In a fiery letter to the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said five officials scheduled to testify this week would not be made available until “we obtain further clarity on these matters.”
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) defended a whistleblower at the center of the impeachment fight on Tuesday, saying the individual deserves to be "heard out and protected."
BAGHDAD - At least one person was killed and 200 wounded in clashes in Iraq on Tuesday as security forces used tear gas, water cannon and live fire to disperse demonstrations over unemployment, corruption and poor public services [....]
The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan said that the U.S. would participate in a lawsuit filed by President Trump that seeks to block a subpoena for eight years of his tax returns. https://t.co/2MCmZUCoYq
A conservative group plans to launch a series of ads this weekend urging House and Senate Republicans to condemn President Donald Trump for prodding the president of Ukraine to investigate a political rival.
Lawyers for the House of Representatives said they have reason to believe that grand-jury redactions in the Mueller report show President Donald Trump lied about his knowledge of his campaign’s contacts with WikiLeaks https://t.co/QxHFPLvvcW
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government accused Peruvian authorities on Sunday of fomenting “xenophobia” against the large Venezuelan exile population after a series of incidents of apparent mistreatment of migrants [....]
[....] "Well under the Senate rules we're required to take it up if the House does go down that path and we'll follow the Senate rules," McConnell said during an interview with CNBC. Pressed on if he was saying the Senate would take action on impeachment, he added: "I would have no choice but to take it up, based on a Senate rule on impeachment." [....]
The discussion was another instance of the president using American diplomacy for potential personal gain..... according to two American officials with knowledge of the call....
Over to you Prime Minister: Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry’s Origins - The New York Times https://t.co/w6fsWOIXMN
"Surely we know enough to judge that Mr. Trump does not deserve renomination for that office for an additional four years," writes @BillKristolhttps://t.co/1WWdUvT3jQ
New York Rep. Chris Collins, who was one of the first GOP lawmakers to back Trump before the 2016 election, is expected to plead guilty to insider trader charges https://t.co/gidqBPShyD
By the way, if this scandal has one silver lining, it should be this: It's an excellent reason to watch Zelensky's "Servant of the People" if you haven't yet. It streams on Netflix and it is right up there with Iannucci as political satire.
This article has a lot of good data on the real progress in the condition of Black Americans in recent decades - improving health and longevity, rising education, dramatically falling incarceration rates, and modest upward mobility.https://t.co/gJEE93uxR9
My latest: ahead of the 70th anniversary of the PRC, I spent some time with the "freedom swimmers" who escaped the Cultural Revolution and swam to Hong Kong. I found that the trauma of Communist rule runs deep -- but it is also causing painful divides. https://t.co/Nk06NzuMto
