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its wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotlands former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak — is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages — as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive ...

republic. >> theyre all enemies of the state. he is an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth. >> that comes as trump is contending with a slew of investigations picking up steam. how much will they impact his party this november? thats a big question. season two of the january 6th hearings are upon us. the house select committee is preparing for its end of the year sprint, expected to resume public hearings this month. the justice department presses on with its criminal invest...

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A familiar combo of Trump’s “only the best” lawyering, fake outrage, fact-free accusations, and bogus attacks laundered through right-wing media.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticizes the United Nations General Assembly resolution as deeply flawed and hopes to avoid similar resolutions in the future.

Johnson’s release coincides with the exoneration of a New York man, who was officially cleared of a 1976 rape conviction, marking the longest-standing wrongful conviction overturned based on new DNA evidence in U.S. history, as stated by the Innocence Project.

The lawmakers found over 20,000 examples in which coverage was overstated.

Militarists, warmongers and arms dealers are riding a wave of momentum and they’re organizing to profit as much as possible. On Tuesday the Canadian - Yves Engler for Antiwar.com Original

That maybe the documents sort of all just got thrown in a box as he was leaving the white house in the chaos after the january 6 riot. that might explain why they were there in the first place. that falls apart after the fbi asks for them back a couple of times, you say you have given them back and you havent and they find them in the desk. that chaos inadvertent defense holds water until you get into the process like now. the president will have a difficult time explaining why some of the docum...

Elliott, let me bring this back to one of the other things. the judge down in florida granted this request for a special master. the former attorney general, bill barr, came out and said basically that the government should appeal that decision. it was a wrong decision. appealing it would have the effect of tieing it up further and delaying the investigation. if you are trying to prosecute, what is the best plan? >> theres a couple problems. number one, an appeal ties it up and slows it down mon...