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• Trump Lawyers Ask If Pelosi Delay Means He Isn’t Impeached Yet

  19-12-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Lawyers close to President Donald Trump are exploring whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to temporarily withhold articles of impeachment from the Senate could mean that the president hasn’t actually been impeached.The case is a rhetorical one following Wednesday night’s vote to impeach the president on two articles. The U.S. Constitution grants the House of Representatives full authority over impeachment. But the argument is part of an effort by the Wh
  
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• Presidential hopefuls in Senate say impeachment comes first

  19-12-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to delay sending the impeachment articles to the Senate risks eating further into senators' final weeks of campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination before the first caucus in February.The five senators affected seem unfazed by the delay.Impeachment comes first, they said.
  
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• If Impeachment Articles Are Not Delivered, Did Impeachment Happen?

  19-12-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  I’ll confess: Last night, when I was first told that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was toying with the idea of not delivering the two articles of impeachment voted by the House against President Trump, I assumed it was a joke.For these last weeks, the Democrat-dominated chamber has been in a mad rush to impeach the president. Democrats even tacked on article two -- “obstruction of Congress” -- because, they told us, time could not be wasted engaging in the usual negotiation and litigati
  
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• Trump's lawyers could argue he has not been impeached despite historic vote

  19-12-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump’s legal team is considering whether House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to delay sending articles of impeachment to the Senate could allow the president to claim he has not actually been impeached despite the historic vote.On Wednesday, the House voted to approve articles of impeachment against a sitting president for only the third time in US history, charging Mr Trump with abuse of power for allegedly withholding $391m in military aid to Ukraine in order to force tha
  
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• What happens to the articles of impeachment now?

  19-12-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  What does it mean to withhold articles of impeachment? A trial cannot begin until those articles of impeachment are delivered by the House to the Senate. How are the articles of impeachment transmitted from the House to the Senate? Why are Democrats delaying sending the articles?
  
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• After Pensacola shooting, Pentagon screening of Saudi military trainees finds no imminent threat

  19-12-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Pentagon plans to announce new steps to vet foreign military students after a Saudi officer attacked people at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
  
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• U.S. Congress approves massive funding bills to avert government shutdowns

  19-12-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Senate, rushing to meet a looming deadline, approved and sent to President Donald Trump a $1.4 trillion package of fiscal 2020 spending bills that would end prospects of government shutdowns at week's end when temporary funding expires. By strong bipartisan margins and with White House backing, the Senate passed the two gigantic funding bills for government programs through Sept. 30. The legislation also contains a series of new initiatives, including funding for Trump's military Space
  
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• N.Korea envoy confirmed as Pompeo's number two

  19-12-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US Senate on Thursday confirmed North Korea negotiator Stephen Biegun to be the State Department's number two, raising the possibility that the veteran Republican will become the acting top US diplomat next year.Biegun, currently on a trip to Asia as tensions mount with North Korea, was easily confirmed as deputy secretary of state, with 90 votes in favor and three senators, all Democrats, opposed.Biegun's elevation means he would take over as the acting top US diplomat if Secretary of State
  
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• Trump: I don't feel like I'm being impeached

  19-12-2019 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump told reporters he doesn't feel like he's being impeached and called it a "phony deal."
  
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• Reporter asks Trump: What does it feel like to be third impeached President?

  19-12-2019 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump told reporters he doesn't feel like he's being impeached and called it a "phony deal."
  
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• See Putin's reaction to Trump's impeachment

  19-12-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin echoed GOP talking points when discussing President Donald Trump's impeachment.
  
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• Putin reacts to impeachment, echoes GOP

  19-12-2019 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin echoed GOP talking points when discussing President Donald Trump's impeachment.
  
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• Trump announces Democrat who voted no on impeachment will join GOP

  19-12-2019 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump announced that Rep. Jeff Van Drew would join the Republican Party, a day after the New Jersey congressman and one other Democrat voted against both articles of impeachment.
  
