December 2019

Representative Jeff Van Drew, Anti-Impeachment Democrat, Considering Switching Parties

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WASHINGTON — Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, a moderate Democrat who is among his party’s staunchest opponents of impeaching President Trump, is considering switching parties and could make an announcement as soon as next week, just as the House is casting its historic votes on articles of impeachment. Mr. Van Drew has had […]

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Jennifer Hudson On Portraying Aretha Franklin: ‘Hope I Make Her Proud’

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Jennifer Hudson has opened up about portraying Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic, saying she hopes to make the late icon “proud.” The “Spotlight” singer, who also stars in the upcoming “Cats,” has “huge shoes to fill,” she told People in an interview published on Friday. “I just hope I make her proud [and] do her justice,”

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Clinton’s Impeachment Was Nail-Biter. Trump’s Grip on G.O.P. Means His Won’t Be.

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WASHINGTON — Even as the House Judiciary Committee prepared to vote on articles of impeachment, Lindsey Graham was in a back room trying to cut a last-minute deal. If the president fully admitted what he had done, he could head off charges of high crimes and misdemeanors. Mr. Graham scribbled on a piece of paper

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USC receives notice from NCAA in college corruption case

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Southern California’s basketball program has received a formal notice of allegations from the NCAA following a federal investigation into corruption and bribery in the sport December 14, 2019, 6:27 PM 2 min read LOS ANGELES — Southern California’s basketball program has received a notice of allegations from the NCAA following a federal investigation into corruption

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Staring Down Impeachment Vote, Freshman Democrat Seeks Legislative Victories

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RHINEBECK, N.Y. — On a recent Friday, as impeachment investigators were releasing new evidence of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine and John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, was refusing through his lawyer to tell Congress what he knew about “many relevant meetings and conversations” in the matter, Representative Antonio Delgado’s mind was

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