What happened today A federal judge in Washington declared that the House’s impeachment investigation was legal and legitimate even without a formal vote by lawmakers, undercutting one of the White House’s key arguments. The judge also ordered the Department of Justice to hand over secret grand jury evidence from Robert Mueller’s investigation to the House […]
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The S&P 500 closed just short of an all-time high Friday as investors welcomed solid company earnings reports and an encouraging update on trade talks between the U.S. and China. Technology, communications services and financial stocks powered the rally. The index ended within 0.1% of its record set July 26. It also notched its third
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From the moment George Springer jumped on the game’s third pitch for a single, then quickly swiped a base, to the way he and his teammates sprinted off the field after the final out a little past midnight Saturday, the Houston Astros were suddenly aggressive and energetic. And suddenly right back in the thick of
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Leroy R. Johnson, a prominent Georgia politician who in 1962 became the first black candidate elected to that state’s Senate since Reconstruction, has died. He was 91. A number of officials, including Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta, posted news of his death on Thursday. Further details were not immediately available. “Senator Johnson was a
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As he watched his late, rainbow 3-pointer drop in off the glass, Luka Doncic skipped backward toward the defensive end for the Dallas Mavericks with a snarl on his face and clenched fists lowered near each hip. “He makes those shots. He’s wild,” teammate Kristaps Porzingis said. “At the end of the game, he was
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Administrations of both parties have taken that position. Steven A. Engel, the Trump-appointed head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, asserted in a 15-page legal opinion last summer that “Congress may not constitutionally compel the president’s senior advisers to testify about their official duties.” Democrats have portrayed that legal theory as extreme and
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The Trump administration reported a river of red ink Friday. The federal deficit for the 2019 budget year surged 26% from 2018 to $984.4 billion — its highest point in seven years. The gap is widely expected to top $1 trillion in the current budget year and likely remain there for the next decade. The
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Fox News host Hannity ― a vocal supporter of Trump ― earlier this week claimed “do us a favor” was actually just one of the president’s “go-to phrases” and “a verbal aside” that wasn’t a demand for a quid pro quo. Meyers expressed astonishment on Thursday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Late Night.” “That’s your argument?” he
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pentagon awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract, snubbing early front-runner Amazon, whose competitive bid drew criticism from President Donald Trump and its business rivals. Bidding for the huge project, known as Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, pitted leading tech titans Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle and IBM against one
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The Latest on Game 3 of the World Series (all times local): 11:36 p.m. Will Harris became the first Astros pitcher to retire the Nationals in order, and Houston led Washington 4-1 after seven innings. Harris has retired all five hitters he’s faced to put the Astros in position to take Game 3. He had
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