February 2020

White House Memo Justifying Suleimani Strike Cites No Imminent Threat

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WASHINGTON — The White House told Congress on Friday that President Trump authorized the strike last month that killed Iran’s most important general to respond to attacks that had already taken place and deter future ones, contradicting the president’s claim that he acted in response to an imminent threat. In a legally mandated, two-page unclassified […]

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When America’s Oddest Political Couple Fights, Those Sparks Are Real

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Politics was less bruising then. In 2005, Ms. Conway teamed up with Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster, to write a book about how American women were erasing political lines. By reputation, Ms. Conway was smart and empathetic, the type who remembered birthdays and weddings. The Conways now have four children: the twins, George IV and

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