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Brexit spurs breakaway from Britain’s opposition Labour Party – NBC News

Monday, February 18, 2019

LONDON — With just 39 days until Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union, Brexit has prompted a split in the U.K.’s main opposition party. Seven British lawmakers on Monday resigned from the Labour Party over its Brexit policies as well as other issues, including its approach to anti-Semitism. “The Labour Party that we joined, that we campaigned for and believed in, is no longer today’s Labour Party. We…

Trump Will ‘Protect’ Emergency Declaration If Congress Disapproves, Miller Says – NPR

Monday, February 18, 2019

President Trump speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House on Friday to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House on Friday to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border. Evan Vucci/AP If Congress votes to…

Graham calls McCabe comments ‘beyond stunning’ as he threatens to subpoena former FBI chief – Fox News

Monday, February 18, 2019

Video Would Congress learn anything new from calling former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe to testify? Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., vowed Sunday to investigate alleged discussions at the Department of Justice about invoking the 25th Amendment as a way to oust President Trump from office and threatened to subpoena former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe if he refused to testify on the matter before the Senate. “We’re going to find…

Mike Pence Expected Applause When He Mentioned Trump in Munich. He Got Silence. – Slate

Monday, February 18, 2019

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Presidents Day shows how time can change legacies. Just look at Washington and Lincoln. – NBC News

Monday, February 18, 2019

Americans generally hold this truth to be self-evident: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were presidents who earned their places on monuments and on currency through exemplary leadership that united the country. That reverence is celebrated every year on Presidents Day — a national celebration observed in one form or another since President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a 1879 law establishing a federal holiday on Feb. 22, the anniversary of Washington’s…

Andrew McCabe, Ex-FBI Deputy, Describes ‘Remarkable’ Number Of Trump-Russia Contacts – NPR

Monday, February 18, 2019

Andrew McCabe talked about his new memoir with NPR’s Morning Edition. Amr Alfiky/NPR hide caption toggle caption Amr Alfiky/NPR Andrew McCabe talked about his new memoir with NPR’s Morning Edition. Amr Alfiky/NPR Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe condemned what he called the “relentless attack” that President Trump has waged against the FBI even as it continues scrutinizing whether Americans in Trump’s campaign may have conspired with the Russians who…

Sixth grader arrested in Florida after refusal to participate in Pledge of Allegiance led to confrontation – NBC News

Monday, February 18, 2019

A sixth grader in Florida was arrested after his refusal to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance escalated into a confrontation with police and school officials, authorities said. The unnamed boy was charged with disrupting a school function and resisting an officer without violence on Feb. 4, the Lakeland Police Department said in a news release. A local news outlet, Bay News 9, reported that the confrontation began after the…

Trump gives Europe an ultimatum over ISIS fighters, deepening a growing rift – ThinkProgress

Monday, February 18, 2019

President Donald Trump demanded that Europe take back hundreds of ISIS fighters captured in Syria, in the administration’s latest move that appeared likely to worsen relations between the United States and its formerly staunch allies across the Atlantic. “The United States is asking Britain, France, Germany and other European allies to take back over 800 ISIS fighters that we captured in Syria and put them on trial. The Caliphate is…

Alec Baldwin responds to Trump’s ‘SNL’ tweet – CNN

Monday, February 18, 2019

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Former Congressman Anthony Weiner released from federal prison – Los Angeles Times

Monday, February 18, 2019

Weiner began serving a 21-month prison sentence at the Federal Medical Center Devens, located about 40 miles west of Boston in Ayer, Mass., in November 2017.

‘Answer my question’: Fox anchor grills defiant Stephen Miller on Trump’s national emergency – The Washington Post

Monday, February 18, 2019

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller. (Evan Vucci/AP) Alex Horton February 17 at 4:48 PM Unstoppable rhetoric collided with immovable facts on “Fox News Sunday,” as White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller defended President Trump’s national emergency declaration and invoked the potential for a veto if Congress disapproves in an interview with Chris Wallace. The segment focused on the limits of presidential powers to circumvent Congress and procure funds…

Key senator vows to probe discussions about removing Trump – BBC News

Monday, February 18, 2019

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Senator Lindsey Graham said he was “stunned” by the latest comments by Andrew McCabe The chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee has vowed to get to the bottom of allegations that discussions were held in 2017 on removing President Donald Trump from office. Senator Lindsey Graham pledged to issue subpoenas “if that’s what it takes”. Ex-acting FBI chief Andrew McCabe has said deputy US…

Iran Warns Europe That It Must Work Harder to Save the Nuclear Deal – TIME

Monday, February 18, 2019

(MUNICH) — Europeans need to do more than talk if they want to preserve a deal meant to keep Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon after the unilateral withdrawal of the United States, Iran’s foreign minister said Sunday, slamming Washington as the “biggest source of destabilization” in the Middle East. Mohammad Javad Zarif told a gathering of world leaders, top defense officials and diplomats that a barter-type system known as…

11-Year-Old Arrested After Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance – Slate

Monday, February 18, 2019

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Aurora shooter brought gun to termination meeting, opened fire as soon as he was fired, police say – Fox News

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Video Aurora shooter brought gun to termination meeting, opened fire as soon as he was fired The Aurora shooter brought a gun to his termination meeting and opened fire as soon as he was fired, according to police. A disgruntled worker who went on a shooting rampage at a manufacturing warehouse in a Chicago suburb brought the weapon to his termination meeting and opened fire as soon as he was fired,…

President Donald Trump Tweetstorm – The Sunday Edition – Deadline

Sunday, February 17, 2019

President Donald Trump gave his review of Saturday Night Live’s cold open this morning:  “Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC!” The bit, featuring Alec Baldwin doing his Trump imitation and lampooning the border situation, always provokes the Commander-in-Tweet, who has taken shots at Baldwin and SNL before. But this is a critic who has more than the power of the pen (or keyboard) to take…

China tells world to ignore Mike Pence ‘lectures’ – Washington Examiner

Sunday, February 17, 2019

MUNICH — European leaders should disregard “lectures” from Vice President Mike Pence and other U.S. officials about Chinese encroachment into Europe, a top diplomat from the communist nation said Saturday. Pence — amplifying warnings by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — told the Munich Security Conference that Huawei, a Chinese multinational telecom company, posed a threat to regional security. “Chinese law requires them to provide Beijing’s vast security apparatus with…