Jan 30 Trump pushes back on intelligence assessment of North Korea By Associated Press "Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!" Trump tweeted. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 3:54 News Wrap: Roger Stone pleads not guilty; Barr vote delayed In our news wrap Tuesday, Roger Stone, a longtime friend and adviser to President Trump, pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction, lying to Congress and witness tampering. He was indicted as part of the special counsel’s Russia investigation. Also,… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch 6:14 North Korea, ISIS, Iran and election interference top U.S. intelligence community concerns Top U.S. intelligence officials presented their annual threat assessment to Congress Tuesday. The discussion covered the likelihood of North Korean denuclearization, the terror threat posed by ISIS despite its territorial losses, Iran's compliance with a nuclear deal and U.S. election… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch 7:23 After contentious Brexit vote, May to return to EU in hopes of a better deal Another contentious debate over Brexit concluded in Parliament Tuesday with an agreement to send British Prime Minister Theresa May back to the European Union to renegotiate terms of the UK's withdrawal. The plan May proposed earlier this month was decisively… Continue watching
Jan 29 McConnell warns against leaving Syria and Afghanistan ‘too hastily’ By Associated Press The comments appeared to be a pushback against the Trump administration. Continue reading
Jan 29 ‘El Chapo’ defense rests case after 30 minutes By Tom Hays, Associated Press After a prosecution that spanned 11 weeks and had its share of bombshells, attorney Jeffrey Lichtman called one witness and entered one document into evidence before resting the defense's case. Continue reading
Jan 29 China tells U.S. to stop ‘unreasonable crackdown’ on Huawei By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China called on the U.S. government on Tuesday to "stop the unreasonable crackdown" on Huawei after the United States stepped up pressure on the tech giant by indicting it on charges of stealing technology and violating sanctions on Iran. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 4:52 News Wrap: Chinese tech giant Huawei faces U.S. criminal charges In our Monday news wrap, Matthew Whitaker, the acting attorney general, says special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is close to completion. Whitaker said he’s been fully briefed and hopes to receive the final report as soon as possible. Also, Chinese… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 10:35 U.S. and Taliban peace talks make progress toward ending war in Afghanistan The draft framework of an Afghan peace deal: If the Taliban agree to a cease-fire, working directly with the Afghan government and preventing terror groups from using Afghanistan as a base for planning attacks, U.S. forces will withdraw. John Yang… Continue watching
Jan 28 U.S. hits Venezuela state-owned oil company with sanctions By Matthew Lee, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The potentially critical economic move is aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the opposition. Continue reading