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In 2014 and 2015, a Trump legal entity lent at least $96 million to the subsidiary that operated Turnberry, according to British regulatory filings. The next year, the Trump Organization would go back to Deutsche Bank for more. The relationship between Mr. Trump and Deutsche Bank had survived some rocky moments. In 2008, amid the financial crisis, Mr. Trump stopped repaying a loan to finance the construction of a skyscraper…

“We don’t comment on pending nominations, ongoing investigations, or in this case both,” said Chip Unruh, a spokesman for Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the ranking Democrat on the committee.

Video Virginia Governor Ralph Northam faces questions about racist yearbook photo Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam apologized Friday for appearing in a “racist and offensive” photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page that showed one man dressed in blackface and another in a KKK robe, while giving no indication he plans to resign. Northam – who has been under fire this week for comments made about a third-trimester abortion…

The Russians have said there is no violation. But American officials say Moscow is all but openly deploying a prohibited missile that the West calls the SSC-8, a land-based cruise missile that could be threatening to European nations. Last month, Russian officials put a newly modified version of that missile on display for a foreign audience for the first time in an attempt to rebut the accusations that the weapon…

In a tweet on Friday morning, national security adviser John Bolton effectively confirmed that Nicolas Maduro is paying Russia to guarantee his regime’s survival. There’s a simple way to stop Maduro from using these lifelines. The U.S. should ask Juan Guaido whether he wishes for the U.S. to interdict Maduro’s money planes. When Guaido says yes, and he almost certainly will, the U.S. Air Force or Navy can intercept the…

A former communications director for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. was forced out for alleged inappropriate behavior. According to a new report in the Huffington Post, Matt House was pushed out of Schumer’s office after six years just after the November midterm elections. Sources told the outlet that House had inappropriate sexual encounters with junior staffers, which a spokesman for Schumer confirmed. “Upon learning that he had inappropriate encounters…

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has temporarily blocked abortion restrictions in Louisiana from going into effect, pushing off the question for another week as to whether the high court will soon be forced to weigh in on the issue of abortion rights. Alito stayed the law until Feb. 7, saying that filings were only completed on Friday and that justices needed more time to review them. “This order does not…

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The Trump administration on Friday announced long-anticipated plans to stop complying with a Soviet-era arms control pact with Russia, the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. President TrumpDonald John TrumpChristie: Trump apologized after ‘knowingly lying’ during 2016 campaign White House abruptly cancelled meeting with intel chiefs day after contradicting Trump: report Trump denies involvement in Kushner security clearance application MORE pinned his decision on Moscow’s years of violating the agreement. Officials…

David Nakamura Josh Dawsey February 1 at 5:20 PM President Trump intends to offer an “aspirational” and “visionary” path for the nation at the State of the Union on Tuesday, White House aides said, even as his relations with lawmakers have soured over his threats to use executive power to bypass them. In his third prime-time address to the nation from the House chambers, Trump will call on Congress to…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a New Hampshire organizing event for her 2020 presidential exploratory committee at Manchester Community College on January 12, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. Scott Eisen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Eisen/Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a New Hampshire organizing event for her 2020 presidential exploratory committee at Manchester Community College on January 12, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. Scott Eisen/Getty Images More…

Authorities in Illinois say the bitter cold played a role in the death of a FedEx employee whose body was found outside a delivery hub in East Moline Thursday morning. Captain Darren Gault of the East Moline Police Department said the 69-year-old victim was discovered between two semi-trailers outside the freight facility by another FedEx employee around 9:30 a.m. Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson said the cause of death is unknown but added…

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday described third-trimester abortions as something done “in cases where there may be severe deformities or there may be a fetus that’s not viable.” Later that day, Northam’s Communications Director Ofirah Yheskel tried to clarify that Northam was referring to the fact that women seek third-trimester abortions only “except in the case of tragic or difficult circumstances, such as a nonviable pregnancy or in…

New York Times columnist David Brooks said Sen. Kamala Harris could be the Democrats’ best nominee to battle President Trump in 2020, and he said she might be able to “pulverize” him next year. “To beat Trump, I suspect Democrats will want unity,” wrote Brooks, the paper’s center-right leaning columnist. “They won’t want somebody who essentially runs against the Democratic establishment (Bernie Sanders); they’ll want somebody who embodies it (Harris)….

If President Trump tells the truth before a joint session of Congress, he will not say that what his predecessors have always said, that “the state of the union is strong.” The state of our union is fractured. And that makes us weak. There are plenty of positive indicators. Unemployment is still below 4 percent. Economic growth has averaged 3 percent over the past year and a half. Median wages…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has offered a private apology to the Cherokee Nation for publicizing the results of a DNA test showing she might have distant Native American ancestry, the Tulsa World reported. “We are encouraged by this dialogue and understanding that being a Cherokee Nation tribal citizen is rooted in centuries of culture and laws, not through DNA tests,” Julie Hubbard, the tribe’s executive director of communications, told Tulsa…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Trump has repeatedly promoted Foxconn’s investment in Wisconsin US President Donald Trump has intervened following news that Foxconn was adjusting the focus of its new factory in Wisconsin. Foxconn had said it was considering a high-tech research hub for the site, earlier planned for making LCD panels. That news was seen as a setback for Mr Trump, who has made reviving the manufacturing sector…

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker kicked off his 2020 campaign on Friday, and in his first radio interview called for the legalization of marijuana. Speaking about criminal justice reform on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the New Jersey senator said, “It means changing our drug laws. Ending prohibition against marijuana.” Booker highlighted the disproportionate impact of marijuana laws on the black community, and the fact that black people are roughly four…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters Friday that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters Friday that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration announced Friday that the United States will formally begin the…