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Trump suggests Obama aide committed crime, but offers no evidence
- April 06, 2017
Therefore, "contrary to Susan Rice's latest version of events", her actions have "little or nothing to do with whether laws were broken", Mr. McCarthy concluded. But House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., is looking at both angles, and recently revealed that he'd learned Trump team members were caught up in surveillance of foreign targets. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
Therefore, "contrary to Susan Rice's latest version of events", her actions have "little or nothing to do with whether laws were broken", Mr. McCarthy concluded. But House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., is looking at both angles, and recently revealed that he'd learned Trump team members were caught up in surveillance of foreign targets. (more...)
Reliving 9 career-defining games of Tony Romo's Cowboys career
- April 06, 2017
Former Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin told NFL Network's Good Morning Football on Wednesday that Romo's place is on the same shelf as Cowboys greats Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach . Romo will finish his Cowboys career as the franchise leader in passing yards (34,183), touchdowns (248) and winning drives with 30. Ultimately, Romo said he didn't trust himself to meet with teams that might view him as the missing piece for a Super Bowl title. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
Former Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin told NFL Network's Good Morning Football on Wednesday that Romo's place is on the same shelf as Cowboys greats Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach . Romo will finish his Cowboys career as the franchise leader in passing yards (34,183), touchdowns (248) and winning drives with 30. Ultimately, Romo said he didn't trust himself to meet with teams that might view him as the missing piece for a Super Bowl title. (more...)
White House strategizes for North Korea missile tests
- April 06, 2017
China's president , Xi Jinping, arrives in Florida tomorrow for his first summit with President Trump. Yet it also carries risk: An errant Trump tweet or off-the-cuff remark seen as disrespectful could give ammunition to party members who want to thwart Xi's reform plans. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
China's president , Xi Jinping, arrives in Florida tomorrow for his first summit with President Trump. Yet it also carries risk: An errant Trump tweet or off-the-cuff remark seen as disrespectful could give ammunition to party members who want to thwart Xi's reform plans. (more...)
US will take action on Syrian chemical attacks if UN doesn't
- April 06, 2017
The U.K., along with France and the US, also circulated a draft resolution to council members on Tuesday that strongly condemns this latest use of chemical weapons in the Khan Shaykhun area of Idlib, and requests an investigation into the reports. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
The U.K., along with France and the US, also circulated a draft resolution to council members on Tuesday that strongly condemns this latest use of chemical weapons in the Khan Shaykhun area of Idlib, and requests an investigation into the reports. (more...)
Johnson falls down stairs, hopes to play Masters
- April 06, 2017
He was treating it with ice and medication and told to remain immobile. He is scheduled to tee off at 1:03 p.m. CT, the last tee time of the day. "Everything has got to be working this week", Johnson said Tuesday. Rory McIlroy has had a run of good finished already this year. That was in 1940. This will be his third crack at the career Grand Slam since McIlroy won the third leg at the 2014 British Open. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
He was treating it with ice and medication and told to remain immobile. He is scheduled to tee off at 1:03 p.m. CT, the last tee time of the day. "Everything has got to be working this week", Johnson said Tuesday. Rory McIlroy has had a run of good finished already this year. That was in 1940. This will be his third crack at the career Grand Slam since McIlroy won the third leg at the 2014 British Open. (more...)
Brexit: UK to publish 'Great Repeal Bill' plan to replace European Union laws
- April 06, 2017
According to the Department for Exiting the European Union, these will involve "mechanical changes that ensure laws function properly after European Union exit" rather than policy shifts. Asked if he thought May was engaged in "blackmail", Verhofstadt said: "I try to be a gentleman, so towards a lady I don't even use or think about the word "blackmail", he told a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
According to the Department for Exiting the European Union, these will involve "mechanical changes that ensure laws function properly after European Union exit" rather than policy shifts. Asked if he thought May was engaged in "blackmail", Verhofstadt said: "I try to be a gentleman, so towards a lady I don't even use or think about the word "blackmail", he told a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. (more...)
United Nations secretary-general visits Iraq amid humanitarian crisis
- April 06, 2017
Civilians inspect the aftermath of a deadly suicide bombing in southern Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 30, 2017 . The truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint on Wednesday night, killing and wounding scores according to Iraqi officials. "We are strongly hopeful that the liberation of Mosul will soon be completed", Guterres said alongside Abadi, according to a copy of his remarks. "The distance between IS and us is 50 meters, yesterday, we killed four IS fighters and right now their bodies ... (more...)
