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Video Roger Stone: I’m being targeted because they want to silence me Former Trump adviser Roger Stone told Fox News on Monday that the indictment brought against him as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation last week is really part of an attempt to silence him for his support of President Trump. “This is meant to silence me,” Stone said in an exclusive interview on “Hannity.” “They’re trying…

Sen. Kamala Harris also defended her law enforcement background while embracing progressive causes during a town hall in Iowa hosted by CNN. | Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo 2020 Elections By CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO 01/29/2019 12:18 AM EST Can a woman beat Donald Trump in 2020? Kamala Harris, in her first visit to Iowa for a town hall hosted by CNN, was asked a variation of the question. Story Continued Below The California…

The Chicago area is bracing for historic cold this week as frigid temperatures begin to drop Tuesday. A Wind Chill Advisory went into effect for the Chicago area at 4 a.m. and will be in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday, when it will be upgraded to a Wind Chill Warning. The Wind Chill Warning will remain in effect until noon on Thursday. On Tuesday, wind chills are expected to be…

BlueMountain Capital Management, one of PG&E’s major investors, said in a statement that the bankruptcy filing was “reckless and irresponsible” and called for replacing the company’s board of directors. “Today’s filing is the latest example of how the board continues to fail the company, wildfire victims, customers, employees, creditors, shareholders and the people of California,” the asset management firm said in the statement. “We urge all stakeholders to support change…

Video Roger Stone’s arrest sparks new questions on direction of Mueller probe Former Trump adviser Roger Stone says his indictment has nothing to do with Russian collusion; analysis from Robert Ray, former Whitewater independent counsel. In his first question-and-answer session with reporters since becoming Acting Attorney General last November, Matthew Whitaker on Monday announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is “close to being completed.” Whitaker’s remarks came just days after Mueller…

Sen. Kamala Harris kicked off her presidential bid in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday. In front of throngs of people and a beautiful backdrop, the California Democrat launched her campaign in a speech that was a blend of inspiration and criticism. She delivered a scathing review of the Trump administration and conservatism — and she smiled while doing it. Unlike Hillary Clinton, Harris came across as hard-hitting but with a soft,…

Video Huckabee on 2020 Hopefuls: Democratic Candidates Are Trying to ‘Out-Left’ Each Other House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking a victory lap, enjoying her “win” in denying President Trump funding for a border wall, and in particular celebrating the “unity” of her caucus. She should; it was remarkable that so many freshmen Democrats, elected on promises of reaching across the aisle in districts that Trump won in 2016, stuck with…

The newest entry into the 2020 presidential brawl isn’t a Democrat, but an independent candidate: billionaire and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. “I am seriously thinking of running for president,” Schultz told Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” on CBS. “I will run as a centrist independent, outside of the two-party system we’re living at a most-fragile time not only the fact that this president is not qualified to be the…

UPDATE (5:20 p.m.) – The head of the union for Houston police officers says the five officers injured in a shooting are in critical and stable condition. Joe Gamaldi, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, says in a tweet that two officers are in critical condition and the other three are in stable condition. The officers were taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston. Gamaldi says one of the…

Video Roger Stone’s arrest sparks new questions on direction of Mueller probe In his first question-and-answer session with reporters since becoming Acting Attorney General last November, Matthew Whitaker on Monday announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is “close to being completed.” Whitaker’s remarks came just days after Mueller ordered the dramatic predawn arrest of former Trump adviser Roger Stone on charges he allegedly lied to Congress and directed another witness to do the…

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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s announcement that he was ” seriously considering” running for president has set off a storm of speculation over how his entrance could affect the 2020 race. But ultimately, the speculation all boils down to three basic scenarios. Scenario 1: He hurts Democrats and helps President Trump get re-elected In this scenario, Schultz splits the anti-Trump vote and helps him squeak into re-election. Should Democrats choose…

The Congressional Budget Office projected Monday that the federal deficit will rise to $897 billion in fiscal year 2019 and then will swell to over $1 trillion per year starting in three years. Those projections represent an improvement over recent ones from the budget office, which is Congress’ official nonpartisan agency for budget and economic figures. The picture improved primarily because of a drop in emergency relief spending, which was…

SÃO PAULO—Vale SA’s shares tumbled at the start of trading Monday as the iron mining company potentially faces spiraling losses after a dam burst at one of its mines in southeast Brazil, leaving at least 60 people dead and hundreds missing. Vale’s ordinary shares fell 19% to 45.00 reais ($12) shortly after they began trading. The company…

WALTHAM — After Mark Paul Fitzgerald allegedly sped down the Mass. Pike Friday afternoon with a man clinging to his hood, stopping after a couple miles when a Good Samaritan ordered him out of his Infiniti at gunpoint, the first thing he needed was a smoke. “Fitzgerald seemed very upset and was smoking from a vape machine,” said a State Police report filed in connection with the bizarre case. The…

SEATTLE (AP) — For a businessman who grew a small coffee roaster into an inescapable global chain, who ensured that even his part-time workers had benefits and who has given about $150,000 to Democratic campaigns, former Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz is generating tepid — or even hostile — responses within the party as he weighs a presidential bid in 2020. That’s partly because — as Schultz told “60 Minutes” on…

Lawmakers in both parties are skeptical about President TrumpDonald John TrumpPatricia Arquette thanks Mueller at SAG Awards Worker fired from Trump golf course says Trump knew undocumented people were employed Trump rips into Fox News over shutdown, border wall coverage MORE’s chances of securing funding for his wall on the Mexican border after a 35-day partial government shutdown that bruised the White House’s political standing.  The deal reached last week…

A major winter storm is hitting the Chicago area Monday and has made a mess of the morning commute. The storm is expected to dump between 3-6 inches of snow across the Chicago area. Upwards of 9 inches of snow is expected to accumulate near the Wisconsin border. Areas south of Interstate 80 are expected to get 1-3 inches of snow School Closings: Chicago Area Complete List A Winter Storm…

KABUL (Reuters) – A senior U.S. government official, speaking after six days of U.S. peace talks with Afghan Taliban militants, said on Monday that Washington was committed to withdrawing foreign forces from Afghanistan to end more than 17 years of war. The official, who declined to be identified, described “significant progress” in talks last week with the Taliban in Qatar about a foreign troop pullout, but more negotiations were needed…