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"This week, the landmark trial of officer Jason Van Dyke began in Chicago, raising critical questions about what justice for police killings can-and will-ultimately look like. In October 2014, Van Dyke lethally shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times, an act that was recorded by the police department's own dash cam.
Senate Republicans and President Trump share the same inclinations when it comes to one of the worst habits in our politics: placing ideology and partisanship above the health of our institutions. While Trump is destroying the honor and reputation of the presidency, Senate Republicans are doing all they can to destroy the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
Rome: US President Donald Trump is facing a "coup", former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told Reuters, pointing to an anonymous column in the New York Times detailing resistance within the Trump administration. "What you saw the other day was as serious as it can get.
The pressure on the Liberals to loosen protections around Canada's dairy sector took new focus on Sunday as the key stumbling block in North American Free Trade Agreement talks came under scrutiny and spin on political talk shows on both sides of the border. A member of an influential Congressional panel - and a Donald Trump supporter - said in a Canadian interview that providing American dairy farmers with more access to the Canadian market may appease the president.
Commodore Rakesh Anand , chairman and managing director, talks to Ateeq Shaikh about diversification and the recent competition the company has started facing from private shipyards in the areas of naval shipbuilding and ship repairs. Most shipyards in India are under the Ministry of Shipping, but Mazagon Dock comes under the Ministry of Defence.
George Papadopoulos, the one-time foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump who became swept up in the special counsel investigation, says members of the Trump campaign team were "fully aware" and in many cases supportive of his efforts to broker a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I actively sought to leverage my contacts with the professor to host this meeting," Papadopoulos told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview on This Week Sunday.
On Wednesday, The New York Times took the unusual step of publishing an anonymous OpEd, from a senior Trump administration official, which both painted a horrifying portrait of an impulsive, amoral president who "continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic" and sought to reassure Americans that "adults in the room" were checking President Donald Trump's worst impulses. The column was a shocking revelation of how dysfunctional the White House has become.
Democrats want to make Texas just like California, Sen. Ted Cruz told supporters at a rally on Saturday, CNN reported. "We are seeing tens of millions of dollars flooding into the state of Texas from liberals all over the country who desperately want to turn the state of Texas blue," Cruz said during a speaking event in Katy, Texas.
WASHINGTON Facing an uphill battle to derail Donald Trump's second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate Democrats fanned out Sunday to cast Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation fight as a referendum on White House accountability. Liberals fear that elevating Kavanaugh to the nine-person court could create the most conservative panel since the 1930s and lead to reversals of precedents including abortion rights.
The approaching danger presented by Hurricane Florence and the damage caused by Tropical Storm Gordon serve as reminders that September is the most active month for these kinds of powerful storms. And yet, FEMA Administrator Brock Long has warned that the United States doesn't have a "culture of preparedness,'' even after being hammered in 2017 by Harvey, Irma and Maria, the first time three Category 4 hurricanes made landfall in U.S. territory on the same year.
US Vice President Mike Pence has said he is "100% confident" that no-one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticising President Donald Trump's leadership. "I know them.
Mike Pence added his staff to the list of more than two dozen high-ranking administration officials who have denied writing the column US Vice President Mike Pence has said he is "100pc confident" that no-one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticising President Donald Trump's leadership. US Vice President Mike Pence has said he is "100pc confident" that no-one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticising President Donald Trump's leadership.
Gov. Henry McMaster on Sunday urged all South Carolina residents, whether they live on the coast or further inland, to make preparations for the potential devastation Hurricane Florence could bring to the state with an expected Thursday landfall. "I'd say get ready.
The Republican National Committee chairwoman is rating her party's chances of retaining control of the House at "50-50." Ronna McDaniel is cautioning that Democrats will seek to make the November elections about President Donald Trump and "personality" - but it's the results that matter.
This past week I asked a friend at the White House about how the president was holding up against the onslaught of media attacks. "They didn't even deliver a glancing blow," was the response.
The anonymous New York Times op-ed by a purported Trump administration senior official has a fatal flaw: The op-ed focuses on President Trump 's words rather than his actions and decisions, which have been remarkably successful both on the economy and in foreign affairs. To suggest that those successes occurred because of his staff's resistance to his leadership rather than to his direct orders is foolish and self-serving.
Vice President Mike Pence says he's "100 percent confident" that no one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticizing President Donald Trump's leadership.
Bob Woodward: "People better wake up to what's going on" in the Oval Office - Watergate journalist Bob Woodward made headlines once again this past week, with his new book about the Trump White House, entitled "Fear." This morning, in his first TV interview, Woodward paints a picture How "senior" is Anonymous? - The whodunit over the Trump administration's "anonymous" hinges on the word "senior."