Lindsey Graham begins investigation into Bidens.
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Friday, November 22
TWO WEEKS IN. HERE'S WHAT WENT DOWN. President Donald Trump asked a foreign country to investigate a political rival as he entered his reelection campaign. That has been established almost beyond doubt. But Republicans and Democrats agree on little else as they embarked on only the fourth impeachment inquiry in the nation’s history. [AP]
NEW CALL DETAILS: NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS David Holmes, a State Department official with the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, told House investigators “This was a very distinctive experience.” He recounted the July 26 episode, in which he was seated directly across the table from EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland on an outdoor terrace with two other aides, as Sondland talked on an unsecured cellphone with a bellowing president. [HuffPost]
HILL: 'FICTIONAL' THAT UKRAINE, NOT RUSSIA, ATTACKED DEMOCRACY Former White House adviser Fiona Hill told Congress that any talk that Russia did not target the U.S. during the 2016 elections “is a fictional narrative” promoted by Russian forces. “It is beyond dispute, even if some of the underlying details must remain classified,” she said in a sharp rebuke of the narrative pushed by Trump and his GOP allies. [HuffPost]
LINDSEY GRAHAM BEGINS INVESTIGATION INTO BIDENS Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting documentation on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s work in Ukraine as the public impeachment inquiry hearings in the House drew to a close. [HuffPost]
TRUMP SIGNS STOPGAP SPENDING BILL Trump signed a short-term funding bill, averting the threat of a government shutdown until next month. The president signed the bill, which will extend funding through Dec. 20, hours before government funding was set to expire. [AP]
NETANYAHU INDICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES Israel’s attorney general indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, including bribery, breach of trust and fraud. This heightens uncertainty over who will ultimately lead a country mired in political chaos after two inconclusive elections this year. [Reuters] |
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JEWISH GROUPS DEMAND RESIGNATION OF STEPHEN MILLER Multiple Jewish groups have called on White House senior adviser Stephen Miller to resign after leaked emails showed the extent of his white nationalist worldview. [HuffPost]
SCHOOL CHOICE ACTIVISTS DISRUPT WARREN RALLY Chanting protesters drowned out Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) moments after the presidential candidate kicked off her speech at Clark Atlanta University, one of the oldest historically Black colleges and universities in the country. [HuffPost]
PROTESTERS TRICKLE FROM HONG KONG SITE Six masked protesters surrendered early Friday in Hong Kong, bringing to about 30 the number that have come out in the past day from a university campus surrounded by police. Most of the protesters have left, but an unknown number remain inside. Police are arresting all the adults. [AP
CHINA RELEASES 'CONFESSION' TAPE OF BRITISH WORKER Authorities in China have released what they say is a confession by detained former British consular employee Simon Cheng, who earlier this week claimed he was tortured by police in August. [CNN]
THE JUNGLE PRINCESS OF DELHI For 40 years, journalists chronicled the eccentric royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats who lived in a ruined palace in the Indian capital. It was a tragic, astonishing story. But was it true? [New York Times]
PRINCE ANDREW STILL WORKING ON PRIVATE PROGRAM Buckingham Palace confirmed to HuffPost on Thursday that despite Prince Andrew stepping away from his royal duties for the foreseeable future amid fallout from his relationship with the late sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced royal will still be pursuing his Pitch@Palace entrepreneurship program. [HuffPost] |
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