October 2019

Kurt Volker, Ukraine and a Turbulent End in the Trump Administration

WASHINGTON — “Please don’t publish this letter,” Kurt D. Volker, a former career foreign service officer, pleaded in 2016 with Eliot A. Cohen and Eric Edelman, two former Republican officials leading a “Never Trump” letter-writing movement. Their arguments were not wrong, Mr. Volker told them, as both sides remember it. But he argued that Donald […]

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‘Walking Dead’ Star Lauren Cohan Confirms Return With Surprise Comic Con Appearance

When it comes to “The Walking Dead,” fans should probably be used to characters coming back, at least in zombie form. But the return of one particular long lost character came as a surprise at New York Comic Con on Saturday. At the end of the “Walking Dead” panel at Madison Square Garden, a fan

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These Republicans May Not Endorse an Impeachment Inquiry. But They Aren’t Saying No.

“Given where they’ve been, for congressional Republicans to say, ‘Well, we need to see all the facts,’ is a pretty important step forward,” said Bill Kristol, the conservative commentator and a founder of Defending Democracy Together. Polls have shown a steady rise in support for the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, with a majority of Americans approving

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fact-challenged week over impeachment

Facing an impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump is turning to a familiar playbook to defend himself: attacking his investigators , blasting the inquiry as illegal and deriding the process as all-but-rigged. Many facts are getting lost in the process. He repeatedly lambasted Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee chairman who is leading the

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