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Northern Star

Post-Brexit talks gear up for fish fight between EU, UK

By RAF CASERT and DAVID KEYTON | January 29, 2020

KILKEEL, Northern Ireland (AP) — When it comes to U.K.-European Union relations, there's nothing like slapping a fish around. After all, both sides have been contesting who rules their waves practicallysince the United Kingdom became a member in 1973.So...

Question time: What’s next in Trump’s impeachment trial

By MARY CLARE JALONICK | January 29, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — With opening arguments wrapped up in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, senators will now get a chance to ask questions. But the normally loquacious politicians will still have to keep silent, as their questions can only...

Britain’s EU Journey: When Johnson gambled to deliver Brexit

By PAN PYLAS | January 29, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum.Difficult negotiations setting out the new relationship between Britain...

In snub to US, Britain will allow Huawei in 5G networks

By KELVIN CHAN and DANICA KIRKA | January 29, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Britain decided Tuesday to let Chinese tech giant Huawei have a limited role supplying new high-speed network equipment to wireless carriers, ignoring the U.S. government's warnings that it would sever intelligence sharing if the company...

Sanders’ Social Security ‘adjustments’ undercut Biden attack

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and BILL BARROW | January 29, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making “adjustments" to the tax and benefit structure of Social Security. He also praised an overhaul of the social safety net program signed into law by...

Trial highlights: Trump defense urges end to impeachment

By MATTHEW DALY | January 29, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday concluded its three-day presentation as they started it — arguing that the Democrats’ case amounted to partisan politics that would undo the results of the 2016 presidential election...

GOP lacks votes to block trial witnesses, McConnell concedes

By ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER, and LISA MASCARO | January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans lack the votes to block witnesses at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded late Tuesday, a potentially major hurdle for Trump's hopes to end the trial with a quick acquittal....

Trump shores up support for newest GOP congressman in Jersey

By JONATHAN LEMIRE | January 28, 2020

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Moving on several fronts toward shoring up support for his reelection bid, President Donald Trump capped off a busy Tuesday by heaping praise on the newest Republican member of Congress and savaging Democrats he said are engaged...

Trump peace plan delights Israelis, enrages Palestinians

By ARON HELLER and MATTHEW LEE | January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Mideast peace plan Tuesday alongside a beaming Benjamin Netanyahu, presenting a vision that matched the Israeli leader’s hard-line, nationalist views while falling far short of Palestinian...

AP source: McConnell says he can’t yet block new witnesses

By LISA MASCARO | January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.McConnell convened a closed-door meeting of GOP senators shortly...

Ex-Illinois lawmaker pleads guilty in red-light bribery case

By MICHAEL TARM and JOHN O'CONNOR | January 28, 2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois state senator pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting around a quarter of a million dollars in bribes in exchange for protecting the interests of a red-light camera company, and promised to cooperate with federal...

Midwestern states consider banning bias based on hairstyles

By JOHN HANNA and TODD RICHMOND | January 28, 2020

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Black female legislators in two predominantly white Midwestern states urged their Republican colleagues Tuesday to join a national push to outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles such as braids and dreadlocks.Legislative committees...