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Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone ‘hacked by Saudi crown prince’ — Exclusive: investigation suggests Washington Post owner was targeted five months before murder of Jamal Khashoggi — The Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his mobile phone “hacked” in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message …
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Revealed: the Saudi heir and the alleged plot to undermine Jeff Bezos — Apparent targeting of Amazon billionaire's phone fits into broader pattern of behaviour by Saudi Arabia — Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of the Washington Post, had no reason to be suspicious when he received …
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Where the Trump defense goes too far — Jonathan Turley is the chair of public interest law at George Washington University and served as the last lead counsel in an impeachment trial before the Senate in defense of Judge Thomas Porteous. He also serves as a legal analyst for both CBS and BBC.
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Democrats already have these four victories in the impeachment trial — After a day of irate criticism from Democrats and headlines announcing a Republican “coverup,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) modified his proposed trial rules before the impeachment proceedings began on Tuesday.
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McConnell makes last-minute, handwritten changes to Trump impeachment trial rules — The sudden revision in the Senate's organizing resolution also ensures House Democrats' evidence will be admitted. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell changed a controversial provision in the rules …
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A big tell in Trump's own legal brief exposes McConnell's coverup — Now that Mitch McConnell has rolled out the rules for President Trump's impeachment trial, the full dimensions of the Senate Majority Leader's efforts to cover up Trump's bottomless corruption are coming into view.
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Trump Impeachment: Live Updates From the Senate Trial
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Trump and his Republican cronies have made three big mistakes
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Mitch McConnell's Potemkin Trial
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White House may assert executive privilege to block Bolton testimony, Republicans say
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GAO report poses evidence test in Trump impeachment trial
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Why aren't Democrats making life miserable for vulnerable Republicans on impeachment?
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House impeachment managers target top Trump defense attorney Cipollone, claim he is ‘material witness’
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What the House impeachment response tells us
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Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil — Mr. Greenwald is accused of being part of a “criminal investigation” that hacked into the cellphones of prosecutors and public officials. — RIO DE JANEIRO — Federal prosecutors in Brazil on Tuesday charged the American journalist Glenn Greenwald …
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Hillary Clinton in Full: A Fiery New Documentary, Trump Regrets and Harsh Words for Bernie: “Nobody Likes Him” — With four-part Hulu series ‘Hillary’ set to premiere at Sundance, one of America's most groundbreaking (and polarizing) figures opens up about Monica Lewinsky, her marriage …
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Hillary Clinton Says ‘Nobody Likes’ Bernie Sanders and Declines to Commit to Backing Him
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Maybe Hillary Clinton shouldn't sound like a character from a Maureen Dowd column
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Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Impose Tariffs on European Cars — U.S. president is attending World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — DAVOS, Switzerland—President Trump said Tuesday that he is serious about imposing tariffs on European automobiles if he can't strike a trade agreement with the European Union.
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Senators bend the rules by wearing Apple Watches to Trump trial — Correction appended 5:50 pm | The rules of decorum state that senators can't use phones or electronic devices in the chamber during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but what about Apple Watches?
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Majority Support Allowing New Impeachment Evidence — But overall opinion of Trump and impeachment is virtually unchanged — West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of Americans say that House managers should be able to introduce new evidence in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
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Barr Once Contradicted Trump's Claim That Abuse of Power Is Not Impeachable — In a memo for the Trump team during the Russia investigation, the attorney general wrote that presidents who misuse their authority are subject to impeachment. — WASHINGTON — Scholars have roundly rejected …


Team Biden's Been Prepping for Impeachment Smears for Months — The campaign is unveiling a fact-checking video as part of a broader communications effort to guard against President Trump's attacks. — As former Vice President Joe Biden prepares for his and his family's reputation …
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More U.S. troops leave Iraq for medical treatment after Iranian missile attack, Pentagon says — More U.S. service members have been transported out of Iraq for medical treatment and evaluations following Iran's missile attack, the Pentagon said Tuesday, nearly two weeks after President Trump and defense officials said no one was hurt.


Here's how we expect today to go — The Senate impeachment trial resumed shortly after 1 p.m. Here's how we expect the rest of the day to go: — Senators, House managers, and the WH counsel should be in their seats and ready to go. We do not expect the Sergeant at Arms to introduce …
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Rep. Bobby Rush endorses Mike Bloomberg — Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., is endorsing Mike Bloomberg for president. Lynn Sweet/Sun-Times — Rush was backing Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., for president before she dropped out — WASHINGTON — Democratic White House hopeful Mike Bloomberg picked …


Call Richmond's MLK Day gun rally what it was: An outbreak of terrorism on American soil — In 2020, some images of modern America are so shocking that even a nation of political ranters with our incandescent Twitter accounts can be stunned into near numbness.
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The Liberal Media Totally Eats It With Their Fake News Coverage of VA's Pro-Gun Rights Rally
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Wisconsin voter purge ruling appealed to state Supreme Court — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm on Tuesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's order putting on hold a ruling that would have forced the removal of up to 209,000 people from the state's voter rolls.
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Supreme Court won't fast-track Obamacare case
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Profiles in cowardice — On this page, a few weeks before he announced it, we endorsed the idea of Gov. Ducey appointing Martha McSally to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of John McCain. — McSally, we argued, seemed to be a politician that focused on common-sense solutions during her time in the U.S. House.


Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations …
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Northeastern student from Iran removed from US before court hearing, won't be returned — An Iranian student planning to attend Northeastern University was removed from the country overnight Monday in defiance of a court order, his lawyer said, and a federal judge said Tuesday there was nothing …
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Parnas Lawyer Shares Pence Video After Vice President Denies Knowing Him — DO YOU REMEMBER? — Lev Parnas' legal team has shared a video of his client socializing with Mike Pence and his wife after the vice president vehemently denied that he knows Parnas. Pence said during a CNN appearance last week: “I don't know the guy.”


John Roberts Has More Power Than Mitch McConnell Would Like You to Think. But Will He Use It? — London is a retired partner for the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and the author of The Client Decides; he was a principal lawyer for Vice President Spiro Agnew.


Swiss police suspect Davos plumbers of being Russian spies — Russian plumbers do not tend to summer in Davos. Even those with diplomatic passports. — Five months before world leaders began their pilgrimage to the annual World Economic Forum this week — among them US president Donald Trump …
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