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Jan 30 2020
News
Trump legal team advances blanket defense against impeachment
President Trump’s legal team offered a startling defense Wednesday as senators debated his fate in the impeachment trial, arguing that presidents could do nearly anything so long as they believe their reelection is in the public interest.
The assertion from Alan Dershowitz, one of the attorneys representing the president, seemed to take GOP senators by surprise, and few were willing to
Washington PostJan 28 2020
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McConnell struggles to maintain GOP unity post-Bolton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is struggling to maintain control of President Trump’s impeachment trial following news of former national security adviser John Bolton’s bombshell manuscript.
McConnell on Monday deflected growing calls, including from fellow GOP senators, to allow testimony from Bolton and other potential witnesses, which could prolong the trial and deal
The HillNov 10 2021
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Kyle Rittenhouse Testified He "Didn't Do Anything Wrong" When He Fatally Shot Two People
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who shot at protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year and killed two people, took the stand in his murder trial Wednesday, testifying that he "didn't do anything wrong" and was acting in self-defense.
"I didn't intend to kill them. I intended to stop the people who were attacking me," Rittenhouse said about the shooting on Aug. 25, 2020.
BuzzFeed NewsJun 07 2021
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FDA approves Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday approved Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, marking the first new authorized therapy to treat the disease in nearly two decades. The drug, Aduhelm (aducanumab), had received mixed reviews following earlier clinical trials.
In a statement following the approval, Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,
Fox BusinessJan 22 2020
News
Chuck Schumer embraces an old friend: The media
Senators are barred from talking in the chamber during the impeachment trial. But that’s not stopping Chuck Schumer from chatting every chance he gets.
The New York Democrat is engaging in an unprecedented media blitz — even for the voluble Senate minority leader — as he pushes Democratic calls for witnesses and documents to make the case against President Donald Trump.
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PoliticoFeb 15 2021
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7 GOP Senators Voted To Convict Trump. Only 1 Faces Voters Next Year
A majority of senators voted Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection at the U.S Capitol.
But the Democrats' side needed 17 Republicans to join them in order to reach the two-thirds threshold needed to convict.
Seven GOP senators voted with Democrats — the most bipartisan impeachment vote in U.S. history — but well
NPR (Online News)Feb 16 2020
News
Stone, DOJ Prosecutors Ordered to Appear at Phone Hearing
The D.C. judge overseeing the trial of President Donald Trump’s longtime friend and confidant Roger Stone has ordered his legal team and federal prosecutors to appear at a phone hearing this Tuesday, reports Politico.
District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Sunday ordered the hearing, a move that follows the withdrawal of four Justice Department prosecutors from the case and
Newsmax (News)Feb 12 2021
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Cop Accused Of Spying For Chinese Government To Be Released On $2 Million Bond
A federal judge ruled on Friday that a former NYPD officer accused of spying for the Chinese will be released on bail immediately, according to the New York Post.
The officer in question, Baimadajie Angwang, was recently diagnosed with COVID-19 while awaiting trial in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn according to the Post.
Angwang is accused of delivering information
The Daily CallerAug 03 2020
Opinion
The Right Way to Get a Vaccine at ‘Warp Speed’
Scientists need to show us the data. And that’s exactly what they’re working on.
Coronavirus vaccines are rapidly advancing through the development pipeline. The University of Oxford’s vaccine is in large trials in Britain, Brazil and South Africa. In the United States, researchers just began enrolling around 30,000 volunteers to test Moderna’s vaccine, and more trials are starting
New York Times (Opinion)Feb 10 2021
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Democrats Use Video, Trump’s Words to Build Impeachment Case
House Democrats showed chilling new video of the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as they portrayed the siege and assault on Congress as the inevitable result of former President Donald Trump stoking rage among his supporters over his defeat in the election.
The House impeachment managers spent the second day of Trump’s Senate impeachment trial describing how Trump tried to sow
Bloomberg