January 2020

Coronavirus: Foreign Office advises against travel to virus province

Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption The virus originated in Wuhan City, Hubei province, and has infected 2,000 people since its discovery. The Foreign Office has issued new travel advice over the coronavirus outbreak in China. In updated guidance, it warns against all travel to Hubei province – where the virus began – and urged Britons

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Could Trump Muzzle John Bolton? The Limits of Executive Privilege, Explained

WASHINGTON — Republican senators allied with President Trump are increasingly arguing that the Senate should not call witnesses or subpoena documents for his impeachment trial because Mr. Trump has threatened to invoke executive privilege, and a legal fight would take too long to resolve. But it is far from clear that Mr. Trump has the

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What to Watch For in Trump’s Impeachment Trial on Saturday

President Trump’s lawyers will begin presenting their defense on Saturday, hoping to deliver a sharp counterargument to three days of presentations that House impeachment managers wrapped up Friday night. As Democrats ended their opening arguments, Republican senators appeared largely unmoved in their belief that Mr. Trump should remain in office, and dismissed the notion that

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