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As Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman testified before the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday, Republicans sought to discredit the Army combat veteran, who was born in Ukraine.
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The State Department told Newsweek that a new Turkish attack "would further undermine regional stability," while Russia said such a move "may raise tensions in Syria's north."
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Polling Data from NPR and PBS NewsHour says nearly two-thirds of Americans won't be swayed by new information and will remain firm on their opinion concerning the Trump impeachment inquiry.
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Trump Regularly 'Can't Remember What He's Said,' White House Insider Says
"Behind closed doors his own top officials deride him as an 'idiot' and a 'moron,'" an anonymous senior Trump official says in a new book.
College Students From Across U.S. and Britain Join Anti-ICE Day of Action
"We're telling students in particular to hold their universities to account," said Matt Mahmoudi, a protest organizer and PhD student at Cambridge University.
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The broadcaster did not mention President Donald Trump by name but said that with a new leader, there could still be American co-operation in the 2016 climate treaty.
Russian Tour Operators Promote Syria Vacations Despite Kremlin Warnings
At least two Russian operators are providing tourists with the chance to visit Syria in an itinerary that starts from the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Shark Tracker Goes 'Crazy' Monitoring Great Whites on East Coast
Trackers went "crazy" over the weekend, says OCEARCH, a marine conservation nonprofit, as great white sharks migrated from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico for the winter.
Stephen Miller Attacked Rubio, Immigrants Through Breitbart, Emails Show
During the 2016 presidential primaries, Miller used Breitbart News to call Rubio a "pathological liar" and to label immigrants as "child sex offenders."
Doctors Are Removing a Growing Number of Patients from Prescription Opioids
A federal guideline on removing patients from their opioid prescriptions was recently tempered, but not before physicians and hospital networks began aggressively removing people from their medication or sending them away entirely.
Trump Officials 'Perpetually on Deathwatch': Senior White House Staffer
The anonymous author of a new book—"A Warning"—claimed the president keeps staffers in line by fostering an environment where they could lose their jobs at any moment.