- April 06, 2017
Civilians inspect the aftermath of a deadly suicide bombing in southern Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 30, 2017 . The truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint on Wednesday night, killing and wounding scores according to Iraqi officials. "We are strongly hopeful that the liberation of Mosul will soon be completed", Guterres said alongside Abadi, according to a copy of his remarks. "The distance between IS and us is 50 meters, yesterday, we killed four IS fighters and right now their bodies ... (more...)
Russian Federation identifies Akbarzhon Dzhalilov as St. Petersburg attacker
- April 06, 2017
Petersburg subway. Since November 2015, they had engaged in recruiting other central Asian migrants for Islamic State and for another banned Islamist movement, the Nusra Front, its statement said . The committee noted, "At this moment the investigators have no evidence of connection or acquaintance of the detained with executor of the terrorist action in the St. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
Petersburg subway. Since November 2015, they had engaged in recruiting other central Asian migrants for Islamic State and for another banned Islamist movement, the Nusra Front, its statement said . The committee noted, "At this moment the investigators have no evidence of connection or acquaintance of the detained with executor of the terrorist action in the St. (more...)
Ryan says tax reform could take longer than healthcare overhaul
- April 06, 2017
Under the White House offer, states would be allowed to apply for waivers from several coverage requirements that President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law imposed on insurers. "He's trying to get the attention of those people who don't support him", Poe said. That's the opening sentence of the letter a Texas grassroots coalition has sent to President Donald Trump this week, in the wake of the House health care bill's failure to pass and Trump's criticisms of the House Freedom Caucus, ... (more...)
- April 06, 2017
Under the White House offer, states would be allowed to apply for waivers from several coverage requirements that President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law imposed on insurers. "He's trying to get the attention of those people who don't support him", Poe said. That's the opening sentence of the letter a Texas grassroots coalition has sent to President Donald Trump this week, in the wake of the House health care bill's failure to pass and Trump's criticisms of the House Freedom Caucus, ... (more...)
Korea Missile Test: US 'Has Spoken Enough About North Korea'
- April 06, 2017
However, the U.S. does not intend to make concessions and refuse deployment of the THAAD air defence complex in South Korea, despite China's being discontented. Philippine officials cite Chinese loans, infrastructure investment and fruit imports to explain why their country has modulated its criticism of Beijing's maritime claims in the South China Sea. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
However, the U.S. does not intend to make concessions and refuse deployment of the THAAD air defence complex in South Korea, despite China's being discontented. Philippine officials cite Chinese loans, infrastructure investment and fruit imports to explain why their country has modulated its criticism of Beijing's maritime claims in the South China Sea. (more...)
Ivanka Trump says she's 'heartbroken' over Syria
- April 06, 2017
President Obama said in 2012 that he would establish a "red line" against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing. U.S. President Donald Trump denounced the attack as "reprehensible and can not be ignored by the civilized world" in a statement released by the White House Tuesday. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
President Obama said in 2012 that he would establish a "red line" against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing. U.S. President Donald Trump denounced the attack as "reprehensible and can not be ignored by the civilized world" in a statement released by the White House Tuesday. (more...)
Brexit: EU Parliament prepares to set 'red lines' for negotiations over deal
- April 06, 2017
European Union lawmakers adopted a resolution on Wednesday setting their red lines for the two-year divorce talks with Britain and rejected attempts by British MEPs to recognize Gibraltar's pro-EU stance in the Brexit referendum. "The UK and Council now know the red lines of the parliament can now take them into account in their negotiations", Belgian liberal MEP Guy Verhodtadt, the parliament's point man on Brexit , told a news conference after the vote. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
European Union lawmakers adopted a resolution on Wednesday setting their red lines for the two-year divorce talks with Britain and rejected attempts by British MEPs to recognize Gibraltar's pro-EU stance in the Brexit referendum. "The UK and Council now know the red lines of the parliament can now take them into account in their negotiations", Belgian liberal MEP Guy Verhodtadt, the parliament's point man on Brexit , told a news conference after the vote. (more...)
Theresa May Probably Won't Go To War Over Gibraltar
- April 06, 2017
Some 10 thousand persons go to work daily in Gibraltar , that depends on its small land border with Spain to trade and receive visitors and workers. Politicians and newspapers in the United Kingdom reacted furiously to the development, with former Conservative leader Lord Howard suggesting on Sunday that Prime Minister Theresa May would even be prepared to go to war with Spain over the Rock, just as Britain did with Argentina over the Falkland Islands 35 years ago. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
Some 10 thousand persons go to work daily in Gibraltar , that depends on its small land border with Spain to trade and receive visitors and workers. Politicians and newspapers in the United Kingdom reacted furiously to the development, with former Conservative leader Lord Howard suggesting on Sunday that Prime Minister Theresa May would even be prepared to go to war with Spain over the Rock, just as Britain did with Argentina over the Falkland Islands 35 years ago. (more...)