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• House passes Mexico, Canada trade deal, giving Donald Trump a post-impeachment victory

  19-12-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House achieved bipartisan passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement a day after Donald Trump's impeachment, setting the stage for Senate ratification of the pact.
  
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• Southwest can be sued for bumping passenger who spoke Arabic: U.S. judge

  19-12-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu in Oakland, California, said Khairuldeen Makhzoomi could try to show that "Islamophobia," coming amid a "sensitive political climate," was a factor behind his removal, and that Southwest's claim he was removed because he appeared to make threats was pretextual.Ryu said Makhzoomi could seek damages from Southwest for alleged violations of federal and California civil rights laws, but dismissed claims of negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.So
  
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• The U.S. Navy Faces a New and Dangerous Foe: China's 'Long-Range Fires' (Think Missiles)

  19-12-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Adapting the current force construct to today’s threat is vital before our enemies make our biggest, most expensive military assets obsolete.
  
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• In Nome, Alaska, review of rape ‘cold cases’ hits a wall

  19-12-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The two cops — the cold case detective from Virginia and the evidence technician from Alaska — had a mission.Sift through more than a decade of grim stories from this small city set between the Bering Strait and Alaska’s western tundra.Nome’s new police chief, another Virginia transplant, asked the two to untangle whether the city’s police department had failed hundreds of people — most of them Alaska Native women — who had reported they’d been sex
  
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• Arab League Issues Warning on Brazil’s Jerusalem Trade Office

  19-12-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The Arab League condemned Brazil for the recent opening of a trade office in Jerusalem and warned of possible economic consequences if the South American nation takes further steps toward recognizing the holy city as Israel’s capital.After a meeting Thursday in Cairo proposed by the Palestinian Authority, the 22 members of the league said in a joint statement that Brazil has committed a “flagrant violation” of international law and a unilateral action that endors
  
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• Trump doesn’t answer question about whether he’ll apologize to Rep. Dingell 

  19-12-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During a press conference, President Trump didn't answer a question from a reporter on whether he'll apologize to Rep. Dingell after he made a comment on her late husband. 
  
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• Trump administration pushes back on bill meant to deter Russia

  19-12-2019 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump administration is pushing back on a wide-ranging piece of legislation meant to deter and punish Russian aggression and its interference in the 2016 election.
  
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• Xi to lead Macau handover party as Hong Kong seethes

  19-12-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Macau on Friday marks 20 years since the former colony was returned to China with a celebration led by President Xi Jinping touting the success of the pliant gambling hub while Hong Kong boils.The day's festivities will centre around the inauguration of a new leader for a city that China views as a shining example of its "one country, two systems" model.Ho Iat-seng, a former member of China's top lawmaking body, won a one-horse race this summer to become Macau's new chief executive -- a position
  
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• New details on diplomat's mysterious brain injury linked to 'sonic attacks'

  19-12-2019 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  Doctors shared details Thursday about what happened to the brain of one diplomat who may be a victim of the so-called sonic attacks that have impacted dozens of people in Cuba and China.
  
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• Battle over police records reaches California appeals court

  19-12-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawyers for California's attorney general argued in an an appeals court Friday against the release of police misconduct records, saying a transparency law that took effect this year was never intended his office to vet and disclose a vast trove of information created by local law enforcement agencies.Senate Bill 1421 took effect on Jan. 1 and was designed to guarantee public access to records involving investigations into officer shootings, use-of-force incidents and incidents involving officer
  
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• Russian security officer dies in shootout at Federal Security Service in Moscow

  19-12-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The gunfight erupted around 7 p.m. in the reception room of the FSB, about eight blocks from the Kremlin in Moscow.
  
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• 'What are they doing?' Trump asked, as Democrats may withhold sending articles of impeachment to Senate until they're assured a fair trial

  19-12-2019 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  After being impeached, President Donald Trump is hoping to move quickly to a vigorous defense in the Senate and is distressed the trial he hopes will vindicate him might be delayed.
  
