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Defense resumes in key impeachment week; Dems seek witnesses

By ZEKE MILLER | January 27, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's impeachment trial enters a pivotal week as his defense team resumes its case and senators face a critical vote on whether to hear witnesses or proceed directly to a vote that is widely expected to end in his...

Egyptian court gives life sentence for 8 IS-linked militants

By SAMY MAGDY | January 27, 2020

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced eight people to life in prison, after they were convicted of joining a local affiliate of the Islamic State group spearheading an insurgency in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.The Cairo Criminal Court gave...

AP source: Bolton says Trump tied Ukraine funds to probe

By ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER | January 26, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it aided political investigations into his Democratic rivals, former national security adviser John Bolton recounts in a draft of his...

In divided America, some voters tuning out impeachment trial

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and JONATHAN J. COOPER | January 26, 2020

HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — For all the gravity of a presidential impeachment trial, Americans don’t seem to be giving it much weight.As House impeachment managers make their case to remove President Donald Trump from office, voters in several states said...

Israeli backpacker jailed in Russia files for pardon

January 26, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — An Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges has submitted a petition to be pardoned by President Vladimir Putin.State news agency Tass reported Sunday that Naama Issachar's lawyer said the request was filed following a statement...

Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court

By DENISE LAVOIE | January 26, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the ruling appeared to shut down legal challenges that claimed the policy was rooted in anti-Muslim...

Trump lawyers argue Democrats just want to overturn election

By ERIC TUCKER, LISA MASCARO, and ZEKE MILLER | January 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's lawyers plunged into his impeachment trial defense Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the 2016 election, arguing that investigations of Trump's dealings with Ukraine have not been a fact-finding...

Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense

By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL WARREN | January 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has always been a man of absolutes.Something is the best or the worst, a person is a winner or a total loser, an event has never happened before, even when it has.Absolutism was the unwritten credo of his career in business...

In recording Trump asks how long Ukraine can resist Russians

By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG, MIKE BALSAMO, and LYNN BERRY | January 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump inquired how long Ukraine would be able to resist Russian aggression without U.S. assistance during a 2018 meeting with donors that included the indicted associates of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.“How...

Trial highlights: Transcript talk, handshakes for defense

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO | January 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Saturday argued a robust version of one of his favorite phrases to tweet: “Read the transcript!”It was the first day of defense arguments in Trump’s impeachment trial as the Senate gathered...

Police show kills in season premiere

By Josh Alfrey | September 9, 2013

Take a deep breath when diving into the deep end of criminal dramas with television’s “Luther.”“Luther” is a detective mini-series that’s on BBC and BBC America. This show features Idris Elba as titular character John Luther, a fearless, battle-weary...