January 2020

Impeachment Impasse Deepens in Senate, Leaving Trump’s Trial in Doubt

WASHINGTON — Senate leaders wrangled on Friday over the terms of President Trump’s impeachment trial, deepening their impasse and throwing the start date further into doubt amid disputes over whether to call witnesses or introduce documentary evidence. In a pair of barbed back-to-back speeches on the Senate floor, the top Republican and the top Democrat

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Tests begin on bones that may be Revolutionary War soldiers

A university laboratory is beginning tests on skeletal remains found beneath an 18th century home to help identify the three people believed to be soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War By CHRIS EHRMANN Associated Press January 3, 2020, 8:39 PM 3 min read NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — A university laboratory began tests Friday on skeletal

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Why Democrats Want the Supreme Court to Act Quickly on a Case That Could End Obamacare

A group of Democratic state officials and the Democratic-led House of Representatives on Friday asked the Supreme Court to take up a case with the potential to wipe away the entire Affordable Care Act. The appeal asks the court to review the case quickly — during the court’s current session — a schedule that would

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Federal Reserve last month saw a declining risk of recession

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee saw much less risk of recession at its meeting last month, when it kept interest rates steady after three straight cuts and signaled that it expected to keep low rates unchanged through this year. Minutes of the December meeting, released Friday, showed that Fed officials favored keeping rates

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