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A bipartisan Senate effort is in the works to punish Turkey for its attacks on Kurds just days after President Donald Trump withdrew US troops from northern Syria earlier this week. Led by staunch Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the goal is to impose a financial penalty on Turkey’s highest political leaders — including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — and military for invading…

“If the GOP Minority Leader and his campaign committee are willing to pocket money from a man who was just arrested for funneling Russian campaign donors into American elections, then it is clear there no line they will not cross,” DCCC spokesman Cole Leiter said. “This is a question of un-American activity: either you stand for the sanctity of our elections and defending our Constitution, or you do not. Today,…

Rudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer for President Trump, alleged that a Ukrainian natural gas company that employed Joe Biden’s son Hunter also paid the former vice president $900,000 in lobbying fees. Giuliani, appearing Wednesday night on Fox News’ “The Sean Hannity Show,” cited as evidence documents released by Andriy Derkach, a member of Ukraine’s parliament. “Biden, his son and his brother had a 30-year-long scam to make money, millions, selling…

A Florida man who was found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a dispute over a handicapped parking space in Florida last year was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday. Michael Drejka, who fatally shot Markeis McGlockton, 28, outside of a Clearwater convenience store in July 2018, was found guilty of manslaughter in August. On Thursday, McGlockton’s family addressed Drejka. “In the Bible,…

Outside a Safeway grocery store just after dawn, dead traffic lights caused backups. Commuters toting travel mugs from homes without power begrudgingly got back in their cars without coffee when security guards informed them that the store would open late. While many residents said they had received emails or calls warning them that PG&E may cut power at some point this week, most said they had trouble getting access to…

President Trump has dismissed concerns that Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria could enable hundreds of hardened ISIS fighters to go free as a problem for other countries. There are more than 10,000 ISIS detainees held in jails across northern Syria run by America’s long-time Kurdish allies, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Kurds had warned that a Turkish offensive against them, which began on Wednesday, would force them to turn…

There are now 359,000 people without power in the Bay Area after phase 2 of PG&E’s power shutoffs were implemented overnight. Parts of the East Bay, Peninsula, South Bay and Santa Cruz lost energy in the latest outages. Across Northern California, PG&E cut power to the counties of Alameda, Alpine, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Mariposa, Mendocino, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus and Tuolumne. The Contra Costa County…

President Trump speaks at the White House Oct. 9, 2019. An NPR analysis of his tweets shows Trump using very different language and insults when sparring with white and non-white Democratic lawmakers. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Trump speaks at the White House Oct. 9, 2019. An NPR analysis of his tweets shows Trump using very different language and insults…

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“Are you truly blind to what you got wrong in 2016, or are you deliberately continuing policies that distort reality for the sake of controversy and the clicks that accompany it?” Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, wrote in the Wednesday letter, which was posted by CNN’s Oliver Darcy.

Felicia Sonmez Colby Itkowitz John Wagner October 9 at 10:23 PM Former vice president Joe Biden made his most direct call for President Trump’s impeachment Wednesday, hours after Trump said the Democratic-led inquiry should be terminated “for the good of the Country,” claiming it was tainted with political bias. “President Trump has indicted himself by obstructing justice, refusing to comply with a congressional inquiry … he’s already convicted himself,” Biden,…

A U.S. Special Forces soldier who most recently trained Kurdish fighters in Syria denounced his country’s decision to remove troops from northern Syria. Fox News national security reporter Jennifer Griffin posted on Twitter snippets of a conversation she had with an active duty Special Forces soldier on Wednesday. The soldier, whom Griffin did not name, unleashed on President Trump’s decision to pull U.S. forces out of northern Syria, removing maybe…

SONOMA, Calif. — Californians from the governor on down slammed the state’s largest utility Wednesday for rolling blackouts that could plunge up to 2 million people into darkness as it scrambles to keep its power lines from sparking wildfires. Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., or PG&E, began shutting off power in phases early Wednesday to about 500,000 customers in northern and central parts of the state, including sections of the…

California is banning a pesticide often used by growers of grapes, citrus, almonds and other crops. Sales of chlorpyrifos will be outlawed in the state as of Feb. 6. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Risberg/AP California is banning a pesticide often used by growers of grapes, citrus, almonds and other crops. Sales of chlorpyrifos will be outlawed in the state as of Feb. 6. Eric Risberg/AP Beginning in…

He offered each of the expecting mothers $10,000 to put their newborns up for adoption, siphoning off money for housing and health care after arranging for them to travel more than 5,000 miles from the Marshall Islands to the United States, prosecutors said. Then, after falsifying their residency records to enroll them in state health care coverage, Paul D. Petersen commanded a $35,000 fee from parents eager to adopt, according…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued to defend his decision to withdraw US troops from northeastern Syria, abandoning Kurdish forces in the region, by saying the Kurds did not help the US during World War II. “They didn’t help us in the Second World War; they didn’t help us with Normandy,” Trump said of the Kurds, who played a vital role in the US-led campaign against ISIS. And when asked…

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — UPDATE (5:54 p.m.) PG&E said they’re contacting customers in Kern County to update them on whether are not they will be impacted by the planned power outage. PG&E officials said the impact to Kern County customers has went from 42,000 to 4,600 in phase three of its planned safety power outage. There is a scheduled media briefing planned for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, at that time, they…

U.S. stock futures slipped Wednesday night after a slew of conflicting reports around Thursday’s U.S.-China trade talks sent investors for a wild ride. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost more than 300 points at one point. They were last seen off the lows, but still indicating a decline of about 50 points as traders tried to make sense of the unfolding situation. S&P 500 futures fell 0.2% and Nasdaq 100…