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[ January 29, 2020 ] Trump’s Defense Team Discounts Bolton Politics
[ January 29, 2020 ] Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter Lacked Recommended Safety Device Uncategorized
[ January 29, 2020 ] Syrian Troops Capture Key Town in Rebel-Held Idlib Province Foreign Policy
[ January 29, 2020 ] Palestinians Reject Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Foreign Policy
[ January 29, 2020 ] Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Calls for Two States Foreign Policy

Palestinians Reject Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan

January 29, 2020 Focus Washington

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas rejected the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan shortly after it was unveiled on Tuesday, saying a Palestinian state without Jerusalem was impossible, The Wall Street Journal reported. “We say […]

Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Calls for Two States

January 29, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan calls for a state of Palestine with a capital in east Jerusalem, he said during an event Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, CNBC reported. The […]

House Democrats Call for $760bn in Infrastructure Spending Over Five Years

January 29, 2020 Focus Washington

House Democrats on Wednesday will unveil a proposed $760 billion infrastructure spending bill over five years that aims to rebuild sagging roads and bridges and reduce carbon pollution, Reuters reported. The proposal is also intended […]

Fed to Keep Interest Rates on Hold

January 29, 2020 Focus Washington

The Federal Reserve will conclude its latest policy meeting on Wednesday with interest rates almost certainly to remain on hold but officials likely to discuss possible changes to how they manage the U.S. central bank’s […]

U.S. Military Recovers Remains From Afghanistan Plane Crash

January 29, 2020 Focus Washington

U.S. troops and Afghan security forces reportedly clashed on Tuesday with Taliban fighters in the country’s Ghazni province as authorities attempt to reach a crashed U.S. military aircraft. Reuters reported that the attack, which was apparently repelled […]

China Virus Toll Crosses 130

January 29, 2020 Focus Washington

The United States and Japan flew citizens out of the Chinese city at the epicenter of a new virus outbreak on Wednesday, as the death toll rose sharply to 132 and the first case appeared […]

NPR: Poll Results Put Andrew Yang Back On The Democratic Debate Stage

January 28, 2020 Focus Washington

A number of qualifying polls released Sunday has put tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang back on the Democratic debate stage, NPR reported. Yang is the seventh candidate to qualify for the February 7 debate in Manchester, […]

China Says WHO Chief Against Virus-Related Evacuations

January 28, 2020 Focus Washington

The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday he was confident in China’s ability to contain a new coronavirus that has killed 106 people and that he did not think foreigners should be […]

Taliban Repel Afghan Forces’ Bid to Reach U.S. Plane Crash Site

January 28, 2020 Focus Washington

Afghan forces and Taliban fighters clashed in a central region where a U.S. military aircraft crashed, officials said on Tuesday, as the government tried to reach the wreckage site in a Taliban stronghold, Reuters informed. […]

Daesh Attempts to Stage Comeback Amid Rising U.S.-Iran Tensions

January 28, 2020 Focus Washington

Daesh’s self-styled “caliphate” across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of its territory, the killing of its founder in a U.S. raid and an unprecedented crackdown on its […]

Trump Impeachment Lawyers Skirt New Disclosures

January 28, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate came under renewed pressure on Monday to allow witnesses in his impeachment trial, while his defense team largely ignored disclosures from a former White House adviser, […]

Three Rockets Hit U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad

January 27, 2020 Focus Washington

Three rockets struck the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Sunday, leaving one person injured, a U.S. official told CNN initial reports indicate. The official said the injury was minor and the individual had since […]

Trump to Unveil Middle East Peace Plan to Israeli Leaders During This Week

January 27, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump is expected to disclose details of his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal to Israeli leaders on Monday, as he attempts to generate some momentum toward resolving one of the world’s most intractable […]

Rouhani Calls on Iranians for Unity, Accuses Trump of Exploiting Rift

January 27, 2020 Focus Washington

Iranians should not allow President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” approach to harm national unity ahead of parliamentary elections, President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech, lashing out at hardliners over mass disqualification of candidates, Reuters […]

North Korea Urges Citizens to ‘Break Through Barriers’ as Nuclear Standoff Continues

