Author: Jonathan Lemire
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Kavanaugh accuser commits to hearing
WASHINGTON • Attorneys for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, and the Senate Judiciary Committee have reached agreement for a public hearing Thursday, as talks continued to resolve additional details ahead of the high-stakes showdown. Ford committed to an “open” hearing after negotiators convened a call on Sunday, her attorneys said in…
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Trump picks combat over caution in court fight
WASHINGTON • Combat won out over caution. White House aides and congressional allies worked all week to keep President Donald Trump from unloading on the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. But as Kavanaugh’s nomination hung in the balance, Trump couldn’t contain his frustration any longer and unleashed a…
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Kavanaugh, Ford agree to testify on Thursday
WASHINGTON • A tentative agreement was reached Saturday for the Senate Judiciary Committee to hear testimony Thursday from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault from decades ago, according to two people briefed on the matter. Lawyers for Ford and bipartisan representatives of the committee came to the…
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Trump urges Justice Department probe of ‘resistance’ writer
FARGO, N.D. — President Donald Trump declared Friday the U.S. Justice Department should work to identify the writer of a bitingly critical New York Times opinion piece, purportedly submitted by a member of an administration “resistance” movement straining to thwart his most dangerous impulses. Trump cited “national security” as the reason for such a probe,…
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Trump officials say “Not me!” as he fumes over Times’ op-ed
WASHINGTON • One after another, President Donald Trump’s top lieutenants stepped forward Thursday to declare, “Not me.” They lined up to deny writing an incendiary New York Times opinion piece that was purportedly submitted by a member of an administration “resistance” movement straining to thwart Trump’s most dangerous impulses. By email, by tweet and on…
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Trump rips LeBron James’ smarts hours before rally in Ohio
Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state’s favorite son, savaging NBA star LeBron James in a late-night tweet that derided the intelligence of one of the nation’s most prominent African-American men. Melania Trump’s spokeswoman quickly distanced the first lady from the criticism of James, saying…
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Pressure mounting, Cohen turns aggressive
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON • The hiring of a Washington insider to be a public attack dog. Tantalizing leaks to the media. Puzzling allegations of actions that could fell a president. Talk of more to come. What is Michael Cohen up to? President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer has largely…
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Trump unfazed by GOP criticism, says Putin meeting was great
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — Unbowed by the broad condemnation of his extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that his summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin went “even better” than his meeting with NATO allies last week in Brussels. The…
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Trump embraces Putin, snubs U.S. intel
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save HELSINKI • In an extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump on Monday openly questioned his own intelligence agencies’ firm finding that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election to his benefit, seeming to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s insistence that Moscow’s…
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Putin says he wanted Trump to win in 2016, didn’t interfere
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save HELSINKI — Russia’s Vladimir Putin said Monday he did want Donald Trump to win the 2016 U.S. presidential election but took no action during the campaign to make it happen. He said he favored the celebrity businessman because of his policies. Trump and Putin “spent…