. He was also struck, he said, by the judge’s praise of Mr….

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Someone in the White House reportedly leaked documents to House Democrats dealing with security clearances for members of President Trump’s family. A Democratic aide responsible for handling to documents said that they provide information on the timeline of how President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump obtained security clearances. They also explain how the final decision was made to grant those clearances, Axios reported. Two staffers on the…

A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter drives past destroyed homes and vehicles in Susah, a Syrian village that was recently retaken from Islamic State militants. (Felipe Dana/Associated Press) Louisa Loveluck March 7 DEIR AL-ZOUR, Syria — The road to the final scrap of the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in eastern Syria is quiet for the most part. U.S.-backed forces cruise past fields of flowers in their armored vehicles. Locals forage for truffles,…

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Loading… Commercial satellite imagery of a facility near Pyongyang suggests that North Korea is preparing to launch a missile or space rocket in the near future. The images are of a site known as Sanumdong — a facility where North Korea has assembled some of its intercontinental ballistic missiles and satellite-launching rockets. The images, taken Feb. 22 by DigitalGlobe and shared exclusively with NPR, show cars and trucks parked near…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Politics The White House is expected to unveil a budget on Monday that does not balance over the next decade, despite optimistic growth projections and deep cuts to discretionary programs, according to several people familiar with the plans. The administration’s budget is supposed to act as a road map for Congress to begin crafting spending legislation for the next fiscal year. It also serves as…

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Video Nancy Pelosi discusses the recent house resolution against hate Nancy Pelosi speaks in a moderated discussion at The Economic Club of Washington D.C. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, speaking Friday at an Economic Club event, said she doesn’t think embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is anti-Semitic. “I don’t think our colleague is anti-Semitic, I think she has a different experience in the use of words, doesn’t understand that some of…

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Someone in the White House reportedly leaked documents to House Democrats dealing with security clearances for members of President Trump’s family. A Democratic aide responsible for handling to documents said that they provide information on the timeline of how President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump obtained security clearances. They also explain how the final decision was made to grant those clearances, Axios reported. Two staffers on the…

President Trump is on Air Force One on his way to Alabama to survey tornado damage, but at the moment his mind is somewhere else. In a tweet, Trump claimed that his former lawyer Michael Cohen “directly asked” him for a pardon and therefore lied under oath when testifying before Congress last week.   “He lied! Additionally, he directly asked me for a pardon. I said NO. He lied again! He…

President Donald Trump, after his former campaign chairman was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for tax and bank fraud, said Friday that those involved in Paul Manafort’s case affirmed there was “no collusion” with Russia. “Both the Judge and the lawyer in the Paul Manafort case stated loudly and for the world to hear that there was NO COLLUSION with Russia. But the Witch Hunt Hoax continues as…

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson testifies during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on readiness and management support hearing on Capitol Hill on Oct. 10. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Dan Lamothe Paul Sonne March 8 at 12:39 PM Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, one of the first officials to join the Trump administration in the Pentagon, said Friday she has informed President Trump she will resign, as the University of Texas…

Video Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison Paul Manafort was placed in solitary confinement leading up to his sentencing; Doug McKelway has the details. With the release of the “Mueller Report” reportedly just around the corner, the sentencing Thursday of one-time Trump presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort to 47 months in prison offers a timely reminder that the whole Russia collusion narrative was never more than a fantasy of…

Mary Beth Sheridan March 8 at 7:49 AM CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s massive power outage stretched into a second day on Friday, with schools and offices closed while millions were left stranded by what the government called an act of sabotage. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on the Venezuelan state TV network Telesur that President Nicolás Maduro had ordered schools and offices shut on Friday because of the blackout. The…

Someone in the White House reportedly leaked documents to House Democrats dealing with security clearances for members of President Trump’s family. A Democratic aide responsible for handling to documents said that they provide information on the timeline of how President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump obtained security clearances. They also explain how the final decision was made to grant those clearances, Axios reported. Two staffers on the…

Niha Masih Joanna Slater March 8 at 4:20 AM NEW DELHI — The first time Sandeep Wathar received a message on Facebook from a total stranger calling him a traitor, he was amused. When dozens more followed, he knew something was wrong. After India and Pakistan nearly went to war last week, Wathar, a 29-year old professor of civil engineering in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, vented his frustration…

The winner of the $273 million Mega Millions jackpot in New Jersey very nearly lost the chance of a lifetime. Mike Weirsky of Alpha, New Jersey, bought $10 in tickets one morning at the QuickChek in Phillipsburg and put the tickets down to put his money away, he said during a Thursday press conference. He started looking at his phone and walked away — leaving the tickets behind. He realized…