January 27, 2020 Focus Washington

While a North Korean deadline for the United States to soften its stand on denuclearization talks passed uneventfully over the New Year, state media and propaganda efforts have been focusing on the prospect of a […]

NBA Star Kobe Bryant and Daughter Among Nine Killed in Helicopter Crash

January 27, 2020 Focus Washington

Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA’s all-time greatest players and an athlete of global renown, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and […]

Trump Administration to Block Visas for Pregnant Women on ‘Birth Tourism’

January 24, 2020 Focus Washington

The State Department on Thursday gave visa officers more power to block pregnant women from visiting the United States and directed them to stop so-called birth tourism, or trips designed to obtain citizenship for their […]

Many in U.S. Support Trump Decision to Kill Iran General, Poll Shows

January 24, 2020 Focus Washington

A new poll shows Americans are more likely than not to support President Donald Trump’s decision to order a drone strike that killed an Iranian general, even amid widespread skepticism about his foreign policy overall, […]

High EU Official Detects Hints of U.S. Climate Shift

January 24, 2020 Focus Washington

There are signs President Donald Trump is starting to engage more seriously on climate change and listening to the concerns of corporations, the European Commission’s vice-president and head of its ‘Green Deal’ said on Thursday, […]

China Shuts Part of Great Wall as Virus Toll Rises to 26

January 24, 2020 Focus Washington

China ramped up measures to contain a virus that has killed 26 people and infected more than 800, suspending public transport in 10 cities, shutting temples over the Lunar New Year and even closing the […]

AP: Early Voting Means 2020 Primary Is Already Here for Millions

January 24, 2020 Focus Washington

The Iowa caucuses are more than a week away, but millions of Americans are already free to vote, The Associated Press writes. Early voting in the crush of Super Tuesday states that hold primaries on […]

Trump to Release Middle East Peace Plan Before Israeli Leaders Visit

January 24, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump said Thursday he likely would make public his administration’s long-delayed plan for peace in the Middle East, under development since 2017, before a visit to Washington next week by Israeli Prime Minister […]

China Locks Down Two Cities at Epicentre of Virus Outbreak

January 23, 2020 Focus Washington

China put on lockdown on Thursday two cities at the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 people and infected nearly 600, as health authorities around the world scramble to prevent a […]

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Scolds Climate Activist Greta Thunberg

January 23, 2020 Focus Washington

Just when the Swiss mountain spat between President Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg seemed to have blown over, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin took a new dig at the young climate activist on Thursday, Reuters writes. […]

Amazon Asks Court to Pause Microsoft’s Work on Pentagon’s JEDI Contract

January 23, 2020 Focus Washington

Amazon said on Wednesday it filed a motion in court to pause the U.S. Department of Defense and Microsoft Corp from carrying out an up to $10 billion cloud computing deal until a court rules […]

Ivanka Trump Takes Spotlight at Davos

January 23, 2020 Focus Washington

If the World Economic Forum gave President Donald Trump a break from his political and legal troubles at home, for his eldest daughter it presented another opportunity to stride across the world stage, The New […]

Schiff Opens Trump Impeachment Trial Arguments With a Quote From Alexander Hamilton

January 23, 2020 Focus Washington

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a House manager in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, opened the first day of arguments with a nod to the country’s founders, USA Today reported. Quoting Alexander Hamilton, as […]

Trump’s Lawyers are Against him Attending Impeachment Trial

January 22, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, suggested on Wednesday that he thinks that the President shouldn’t sit at the Senate’s impeachment trial after Trump hinted that he might attend the trial, The Hill reported. […]

WSJ: Tesla Wants to Replicate China Success With German Factory

January 21, 2020 Focus Washington

Tesla CEO Elon Musk pulled off opening a brand-new car factory in China with breakneck speed, sending the company’s shares to record heights. A follow-up act in Germany faces potential speed traps, The Wall Street […]

Central American Migrants Clash With Mexican Forces

January 21, 2020 Focus Washington

Mexican security forces fired tear gas at rock-hurling Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico earlier on Monday, in a chaotic scramble that saw mothers separated from their young children, Reuters reported. […]

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