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A top career Defense Department official described to House impeachment investigators her dismay over the summer’s delay of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, painting a portrait of a Pentagon doing battle with the White House over the release of funding deemed “vital” to national security. ADVERTISEMENT Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Laura Cooper, who testified late […]

European health authorities gave the world’s first Ebola vaccine a green light on Monday, marking a major breakthrough in the quest to prevent exposure to the deadly disease.  The European Commission adopted a recommendation to grant marketing authorization for the Ervebo vaccine, manufactured by Merck. The decision comes less than a month after European regulators recommended the […]

Sen. Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerCentrist Democrats seize on state election wins to rail against Warren’s agenda Hillicon Valley: Facebook to remove mentions of potential whistleblower’s name | House Dems demand FCC action over leak of location data | Dem presses regulators to secure health care data Senator criticizes HHS for not investigating exposure of millions […]

Mexico announced Monday that it has made arrests following the murder of nine U.S. citizens last week. Security Minister Alfonso Durazo told reporters that an unspecified number of arrests have been made in the wake of the killing of three women and six children with dual U.S.-Mexican nationality, Reuters reported. “There have been arrests, but it’s […]

The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a new plan to notify the public of cyberattacks or other interference during the 2020 presidential election. The new protocols are designed to provide consistency in the notification process for victims and the public after hacks from foreign governments. The plan, which President TrumpDonald John TrumpThis week: House kicks off […]

Rep. Liz CheneyElizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyOvernight Defense: Protests at Trump’s NYC Veterans Day speech | House Dems release Pentagon official’s deposition transcript | Lawmakers ask Trump to rescind Erdogan invite Cheney calls for Turkish leader’s bodyguards to be banned from re-entering US Overnight Energy: Senate eyes nixing ‘forever chemicals’ fix from defense bill | Former […]

Two White House witnesses in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry implicated acting White House chief of staff Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneyImpeachment week: Trump probe hits crucial point Swalwell: Depositions provided evidence of an ‘extortion scheme’ Intelligence panel Republican: ‘How we treat this whistleblower will impact whistleblowers in the future’ MORE in an alleged effort to […]

A majority of respondents in a new poll said they expect the U.S. economy to enter a recession within the next year, despite a strong job market and steady consumer spending. Sixty-five percent in the CNBC-SurveyMonkey online poll released Monday said they believed the economy was likely to begin retracting within 12 months, while 34 percent of […]

Vaping advocates feel optimistic that the Trump administration will back off its plan to ban the sale of all flavored e-cigarette products.  President TrumpDonald John TrumpFive landmark moments of testimony to Congress Lindsey Graham basks in the impeachment spotlight Democrats sharpen their message on impeachment MORE and some of his top advisers have questioned in […]