Iran: UN nuclear inspector tested positive for explosives

Iran claimed Thursday that the United Nations inspector it prevented from entering a nuclear site last week tested positive for explosives, The Associated Press reported.   Iranian representative Kazem Gharib Abadi reportedly said a detector for explosive nitrates went off when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector attempted to enter the Natanz facility. He added that the inspector […]

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Overnight Energy: Fight between EPA watchdog, agency lawyers heats up | Top EPA official under investigation over document destruction | DOJ issues subpoenas to automakers in California emissions pact

CUE TOM PETTY’S ‘WON’T BACK DOWN’: The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) inspector general is pushing back on a legal opinion from EPA lawyers that minimized their responsibility to comply with investigations, the latest tit-for-tat between the agency and its internal watchdog. The EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) had originally released a letter Wednesday tearing […]

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Stone's lawyer clashes with key witness

Roger StoneRoger Jason StoneBannon testifies that Trump campaign saw Stone as link to WikiLeaks Stone’s lawyer clashes with key witness The Hill’s Morning Report — Bloomberg news shakes up 2020 race MORE‘s lawyer on Friday clashed with a key witness in the longtime Trump adviser’s trial over charges of lying to Congress. During a heated […]

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Overnight Health Care: CDC links vitamin E oil to vaping illnesses | White House calls Pelosi drug price plan 'unworkable' | Dem offers bill for state-based 'Medicare for All'

Welcome to Friday’s Overnight Health Care. CDC officials say there’s been a “breakthrough” in the search for the cause of a mysterious vaping-related lung illness. And a top Trump health care adviser is sounding off on the FDA’s tobacco oversight and Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiImpeachment week: Trump probe hits crucial point Klobuchar: ‘I have seen no […]

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Giuliani associate says he sought to pressure Ukraine to investigate Bidens

A lawyer representing an associate of Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiImpeachment week: Trump probe hits crucial point This week: House kicks off public phase of impeachment inquiry Giuliani associate says he sought to pressure Ukraine to investigate Bidens MORE told The New York Times on Sunday that his client warned Ukrainian officials that the Trump administration would freeze […]

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