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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump sought Friday to distance himself from attorney Rudy Giuliani, even casting doubts about whether the former New York mayor is still his lawyer. Asked whether Giuliani remained his personal attorney, Trump said: “I don’t know.” “I haven’t spoken to Rudy,” Trump told reporters as he was leaving the White House for a political rally in Louisiana. “I spoke to him yesterday, briefly. He’s a very good…

President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. and China had reached a “substantial phase one deal” on trade that will eliminate a tariff hike that had been planned for next week. Trump announced the deal in the Oval Office alongside members of his economic and trade teams, as well as Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and his team, who were in Washington for negotiations. Trump said the deal would…

Wildfires are burning across California this week as risks for more blazes remain high throughout the state. Dry, warm weather and strong seasonal winds this week have created a “recipe for explosive fire growth,” according to the National Weather Service. The largest fire currently is the Briceburg Fire, spanning more than 4,900 acres near Yosemite National Park. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, reported that…

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith suddenly stepped down from his role on Friday. Getty Images (Updated: 4:31 p.m. EST, 10/11/2019) Topline:  President Trump’s sudden angry attacks on Fox News—and the sudden departure of his frequent target, longtime anchor Shepard Smith—suggests the protective firewall the network has offered him since before the 2016 election is under increasing pressure. Attorney General Bill Barr met with Rupert Murdoch, founder and chairman of Fox…

Seventeen former special prosecutors who investigated the Watergate scandal have weighed in on the unspooling Ukraine saga, and they believe that President Donald Trump should be impeached. In a joint op-ed published in the Washington Post on Thursday afternoon, the lawyers — including former federal attorneys and previous head of the Washington, DC, bar — note that Richard Nixon had three articles of impeachment filed against him: one of obstruction…

Water is dropped on a large brush fire in the early morning hours Friday in Sylmar, Calif. At least 25 structures have been destroyed. David Swanson/AP hide caption toggle caption David Swanson/AP Water is dropped on a large brush fire in the early morning hours Friday in Sylmar, Calif. At least 25 structures have been destroyed. David Swanson/AP A quick-moving wildfire is churning through the foothills of Southern California, forcing…

“The operation is against a terror group,” Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s foreign minister, said at a news conference on Friday. “You may have an engagement with them in the field — this is not my problem. You give them weapons, you trained them. This is not my problem either.” Since fighting began on Wednesday, Kurdish fighters have returned fire, lobbing mortars at targets just over the Turkish-Syrian border, violence that has…

“This is a very dangerous trend,” said Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer during the George W. Bush administration, who likened American elections to a blowout college party — and American laws to the cavalier bouncers a boisterous fraternity might employ. “We have a great big money party and foreigners are going to want to participate,” Painter continued. “It’s like having a big party on a college campus…

With only quietness to cite as alleged evidence of guilt, Eric Trump sought to cast blame for the Ukraine scandal enveloping his father’s administration on former President Barack Obama. The notion moved the baseless conspiracy theories being spun from the White House about former Vice President Joe Biden one step further. “There is no question it leads right to him,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity as the two…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpDemocratic 2020 hopefuls tout LGBTQ plans at town hall Trump defends Syria move at rally: ‘Bring our troops back home’ Pompeo adviser resigning: report MORE went after former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenDemocratic 2020 hopefuls tout LGBTQ plans at town hall Trump bashes Biden at Minnesota rally, asks ‘Where’s Hunter? ‘Off-script’ Trump rails against impeachment, Democrats at feisty rally MORE and lashed out at the Democratic presidential candidate’s…

The whistleblower accusing President Donald Trump of abuse of power worked with Joe Biden when he was vice president, according to a new report. On Wednesday, attorneys for the CIA whistleblower issued a carefully-worded statement denying that the had a ‘professional’ link to a 2020 Democratic candidate, saying he is an apolitical civil servant. Now an intelligence source says that it is likely that the unnamed CIA analyst, who is clearly…

“Purple Rain” has no place at  President Donald Trump’s rally, a Prince spokesperson says. Trump came under fire from deceased musician Prince Rogers Nelson’s estate when one of the singer’s most iconic tunes, “Purple Rain,” was played during the president’s campaign rally in Minneapolis Thursday. According to Prince’s official Twitter account, the president went back on a promise not to use the musician’s work. “President Trump played Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ tonight at a campaign event in…

Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S. There was no word from Saudi Arabia on the reported attack and Saudi officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Oil prices spiked by 2% on the news. Iranian state…

The whistleblower who touched off an impeachment inquiry into President Trump over his relationship with the president of Ukraine may have worked with Joe Biden while he was vice president, a report said. A retired CIA officer told the Washington Examiner that, given what is known about the whistleblower’s work in the executive branch, he “no doubt” worked with Biden. “From everything we know about the whistleblower and his work…

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Mr. Kolomoisky said in interviews in the Ukrainian news media that Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman traveled to see him in Israel in April, ostensibly to talk about their plans to sell gas to Ukraine. But, he said, the two men then pushed him to arrange a meeting between Mr. Giuliani and Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Mr. Giuliani had been seeking to press Mr. Zelensky to agree to…

PG&E reports improving weather conditions in parts of the areas affected by the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) have allowed for an “all clear” to be issued for safety inspections, repair and restoration efforts to begin in many areas. All clears have been declared in the following areas to begin inspections and assess if equipment is safe to resume electric delivery services. PG&E crews will visually inspect power lines to…

“I don’t know those gentlemen,” Trump said. “Now, it’s possible I have a picture with them, because I have a picture with everybody. … I don’t know about them; I don’t know what they do. I don’t know, maybe they were clients of Rudy. You’d have to ask Rudy.”

WASHINGTON — To circumvent White House efforts to impede the House impeachment inquiry, Democrats have launched a fresh offensive to bury the White House with numerous subpoenas and interview requests. Democrats on Thursday issued a subpoena to Energy Secretary Rick Perry to produce documents related to President Donald Trump and the Ukraine. Perry led the U.S. delegation in May to the inauguration of Ukraine’s president whose phone conversation with Trump…