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Explainer: Why an unbuilt Moscow Trump tower caught Mueller’s attention

Editorial Bureau March 19, 2019

(Reuters) – An intriguing area of focus in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Kremlin’s role in the 2016 U.S. election is a proposed Moscow real estate deal that Donald Trump pursued while running for president despite denying at the time any links to

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Warren calls for scrapping U.S. electoral college in 2020 televised town hall

Editorial Bureau March 19, 2019

(Reuters) – Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of more than a dozen Democrats vying for the 2020 presidential nomination, on Monday called for the scrapping of the electoral college, the method used to elect U.S. presidents. It was the first time Warren has explicitly called to eliminate the system established by the U.S. constitution, in which […]

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Trump to nominate Washington lawyer ambassador to Mexico – White House

Editorial Bureau March 19, 2019

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump will nominate a Washington attorney, Christopher Landau, to be the next United States Ambassador to Mexico, the White House Press Office said on Monday. The nomination comes at a time of strained relations between the neighbours amid trade disputes, Trump’s complaints about undocumented immigrants crossing the border, and his

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U.S. Democrats target massage parlour proprietor linked to Trump

Editorial Bureau March 19, 2019

(Reuters) – Democratic congressional leaders have asked the FBI to investigate the founder of a Florida massage parlour chain who is an alleged acquaintance of President Donald Trump, according to a letter released on Monday. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the letter, signed by four other lawmakers.

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Senator Gillibrand formally launches presidential campaign

Editorial Bureau March 18, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand formally launched her presidential bid on Sunday morning, announcing she will deliver her first major speech next week in front of Trump International Hotel in New York City. Gillibrand, who launched an exploratory committee earlier this year as a precursor, joins more than a dozen other Democrats who […]

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More flooding expected for devastated U.S. plains states

Editorial Bureau March 18, 2019

(Reuters) – There was no let up in sight for devastating floods across the U.S. Central Plains states that have already killed two people, torn apart homes and businesses and cut off small towns, forecasters said on Sunday. Water levels were expected to rise through the week, according to the National Weather Service, prompting evacuations […]

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Trump stance on Muslims, Fox host in spotlight after mosque shootings

Editorial Bureau March 18, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Sunday championed a Fox News personality who made anti-Muslim remarks as his White House rejected any attempt to link the U.S. leader to a shooter who killed 50 people in two New Zealand mosques. The violence against Muslims in New Zealand on Friday put a spotlight on Trump’s […]

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Trump ‘wall’ in desolate stretch of New Mexico has some asking: Why here?

Editorial Bureau March 16, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The 18-foot-tall steel slats extend 20 miles across the rugged Chihuahuan desert in southern New Mexico, cutting through high sand dunes and brush. On a recent day, there were none of the usual signs of migrant traffic – no discarded water bottles, clothes or trash. The radio on a Border Patrol SUV […]

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Mueller, in U.S. court filing, says multiple probes continue

Editorial Bureau March 16, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Special Counsel’s Office on Friday asked a court to delay sentencing for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, amid “ongoing investigations” stemming from the Russia investigation. In a filing with the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller

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Ex-U.S. intelligence officer pleads guilty to attempted espionage for China

Editorial Bureau March 16, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer pleaded guilty to attempted espionage for China, the Justice Department said on Friday. The officer, Ron Rockwell Hansen, was accused of trying to transmit classified U.S. national defence information to China and receiving “hundreds of thousands of dollars” while illegally acting as