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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday warned Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and his GOP colleagues that they would be held accountable by the American people if they dismiss the impeachment trial against President Trump. Pelosi said McConnell “very unusually” signed a resolution last week to toss the case once the Senate takes up the two articles passed by the House in December. “Dismissing is a cover up,” Pelosi said on ABC News’ “This Week.” “If they want to go that route, again, the senators who are now thinking about witnesses or not – they will have to be accountable...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit Iran early Wednesday morning on a volatile day in the region, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck in the southwestern part of the country near the Bushehr nuclear plant. The country also launched a retaliatory missile attack against coalition forces in Iraq Wednesday for a U.S. airstrike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani early Friday morning.

The US military had advance warning of an incoming rocket barrage from Iran at two bases in Iraq, giving troops time to reach shelter, according to a report Wednesday. Tehran fired more than a dozen missiles at the bases that house US and coalition forces in retaliation for a drone strike that killed Iran’s top military leader, Qassem Soleimani, last week. “The early warning system worked,” a US official told USA Today. A total of 15 surface-to-surface missiles were fired by Iran, US officials.

CNN reportedly agreed Tuesday to settle a $275 million lawsuit filed by Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann over the network’s coverage of his viral encounter with an elderly Native American activist. The details of the settlement were not disclosed during proceedings at the federal courthouse in Covington, Kentucky, according to Fox19 in Cincinnati. The teen’s family filed lawsuits against CNN, NBCUniversal and the Washington Post over reporting on the January 2019 incident in which Nicholas was filmed standing face-to-face with Omaha elder Nathan Phillips as he played a drum on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been playing this game that she wouldn’t turn over the articles of impeachment to the Senate unless they agree to witnesses that the Democrats want to have in a Senate trial. Whether or not Pelosi really wants to move along the articles is a question. But now the Republicans are calling her bluff anyway. McConnell had already told her that he wasn’t going to comply with her request. Now the word is he has the votes behind him to proceed with the trial without agreeing to anything with Pelosi. They would decide on witnesses...

The remains of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian military commander killed in a US drone strike, were apparently placed in a cardboard box and flown out of Iraq across rows of passenger seats, new video shows. The recording shot aboard a Mahan Air flight and posted on Twitter appears to show Soleimani’s coffin and those of others killed in the attack on an Airbus from Mashhad to Mehrabad Airport in Tehran — as a tribute video plays on one of the plane’s screens. Babak Taghvaee, who describes himself as a defense analyst and freelance writer, posted the video Sunday on Twitter....

The gaudy red ring that helped initially identify the corpse of Iran’s Major Gen. Qassem Soleimani is no Hope Diamond, according to local jewelers. Dealers believe the distinctive ring worn by Soleimani is either a red carnelian stone — believed by some Middle East Muslims as able to bestow “blessings”– or possibly an inexpensive ruby that would cost a few hundred bucks. “From the photo, it looks like it’s a carnelian stone — it’s not a ruby; it comes from Africa,” said Maykel Rieth, a professional cutter for R Gems Inc on West 48th Street. “The ring is made out...

Some of the Democratic members of Congress were disturbed that they weren’t informed about the U.S. airstrike on Qasem Soleimani. But given their reaction and their antipathy to any action President Donald Trump takes is there any wonder why they were not told? You even have Democrats like Obama’s former Secretary of State John Kerry holding private meetings with Iran basically admitting he’s telling them to “wait Trump out,” he wouldn’t be there long. It’s horrible to say, but one would have to wonder about operational security. But one person who was advised was Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Graham told...

Although Qassem Soleimani was blown to bits in the US drone strike, the top Iranian commander was identified by this blood-red ring, which was still attached to a finger on his ash-covered hand, according to reports. The major general, who was among several people killed in the airstrike as he was leaving Baghdad airport, was seen wearing the same gaudy bauble in earlier photos of him alive. A graphic photo shows the oversized ring with on the possibly severed, bloodied hand lying on grass at the scene of the attack.

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Man overboard! As Trump plotted Iraqi strike, shirtless Barack Obama enjoyed a paddleboarding session in Hawaii... before falling off Former President Barack Obama, 58, has been vacationing in Hawaii since before Christmas On January 2, he was pictured paddleboarding in the Pacific Ocean while wearing black swimming trunks with a ying-yang A member of the Secret Service followed close behind in a kayak Meanwhile, President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike on Iran that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani Obama has been in his home state since mid-December and had previously been pictured golfing Former President Barack...