Bodies Found in Hudson River, Officials Say
- April 06, 2017
A jogger found one body, and officers who responded spotted the second. Both cities are across the river from New York City. According to the release the investigation is ongoing and their deaths do not appear to be suspicious and the public should not be concerned. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
A jogger found one body, and officers who responded spotted the second. Both cities are across the river from New York City. According to the release the investigation is ongoing and their deaths do not appear to be suspicious and the public should not be concerned. (more...)
Sheriff: NJ woman yelled slurs, attacked man with hammer in Va.
- April 06, 2017
A woman accused of attacking a MA man with a hammer at a Virginia gas station because he had a "fancy" boat was arrested at her home in Newark Wednesday. Security camera footage and witnesses statements helped law enforcement identify Jones as the suspect, the Sheriff's office said. Authorities are looking into the attack as a hate crime, and are in a contracted effort to find Jones. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
A woman accused of attacking a MA man with a hammer at a Virginia gas station because he had a "fancy" boat was arrested at her home in Newark Wednesday. Security camera footage and witnesses statements helped law enforcement identify Jones as the suspect, the Sheriff's office said. Authorities are looking into the attack as a hate crime, and are in a contracted effort to find Jones. (more...)
Syria victims show signs of exposure to 'nerve agent'
- April 06, 2017
A United Nations investigation in August previous year found that chemical weapons had been used in Syria, both by the national air force and ISIS militants. Only days earlier multiple members of Trump's administration had said Assad's ouster was no longer a USA priority, drawing outrage from Assad critics in the US and overseas. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
A United Nations investigation in August previous year found that chemical weapons had been used in Syria, both by the national air force and ISIS militants. Only days earlier multiple members of Trump's administration had said Assad's ouster was no longer a USA priority, drawing outrage from Assad critics in the US and overseas. (more...)
USA threatens unilateral action if United Nations fails to act on Syria
- April 06, 2017
But Trump said Tuesday's attack "had a big impact on me - big impact". Secretary of Defense James Mattis told Pentagon reporters that the chemical weapons attack was "a heinous act and will be treated as such". "President Obama said in 2012 that he would establish a "red line" against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing". Assad's military has repeatedly denied using chemical weapons and consistently blames "terrorist" groups when chemical attacks are reported . (more...)
- April 06, 2017
But Trump said Tuesday's attack "had a big impact on me - big impact". Secretary of Defense James Mattis told Pentagon reporters that the chemical weapons attack was "a heinous act and will be treated as such". "President Obama said in 2012 that he would establish a "red line" against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing". Assad's military has repeatedly denied using chemical weapons and consistently blames "terrorist" groups when chemical attacks are reported . (more...)
South Korea Tests Long-Range Ballistic Missile, Yonhap Reports
- April 06, 2017
This combination of file photos show U.S. President Donald Trump, right, in a meeting at the White House in Washington , on March 31, 2017, and China's President Xi Jinping in a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on December 1, 2016. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
This combination of file photos show U.S. President Donald Trump, right, in a meeting at the White House in Washington , on March 31, 2017, and China's President Xi Jinping in a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on December 1, 2016. (more...)
Cillizza: Trump just keeps creating smokescreens to mask his Russia problem
- April 06, 2017
A National Security Council aide is reportedly behind a White House leak that is roiling Congress and the Trump administration. Flynn said. "One of the big companies in Arlington [Virginia] just put out a little call saying, 'we are looking for two two-stars and two retired one-stars'". (more...)
- April 06, 2017
A National Security Council aide is reportedly behind a White House leak that is roiling Congress and the Trump administration. Flynn said. "One of the big companies in Arlington [Virginia] just put out a little call saying, 'we are looking for two two-stars and two retired one-stars'". (more...)
North Korea launches missile from city with submarine base
- April 06, 2017
On Tuesday, Trump called the North "a humanity problem". Although U.S. officials said the launch was a failure and didn't threaten North America, it underscored North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's intent to advance his weaponry in defiance of worldwide law. (more...)
- April 06, 2017
On Tuesday, Trump called the North "a humanity problem". Although U.S. officials said the launch was a failure and didn't threaten North America, it underscored North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's intent to advance his weaponry in defiance of worldwide law. (more...)
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