Jan 20 Read House managers’ arguments in Trump impeachment trial By Gretchen Frazee The House managers in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump argue in a legal brief that the president's conduct constitutes the "worst nightmare" of the framers of the Constitution. Continue reading
Jan 20 Read the White House’s arguments in Trump impeachment trial By Meredith Lee President Donald Trump's legal team rejected the House of Representatives' impeachment charges as "flimsy."… Continue reading
Jan 19 US marks King holiday amid fears of deep racial divisions By Corey Williams, Associated Press As the nation marks the holiday honoring King, the mood surrounding it is overshadowed by deteriorating race relations in an election season that has seen one candidate of color after another quit the 2020 presidential race. Continue reading
Jan 19 Schiff accuses NSA, CIA of withholding documents on Ukraine By Hope Yen, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of withholding documents from Congress on Ukraine that could be significant to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. “They appear to be succumbing to pressure from the… Continue reading
Jan 19 Libya players agree to respect arms embargo, push cease-fire By Frank Jordans, Geir Moulson, Associated Press World powers and other countries with interests in Libya's long-running civil war agreed Sunday to respect a much-violated arms embargo, hold off on military support to the warring parties and push them to reach a full cease-fire, German and U.N. Continue reading
Jan 19 Venezuela’s Guaido to meet Pompeo in Colombia By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó has traveled to Colombia to participate alongside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a regional counter-terrorism meeting — a new show of support by the Trump administration for the man it says is the… Continue reading
Jan 19 Beirut braces for more violence, after night of riots By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Dozens of anti-government protesters gathered in Lebanon’s rainy capital on Sunday, as security forces braced for more rioting after a night of violence left hundreds wounded. Security forces, including Lebanese military, were heavily deployed across downtown Beirut after the worst… Continue reading
Jan 19 Bodies of 11 Ukrainians killed in Iran plane crash sent home By Associated Press The bodies of the 11 Ukrainians who died when an Iranian missile shot down a passenger plane have arrived in Ukraine on Sunday for a farewell ceremony. Continue reading
Jan 19 Discovery of unused disaster supplies angers Puerto Rico By Dánica Coto, Associated Press People in a southern Puerto Rico city discovered a warehouse filled with water, cots and other unused emergency supplies, then set off a social media uproar Saturday when they broke in to retrieve goods as the area struggles to recover… Continue reading
Jan 19 SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in astronaut escape test By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in as little as two months, mimicking an emergency escape shortly after liftoff Sunday. Continue reading