Schiff responds to Nunes phone calls in impeachment inquiry report

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said it’s “deeply concerning” that members of congress could be involved in the allegations against President Trump. He was responding to a question about calls by the ranking member of the committee, Devin Nunes, being listed in the impeachment inquiry report.

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Huawei urging suppliers to break the law by moving offshore - U.S. Commerce chief

China's telecoms giant Huawei has been encouraging its suppliers to violate U.S. law by telling them to move operations offshore in a bid to avoid U.S. sanctions, Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross told Reuters on Tuesday. In May, the U.S. government placed Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on a trade blacklist known as the entity list, over national security concerns, forcing some suppliers to apply for special licenses to sell equipment to the company. On Tuesday, Ross said in an interview that those frustrations extended to a push from Huawei to move its supply chain overseas.

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The Latest: Johnson says he didn’t ‘intentionally mislead’

Ousted Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he did not “intentionally mislead or deceive” anyone about a mid-October night where he was found asleep in his car. Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired Johnson on Monday for “ethical lapses,” just weeks before he was set to retire. Johnson publicly blamed an issue with his medication and told Lightfoot he’d had “a couple of drinks with dinner.” Two Chicago newspapers citing sources they’re not identifying are reporting that the city’s fired police chief was having drinks with a woman for hours the night officers found him hunched over the wheel of his SUV.

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US congressman to plead guilty to corruption charge

A US congressman accused of misusing campaign funds to pay for lavish vacations, extramarital affairs and airline fees for a pet rabbit said Monday he plans to plead guilty in order to spare his children the embarrassment of a trial. "I think it's important not to have a public trial for three reasons, and those three reasons are my kids," Duncan Hunter, a Republican, told KUSI.

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In 2018, Russia Unveiled Its Deadly "Avangard" Hypersonic Missile

A terrifying weapon.

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Trump campaign congratulates Tulsi Gabbard after Kamala Harris drops out of Democratic race

Trump's 2020 campaign congratulated Tulsi Gabbard after Kamala Harris left the primary race, after months of tension between the Democrats.

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Trump team scours intel sent by Iranians as it weighs new sanctions

The team sees the Iran protests as a sign that its sanctions-heavy “maximum pressure” campaign is working.

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The tariff fight over the world's biggest plane makers is heating up after the US claimed Boeing's rival Airbus was given 'market-distorting subsidies'

The World Trade Organization rejected the European Union's claim that it had ended subsidies to the French plane maker Airbus.

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Nunes Sues CNN over Allegation He Met with Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Victor Shokin

Ranking House intelligence Committee Republican Devin Nunes filed a $435 million lawsuit on Tuesday against “the mother of fake news” CNN over a November 22 report, which alleged that disgraced Giuliani associate Lev Parnas is willing to tell impeachment investigators that Nunes dug up dirt on Joe Biden with former Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin during a 2018 meeting in Vienna.“CNN is eroding the fabric of America, proselytizing, sowing distrust and disharmony. It must be held accountable,” Nunes alleges in the suit, and claims that the article “intentionally falsified” key facts. Nunes says he never visited Austria last year, cites a Washington Post piece in which a source close to Shokin denies the meeting took place, and denies any contact with Parnas over the trip.“From all the evidence in its possession, CNN was well-aware that Parnas was a renowned liar, a fraudster, a hustler, an opportunist with delusions of grandeur, a man in financial in extremis,” Nunes’s lawsuit adds.Earlier Tuesday, the Democratic Intelligence Committee released a report on impeachment showing calls between Nunes and Parnas dated from April, but no record of any contact in December 2018.CNN quotes Joseph A. Bondy, Parnas’s attorney, who says that “Parnas learned from former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Victor Shokin that Nunes had met with Shokin in Vienna last December.” Following the release of the CNN report, Nunes told Breitbart that he intended to sue.“I look forward to prosecuting these cases, including the media outlets, as well as the sources of their fake stories, to the fullest extent of the law,” Nunes said in a statement. “I intend to hold the Daily Beast and CNN accountable for their actions. They will find themselves in court soon after Thanksgiving.”

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U.S. Supreme Court justices debate whether to dismiss major gun case

The U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of a major gun rights case could end in a misfire, with the justices on Monday debating whether to dismiss a challenge backed by the powerful National Rifle Association to a New York City handgun ordinance. The justices heard arguments in the first major gun dispute to come before them since 2010, with gun control advocates fearful that the court, with its 5-4 conservative majority, could issue a ruling further expanding firearms rights nationwide. Much of the arguments focussed on whether the court should even decide the merits of the legal challenge because the city in July got rid of the limits imposed on licensed gun owners on where they could take their firearms that were central to the legal challenge.

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Huawei moving US research center to Canada

The founder of Huawei says the Chinese tech giant is moving its U.S. research center to Canada due to American sanctions on the company. In an interview with Toronto’s Global and Mail newspaper, Ren Zhengfei said the move was necessary because Huawei would be blocked from interacting with U.S. employees. Huawei Technologies Ltd. is the No. 2 global smartphone brand and the biggest maker of network gear for phone carriers.

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Look Out America, Russia Just Tested Its S-500 Air Defense System In Syria

Deployment is coming next year.

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What Adam Schiff Doesn’t Get About Watergate

He sees Howard Baker as a noble, bipartisan impeachment hero. In reality, he was just another attack dog for Nixon. Here’s why Democrats need to get their history right.

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I Almost Lost My Career Because I Had the Wrong Passport

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Why Did U.N.C. Give Millions to a Neo-Confederate Group?

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He Wants to Surf in the Olympics at 48. His Neighbor Is in the Way.

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Report Detailing PG&E’s Failures Raises New Hurdles for Utility

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Iran Is Crushing Freedom One Country at a Time

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit a Record in 2019, Even as Coal Fades

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'Cool it,' France and Germany to tell Trump at NATO talks

NATO leaders will tell U.S President Donald Trump on Wednesday they are spending billions more dollars on their militaries in the hope that he pares back his attacks on the Western alliance.

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House Intelligence Committee votes along party lines to adopt Democrats' impeachment report ahead of Judiciary Committee hearing

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Wayne Merry, Climber Who Conquered El Capitan, Dies at 88

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