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merrick garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into president piedens classified documents that were found. >> on january 5th, 2023, mr. laush briefed me and advised me that further investigation by a special counsel was warranted. earlier today i signed an order appointing robert hur as special counsel for the matter i just described. the document authorizes him to investigate whether any person or entity violated the law in connection with this matter. the s...

Administration officials, but trump himself was not charged. now, of course, all of this i should point out, comes at a cost to the taxpayers. so lets take a look at these costs of the special counsel investigations. $57 million, and $101 million. $37 million. at the end of the day, this is a small drop in the bucket compared to what the federal government spends at large. theyve spent $907 billion this fiscal year. it comes at a cost to the taxpayer, but the business of government has to be the...

protesters pelted the delegation with eggs and tomatoes saying its members were too close to president bashar al assad. dissidents also say syrian forces killed 25 people across syria on wednesday. news corp. executive is preparing for his second appearance between british mps today. they suspect he misled them when testifying with his father, rupert, in july. police officials say 4,000 people may have had their phones hacked. those are the top stories from cnn, the worlds news lea...

China held $321 billion in u.s. debt. now they hold $907 billion in u.s. debt. an increase of 182% in five years. who holds the upper hand in this negotiation. kt macfarland is the former assistant deputy of defense. >> you cant pick a fight with your banker. not only do we owe them a trillion dollars. but every year, every dollar we spend, 50 cents of our dollar is borrowed. the largest lendser is china. not only do we owe them a lot of money, well owe them more money going forward. megyn: what...

Catching some zs. lets get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. live from 30 rock in nbc. president obama is making his case and responding to the growing concerns over the national debt. a spiralling figure thats overwhelming. 1980, total debt was $907 billion. at the end of last year, the total soared to $13.5 trillion. earlier this week, it was up to $14.2 trillion and change. at a speech at george washington university, the president proposed chipping ape way at the debt with tax cuts. >> its jus...

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