WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong,” calling the impeachment case against him “flimsy” and a “dangerous perversion of the Constitution.” The lawyers decried the impeachment process as rigged and insisted that abuse of power was not a crime. The brief from Trump’s lawyers, filed before arguments […]
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Even the bookies are having a problem figuring out a favorite in the Super Bowl. Odds opened at pick ‘em Sunday at many Las Vegas sports books, though the Kansas City Chiefs quickly moved to 1-point favorites over the San Francisco 49ers. Early bettors favored the Chiefs in a game that […]
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional amendments widely seen as well after his current term ends in 2024. Wednesday, arguing they are intended to bolster the role of Parliament and strengthen democracy. Kremlin critics have argued that they are intended to allow […]
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have agreed to “refocus” the mission of the bloc’s anti-migrant smuggler naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea so that it concentrates on upholding the U.N. arms embargo against Libya, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday. After chairing talks between EU foreign ministers in Brussels, […]
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PEREZ D. and MARIA VERZA TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (AP) — Some 3,000 Central American migrants made another attempt to walk across the border bridge into Mexico, in a new test of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Central America” strategy to keep them away from the U.S. border. The migrants sat down halfway across the […]
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