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February 18, 2020 at 9:49 pm

As Trump Claims to Be Law of the Land, Barr’s Irritation Builds

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr agree on one thing at least: The president is making the attorney general’s job much...

February 17, 2020 at 6:04 pm

Bolton hints at further revelations if he overcomes White House ‘censorship’

DURHAM, N.C. — John Bolton, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, suggested on Monday that his unpublished book contained far more revelations...

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February 8, 2020 at 6:54 pm

Republican senators tried to stop Trump from firing Sondland

WASHINGTON — A handful of Republican senators tried to stop President Donald Trump from firing Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union who testified...

February 7, 2020 at 7:48 pm

Trump fires impeachment witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wasted little time Friday opening a campaign of retribution against those he blames for his impeachment, firing two of the...

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January 23, 2020 at 7:57 pm

Analysis: Now testifying for the prosecution — President Trump

WASHINGTON — The House managers prosecuting President Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors have failed so far to persuade Senate Republicans to let them...

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January 17, 2020 at 5:42 pm

With Starr and Dershowitz, Trump is giving legal team a celebrity cast

President Donald Trump has asked former independent counsel Ken Starr and celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz to join his defense team for the Senate impeachment trial...

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January 12, 2020 at 6:26 pm

Esper Says He Saw No Evidence Iran Targeted 4 Embassies, as Story Shifts Again

WASHINGTON — They had to kill him because he was planning an “imminent” attack. But how imminent, they could not say. Where, they could not...

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January 11, 2020 at 4:39 pm

7 days in January: How Trump pushed the U.S. and Iran to the brink of war VIEW

WASHINGTON — The plane was late and the kill team was worried. International listings showed that Cham Wings Airlines Flight 6Q501, scheduled to take off...

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January 8, 2020 at 8:17 pm

U.S. and Iranians Lower Tensions, at Least for Now

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump backed away from further military action against Iran and called for renewed diplomacy Wednesday as the bristling confrontation of the...

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January 3, 2020 at 6:22 pm

Trump Warns Iran as Ayatollah Vows Vengeance

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran exchanged escalating military threats on Friday as President Donald Trump warned that he was “prepared to take whatever...

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