Today about him to the Senate Judiciary Committee barred old senators yesterday that special counsel Robert Muller s investigation into Russian election interference is not a witch hunt as President Trump has frequently claimed a terror attack on a luxury hotel in Nairobi Kenya is over Kenya s president who Kenyatta says 14 people were killed including an American and several more were injured over the 2 day attack he says that all the militants were killed but Kenyan officials won t stop there we will seek out every person that was involved in the funding. Planning and execution of this he kept the Somali militant group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility this is the same group that attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi in 2013 leaving 67 people dead a Pentagon report asserts that China is on the cusp of fielding some of the world s most advanced weapons systems N.P.R. s Rob Schmitz has this report an unclassified report by the Defense Intelligence Agency says Beijing has made enormo
In writing the partial government shutdown is now in its 26th day Susan Davis n.p.r. News the Capitol there are no new formal conversations scheduled between President Trump and congressional Democrats they remain at odds over funding for a southern border wall White House spokeswoman Sara Sanders says the president continues to hope the Democrats will agree to funding the wall we are focused on the long term economic goals of the administration we have an incredibly strong economy thanks to the president we look forward to reopening the government continuing to build on what we ve done over the last 2 years in the White House is continuing to meet with Republican lawmakers u.s. Defense officials say that u.s. Service personnel have been killed in Syria they died in an explosion while conducting a routine patrol u.s. Officials say they are continuing to gather information about the incident it s not clear how many u.s. Troops were killed there are media reports saying that ISIS has cl
Blick in Congress should learn about Mahler s findings in the Russia probe as a private lawyer barmaid comments criticizing aspects of that investigation and he drafted a memo suggesting the president could not obstruct justice by firing the f.b.i. Director Barr holds a strong view of executive power not something Senate Democrats will highlight during his hearings public interest groups say it s the most important confirmation hearing for an attorney general since the Nixon era Carrie Johnson n.p.r. News Washington tens of thousands of teachers in Los Angeles remain on strike they re demanding higher wages and that the school district hire more nurses and librarians the school district says it is open but hundreds of thousands of pupils stayed home on Monday. You re listening to n.p.r. News from Washington. Iran says a satellite that it launched into space has failed to reach orbit the u.s. Says the launch breaks a u.n. Security Council resolution that tells Iran not to take any acti
Season there was strong growth in the service sector However there s also jobs growth in education and health care construction and in leisure and hospitality a steep slide on Wall Street with all the major stock market indices down well over 2 percent after disappointing results from device maker Apple set off a wave of selling the Dow was down $660.00 points today you re listening to n.p.r. . Saudi state media is reporting the suspects in the killing of journalists. Had their 1st court hearing today the state run Saudi Press Agency reporting Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for 5 of the 11 who were at the hearing brief statement did not name the suspects a columnist for The Washington Post the shoji was killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul the Saudi government has claimed his death was a result of a fight Turkish media published photos of members of the crown prince s entourage at the consulate ahead of the slaying the journalist body believe of been dismembered has
Plan is expected to be voted on after House speaker elect Nancy Pelosi is officially sworn in she ll be the 1st person to regain the speakership in decades Winsor Johnston n.p.r. News Washington congressional leaders have been asked to return to the White House once again on Friday to discuss an end to the partial government shutdown now in its 13th day after a similar meeting yesterday Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell said new the Senate nor the White House would accept what Democrats are currently proposing it in conference or it ignores the needs of border security it s exactly the kind of proposal units. If they have coming in House Democrats are choosing to stage a political sideshow rather than doing the hard work of helping to govern the country as she was a $5000000000.00 demand by President Trump to be spent on a border wall with Mexico after Wednesday s meeting House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi commented about the demand to n.b.c. Saying how many more times can we