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Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy

Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy

Mark Esper said he lost confidence in Richard Spencer, alleging Spencer want behind his back.

  • Nov 24, 2019
  • By Robert Burns Associated Press
Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy
Emails show after-the-fact effort to justify Ukraine decision

Emails show after-the-fact effort to justify Ukraine decision

White House lawyers reportedly are concerned that the review has turned up some unflattering exchanges.

  • Nov 24, 2019
  • By Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger The Washington Post
Emails show after-the-fact effort to justify Ukraine decision
Billionaire Bloomberg joins Democratic presidential race

Billionaire Bloomberg joins Democratic presidential race

The New York plutocrat will spend “whatever it takes” to snag the nomination and defeat Trump, an aide says.

  • Nov 24, 2019
  • By Steve Peoples Associated Press
Billionaire Bloomberg joins Democratic presidential race

With boss running for president, Bloomberg News sets rules

They won’t do investigative reporting on him or any other Democratic candidates, but they will publish such work by other news organizations.

K-pop star Goo Hara’s death highlights pressures on female stars

K-pop star Goo Hara’s death highlights pressures on female stars

She had been threatened with revenge porn and told reporters she was “in agony.”

  • Nov 24, 2019
  • By Min Joo Kim and Simon Denyer The Washington Post
K-pop star Goo Hara’s death highlights pressures on female stars
Mass protest against domestic violence

Mass protest against domestic violence

It was an unprecedented public campaign to decry violence against women.

  • Nov 24, 2019
  • By ANGELA CHARLTON and THIBAULT CAMUS Associated Press
Mass protest against domestic violence
New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo

New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo

The group American Oversight says it’s evidence of Giuliani’s smear campaign against a U.S. ambassador.”

  • Nov 23, 2019
  • By Wire Service
New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo
Prosecutors: Political donor sought to silence witnesses

Prosecutors: Political donor sought to silence witnesses

He allegedly offered six witnesses in his tax evasion case more than $6 million to keep quiet.

  • Nov 23, 2019
  • By BRIAN MELLEY, JIM MUSTIAN and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press
Prosecutors: Political donor sought to silence witnesses
Boy Scouts mortgage vast New Mexico ranch as collateral

Boy Scouts mortgage vast New Mexico ranch as collateral

The move will help the organization with its rising insurance costs related to sex-abuse litigation.

  • Nov 23, 2019
  • By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer
Boy Scouts mortgage vast New Mexico ranch as collateral
Pope urges Thais young and old to practice faith with joy

Pope urges Thais young and old to practice faith with joy

Thousands of Thais welcomed Francis as he traveled to a Catholic community outside Bangkok.

  • Nov 23, 2019
  • By PREEYAPA T. KHUNSONG and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
Pope urges Thais young and old to practice faith with joy
Trump urges Supreme Court to shield his financial records

Trump urges Supreme Court to shield his financial records

The House Oversight and Reform Committee is considering revising the federal ethics-in-government laws.

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • By Greg Stohr Bloomberg News
Trump urges Supreme Court to shield his financial records
What’s next in impeachment: A busy December, and on to 2020

What’s next in impeachment: A busy December, and on to 2020

Several key witnesses have so far declined to provide testimony or documents on Trump’s orders.

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press
What’s next in impeachment: A busy December, and on to 2020
Schiff isn’t ruling out more impeachment hearings

Schiff isn’t ruling out more impeachment hearings

Democrats had expressed hope that if the House votes on articles, it would do so this year.

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • By Jennifer Haberkorn Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Schiff isn’t ruling out more impeachment hearings
FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document

FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document

President Trump immediately asserted that the FBI had tried to “overthrow the presidency.”

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • By ERIC TUCKER and DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press
FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document
Attorney General unveils plan on missing Native Americans

Attorney General unveils plan on missing Native Americans

Indigenous women experience some of the highest rates of murder and sexual violence in the nation.

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press
Attorney General unveils plan on missing Native Americans
Trump denigrates US diplomats, pushes conspiracy theories

Trump denigrates US diplomats, pushes conspiracy theories

The president said if the House votes to impeach him, he would welcome a trial in the GOP-led Senate.

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press
Trump denigrates US diplomats, pushes conspiracy theories
Philippine Airlines Boeing 777 makes emergency landing at LAX

Philippine Airlines Boeing 777 makes emergency landing at LAX

Videos posted to social media showed short bursts of flames coming from the plane’s right engine.

Philippine Airlines Boeing 777 makes emergency landing at LAX
Boeing settles half of lawsuits tied to Indonesian crash

Boeing settles half of lawsuits tied to Indonesian crash

The company faces dozens of additional lawsuits over a second Max crash four months later in Ethiopia.

Boeing settles half of lawsuits tied to Indonesian crash
Researchers have finally put a price tag on the life of a dog

Researchers have finally put a price tag on the life of a dog

Some owners might be inclined to answer their dog’s life is priceless.

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • Christopher Ingraham The Washington Post
Researchers have finally put a price tag on the life of a dog
NY man sentenced for threats to McMorris Rodgers and Scalise

NY man sentenced for threats to McMorris Rodgers and Scalise

He claimed he sought only to express outrage at the Trump administration’s family separation policies.

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • By Wire Service
NY man sentenced for threats to McMorris Rodgers and Scalise