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Looking at where things stand ahead of a midnight Friday deadline, all signs are pointing to a partial government shutdown. Typically, when trying to assess outcomes of Congressional standoffs, it’s best to look past some of the details and consider the bottom line political motivations and incentives for the key players. Right now, we’re in a situation in which the Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill to temporarily keep government open…

You should greatly lament President Trump’s announcement on Thursday that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is resigning. A scholar and retired four-star Marine general with the extremely unsuited nickname, “Mad Dog,” Mattis is universally respected by U.S. allies and universally feared by U.S. foes. In his resignation letter, Mattis noted that Trump deserves a defense secretary who is in closer alignment with his own views. While Mattis’ letter pointed out the…

Mr. Putin reiterated the Kremlin position that American forces have no legal right to be in Syria, in that they were neither invited by Damascus, as the Russian forces were, nor authorized by the United Nations Security Council. The American decision to withdraw represented at least a tactical victory for Mr. Putin, who intervened in Syria in September 2015 with the primary goal of re-establishing Russia as a power to…

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Campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.(Photo: aimintang, Getty Images) A former chemistry major at Lehigh University, who allegedly vandalized his longtime roommate’s property with racist graffiti, was charged with attempted homicide Thursday after he also allegedly poisoned the roommate over several months by mixing toxic amounts of thallium into his food and drink, prosecutors said.  North Hampton County District Attorney John Morganelli announced the charges at a press conference, calling the…

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“I am confident … that this decision did not come based on advice from his national security team, it came from the president himself,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Congress By MARIANNE LEVINE 12/20/2018 01:39 PM EST Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-.S.C) threatened to clash with Donald Trump Thursday unless the president reconsidered his decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria without warning. “President Trump — I…

In the memo, Mr. Barr acknowledged that he might not have a full understanding of which aspects of Mr. Trump’s actions Mr. Mueller has been scrutinizing or why, saying, “I realize that I am in the dark about many facts, but I hope my views may be useful.” Mr. Barr wrote his memo on June 8, shortly after The New York Times had obtained and published a January 2018 memo…

A former Lehigh University college student accused earlier this year of leaving racist graffiti for his roommate in their dorm room is now facing charges he tried to poison him. Yukai Yang, 22, an international student from China, turned himself in on Thursday and was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said Thursday. The chemistry major allegedly sickened his…

MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday welcomed President Trump’s announcement of a withdrawal of American troops from Syria, calling it “the right decision.” Mr. Trump said on Wednesday that he was ordering the withdrawal because the United States military had achieved its goal of defeating the Islamic State militant group in Syria. But the move caught many by surprise, including some of his military and diplomatic…

<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES World News Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the threat of a nuclear war should not be discounted and criticized the U.S.’ move to withdraw from an international nuclear treaty. Speaking at his annual media press conference, Putin was asked by one journalist to assess the threat of nuclear war or a third world war. “The danger of the situation is being downplayed,” Putin told…

According to the Journal, Barr sent the 20-page memo — which the outlet said it had reviewed — to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in June. In it, Barr argued that, based on his understanding of the facts, Trump had been acting well within his authority as president when he allegedly suggested to then-FBI director James Comey that an investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn should be dropped.

GOP Reps. Jim Jordan, Scott Perry and Mark Meadows chat outside the Capitol. | Alex Wong/Getty Images congress A last-ditch push for Trump’s wall could upend leadership plans in the House. By SARAH FERRIS 12/20/2018 07:19 AM EST Updated 12/20/2018 08:37 AM EST 2018-12-20T08:37-0500 House Republican leaders are struggling to rally their own members behind a funding bill that deprives President Donald Trump of a long-sought border wall victory, with…

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In this Dec. 11, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meets with Democratic leaders the Oval Office in Washington. Against the advice of many in his own administration, Trump is pulling U.S. troops out of Syria. But the abruptness with which Trump is turning the page on Syria is raising questions about whether he might not do the same in Iraq or Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON –…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday announced a plan to fund the government through Feb. 5, a move that would allow Congress to go home for Christmas, avoid a partial shutdown, and defer a resolution to the standoff over the border wall funding until next year. But it will also mean that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will have more power over the final product. Right now, Republicans still…

All Shaima Swileh wants is to give her son one more kiss before he dies. The Yemeni woman is about to get her wish after winning her fight for a waiver from the Trump administration’s travel ban so she can fly to California where her 2-year-old son is on life support. The State Department granted Swileh the waiver on Tuesday after lawyers with the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued this…

Brian Kolfage, a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran, is raising money to help build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. A triple amputee U.S. military veteran says he was inspired to raise money for President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall after reading a New York Post article that questioned why no one had taken up the mantle. In just three days, Brian Kolfage’s GoFundMe campaign, “We The People Will Fund The Wall,” has racked…

William Barr, President Trump’s pick to replace fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, slammed special counsel Robert Mueller’s reported efforts to uncover whether Trump obstructed justice, arguing it is causing irrevocable damage to the presidency. In a June memo to the Justice Department, Barr criticized the federal Russia investigation for looking into whether Trump tried to skirt justice by encouraging former FBI Director James Comey to stop examining ex-national security adviser…