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Germany downplays flap over Tunisia invite to Libya summit
The Associated Press | Posted Jan 20th - 5:29am
The German government on Monday downplayed Tunisia's rejection of a last-minute invitation to a weekend conference on Libya that had ruffled feathers in the North African nation.
2020 Watch: Will impeachment change the primary?
Steve Peoples, Associated Press | Posted Jan 20th - 4:34am
Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Italy's Salvini dares lawmakers to vote to put him on trial
The Associated Press | Posted Jan 20th - 3:51am
Italy's right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini is daring fellow senators to vote to put him on trial for alleged kidnapping for keeping migrants aboard a rescue ship for days last year when he was interior minister.
Catalan ex-police chief on trial for role in secession bid
Associated Press | Posted Jan 20th - 2:39am
The former head of Catalonia's regional police and three others are standing trial on charges of rebellion and sedition for their alleged roles in the illegal bid by the Catalan regional government to break away from Spain in 2017.
Trump's lawyers urge dismissal of 'flimsy' impeachment case
Zeke Miller, Eric Tucker and Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 10:31pm
President Donald Trump's legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong," urging the Senate to swiftly reject an impeachment case that it called “flimsy" and a “dangerous perversion of the Constitution." The lawyers decried the impeachment process as rigged and insisted that abuse of power was not a crime.
Election 2020: The unexpected durability of Biden, Sanders
Bill Barrow and Julie Pace, Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 10:17pm
When Sen. Kamala Harris’ advisers assessed the Democratic primary field early in her campaign, they viewed Joe Biden as headed for an inevitable collapse and Bernie Sanders as unlikely to recapture the magic of his 2016 campaign.
NY Times endorses Klobuchar, Warren in Democratic contest
The Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 9:30pm
The New York Times has endorsed not one but two candidates for the Democratic nomination for president, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar from the party's moderate wing and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren from the progressive wing.
2 more Puerto Rico officials fired after warehouse break-in
Danica Coto, Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 2:57pm
Gov. Wanda Vázquez fired the heads of Puerto Rico’s housing and family departments Sunday in the latest fallout over the discovery of a warehouse filled with emergency supplies dating from Hurricane Maria.
Sanders distances himself from group backing his WH run
Brian Slodysko and Hunter Woodall, Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 2:53pm
Bernie Sanders said Sunday that outside political groups that can raise and spend unlimited sums backing candidates for public office should be abolished — including those supporting his own bid for the White House.
Democrats navigate sensitive gender politics as voting nears
Alexandra Jaffe and Hunter Woodall, Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 12:30pm
Democratic presidential candidates spent the weekend grappling with how to address questions surrounding sexism and gender bias as they sought to balance support for women against concerns of a political blowback.
Schiff accuses NSA, CIA of withholding documents on Ukraine
Hope Yen, Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 12:13pm
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of withholding documents from Congress on Ukraine that could be significant to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
Trump defenders push 'no crime' as Democrats seek removal
Laurie Kellman, Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 10:00am
President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Sunday previewed their impeachment defense with the questionable assertion that the charges against him are invalid, adopting a position rejected by Democrats as “nonsense” as both sides sharpened their arguments for trial.
No escape: Senators to be quiet, unplugged for Trump trial
Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 6:59am
No cellphones. No talking. No escape.
German court convicts Tamil man over killing of Sri Lanka FM
The Associated Press | Posted Jan 20th - 9:56am
A German court convicted a Sri Lankan man Monday of accessory to murder in the 2005 killing of the South Asian nation's foreign minister for providing his assassins with crucial information.
Trump team in legal brief decries 'flimsy' impeachment charges as a 'dangerous perversion of the Constitution'
The Associated Press | Posted Jan 20th - 9:30am
Trump team in legal brief decries 'flimsy' impeachment charges as a 'dangerous perversion of the Constitution'.
Former German military translator on trial as Iran spy
The Associated Press | Posted Jan 20th - 4:07am
A German-Afghan man who worked for years as an interpreter and adviser for the German military went on trial Monday on charges of spying for Iranian intelligence.
Populist party could leave Norwegian govt over IS woman
The Associated Press | Posted Jan 20th - 3:28am
Norway's populist Progress Party could leave the center-right government coalition over a decision to bring back home an Islamic State group-linked woman and her two children from a detention camp in Syria.
AP sources: Security probe targets Trump's Russia adviser
Deb Riechmann, Associated Press | Posted Jan 19th - 4:37pm
A White House adviser on Europe and Russia issues has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation, two people with knowledge of his exit said Sunday.
