Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Omar.
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Tuesday, November 19
UKRAINE 'CAME TO UNDERSTAND' TRUMP QUID PRO QUO David Holmes, the political counsel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, told impeachment investigators that he overheard President Donald Trump talking with Gordon Sondland about “investigations” in Ukraine. Holmes said Trump was talking so loudly that Sondland had to hold the phone from his ear. Public impeachment testimony resumes today, with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was on Trump's call with the Ukrainian leader, scheduled to appear. [HuffPost]
NEW ACCUSER SAYS EPSTEIN RAPED HER WHEN SHE WAS 15 A new accuser said now-deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein raped her when she was a minor at his New Mexico home, the Zorro Ranch. The woman said one of Epstein’s assistants approached her when she was on a high school field trip. [HuffPost]
MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THREATENING TO KILL REP. OMAR A western New York man pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Patrick Carlineo admitted in Rochester to charges that carry up to 10 years in prison. His sentencing is set for Feb. 14. [AP]
CALIFORNIA SUES JUUL The state of California sued e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc., alleging the San Francisco company engaged in a “systematic” and “wildly successful” campaign to attract teenagers to its nicotine devices. [Reuters]
'LET THE BABY DIE' SIGN ATTACKS FATHER OF DISABLED SON A family in Toledo, Ohio, is speaking out after an anonymous person responded to their plea for money to help cover their son’s medical treatments by saying their child should die. [HuffPost]
CHIEF JUSTICE DELAYS DEMAND FOR TRUMP'S TAX RECORDS Chief Justice John Roberts is ordering an indefinite delay in the House of Representatives’ demand for Trump’s financial records to give the Supreme Court time to figure out how to handle the high-stakes dispute. [AP] |
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HONG KONG CAMPUS SIEGE NEARLY OVER Attention in Hong Kong continues to be focused on the city's Polytechnic University, where an ever-shrinking number of protesters remain holed up inside the besieged campus under the threat of arrest. The university has been occupied by hundreds of protesters, including many high school students, since last week. [CNN]
FAR-RIGHT USES CRISIS TO SEIZE CONTROL OF BOLIVIA When Bolivia’s socialist president, Evo Morales, stepped down last week after nearly a month of protests, it was right-wing opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho who declared victory. Observers have debated whether the president was the victim of a coup, as he asserts, or a popular uprising. [HuffPost]
PG&E WASN'T READY FOR OUTAGES The head of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. told angry California lawmakers that the nation’s largest electric utility wasn’t fully prepared for the effects of its unprecedented outages last month, even as it plans to shut off power to more than half a million people again this week to prevent wildfires. [AP]
SOUTH DAKOTA LAUNCHES 'METH? I'M ON IT' CAMPAIGN South Dakota’s governor unveiled a new anti-drug campaign to combat the use of methamphetamine. But TV spots, billboards, posters and a website featuring South Dakotans saying “Meth. We’re on it” isn’t going over quite as expected. [HuffPost]
PRINCE ANDREW ACCUSED OF USING 'N'-WORD Prince Andrew has been accused of using a racist slur during a meeting with a government aide. According to Evening Standard columnist Rohan Silva, the Duke of York used the epithet at a Buckingham Palace meeting with him when he was a Downing Street adviser to a tech economy. [HuffPost]
U.S. HAS HIGHEST RATE OF CHILD DETENTION The United States has the world’s highest rate of children in detention, including more than 100,000 in immigration-related custody that violates international law, the author of a United Nations study said. [Reuters] |
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