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• House may close shop for 2019 without key approval

  19-12-2019 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  How everyone voted | Gabbard's 'present' vote | Historic day's photos
  
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• 43 photos show how extreme weather and natural disasters have gotten more intense over the last decade

  19-12-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Extreme weather, from snow squalls and bomb cyclones to wildfires and guerilla rain, increased in frequency and intensity over the last decade.
  
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• Congress slashes funding for the Navy’s LCS sensors — again

  19-12-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Appropriators are set to slice 77 percent from the Navy’s mine countermeasures module, shuffling part of it to another section of the budget.
  
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• Federal appeals court strikes down key part of Affordable Care Act

  19-12-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Judges directed a lower court to determine whether the Affordable Care Act can stand without a mandate to buy health insurance or a corresponding tax.
  
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• Photos show why Boeing was forced to stop production of its grounded 737 Max

  19-12-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boeing has hundreds of 737 Max airplanes in storage, and the company decided making more while then the FAA says they can't fly is no longer tenable.
  
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• But F-4 Phantom Might Be Over 60 Years Old, But Its Not Done Yet

  19-12-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It can still compete with the best fighter planes out today.
  
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• Muslim leadership council criticizes Muslim summit in Malaysia

  19-12-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday mounted a veiled attack on a Muslim summit in Malaysia shunned by Saudi Arabia, saying such gatherings would weaken Islam.Leaders of Muslim nations, including Saudi rivals Iran, Turkey and Qatar, will attend the summit this week in Kuala Lumpur, which analysts say is aimed at rivaling the OIC, a 57-member pan-Islamic body headquartered in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
  
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• Florida Supreme Court rules on 'stand your ground' cases

  19-12-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Florida Supreme Court granted a new “stand your ground” hearing to one defendant and denied the claim of another Thursday as it settled questions on whether a 2017 law should apply retroactively.The law shifted the burden of proof in stand your ground pretrial immunity hearings from defendants to prosecutors.Florida first enacted a stand your ground law in 2005, giving immunity to people who use deadly force to protect themselves or others if they feel at risk of great bodily har
  
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• Uber, Lyft to stop Phoenix airport trips over higher fees

  19-12-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Uber and Lyft said they will make good on their threats to stop taking customers to and from the airport in the nation's fifth-largest city, creating confusion next year for travelers used to opening a phone app to catch a ride after Phoenix decided to raise fees on ride-hailing companies.Both companies confirmed late Wednesday that they would stop curbside service at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after the City Council voted to raise fees for pickups and drop-offs at one of the large
  
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• Pickup truck smashes through wall into airport terminal

  19-12-2019 21:09 via cnn.com
  
  Surveillance video captured the moment a car smashed through a cement wall into a terminal at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport in Florida.
  
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• Group backing Iowa's Ernst hit with complaint after AP story

  19-12-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An election watchdog filed a complaint Thursday alleging than an outside group founded by top political aides to Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst violated campaign finance law in its effort improve the Republican's chance of reelection next year.The complaint, filed with the Federal Election Commission by the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, comes after The Associated Press reported earlier this month that Ernst's work with the political nonprofit Iowa Values to raise money and build an electoral “f
  
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• Trump calls Democrats 'anti-American' as he unveils $4m funding drive to fight impeachment

  19-12-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump branded the Democratic party "anti-American" on Thursday as he attempted to turn being impeached into a political advantage.  The US president released a fundraising drive within hours of the vote seeking $4 million (£3.1m) within 24 hours as he seized on the fact that not a single Republican voted to impeach him. As part of a concerted effort to shape the narrative, Mr Trump shared a picture of himself pointing at the camera saying: "In reality they're not afte
  
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• Democrats Take a Stand, and a Big Risk

  19-12-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON -- House Democrats sent bills to the Senate only to watch them wither under dismissive Republican leadership on scores of occasions this year. They did so yet again Wednesday, but this moment carried a weight all its own.This was no election security measure or minimum wage increase or drug pricing legislation. It was two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, a historic condemnation of the 45th president of the United States, a polarizing figure who nonetheless remains popular
  
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• The US Air Force’s UH-1N Huey replacement helicopter has a new name

  19-12-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first helicopter was delivered to the Air Force on Dec. 19.
  
