Here’s How The Senate Rules May Work For The Impeachment Of Donald Trump
When the House votes Wednesday to send two articles of impeachment to the Senate, the rules of the upper chamber will suddenly change. All the procedural hallmarks normally associated with the Senate — filibusters, cloture votes, and so on — will disappear. A new and incredibly arcane process will control the impeachment trial of President…
A newly revealed letter from Rudy Giuliani — Trump's own lawyer — destroys the president's last defense in Ukraine scandal
AP Photo/Seth Wenig The House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released a previously unseen letter that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani sent to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in May. In the letter, Giuliani requested a meeting with Zelensky and emphasized he was acting in his capacity as Trump’s personal lawyer. One day before Giuliani…
Australian student says North Korea forced him to admit spying
An Australian student arrested for spying and expelled from North Korea last year said he was forced to write a false confession while held incommunicado. Alek Sigley was studying modern Korean literature at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang when he went missing in June, sparking international alarm. Canberra has no diplomatic representation in Pyongyang…
Australian student expelled from North Korea says he was kidnapped from dorm
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – An Australian student who was briefly detained in North Korea last year over spy charges said he had been kidnapped by secret police and forced to make a false confession, according to an article written by him and seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Alek Sigley was held for nine…
Volcano erupts on ecologically sensitive Galapagos island
Quito (AFP) – A volcano erupted on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos, Ecuadorian authorities said, spewing lava on the ecologically sensitive environment. La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina island, one of the youngest in the archipelago, began erupting Sunday evening, Galapagos National Park (PNG) officials said in a statement. The 1,467 metre high (4,813 feet)…
Heartbreaking photos show dogs and horses being rescued after Taal volcano eruption
The violent eruption of the Taal volcano in the Philippines Monday has left images of a desolate landscape full of destroyed houses, a thick layer of ash and buried animal carcasses. The nation’s disaster response team said that at least 30,000 people fled their homes that surrounded the country’s second most active volcano Monday. However,…
Why the Ukrainian plane tragedy is unlikely to lead to global airspace rules
By Allison Lampert, Rozanna Latiff and Tim Hepher MONTREAL/KUALA LUMPUR/PARIS (Reuters) – Why was the Ukrainian airliner mistakenly shot down near Tehran by Iranian forces last week for the loss of 176 lives even allowed to take off from a country that had just fired missiles towards its neighbour? And why didn’t the airline just…
Poll: Majority supports Trump’s decision to not strike back against Iran
An overwhelming majority of voters support President Donald Trump’s decision to not pursue military action against Iran last week after Tehran launched a missile strike targeting two air bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll found. The survey was conducted in the days after Trump addressed the nation in the wake…
Andrew Yang opens up about his awkward high-school years and the 'escape hatches' he used to distract himself from not fitting in
Anthony Fisher/Insider Andrew Yang recently spoke with Insider about his lonely high school years. “Growing up in my town, I was one of the only Asian kids and I’d skipped a grade,” Yang recalls. “And I did get called ‘chink’ and ‘gook’ a fair amount. So I wound up getting into fights that I would…
Why Andrew Yang thinks candidates of color have been shut out of the Democratic debates
Andrew Yang has a theory for why there are barely any candidates of color left in the Democratic primary race. After Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) dropped out earlier this week, Yang remains the only person of color in the Democratic race with a solid base of support. And as he tells Politico ahead of Tuesday…