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“He is usurping congressional authority,” Senator Susan Collins of Maine, a veteran member of the Appropriations Committee, said in an interview. “If the president can reallocate for his purposes billions of dollars in federal funding that Congress has approved for specific purposes and have been signed into law, that has the potential to render the appropriations process meaningless.” Several other Senate Republicans publicly and privately joined Ms. Collins in describing…

Theodore McCarrick, shown in 2011, has been accused of abusing minors and adults over a nearly 50-year clerical career. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Theodore McCarrick, shown in 2011, has been accused of abusing minors and adults over a nearly 50-year clerical career. Patrick Semansky/AP Updated at 10:14 a.m. ET The Vatican has defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, it said Saturday, making him the highest-ranking church official…

<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Politics California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency Friday and accused him of forgetting about the “real emergency” needs of survivors of the disastrous Camp Fire that destroyed most of the town of Paradise and killed 86 people. Newsom said there are still survivors waiting for federal disaster recovery money and people are suffering. He said $12 billion…

Video Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faces criticism for Amazon’s escape from New York Some Democrats are criticizing Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her role in Amazon’s decision to cancel plans for a huge investment in New York; Doug McKelway reports. Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was not the main player who led Amazon to cancel plans to build a second headquarters in New York City. In truth, political malpractice by Democratic leaders on…

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On Saturday, the Vatican spokesman, Alessandro Gisotti, told reporters that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had extended Mr. McCarrick a penal process in which “all his rights were respected” and that his “lawyers played an active role in the course of some of the interrogations.” The Vatican’s news media outlet, the Vatican News, splashed the news of Mr. McCarrick’s dismissal from the clerical state across its website…

House Democrats are vowing an aggressive response to President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump nominates ambassador to Turkey Trump heads to Mar-a-Lago after signing bill to avert shutdown CNN, MSNBC to air ad turned down by Fox over Nazi imagery MORE‘s emergency declaration at the southwest border, mulling ways to block his go-it-alone approach with legislation, legal action, or both. Yet party leaders are in no immediate rush to show their hand,…

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was interviewed by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller as part of his ongoing Russia investigation. CNN’s Erin Burnett reports. read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/15/politi… #sarahsanders #CNN #News

CLOSE A gunman opened fire at co-workers and police officers at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois. USA TODAY Before allegedly killing five of his co-workers, Gary Montez Martin went into his local Circle K convenience store for his almost daily purchase of a few cigars. He seemed fine, according to clerks at the store. “He came in almost every day and bought two or three Black & Mild cigars,” said Ricardo…

National emergency on the border?  In one network’s news judgment, it was more important to say, “Come on, down!” CBS coverage of President Donald Trump’s televised address on his national emergency declaration ended 21 minutes before its conclusion, as the eye network opted to return viewers to game show The Price Is Right. All of the other broadcast and cable news networks carried the declaration and press conference on Friday afternoon to…

A federal judge in a closed hearing questioned where Paul Manafort’s loyalties lie considering that he gave false statements to investigators to shield a conspirator in a pro-Russian lobbying effort. Judge Amy Berman Jackson in federal court in Washington, D.C., earlier this week said that because Manafort lied to investigators on three occasions, prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller are not bound by a prior deal to give him a…

Click here if you are having trouble viewing the photo gallery or video on your mobile device. SAN JOSE — A UPS driver abducted during a carjacking on Thursday is being lauded for having nerves of steel. The armed carjackers seized his delivery truck and forced him to drive it, with law enforcement officers in pursuit. But he drove slowly so that the police could keep up and then, in…

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was interviewed by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller as part of his ongoing Russia investigation. CNN’s Erin Burnett reports. read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/15/politi… #sarahsanders #CNN #News

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CHICAGO (CBS) — A gunman opened fire inside an Aurora manufacturing plant on Friday, killing five people and wounding six police officers. None of the victims names had been released as of Friday night. The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Gary Martin, exchanged gunfire with police as soon as officers entered the 29,000 square-foot Henry Pratt building around 1:30 p.m. Feb. 15. A total of 12 people, including the gunman, were…

Video Amazon disses Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on way out of NYC: ‘We don’t want to work in this environment’ The decision by tech giant Amazon to pull out of their plan to build a New York City headquarters was a stunning development, especially for those looking forward to the 25,000 new jobs Amazon promised to bring to the area. But now the fallout is ramping up as Amazon executives are blaming…

Special counsel Robert Mueller would like Paul Manafort to go to prison for a long, long time, according to a new sentencing memo he’s filed for Manafort’s case in Virginia. The special counsel did not recommend a specific sentence for Manafort, but as a ballpark, he said he agreed with the probation department’s proposed guidelines for a sentence of at least 19 and a half years. “Manafort acted for more…

In a stunning decision, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid have reached a financial settlement with the NFL in their joint collusion complaint against the league and will take no further action in the case. While sources declined to offer specifics for the decision, Yahoo Sports was told on prior occasions that Kaepernick and Reid would only settle the complaint if a lucrative financial agreement was reached between the…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom and Becerra both say there is no emergency at the border and Trump doesn’t have the authority to make the declaration. (AP Photo/Rich…