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U.S. Sanctions Won’t Stop Russian Rocket Engines Export

August 23, 2018 Focus Washington

Moscow did not plan to halt supplies of rocket engines to the United States in response to a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. Earlier in […]

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Iran Threatens to Attack U.S., Israel

August 23, 2018 Focus Washington

During his three-day visit to Israel, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said the United States wanted to put maximum economic pressure on Iran, triggering a reaction from the country’s leaders who threatened military strikes […]

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Trump Mulling Manafort Pardon

August 23, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview on Wednesday that he had “great respect” for his former campaign chairman, but didn’t say whether he was considering pardoning him. Speaking to Fox News’ Ainsley […]

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Manchin Doesn’t Agrees with Schumer on Delaying Kavanaugh’s

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin doesn’t agree with his party leadership on the calls to delay Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings after President Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen took a guilty plea. The Washingon […]

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Trump Continues to Deny He Had Prior Knowledge of Cohen Hush Payments

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again claimed that hush money payments arranged by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, did not break the law and denied he had knowledge of them at the time, although […]

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US Embassy Accused of Interfering in Bosnian Elections

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

The president of Bosnia’s Serb Republic accused the American embassy of interfering in the country’s elections, U.S. diplomats responded and said that is a “wild conspiracy” theory. According to Reuters, Milorad Dodik accused the U.S. […]

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Pelosi After Cohen’s Guilty Plea Says Impeachment of Trump is Not a Priority

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi stated on Wednesday that impeaching President Donald Trump is not a priority at the moment. The remarks came after Michael Cohen’s guilty plea to campaign finance violations that implicated the […]

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U.S. Experiencing Watergate Moment, Says Senator Blumenthal

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal said in a Tuesday interview that the United States is currently facing a “Watergate moment” and “we need bipartisanship now more than ever to protect the special counsel.” President Donald Trump’s […]

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Bolton Backs Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from Iran Deal

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

National security adviser John Bolton said at a press conference in Israel that the U.S. will push as hard as possible to stop Iran from launching its own nuclear program, CNN reported. Bolton recently visited […]

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Cohen Pleads Guilty to Violating Campaign Finance Laws

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty on Tuesday to violating federal campaign finance laws by arranging hush money payments to two women claiming to have had affairs with Trump. Namely, Cohen […]

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Clarus’ Lunchtime Politics: Tariffs – Tax Law – Russian Probe: Stop or Go? – Minnesota, Illinois, Florida – 2020

August 22, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, August 22, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 42% (Gallup) to 46% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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Manafort Convicted on 8 out of 18 Counts

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted on eight out of the eighteen counts in his Virginia trial, while the federal jury could not decide on the other ten after their fourth day of […]

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Facebook Removes over 600 Pages Linked to Russian, Iranian Misinformation Campaigns

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

More than 650 pages, accounts, and groups have been taken down by Facebook after they were found to be part of a larger Iranian campaign to spread misinformation in countries all around the world. Some […]

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South Korea Warns Citizens Not to Discuss Politics During Family Reunions with North

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

South Korea warns its citizens not to discuss politics during the supervised reunions of families separated by the Korean War. According to the Associated Press, hundreds of South Koreans this week are visiting their North […]

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Avenatti tells Giuliani ‘Buckle Up Buttercup’ After News of Cohen Making Plea Deal

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

Michael Avenatti told President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani to “buckle up.” The comment comes after it was reported Tuesday by ABC News that Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, had accepted a plea deal. Avenatti, […]

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Michael Flynn’s Sentencing Hearing Got Delayed Again

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

Special counsel Robert Mueller has again delayed scheduling a sentencing hearing for former national security adviser Michael Flynn. “Due to the status of its investigation, the Special Counsel’s Office does not believe that this matter […]

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says U.S. Needs ‘Truth Force’ Instead of ‘Space Force’

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

President Trump’s lead attorney Rudy Giuliani made headlines on Sunday when he appeared to argue that “truth isn’t truth,” and that facts are in the eye of the beholder, Huffington Post reported. The remarks went […]

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Clarus’ Lunchtime Politics: Tuesday Trivia – Omarosa – QAnon – Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire

August 21, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, August 21, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45% Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls. The range is 42% (Gallup) to 48% (Rasmussen). […]

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Official Confident That Yemeni Bombmaker is Dead

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

A Saudi-born man was the behind the “underwear bomb” attempt to detonate a flight above the skies of Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009. A senior U.S. official said he was confident Ibrahim al-Asiri, a […]

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Trump Boasts He Could ‘Ruin’ Russia Probe If He Wanted

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that if he wanted to he could take over the special counsel’s Russia investigation into possible collusion and election interference which he has often dubbed a “rigged witch hunt.” […]

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Vox: Trump’s Offensive Praise of a Latino Border Patrol Agent

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

On Monday, President Donald Trump delivered a speech in tribute to officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection. However, according to Vox, his way of honoring the front-line agents enforcing […]

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No Verdict for Manafort After Day Three of Deliberations

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

Monday marked the third day of deliberations in the tax fraud case of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, but the jury weighing a number of charges against him again failed to reach a verdict, […]

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Parkland Shooting Survivor Urges Congress to Set Politician Age Limit

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

David Hogg, an 18-year-old survivor of the Parkland school shooting, is urging for age limit in politics. According to Newsweek, citing Hogg’s interview with New York Magazine, the young man has an extensive interest in […]

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Microsoft Uncovers New Hacking Attempts Ahead of Midterms

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

Ahead of the November midterms, new hacking attacks by Russian actors were uncovered on Tuesday by tech giant Microsoft, which said they were aimed at political groups in the United States. Microsoft further said that […]

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U.S. May Lift Sanctions against Moscow in Exchange for Concessions, Trump Says

August 21, 2018 Focus Washington

The United States currently isn’t considering lifting sanctions on Russia, but President Donald Trump would consider doing that if Russia gave him something he wants in Ukraine or Syria, as he stated in an interview […]

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Trump Calls on Public Officials to Support ICE, CBP

August 20, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump, in a letter released by the White House, called on state and local officials to start publicly praising the “sacrifice” that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) […]

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Trump Says Brennan Wouldn’t Dare to Sue

August 20, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Monday stated that he hopes that former CIA Director John Brennan will sue him for revoking his security clearance, CNN reported. Trump tweeted that the lawsuit will have to reveal […]

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Trump Says Mueller’s Team is ‘National Disgrace’

August 20, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Monday issued a batch of tweets attacking special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, calling it a “national disgrace.” “Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent […]

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Putin and Merkel Meet, Nord Stream and Syria Main Topics

August 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday in Germany to discuss various heated topics such as the controversial gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, and the situation in Syria. According to […]

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Prosecutors to Announce Charges Against Cohen by End of This Month

August 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Prosecutors are working on criminal charges against the President’s former fixer and personal lawyer Michael Cohen, which are to be announced by the end of this month, sources with knowledge of the matter said. Cohen […]

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