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U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Monday that he will vote to acquit President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment, making official a vote that was never in doubt. “I think you know how I’m going to vote,” the Oklahoma Republican said in a speech on the Senate floor. “I’m going to vote to acquit the president on both articles of impeachment.” Inhofe said House Democrats had presented no evidence that Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine to force that country to conduct investigations that might help Trump politically. The House investigation centered around the partial transcript of a phone...

State Sen. Scott Wiener will unveil legislation today to let the state of California seize control of the embattled utility PG&E. Wiener's bill, which comes one year into PG&E's bankruptcy case, would use eminent domain to force the company's stockholders to sell their shares to the state of California, which would then take over operations. Wiener said the new entity could issue bonds to pay for it. "PG&E is a failed company — it is an irresponsibly run company," Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, said in an interview. "It has allowed its infrastructure to completely deteriorate to the point that...

After being adopted and returned four different times, it seemed as though Bandit would be at the Gwinnett Jail Dogs Program in Georgia for the rest of his life. The wheelchair-bound dog is so sweet and friendly, but his special needs require a lot of care and have scared off many potential adopters over the years... It seemed the right family would never come along — until finally, a couple saw a Facebook post about Bandit, and knew they could give him the love and care he needed. As soon as Darrell and Sue Rider learned about Bandit, they were...

When left-wing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was recovering from lung cancer treatment, right-wing media figures as a whole showed compassion by sending her well wishes and prayers, but religious scholar Reza Aslan, formerly of CNN, seems to have a different idea on how to publicly react to another fellow human being’s cancer diagnosis. In a tweet, Aslan wondered aloud if the world would, in fact, be a “better place” if conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh died of lung cancer — a disease he announced to be suffering from during his radio show on Monday. “Ask yourself this simple question:...

<p>"OK, Boomer" is currently a common refrain. Will that change with age?</p> <p>It’s a crime punishable by eternal nagging to show up to a family function in a pair of ripped jeans. But ripped denim is such a common style for the majority of young people that we don’t even notice we’re wearing it until a person above the age of 65 comments on it. And without fail, they do, leaving us to sit there and politely nod while making a mental note to never bring this wrath upon our poor legs again.</p>

China’s acting ambassador to Israel is under fire for comparing coronavirus-related travel bans to the Jewish people being denied international refuge during the Holocaust. Dai Yuming said Sunday at a press conference that “errors to limit or even ban entries of Chinese citizens” were not unlike “the old days, the old stories that happened in World War Two, the Holocaust, the darkest days in human history. “Millions of Jewish were killed, and many, many Jewish were refused when they tried to seek assistance from other countries. Only very, very few countries opened their door, and among them is China,” said...

Research conducted by Tel Aviv University and Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists shed new light on these cult practices thanks to new excavations at the site of a temple uncovered in 2012.The Bible narrates that in the centuries after ancient Israelites entered the Land of Israel, many if not all of the people turned their back on the God of their Fathers for long periods of times, going back to worshiping idols, creating altars and adopting pagan practices. New research conducted by Tel Aviv University and Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists has shed new light on these cult practices, thanks to new...

Although the vast share of attention on this year’s Iowa caucuses was focused on Democratic candidates vying to oppose Trump, the Republican Party of Iowa still held traditional meetings statewide for nearly 1,700 precincts to allow the party faithful to have their voices heard. What those Republicans said Monday: They are overwhelmingly behind the president.

The Iowa caucuses reveal not only a Democratic Party deliriously incompetent at handling a vote tally — this from the folks who have been screaming about voting fraud and irregularities for years — but at war with itself in a way that could lead to political disorder that will make the counting disaster look like a garden party. What little we can glean from entrance polls reveals the way in which the schematics of the intra-Democratic conflict in 2020 are very stark. It’s Joe Biden with big numbers with people 65 and older — and nobody else. It’s Bernie Sanders...

Virginia lawmakers on Monday rejected a gun control bill proposed by Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, as the state continues to become the battleground in the nation's gun debate. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted against Northam's bill that would make it a felony to "recklessly leave a loaded, unsecured firearm” in a way that endangers a minor. “This bill will keep children safe from loaded, unsecured firearms. Like Gov. Northam’s other commonsense gun safety measures, it is something that everyone -- including responsible gun owners -- should support,” said Northam’s spokeswoman, Alena Yarmosky.

