January 2020

Malta’s next premier vows ‘continuity’ amid car bomb fallout

A first-term lawmaker whose father was Malta’s president has been chosen to be the country’s prime minister By STEPHEN CALLEJA Associated Press January 12, 2020, 6:46 PM 4 min read VALLETTA, Malta — A first-term lawmaker whose father was Malta’s president was chosen to be the country’s prime minister, replacing Joseph Muscat after weeks of […]

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Trump, Shifting Arguments, Urges Swift Dismissal of Impeachment Charges

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday injected fresh instability into final preparations for the Senate’s impeachment trial, suggesting that senators should dismiss the House’s charges of high crimes and misdemeanors against him outright rather than dignifying them with a full tribunal. That unexpected statement, arriving amid a flurry of tweets, not only appeared to put

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Judge Judy Has Issued Her Decision: She Likes Michael Bloomberg

SAN ANTONIO — Judge Judith Sheindlin does not tolerate breaches of civility. Certainly not in her televised courtroom, where she has presided as the sharp-tongued star of “Judge Judy” for near a quarter century. And not in American politics, either. But being stuck on the bench, even on a simulated courtroom set watched by nearly

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Elizabeth Warren Says Bernie Sanders Sent Volunteers ‘Out to Trash Me’

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — A nearly yearlong run of good will between two of the leading progressives in the 2020 presidential race, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders, appears to be evaporating in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses. On Sunday, Ms. Warren said she was “disappointed” that Mr. Sanders’s campaign had been using a

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