The Judiciary Committee sends more than 80 document requests to family members, business associates and political confidants of the president as it probes potential obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power.
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Israel hopes to be 4th nation to deliver robotic lander to the moon
A decade of work will pay off Thursday night when Beresheet is launched into space.
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Planned House testimony from Trump’s former lawyer postponed
In a brief statement, the House Intelligence Committee said the interview would be moved to Feb. 28.
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Mainers take to ‘anxiety baking’ to cope in uncertain times
With bad news coming from seemingly every corner – Washington, Wall Street, the environment – some breadmaking, cooking and consuming food is in order.
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Putin issues chilling warning on rising nuclear war threat
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a chilling warning Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war, saying “it could lead to the destruction of civilization as a whole and maybe even our planet” — and putting the blame squarely on the U.S. Speaking at his annual news conference, Putin scoffed at […]
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Russian disinformation teams targeted Mueller, tried to suppress black vote, analysts report
Two reports released by a Senate panel depict a wide-ranging effort that played across many social media platforms.
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U.S. warns Russia it is ready to abandon key nuclear pact
BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States warned Russia Tuesday it has 60 days to start complying with a landmark nuclear missile treaty or Washington will abandon the pact, raising concern about Europe’s future security. At NATO talks in Brussels, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Russia of “cheating at its arms control obligations” under […]
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American, Russian alive after Soyuz rocket headed to space station fails on launch
MOSCOW — A Russian rocket carrying an American and a Russian to the International Space Station failed on launch Thursday, forcing the astronaut and cosmonaut to careen back to Earth in a dramatic emergency landing. U.S. astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin parachuted to the ground safely in their capsule after a booster […]
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U.S. to impose sanctions on Russia over nerve agent attack
The Trump administration said Wednesday it would impose new sanctions against Russia as punishment for its use of a nerve agent in an attempt last March to assassinate British citizen and ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. A terse release from the State Department said that the United States had determined Russian responsibility for […]
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Trump now says son's meeting with Russian lawyer sought info on Clinton
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to have changed his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsel’s investigation, tweeting that his son met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to collect information about his political opponent. “Fake News reporting, a complete fabrication, that I am concerned about […]