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The fate of Gina Haspel's nomination to be the first female director of the CIA may come down to her performance in a situation she's never before encountered: a Senate confirmation hearing. When Haspel goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, Republicans are bracing for what they expect will be a contentious, politically fraught hearing where Democrats will grill the nominee on her time in the CIA -- in particular the period after September 11, 2001, when she supervised one of the CIA's black sites, and her role in the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes.
Beijing says it will 'protect and execute the agreement', but reintroduction of US sanctions could hit Chinese firms, analysts suggest China said on Wednesday it remains committed to the Iran nuclear deal despite the United States' decision to withdraw from it, a move analysts said would bring Tehran and Beijing closer together but could harm China's economic interests. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China would "maintain communication with all parties and continue to protect and execute the agreement fully".
In his State of the Union address in January, President Trump said it was "very, very unfair" that "in many other countriesdrugs cost far less than what we pay in the United States." He's right, and there's a way to fix the disparity that fits neatly into the president's own strategy for making trade relations more beneficial to the United States.
It's baseball season in America, and any fan knows that going 6 for 7 in batting is stellar. Well, President Trump just pulled off a 6 for 7 performance -- not in at-plate appearances but instead in an arena far more crucial: record jobs gains for Hispanic Americans.
According to the 2017 Infrastructure Report Card released by the American Society for Civil Engineers, America's infrastructure is rated a D+. Nationwide, the fix is projected to cost at least $1.6 trillion above current levels, and crumbling infrastructure costs the economy nearly $200 billion annually, according to a report by U.S. Senate Democrats.
Republicans breathed a collective sigh of relief Tuesday night as primary contests for the U.S. Senate produced a trio of candidates they consider effective challengers to Democratic incumbents in states President Trump won in 2016. The races in West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio were the first in what will be a months-long string of crowded primaries for Republicans in key battleground states, lasting until Wisconsin and Arizona vote in August.
BG , the new documentary chronicling the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is way more fun than it might sound. Surprisingly bouncy and engaging, it charts Ginsburg's gradual ascension from pioneering legal scholar to eighty-five-year-old pop-culture icon.
A Russian company accused by U.S. prosecutors of funding a propaganda operation to tilt the 2016 presidential election in President Donald Trump's favor and stir disharmony in the United States is expected to plead not guilty on Wednesday at a court hearing. Concord Management and Consulting LLC is one of three entities and 13 Russian individuals indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office in February in an alleged criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the U.S. race, boost Trump and disparage his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
GOP voters in Indiana, meanwhile, chose wealthy businessman Mike Braun over two sitting congressmen to lead the party's charge against a vulnerable Democratic senator in the fall. President Donald Trump and his allies cheered the West Virginia result Tuesday night, which helped avert a potential political disaster for a GOP already bracing for major losses in the November midterm elections.
Sydney to Melbourne in less than 45 minutes: Supersonic jet developed by NASA could cut Australian travel times in HALF A 45-minute commute between Sydney and Melbourne could soon be a reality, as NASA reveals plans for a supersonic aircraft that promises to cut commercial travel times in half. The proposed jetliner will fly faster than the speed of sound, says the air and space agency - so fast that it will create a sonic boom when it breaks the sound barrier.
Keeping it in the family! Mike Pence's brother Greg wins GOP bid for the Vice President's old congressional seat in Indiana Ex-con and failed GOP Senate candidate Don Blankenship conceded Tuesday in West Virginia with Attorney General Patrick Morrisey taking the nomination The brother of Vice President Mike Pence capitalized on his famous name to win an Indiana congressional primary against an entrepreneur who mostly self-funded his campaign. Columbus businessman Greg Pence has never held a public office.
Top executives of the nation's leading wholesale drug distributors told Congress under oath Tuesday that their companies didn't help cause the nation's deadly opioid epidemic, drawing bipartisan wrath that included one lawmaker suggesting prison terms for some company officials. The confrontation came at a House subcommittee hearing at which legislators asked why huge numbers of potentially addictive prescription opioid pills had been shipped to West Virginia, among the states hardest hit by the drug crisis.
The third time was the charm for Republican Ryan Lauer, who is the Republican nominee to represent the 59th District at the Indiana Statehouse. Lauer emerged as the winner of a five-way primary race for the nomination with about 25 percent of the votes in his third attempt seeking the office.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom speaks during a debate at the California Theatre, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in San Jose, Calif. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom speaks during a debate at the California Theatre, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in San Jose, Calif.
This photo taken March 21, 2018, shows Rev. Mark Harris. The rematch of an extremely close 2016 North Carolina congressional primary may hinge as much on which Republican candidate more vigorously supports President Donald Trump as who more successfully mobilizes Christian conservatives.
Haspel's prepared remarks also recount her early days as a spy 'in dusty back allies of third-world capitals' Gina Haspel, US President Donald Trump's choice to lead the CIA, is offering assurances that if she gets the job, the spy agency wouldn't resort to waterboarding and other techniques that she once helped supervise and critics call torture. "Having served in that tumultuous time, I can offer you my personal commitment, clearly and without reservation, that under my leadership CIA will not restart such a detention and interrogation programme," Haspel plans to tell the Senate Intelligence Committee at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, according to excerpts released on Tuesday night.
ERIN O'NEILL The Marietta Times John Triplett, center, is congratulated by Cody Shook, left, Josh Campbell and David Pottmeyer, right. Triplett beat out John Halliday in the Republican primary for common pleas judge and will face Democrat Shoshanna Brooker in November.
The brother of Vice President Mike Pence is a step closer to following in his footsteps in Congress. Meanwhile, a second southern Indiana business owner defeated two congressmen in a hotly contested U.S. Senate Republican primary.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson received more than 81 percent of the Republican votes in Columbiana County and even more of a percentage of the votes in several of the other counties throughout the 6th Congressional District in unofficial results in the May primary on Tuesday. In the fall, Johnson is set to face Shawna Roberts of Belmont, who took 73 percent of the vote in Columbiana County against Werner Lange of Newton Falls in the Democratic primary.