House Files Brief Arguing for Trump’s Removal From Office
(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump’s attorneys and the House Democrats managing his impeachment trial filed their first formal briefs in the case on Saturday, pursuing familiar arguments aimed more at influencing the voters than the senators who will be his jurors. In a 111-page trial brief, the seven Democratic impeachment managers say the president’s pattern of…
'Brazen and unlawful': Trump team attacks House impeachment effort in first formal response
President Donald Trump launched his first formal attack on the House’s effort to remove him from office on Saturday, calling the Democrats’ impeachment case against him fatally flawed and “constitutionally invalid” while blasting the effort as a political hit job by his adversaries. “This is a brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the results of…
Groom accused of sexually assaulting teenage waitress at wedding spared jail
A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his own wedding reception pleaded guilty to misdemeanours after more serious charges against the New Jersey groom were dropped, keeping him out of prison. In a Pennsylvania court on Thursday, 32-year-old newlywed Matthew Aimers received six years of probation as part of a plea agreement on…
Philippine military says 5 Indonesians kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants
MANILA, Jan 19 (Reuters) – The Philippine military on Sunday said it has launched search and rescue operations for five Indonesian fishermen kidnapped by militants belonging to the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf group in Malaysian waters last week. Click Here: Ireland Rugby Shop Eight Indonesians were abducted in Sabah on Thursday. Three were released, while…
Roman Polanski passe entre les mailles de la justice américaine
Après de longs mois d’incertitude, Roman Polanski est fixé. Il ne sera pas extradé aux Etats-Unis par son pays de naissance. A 82 ans, Roman Polanski peut enfin souffler. Il sait que quoi que tente désormais la justice américaine, son pays de naissance, la Pologne, ne le renverra pas aux Etats-Unis. Outre-Atlantique, le réalisateur du…
America Wants Its F-35 Stealth Fighter To Rule the Skies Well Into 2070
Key point: America builds its weapon systems to last decades. The high-tech F-35 was built to fight and win for at least 50 years. The Air Force has begun early testing, software development and weapons integration for its upcoming Block 4 variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an emerging model intended to give the multi-role…
What Can Iran Hope To Do Against America's Stealth Aircraft?
Key point: The need for stealth grew only more urgent in 2019 when an Iranian missile knocked an MQ-4C out of the sky. U.S. forces on deployment to the Middle East include F-15E fighter-bombers, F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters and B-52 bombers, among others. But as tensions escalate between the United States and its allies including…
Body of woman who was missing for almost 6 years found in car submerged in NJ river
SALEM, N.J. – A body found in a submerged car here Thursday was a New Jersey woman reported missing almost six years ago. Vanessa Smallwood, who was 46 at the time of her disappearance, was identified in a statement from New Jersey State Police. Smallwood was a Maple Shade resident, according to the statement. However,…
Sanders runs into resistance as he looks beyond Warren dispute
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — When the head of New Hampshire’s leading foundation for women arrived at a local Women’s March to find she would be sharing the stage with Sen. Bernie Sanders, she backed out. At the same event, a prominent former state senator turned her back when he spoke. After a week-long flare-up with Sen.…
Lying Liz
Ever since she began explaining how her Medicare for all plan would be funded, and how she would pass it, Elizabeth Warren has been sinking. Ahead of last week’s debate, her camp leaked a story that her friend Bernie Sanders met with her in 2018 to discuss plans for 2020, and that at this meeting,…