Jay Sekulow, one of the president’s lawyers, has made a simple case to the senators: The president is under attack, and they must defend him. As he describes it, the impeachment inquiry is just the latest iteration of relentless efforts by the president’s enemies to undercut and unseat him. Like the F.B.I.’s investigation of whether […]
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WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross predicted Thursday morning that a deadly virus originating in China would cause companies to reconsider their global supply chains and ultimately “help to accelerate” the return of jobs to the United States. In an interview on Fox Business, Mr. Ross said diseases like the Wuhan coronavirus, which has killed
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China is reporting 9,692 confirmed cases of a new virus with a death toll of 213, as the World Health Organization declared the outbreak that has spread to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency January 31, 2020, 12:42 AM 1 min read BEIJING — China is reporting 9,692 confirmed cases of a
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Harley Bird won a Bafta for the role in 2011 The actress who voices Peppa Pig is leaving the role after more than a decade. Harley Bird, 18, has been the cartoon character’s voice since she was five, said the cast of the TV series had given her “unforgettable
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Image copyright Siemens/ PA Image caption A proposed design for an HS2 train The government’s official review into HS2 “strongly advises against cancelling” the project, the BBC can reveal. It also says only building one section of the line which will link southern and northern England “doesn’t make sense”. The BBC has read the full
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It was another prime Christmas for Amazon By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer January 31, 2020, 12:11 AM 3 min read NEW YORK — Amazon had another prime holiday season. The online retailer said Thursday it has more than 150 million Prime members worldwide who pay $119 a year for faster shipping and other perks.
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The All-Star Game is going to have plenty of new faces By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer January 31, 2020, 12:53 AM 2 min read The All-Star Game is going to have plenty of new faces. The NBA released the list of the players voted by the league’s head coaches as reserves for the Feb.
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DES MOINES — Four Democratic presidential candidates hoping for breakout performances in the Iowa caucuses next week spent Thursday in Washington listening to testimony in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump. But the president himself headed to Des Moines for a rally to fire up his supporters before the caucuses on Monday. It was
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When Brexit takes effect Friday, residents of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are concerned about protecting the relative peace and prosperity that has endured since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement By DAVID GOLDMAN Associated Press January 31, 2020, 12:10 AM 4 min read BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The border was drawn in 1921,
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Image copyright Netflix Gwyneth Paltrow’s new Netflix series poses a “considerable health risk” to the public, NHS chief executive Simon Stevens has said. The Goop Lab, filmed at the headquarters of the actress’s wellness brand, Goop, explores the effectiveness of alternative therapies for physical and mental illnesses. Netflix says the series is “designed to entertain,
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