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President TrumpDonald John TrumpCharles Barkley: ‘Vice President Pence needs to shut the hell up’ Democrats say whistleblower deposition no longer central to impeachment investigation: report Trump plans to appeal House subpoena for financial records to Supreme Court MORE on Friday dismissed the need for a bolstered team to defend him against House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. “Here’s the thing. I don’t have teams. Everyone’s talking about teams. I’m the team. I…

CLOSE Public opinion polling has shown noticeable shifts in attitudes towards impeachment, though every single poll has asked about impeachment differently. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – At the time, the disclosure was offered almost as a footnote to the explosive contents of a phone call in which President Donald Trump pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate political rival Joe Biden. As a summary of the call was released by the White House last month,…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption William Barr’s review of the Muller Inquiry has turned into a criminal investigation The US justice department has launched a criminal investigation into the origins of the Mueller inquiry. An administrative review into the special counsel’s investigation of 2016 election interference began in May. But the switch to a criminal probe means investigators can now issue subpoenas for testimony and documents. The investigation into Russian…

The wind-driven Tick Fire prompted officials to close the 14 Freeway to commuters headed out of or into the Antelope Valley early Friday morning. The freeway was closed northbound and southbound between Golden Valley Road in Santa Clarita and Agua Dulce Canyon Road after flames jumped the roadway about 2:30 a.m. Video from the Sand Canyon area showed embers blowing from one side of the freeway and landing in the…

Pool Dr. Maya Rockeymoore-Cummings, wife of late Rep. Elijah Cummings, spoke at his funeral this morning about how her husband fought corruption amidst growing personal attacks. “And now he had to go on to actually work to fight for the soul of our democracy against very real corruption,” she said. Cummings was at the center of multiple disputes with President Trump. Over the summer, Trump tweeted disparaging remarks toward Cummings and his…

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Federal investigators need only a “reasonable indication” that a crime has been committed to open an investigation, a much lower standard than the probable cause required to obtain search warrants. However, “there must be an objective, factual basis for initiating the investigation; a mere hunch is insufficient,” according to Justice Department guidelines. When Mr. Barr appointed Mr. Durham, the United States attorney in Connecticut, to lead the review, he had…

“These reports, if true, raise profound new concerns that the Department of Justice under AG Barr has lost its independence and become a vehicle for President Trump’s political revenge,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said in a joint statement. “If the Department of Justice may be used as a tool of political retribution, or to help the President with a…

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Neither description is accurate: The Times’s parent company, the New York Times Co., is highly profitable and its subscription base has been growing smartly, particularly since Trump took office. The Post is owned by Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos but is otherwise unaffiliated with Amazon itself.

WASHINGTON — One stunning moment during a top diplomat’s testimony this week may prove pivotal to the congressional impeachment inquiry and even led to gasps in the room, according to one source who was present. It occurred when William Taylor, the lead U.S. envoy to Ukraine, described a video conference call in July with officials from the White House Office of Management and Budget. Even Republicans who were present expressed…

“It’s more than just climate change, and it is climate change, but it’s more than that,” Newsom said. “As it relates to PG&E, it’s about dog-eat-dog capitalism meeting climate change, it’s about corporate greed meeting climate change, it’s about decades of mismanagement.”

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Rep. Mark Meadows closes his eyes as he walks past the casket after speaking during memorial services for his close friend Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Joshua Roberts/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joshua Roberts/Pool/Getty Images Rep. Mark Meadows closes his eyes as he walks past the casket after speaking during memorial services for his close friend Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., on Capitol Hill on Thursday….

A fast-moving wildfire spurred by powerful winds tore across northeastern Sonoma County early Thursday, burning more than 10,000 acres and forcing the evacuation of up to 2,000 residents — including the entire town of Geyserville. While the cause of the fire was not immediately known, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officials said that high-voltage power transmission lines — the kind of of equipment that started last year’s devastating Camp Fire…

There were varying reports on damage. Cal Fire said in a 7 a.m. update that the blaze, burning in an area where PG&E had shut off power Wednesday afternoon due to the onset of gusty winds and plummeting humidity, had damaged two structures. But social media posts from journalists in the area showed residences that had been destroyed in the fire. Cal Fire incident commander Mike Parkes said at a…

Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of Scotland and a Brexit foe, tweeted Thursday, “So Johnson appears to be saying to MPs ‘if you vote for an election, I’ll bring back my bad Brexit bill and try to drag us out of the E.U. before we go to the polls’. Elections should be exercises in letting voters decide, not devices for charlatans to get their own way.”

Video Hannity: Secret impeachment coup cannot stand GOP lawmakers interrupt closed-door impeachment deposition. Sean Hannity delivered a “warning” to House Democrats Wednesday night over their impeachment pursuit and on the heels of House Republicans protest of the inquiry. “Now, let this be a very clear warning to [Rep.  Adam] Schiff, and [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and Democrats everywhere,” Hannity said on his television program. “Well, this secret Soviet-style impeachment coup attempt, this cannot stand. We do have…

Here’s what you need to know to understand the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. How we got here: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the beginning of an official impeachment inquiry against President Trump on Sept. 24, 2019. Here’s what has happened since then. What’s happening now: Lawmakers are conducting an inquiry, which could lead to impeachment. An impeachment would mean the U.S. House thinks the president is no longer fit…