When President Donald Trump gave the order to kill Iran's Quds Force leader Qasem Soleimani, he not only made an arguably proportionate response to the invasion of the U.S. Embassy this week but he also reversed a policy of the Obama administration. According to a report from 2018, Israel was "on the verge" of assassinating Soleimani in 2015, but Obama's officials foiled the plan. In fact, they reached out to Iran with news of Israel's plans. The Trump administration, on the other hand, gave Israel a green light to assassinate Soleimani, according to a January 1, 2018 report from the...

President Trump reacted Friday to the US airstrike that killed a top Iranian general and others by tweeting that “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation.” Enlarge Image Qassem SoleimaniQassem SoleimaniAP It wasn’t immediately clear what the president meant by the tweet, though it appeared to be a dig at former President Obama for the nuclear deal he negotiated with Tehran. Trump later said that Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, “has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many...

A Republican senator announced he’ll introduce a measure to dismiss “this bogus impeachment” of President Trump. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri criticized House Democrats for voting to impeach Trump last month but then failing to send the two impeachment articles to the Senate. “Now they don’t want to have a trial, because they have no evidence,” Hawley tweeted. “In real world, if prosecution doesn’t proceed with case, it gets dismissed. So on Monday, I will introduce measure to dismiss this bogus impeachment for lack of prosecution.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, said she is withholding the articles from...

'Any answers Nancy?' Donald Trump tries to get a reaction from Speaker Pelosi over a report alleging her son may have been involved in a Ukrainian corruption scandal Donald Trump prompted Nancy Pelosi to give answers over the weekend on a new report centered around her son's board position of a natural gas firm Viscoil allegedly did business in Ukraine, according to the report from conservative network One America News Trump is likely trying to suggest that Pelosi and her son are involved in a similar Ukrainian corruption scandal as he accuses Joe and Hunter Biden of engaging in Paul...

After weeks of behind-the-scenes debate, Senate Republicans have hit on their strategy for handling President Trump’s impeachment: a brief trial — with no witness testimony — and a fast acquittal. “I’m ready to vote now,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) told The Hill. “I think the articles are a joke.” But they don’t want to dismiss the House Democrats’ charges out of hand, as some Trump allies have proposed. “It’s time for him to have his day in court,” Hawley said. “The president deserves to have due process.” Trump, who was calling for a full-blown trial with multiple witnesses — including...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., said it would "be an honor to be vice president” in a recent Spanish-language interview Sunday before headlining a Las Vegas campaign event for Sen. Bernie Sanders. The 30-year-old freshman congresswoman quickly pointed out that she falls five years short of the constitutional age limit to be vice president. The vice president – and president – must be at least 35 years old. “It’d be an honor to be vice president,” Ocasio-Cortez told "Noticias Telemundo" correspondent Guadalupe Venegas in Las Vegas. “I can’t because I’m not old enough.” Ocasio-Cortez gave a keynote address at Sanders’...

'He just got impeached. He'll be impeached FOREVER.' Nancy Pelosi taunts Donald Trump as crisis over his Senate trial lurches into a third day Nancy Pelosi taunted Donald Trump, saying he will be 'impeached forever' 'He just got impeached. He'll be impeached forever. No matter what the Senate does,' she told the Associated Press in an interview Trump's lawyers are looking into a legal argument he is not impeached because Pelosi has not formally transmitted articles of impeachment to the Senate Trump has claimed Pelosi is afraid to send the impeachment articles to the Senate because of witnesses Republicans may...

Paul Manafort has New York state fraud prosecution DISMISSED because of 'double jeopardy' - opening way for Donald Trump to set him free with a pardon Manhattan judge rules that state attorney general Letitia James' attempt to prosecute disgraced Trump campaign chairman is invalid Judge Maxwell Wiley agreed with Manafort's attorneys that double jeopardy laws prevent the prosecution going ahead James had charged Manafort with mortgage fraud but Wiley ruled that he had already been convicted of 'overlapping' crime in federal court Manafort is serving federal sentence and not due for release until Christmas Day 2024 but is currently in...

House Judiciary Committee chairman and impeachment champion Jerry Nadler is apparently a bit of a diva. Nadler, who is reportedly away from Washington to tend to a family emergency, was spotted today on a DC-bound Amtrak train by Brad Blakeman, a former George W. Bush aide and regular Fox News guest. “Look who is on my Amtrak Acela train from NYC to DC!” Blakeman wrote on Facebook earlier today with two photos of Nadler standing in the aisle. “I witnessed first hand Nadler’s snippy sense of entitlement when I caught up with him in the Cafe Car. He demanded that...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) hinted in a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday morning that the Senate will move to dismiss the pending articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump after opening arguments in the expected trial. McConnell was reacting to a proposal by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday that the Senate call four additional, in-person witnesses that were not called, or not available, during the House inquiry, led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA). But McConnell dismissed that suggestion out of hand, arguing that Schumer was trying to make “Chairman Schiff’s sloppy...