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Chocolate-avocado tarts, plant-based hot fried chicken, tater tots with black-eyed pea salsa: In Nashville’s emerging vegan scene, the possibilities are endless.
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As the Trump administration signals change in homeless policy, advocates and some elected officials are concerned what lies ahead.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared on Wednesday that street unrest had been put down in a victory over foreign enemies, after a wave of violent demonstrations swept the country following a hike in fuel prices last week. Amnesty International sa…
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At the center of the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s Ukraine dealings is the nearly $400 million in congressionally allocated security aid that Trump ordered withheld from Kyiv for still-unclear reasons. House Democrats are investigating whether Trump was using the $250 million in Pentagon funds or $141 million in State Department aid as leverage to force Ukraine’s president to announce an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading Democratic presidential candidate.Trump’s Republican allies argue that there was no quid pro quo — aid for investigations — because the Trump administration lifted its hold on the money Sept. 11. “Ukraine in fact received the aid and there was no investigation into the Bidens,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) said during Tuesday’s impeachment hearings.”But $35.2 million — earmarked for grenade launchers, secure communications, and naval combat craft — has not left the U.S. Treasury,” the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday, citing Pentagon spending documents and lawmakers. And the Pentagon isn’t saying why it has not sent Ukraine the money. Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. Carla Gleason told the Times only that the remaining $35 million will be disbursed “over the next several weeks.”Democratic lawmakers say the Defense Department is stonewalling them, too. “We’ve raised the question and we have not received an answer,” said Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), chair of the House Armed Services Committee’s readiness subcommittee. “We’re going to have to find out why.” Senate Democrats wrote Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday arguing that “speeding the delivery of this critical aid, which Congress specifically appropriated to improve the security of Ukraine, is important to affirm our commitment to Ukraine in the wake of the chaotic, undisciplined, and deeply concerning approach the administration has taken toward our important partner.”Congress approved the funds a year ago, but because the White House kept them on ice until right before the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, lawmakers gave the Pentagon another year to spend the $250 million.More stories from theweek.com Ken Starr on the Sondland testimony: ‘It’s over’ Putin says the Ukraine scandal has distracted the U.S. from Russian election meddling: ‘Thank God’ Impeachment witness says Ukraine knew its security aid was held up on July 25 — the day of the Trump–Zelensky call
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Disastrous global heating will soon become irrevocable – but despite politicians’ inaction millions are taking to the streets to fight the planet’s fever * Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Make a contributionThe one thing never to forget…
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Iraqi security officials say at least 27 protesters have been wounded in renewed clashes overnight in central Baghdad. The officials say the clashes occurred between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Wednesday near the Ahrar Bridge in the center of the capital. I…
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday the country’s people had defeated an “enemy conspiracy” behind a wave of violent protests and were celebrating their victory. Rouhani blamed the deadly unrest on “anarchists” who took to the streets “bas…
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President Trump responded to Day 3 of the House impeachment hearings into his Ukraine dealings by gushing that “the Republicans are absolutely killing it.” On CNN, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin didn’t exactly disagree, but he took the death metaphor in a different direction. “Today was a graveyard for Republican talking points,” he said Tuesday night, tackling three GOP arguments: That all the testimony is second-hand, the idea that there could be no U.S. military aid-for-investigations quid pro quo because Ukraine didn’t know the aid was being withheld, and that this is no big deal because Ukraine got the money without announcing an investigation of the Bidens.”The reason that the president had to give the aid is because he got caught,” Toobin said. “The whistleblower complaint comes in Sept. 9, they get notice that they’ve been busted, and it’s only then that the aid is released” on Sept. 11.Jen Psaki, former White House communications director for President Barack Obama, said she was struck by the afternoon testimony where Tim Morrison and Kurt Volker, the Republican witnesses, “basically acknowledged that everything that was done was wrong and they just didn’t know about it.” Psaki was skeptical of their ignorance, she added, but “they said Biden didn’t do anything wrong, they said that the Ukraine Crowdstrike is a conspiracy theory, and they both acknowledge that the president of the United States should not be seeking political dirt on an opponent” from foreign governments.Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) wanted to give Trump — or at least the “adults” minding him — the benefit of the doubt, but panel-wide, doubt prevailed. More stories from theweek.com Ken Starr on the Sondland testimony: ‘It’s over’ Putin says the Ukraine scandal has distracted the U.S. from Russian election meddling: ‘Thank God’ Sondland just obliterated Trump and put the entire White House in peril
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(Bloomberg Opinion) — Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn did enough in Tuesday’s debate to change the minds of many voters ahead of the Dec. 12 election. But the contest at least showed, better than any parliamentary sparring, the differences in …
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(Bloomberg) — For Jeremy Corbyn, who’s a long way behind Boris Johnson in every other poll, last night’s TV debate looks pretty good.Although the headline result was a draw, 67% of respondents thought Corbyn performed well, showing why these debates a…
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