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Someone Had a ‘Meltdown’ at the White House. Pelosi and Trump Just Disagree on Who. – The New York Times
Mr. Mattis was “the world’s most overrated general,” Mr. Trump told the group. “You know why? He wasn’t tough enough. I captured ISIS. Mattis said it would take two years. I captured them in one month.” The conversation, several Democratic officials said, only devolved from there, and reached a fever pitch after Ms. Pelosi told the president that Russia, which has quickly stepped in to fill the void left by…
Trump tries to distance himself from chaos in Syria as tensions with lawmakers in both parties escalate – The Washington Post
“He just couldn’t handle it, so he kind of engaged in a meltdown,” Pelosi told reporters, referring to the 354-60-4 bipartisan vote in the House earlier Wednesday that broadly condemned the troop withdrawal. Later, Pelosi added: “I think now we have to pray for his health, because this was a very serious meltdown on the part of the president.”
Trump Is Sabotaging His Own Administration’s Efforts to Stop Turkey’s Attack on Syria – Slate
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Chicago Cancels Public School Classes As Teachers’ Strike Looms – NPR
Teachers, staff and their supporters marched through downtown Chicago on Monday to show support for the teachers union. Teresa Crawford/AP hide caption toggle caption Teresa Crawford/AP Teachers, staff and their supporters marched through downtown Chicago on Monday to show support for the teachers union. Teresa Crawford/AP Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says classes in the city’s public schools will be canceled Thursday for 299,000 children, in anticipation of an expected teacher…
Democratic debate 4 October 2019: 12 candidates onstage in Ohio – Vox.com
Twelve Democratic presidential candidates took the stage at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, for a debate hosted by CNN and the New York Times on Tuesday, October 15. The first to take place during the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Trump, it was only natural that the whistleblower scandal involving the president’s call with Ukraine would come up. This included the fact that the call involved Trump asking Ukrainian president…
The worst news for Joe Biden Tuesday had nothing to do with the debate – CNN
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Timeline: Trump impeachment inquiry – NBC News
On Sept. 24, 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House would launch an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and his dealings with Ukraine. Here is a timeline of the events leading to and following that decision. The timeline will be updated as new information becomes available.
Turkey Urges Kurdish Fighters to Lay Down Their Arms – The New York Times
But Mr. Erdogan said he had told President Trump that a truce was not possible because Turkey does not negotiate with “terrorists.” Turkey has faced widespread Western criticism and threats of economic sanctions and arms embargoes because of the incursion, which aims to sweep Kurdish fighters away from the Turkish border. But Mr. Erdogan has billed the incursion as necessary for his country’s security and as a way to get…
Exclusive: U.S. carried out secret cyber strike on Iran in wake of Saudi oil attack: officials – Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran, two U.S. officials have told Reuters. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the operation took place in late September and took aim at Tehran’s ability to spread “propaganda.” One of the officials said…
‘Medicare for All’: Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg Clash at Debate – The New York Times
Instead, Ms. Warren has tried to reframe the issue around the total costs that families would face under Medicare for all. She has said that costs would go up for the wealthy and for big corporations, but they would go down for middle-class families — an explanation she repeated on the debate stage on Tuesday night. She has also said “I’m with Bernie” on Medicare for all, referring to Senator…
2020 Election: 5 things we learned from the Democratic debate in Ohio – USA TODAY
CLOSE Debate winners and losers, Warren on the defensive, and what we’re watching for before the next Democratic debate. Hannah Gaber, USA TODAY The biggest debate of the election cycle was chippy. With 12 candidates vying for voters attention at Tuesday’s debate in Westerville, Ohio, the White House contenders threw sharper jabs at each other and competed to outdo each other in their expressions of outrage over President Donald Trump….
2020 Democrats stand united in support of impeachment process at debate – CNN
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Turkey holding 50 US nuclear bombs ‘hostage’ at air base, report says – Fox News
Video US military uses ‘show of force’ to disrupt Turkish-backed fighters in Syria U.S military sends jets, helicopter gunships; national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports. Officials are reviewing plans to evacuate up to 50 U.S. nuclear bombs that have long been stored at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey in the wake of Ankara’s military offensive in northern Syria, according to a report. The weapons are now essentially “hostage” to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip…
Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke’s feud over assault weapon buybacks boils over at the Democratic debate – Vox.com
The feud between South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke boiled over on Tuesday during the Democratic debate. The disagreement between the two, which began in the wake of the September debate, centered on conflict over a mandatory assault weapons buyback, a policy that O’Rourke has touted but struggled to fully explain. While O’Rourke has argued that a buyback would help curb gun violence, Buttigieg has…
Brexit talks stall on final day before crucial EU summit – CNBC
Brexit negotiations have hit a stumbling block on the last day of talks between the U.K. and EU ahead of a crucial summit later this week. Sterling and U.K. stocks fell on media reports, which cited unnamed EU diplomats, that talks had stalled over a future trade deal and fair competition clauses, as well as renewed opposition to the proposed deal by Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar also…
6 Takeaways From the October Democratic Debate – The New York Times
For months, Mr. Buttigieg has been satisfied to make most of his points at the debates without scoring them at the expense of his rivals. That ended Tuesday. Mr. Buttigieg sparred sharply with former Representative Beto O’Rourke on guns. He rebuked Representative Tulsi Gabbard on foreign policy. And, most notably, he engaged in the most substantive and sustained contrast of any candidate yet with Ms. Warren. It was Mr. Buttigieg’s…
Mulvaney emerges as a key facilitator of the campaign to pressure Ukraine – The Washington Post
“I don’t remember any substantive conversation with Mick. I don’t remember him approving, disapproving, getting involved, having an interest,” said Rudolph W. Giuliani, who, as Trump’s personal lawyer, also served as the president’s emissary to Ukraine. “Mulvaney was not a big player in this. I dealt with Volker and Sondland.”
Bernie Sanders said Billionaire shouldn’t exist. See billionaire’s response – CNN
During the Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and billionaire businessman Tom Steyer discuss their plans for closing the wealth gap.
Top GOP representative: Time to identify the whistleblower – Washington Examiner
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said Tuesday the anonymous whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Trump’s behavior on a phone call with the president of Ukraine should be identified. “The question I keep coming back to is why we don’t know who this individual is,” Jordan said as he walked into another day of closed-door testimony from another Trump administration witness in…
U.S. charges state-owned Turkish bank in multibillion-dollar sanctions-busting scheme – NBC News
Federal prosecutors in New York announced charges Tuesday against a Turkish state bank accused of a multibillion-dollar scheme to violate United States sanctions on Iran. The prosecutors said Halkbank and its “officers, agents, and co-conspirators directly and indirectly used money service businesses and front companies” in Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and other countries to violate prohibitions on Iran’s access to the American financial system and the use of…