US Domestic News Roundup: CIA boss talks nuclear weapons and prisoners with Putin’s spy chief; Trump defied Jan 6 committee subpoena, panel says and more | Politics

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CIA boss talks nuclear weapons and prisoners with Putin’s spy chief

U.S. Central Intelligence Company Director William Burns was anticipated to warning President Vladimir Putin’s spy chief at talks on Monday concerning the penalties of any use of nuclear weapons, and to boost the problem of U.S. prisoners in Russia, a White Home official mentioned. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to Russian information companies {that a} U.S.-Russia assembly had taken place within the Turkish capital Ankara however declined to offer particulars concerning the members or the themes mentioned.

Trump defied Jan 6 committee subpoena, panel says

Former President Donald Trump didn’t present up for deposition testimony earlier than the congressional committee investigating his supporters’ assault on the U.S. Capitol final yr, the panel mentioned on Monday. In doing so Trump defied a subpoena issued by the panel in October, Chair Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, and co-Chair Liz Cheney, a Republican, mentioned in a joint assertion.

Giuliani Ukraine probe ends with out costs, U.S. prosecutor says

No costs will probably be introduced in a legal investigation into enterprise dealings in Ukraine by Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former private lawyer, the highest U.S. prosecutor in Manhattan mentioned in a courtroom submitting on Monday. Federal prosecutors have been analyzing actions by Giuliani, the previous New York Metropolis mayor, together with whether or not he violated U.S. lobbying legal guidelines by serving as an unregistered overseas agent whereas working for then-U.S. President Trump.

Police probe deaths of 4 College of Idaho college students as homicides

Police in northwestern Idaho have opened a murder investigation into the deaths of 4 College of Idaho college students whose our bodies have been present in a home close to campus. Officers discovered the 4 useless inside the house in Moscow, a metropolis of 25,000 individuals in northwestern Idaho, after being known as there for an unconscious particular person shortly earlier than midday on Sunday, the Moscow Police Division mentioned in a press release.

Trump, U.S. win dismissal of Michael Cohen lawsuit over alleged e book retaliation

A U.S. choose on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen accusing Trump, former Legal professional Normal William Barr and others of abruptly returning him to jail in retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir. In a 33-page resolution, U.S. District Choose Lewis Liman in Manhattan rejected Cohen’s claims that placing him in harmful solitary confinement circumstances for 16 days violated the U.S. Structure by undermining his free speech, and subjecting him to an unlawful seizure and to merciless and strange punishment.

Election denier Lake loses governor’s race in battleground Arizona

Kari Lake, one of the high-profile Republican candidates within the midterm elections to embrace former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in 2020, misplaced her bid to turn out to be the following governor of Arizona, Edison Analysis projected on Monday. The intently fought governor’s race between Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs was one of the important within the common election as a result of Arizona is a battleground state and can probably play a pivotal position within the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

California tries to harness megastorm floods to ease crippling droughts

The land alongside the Arroyo Pasajero Creek, midway between Sacramento and Los Angeles, is simply too dry to farm some years and dangerously flooded in others. Amid the cycles of moist and dry — each phenomena exacerbated by local weather change — a coalition of native farmers and the close by metropolis of Huron are attempting to show former hemp and tomato fields into huge receptacles that may maintain water because it percolates into the bottom throughout moist years.

Amazon launches digital healthcare clinic in U.S. for widespread illnesses

Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday launched Amazon clinic, a digital platform the place customers can join with healthcare suppliers to assist deal with widespread illnesses like allergy symptoms and pores and skin circumstances. Amazon has for years sought to develop its presence in healthcare. It purchased on-line pharmacy PillPack in 2018, underpinning a prescription supply and price-comparison website it later launched as Amazon Pharmacy, which lets customers purchase over-the-counter medicine through Prime memberships.

Trump to launch new White Home bid whereas his get together licks its wounds

Donald Trump is ready to launch a contemporary White Home bid on Tuesday, hoping to field out potential Republican rivals and return his false claims of election fraud to the middle of U.S. politics. Trump’s announcement, scheduled for 9 p.m. ET (0200 GMT on Wednesday) at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Seaside, Florida, follows a disappointing exhibiting in final week’s midterm congressional elections that many Republicans blame on him.

Siebel Newsom, spouse of California governor, accuses Harvey Weinstein of rape

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the spouse of California’s governor, testified on Monday that former movie producer Harvey Weinstein raped her in 2005 when she was making an attempt to construct a profession as a producer and actor. On the witness stand in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom, Siebel Newsom mentioned she met Weinstein, now 70, on the Toronto Movie Pageant when she was 31 and had acted in some small movie and TV roles.

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