SCHIFF SHOW Impeachment opens with dueling narratives, polarized media… MCCONNELL: WE WILL HAVE A TRIAL… WHITE HOUSE: BORING! REPORT: Plan to sacrifice Rudy… Therapy dogs headed to Capitol Hill… Outside Hearing Room, a Carnival… Drag queen sashays into proceedings… CABLE NEWS SHOWDOWN… FOXNEWS Wallace: ‘Very Damaging’… MSNBC features George Conway… TURLEY: Are Dems building collapsible…
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IMPEACHMENT – DEMS IN A RUSH!
DEMS IN A RUSH POMPEO SUBPOENAED SCORCHED EARTH DEFENSE Lawmakers could draft articles of impeachment by end of October… Hearings as soon as next week… 12 House Dems don’t support! Feinstein calls for ‘word-for-word’ transcript of Trump call… President Alludes to Punishment for White House Spies… VIDEO… Transcript… NYT: IT’S A CIA OFFICER… Went Where…
CLASHES AND CRASHES DEMS ATTACK OBAMA
Each candidate had at least eight minutes of speaking time tonight — and every one had at least one standout one-liner, compelling argument or tense exchange. Here’s a look at the candidate’s most dramatic, most humorous and most riveting moments. Sen. Michael Bennet mentioned his mother, an immigrant who was separated from her parents during the Holocaust in…
Japan resumes commercial whaling for the first time in over 30 years
Japanese fishermen have set sail to hunt whales commercially for the first time in more than three decades, following Tokyo’s controversial decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission. Five vessels, their harpoons concealed beneath tarpaulin, left Kushiro in northern Japan on Monday morning. At around the same time, three whalingboats left Shimonoseki in southwestern Japan. Together they…
Beneath the smiles and handshakes, tensions simmer as world leaders meet for G20
Xi Jinping makes beeline to shake hands with Donald Trump before traditional ‘family photo’ at start of Osaka summit But geopolitical rifts between some are evident, despite the camaraderie After converging in Osaka, Japan amid heavy rains, world leaders gathered on Friday morning for the traditional “family photo” that marks the start of the Group…
Amazon could face heightened antitrust scrutiny under a new agreement between US regulators
Amazon could face heightened antitrust scrutiny under a new agreement between U.S. regulators that puts it under closer watch by the Federal Trade Commission, three people familiar with the matter said. The move is the result of the FTC and the Department of Justice, the U.S. government’s leading antitrust enforcement agencies, quietly divvying up competition…
Confidential IRS memo says tax returns must be given to Congress unless Trump invokes executive privilege
By Jeff Stein and Josh Dawsey May 21 at 6:46 PM A confidential Internal Revenue Service legal memo says tax returns must be given to Congress unless the president takes the rare step of asserting executive privilege, according to a copy of the memo obtained by The Washington Post. The memo contradicts the Trump administration’s justification for…
China Retaliates Against the U.S. With Its Own Higher Tariffs
BEIJING — China moved to retaliate against the United States, announcing plans on Monday to raise tariffs on a wide range of American goods. The decision, which follows President Trump’s increase in tariffs on Chinese goods last Friday, escalates the pressure in the ongoing trade war. Trade talks between the two sides broke down last…
THE GREY REPORT
JUST THE LINKS HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND NKorea fires new missiles as tensions flare with West… Trump Says Kim Won’t Break Promise… BOEING 737 slides into Florida river with 136 on board, no fatalities… Final minutes of miracle plane… Trump attacks social media companies after FACEBOOK bans… EU sounds alarm on rising tech giants… World’s…
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE SHOWDOWN
White House plans to fight House subpoena of former counsel Donald McGahn for testimony on Mueller report The White House plans to fight a subpoena issued by the House Judiciary Committee for former White House counsel Donald McGahn to testify, according to people familiar with the matter, setting up another showdown in the aftermath of…