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• Less than half of all Americans want Trump ousted post-impeachment: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  19-12-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Less than half of all Americans say President Donald Trump should be removed from office following his impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Thursday, presenting a challenge for Democrats who will seek his ouster in a U.S. Senate trial.The national online survey https://tmsnrt.rs/2EEmWPW, conducted in the hours after the House voted along party lines on Wednesday to charge Trump with abusing his office and obstructing Congress, fo
  
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• U.K. Likely to Name Post-Brexit Bank of England Governor Friday

  19-12-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid is likely to reveal on Friday who will lead the Bank of England after Brexit, according to people familiar with the matter.The Financial Times reported on Thursday that Andrew Bailey, current head of the financial watchdog, has emerged as the government’s firm favorite to take over from incumbent Mark Carney. That could attract criticism for the government’s failure to give the bank its first-ever female governor. Minouche S
  
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• The 'Masked Singer' reveals winner

  19-12-2019 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  The winner of The Masked Singer Show Season 2 has been revealed. Watch to find out who is it.
  
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• Woman offers $7K reward, hires plane in search of stolen dog

  19-12-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A San Francisco woman is offering a $7,000 reward and has hired a plane to fly over the city to search for her blue-eyed miniature Australian Shepherd stolen from outside a grocery store last weekend.The plane, which cost an additional $1,200 will flying a banner with the website she set up to find her her dog, Jackson, which was stolen Saturday outside a grocery store in the Bernal Heights neighborhood.Emilie Talermo said Thursday she has been doing everything she can to find her 5-year-old dog
  
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• RIP F-22, Hello F-35: 1 Reason Why the Air Force Might Switch Planes

  19-12-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It is all about the money.
  
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• What was on the brooch Nancy Pelosi wore to Trump's impeachment?

  19-12-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presiding over Donald Trump's impeachment in a historic 12-hour session on Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had pinned to her black outfit a gold brooch, sending a subtle message to the president that the Constitution gives Congress the "sole power" to begin his removal from office.The House voted largely on party lines to charge the president with abuse of power and obstruction of justice, following an investigation that revealed Mr Trump had pressured Ukraine for information on his politi
  
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• The U.S. Army Is Preparing For A Brutal Land War In Asia

  19-12-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Against Russia and China.
  
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• White House press secretary says Trump is a 'counterpuncher' when asked why he implied that a late beloved Michigan congressman is in hell now

  19-12-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump implied that Rep. John Dingell, who died in February, was in hell, as he criticized Dingell's wife for voting to impeach him.
  
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• Schumer Joins Pelosi in Backing Plan to Sit on Impeachment Articles

  19-12-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The day after the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump, the person who will be leading Democrats in the impeachment trial, Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), said that he backs the idea of withholding the articles of impeachment until Senate Republicans offer them more favorable terms for the trial.In his office on Thursday, Schumer told reporters that he and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) are on “the same page” when it comes to the speaker’s dec
  
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• GM Recalls 2019-2020 Full-Sized Pickup Trucks Due to Battery Connector Problems

  19-12-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  General Motors is recalling 350,371 full-sized pickup trucks at risk of electrical problems and stalling. The recall involves certain 2019-2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 models...
  
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• 'What are they doing?': Trump distressed over possible trial delay

  19-12-2019 20:14 via cnn.com
  
  After being impeached, President Donald Trump is hoping to move quickly to a vigorous defense in the Senate and is distressed the trial he hopes will vindicate him might be delayed.
  
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