President Trump tweeted his wishes for a speedy recovery to talk radio king Rush Limbaugh Monday after the conservative talk pioneer ended his broadcast with an announcement saying he’d been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer.” “Many people do not know what a great guy & fantastic political talent the great Rush Limbaugh is. There is nobody like him. Looking for a speedy recovery for our friend!,” the president tweeted. Limbaugh, 69, announced the news to his audience at the end of his broadcast, adding he hopes to return later this week after undergoing treatment.

Cynthia McFadden on MSNBC basically said that the App that the Democrat precinct chairman were to use to report results is basically a Hillary Clinton shell operation.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg declared himself the winner in Iowa after technical glitches and snafus prevented the state party from announcing any caucus results Monday night. Buttigieg, who was hoping to get a boost out of the nation's first caucus state to drive past more seasoned rivals, went beyond any of the other Democratic presidential contenders his his caucus-night speech. 'We don't know all of the results. But we do know that by the time it's all said and done, Iowa: you have shocked the nation. Because by all indications we are going on to New Hampshire victorious,' Buttigieg...

A delay in the results of the Iowa caucuses has left the Democratic presidential campaigns in the dark about the state of the race in the Hawkeye State. Aides to some of the leading candidates said late Tuesday that they know little if anything about the cause of the delays, even after a briefing from Iowa Democratic Party officials. “They basically told us nothing,” one senior adviser to a leading candidate said of the call between Iowa Democratic Party leaders and the campaigns. Asked what they were hearing about issues related to the caucus results, another Democratic campaign source replied,...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren's campaign manager, Roger Lau, said she is in a three-way tie for the lead in Iowa, with Joe Biden a "distant fourth." With no official results in due to reporting issues by Iowa Democrats, campaigns are scrambling to make sense of a race with no clear winner. "From what we can tell, Warren, [Bernie] Sanders, and [Pete] Buttigieg, based on our own data and data collected by our own operations and organization, are fighting for the lead, and it's clear that Biden is a distant fourth," Lau told reporters

The Iowa Democratic Party is unlikely to release any results from its first-in-the-nation caucuses until morning, after technical snafus and reporting concerns led to major delays in voting. Hours after caucuses convened at 1,700 locations across the state, frustrations mounted among campaign operatives who said they could not get answers to questions about the delay. A conference call between top campaign officials and the state party ended abruptly, two sources on the call said, without any real answers. “The [Iowa Democratic Party] hung up on campaigns when they pressed for a release time,” said one senior strategist for a leading...

February 4, 2020 Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30–19:3 Absalom unexpectedly came up against David’s servants. He was mounted on a mule, and, as the mule passed under the branches of a large terebinth, his hair caught fast in the tree. He hung between heaven and earth while the mule he had been riding ran off. Someone saw this and reported to Joab that he had seen Absalom hanging from a terebinth. And taking three pikes in hand, he thrust for the heart of Absalom, still hanging from the...

Representative Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) said Monday that “a whole range of utterly unacceptable conduct in a president would now be beyond reach” if the Senate acquits President Trump in his impeachment trial. Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, said during closing arguments in the trial that “Trump could offer Alaska to the Russians in exchange for support in the next election, or decide to move to Mar-a-Lago permanently and let Jared Kushner run the country, delegating to him the decision whether to go to war.” Schiff also accused Trump’s legal team of employing the “dangerous” and “absurd” argument that...

Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign called on the Iowa Democratic Party to provide answers about issues that plagued Monday night's caucuses across the state after results were delayed. In an email to party officials obtained by CBS News, the Biden campaign's general counsel pointed to "considerable flaws" in the caucus system that resulted in both the party's app for reporting caucus results and a backup phone line to fail Monday evening. "I write on behalf of the Biden for President Campaign regarding the considerable flaws in tonight's Iowa Caucus system," Dana Remus wrote. "The app that was intended to...

SEOUL - A South Korean woman returning home after a trip to Thailand has been infected with a strain of coronavirus that has killed over 400 people in central China's Wuhan city. The patient is a 42-year-old woman who arrived in South Korea on Jan 19 and started feeling chills on Jan 25, the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) revealed on Tuesday (Feb 4), the Yonhap news agency reported. She was tested postive for the viral infection on Monday after her condition did not improve despite receiving treatment, said the KCDC.