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Iran, Iraq issue statement on probe into the assassination of top commanders
Dec 23, 2021 13:44A senior Iranian Judiciary official says Iran and Iraq have issued a joint statement on an investigation into the “criminal and terrorist” assassination by the United States of top anti-terror commanders of the two countries in Baghdad early last year.
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US Republicans are shamelessly working to subvert democracy. Are Democrats paying attention?
Dec 23, 2021 10:34As former US President Donald Trump's loyalists lay siege to democracy with voting restrictions and attempts to take over the running of elections, there are fears that Democrats in Washington have not fully woken up to the threat.
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New York attorney general vows Trump investigation will proceed ‘undeterred’
Dec 23, 2021 10:23The New York attorney general, Letitia James, said on Monday (Dec. 20) her investigation of Donald Trump’s business affairs would continue “undeterred”, despite Trump suing to stop it on grounds of political bias, “because no one is above the law, not even someone with the name Trump”.
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Capitol attack panel will determine if Trump committed crime – Republican
Dec 23, 2021 04:21Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the House committee investigating the deadly 6 January Capitol attack incited by Donald Trump, said on Sunday (Dec. 19) he was not “yet” ready to declare the former president guilty of a crime – but that the panel was investigating the likelihood that he is.
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Surprise! There’s no voter fraud. Again.
Dec 20, 2021 15:57For those who spend their days operating within the constraints of empirical reality, the long-running voter-fraud scam peddled by right-wing con artists poses a dilemma: Respond to their claims and give them the veneer of legitimacy they crave. Ignore them, and risk letting transparent lies spread unchecked.
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Israel losing ‘absolute power over Congress,' Trump laments
Dec 18, 2021 07:48Former US President Donald Trump said that Israel's "absolute power over Congress" had declined under the administration of Barack Obama and has slid further under the administration of Joe Biden.
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Meadows was deeply involved in fighting election outcome, Jan. 6 panel says
Dec 15, 2021 10:32The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released a report on Sunday (Dec. 12) that laid out its case for a contempt of Congress charge against Mark Meadows, the Chief of Staff to former President Donald J. Trump, presenting evidence of Meadows’s deep involvement in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup
Dec 12, 2021 10:49Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows turned over to the House Select Committee investigating the 6 January Capitol attack a PowerPoint recommending Donald Trump to declare a national security emergency in order to return himself to the presidency.
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Biden is upholding Trump's hateful vision for the border
Dec 09, 2021 16:35The Biden administration officially ended “Remain in Mexico” in June, but is now reinstating it under a court order. In one key area, Biden’s rebooted “Remain in Mexico” is even more cruel, expanding the number of people who can be placed into the program, including Haitians and other Caribbean nations with majority Afro-descendant populations like Jamaica.
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Right vs. right vs. left: Governor’s race puts Georgia at center of 2022 drama
Dec 09, 2021 16:15Former U.S. Senator David Perdue, encouraged by Donald Trump, is challenging Gov. Brian Kemp, a fellow Republican who defied the former president.