long-shot candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, has won some attention in the national political debate in recent months thanks in part to a fervent online support network called the \"Yang Gang\" that pushes support of the candidate on several social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>But the campaign's internet-driven momentum and Yang's signature policy position \u2014 that the U.S. government should provide a universal basic income of $1,000 per month to every American adult \u2014 have also attracted some of the web's most <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.theverge.com//2019//3//9//18256622//andrew-yang-2020-president-meme-yanggang/">politically extreme fringe groups<\/a>, often alt-right users from the fringe internet forum 4chan who express racist views. Yang has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.theverge.com//2019//3//9//18256622//andrew-yang-2020-president-meme-yanggang/">publicly disavowed<\/a> this support, leaving staffers and supporters to play a delicate game of embracing some online promoters while distancing themselves from others.<\/p>\n<p>The tension between Yang and some of his supporters has been on display in online chat rooms, one of which has been used by the campaign to organize online support. The chat rooms are hosted on Discord, an internet startup that has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.engadget.com//2018//05//15//discord-user-base-nearly-triples-in-one-year///">grown quickly in recent years<\/a> and become a popular destination for internet subcultures.<\/p>\n<p>In one room, moderators that run the chat have had to post rules like \"no slurs, no racism. I see it, you get one warning then you're gone.\" According to transcripts acquired by NBC News from a member of the chat room, the discussions have included debates on the merits of support from the alt-right and whether sentences like \"jews aren't humans,\" which was posted and deleted from one chat, are allowed in any way among supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Yang, a 44-year-old entrepreneur and first-generation American born in upstate New York, announced his candidacy in late 2017, far earlier than most other candidates. And though he had far less name recognition than other candidates, his <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.vox.com//2019//3//11//18256198//andrew-yang-gang-presidential-policies-universal-basic-income-joe-rogan/">popularity on the internet<\/a> \u2014 driven in part by an appearance on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//watch?v=cTsEzmFamZ8\%22>the podcast of Joe Rogan<\/a>, who is particularly popular on Reddit and 4chan \u2014 has given his campaign a significant boost. Rogan is a comedian and mixed-martial-arts commentator with strong libertarian leanings who supported Gary Johnson for president in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1103763953115516928\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While Yang's politics don't mirror those of the internet's fringe, his basic income policy and efforts to find common ground with figures like Rogan have given him a dose of internet street cred. The one thing about Yang that does appear to resonate uniformly is his signature policy position \u2014 a universal basic income of $1,000 per month given to every American adult.<\/p>\n<p>Many memes offer Yang as an alternative to President Donald Trump because of his basic income plan, offering a kind of internet-friendly nihilism that free money overshadows any of the troll-friendly politics of the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<h3>\"You can't give them an inch.\"<\/h3><p>The internet's embrace of Yang has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//andrew-yang-he-s-running-free-money-all-so-much-n982981/">drawn comparisons<\/a> from experts and internet denizens to the online support that Trump received in the run-up to the 2016 election, who point to the emergence of Yang-based memes, which are usually altered pictures with political messages.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with NBC News, Yang said he was \"frankly mystified\" by their support. None of his policies have touched on the issues that galvanized Trump's online support, such as immigration or nationalism.<\/p>\n<p>\"I've already disavowed any racist or hateful supporters. I don't want that support. At the same time, I'm not participating in those channels,\" Yang said. \"The main thing we can do is highlight how my ideologies are the antithesis of what [those groups] stand for.\"<\/p>\n<p>The experience of the Yang campaign highlights the difficulty in trying to differentiate conventional online supporters from extremists.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney Phillips, an assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies whose research focuses on internet trolling campaigns and the alt-right, said the campaign by 4chan trolls to hijack Yang's support base reminds her of Trump's alt-right support in 2016, except \"a little more dangerous.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"A lot of people think lower-level trolling is fine. The issue is you can't give them an inch,\" said Phillips. \"There's a small number of people who know which buttons to push to slowly radicalize people to these racist messages. And they've been pushing the same exact buttons for ten years.\"<\/p>\n<h3>Discord<\/h3><p>Transcripts of a chat on Discord provided to NBC News reveal a complicated picture of supporters trying to expel Yang's racist supporters without inviting backlash from one of the most toxic parts of the internet, while also coordinating with Yang campaign staffers.<\/p>\n<p>Users in the chat, called \"Andrew Yang 2020\" \u2014 where supporters discussed the anti-Semitic comments and where to draw the line on them \u2014 were frequently told to \"check in with Carly,\" a reference to Yang's deputy chief of staff Carly Reilly, and many report back with responses from the campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1115365137144111104\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Those conversations included everything from recommendations to consolidate two separate \"Yang Gang\" support groups to getting sign-off on creating \"a nationwide Yang Gang for martial artists.\" People in the Discord chat said Reilly approved both. Reilly did not directly respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The transcripts of the Discord group span from its creation in August 2018 to March 2019, and show members frequently compiling ideas and sending them to members of the campaign \u2014 and expressing concern that the chat and Yang's campaign were beginning to attract far-right internet trolls.<\/p>\n<p>One chat room run by the group called \"Fight Club\" was designated for fights that may have become too problematic for the general campaign chat. The split proved difficult to moderate, with moderators posting a rule in the general campaign chat: \"no slurs, no racism. I see it, you get one warning then you're gone.\"<\/p>\n<h3>\"Kick them out.\"<\/h3><p>Yang campaign director Zach Graumann said that the campaign worked with some individuals in the Discord chats, but that the campaign itself was \"not actively in that group at all\" outside of Reilly's account.<\/p>\n<p>Graumann said he worked with one volunteer who happens to be a frequent poster in the Discord on a 3,000-person meet-up in San Francisco, and that the campaign interacts with \"a lot of these online forums\" but not on a \"direct level.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"What we stand for is very, very clear. There's no signaling; no ulterior motives. We're trying to make the country whole for your kids and mine,\" Graumann said. \"We said, 'If someone is not living up to our values, kick them out.'\"<\/p>\n<p>By early March, some users on the campaign-tied Discord began to accept that members of 4chan's far-right politics board, called \/pol\/, had infiltrated the group, although reactions to their pervasiveness were mixed. Several users in the chat saw similarities between Trump's base of internet support in the run-up to the 2016 election and Yang's emerging support.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is exactly what the Trump grassroots looked like in 2016,\" wrote a user in one of the chats.<\/p>\n<p>But the Yang campaign's efforts to keep extremists at bay showed some signs of success. Transcripts of a separate Discord chat called \"Yang Gang 2020\" acquired by NBC News show some fringe supporters expressing frustration that the campaign has been unwilling to engage with them, highlighting how the internet is a double-edged sword for the Yang campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\"Why is the official Yang discord shooting themselves in the foot?\" a user on the 4chan-based board asks. \"Don't they realize we are in control of the memes and they can't win without us?\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555011618,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555010640,"firstPublishedAt":1555010640,"lastPublishedAt":1555010640,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3794040\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190410-andrew-yang-cs-852a_f4b192f2edacf6ea0d29402f20bce3d1.jpg","altText":"Image: Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang exits the stage after ","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang exits the stage after speaking at the National Action Network's 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News","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Ben Collins and EJ Fox","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World 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on Barr's 'spying' claim: 'I don't know what he's talking about'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Comey on Barr's 'spying' claim: 'I don't know what he's talking about'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The former FBI director led the investigation into Russian election interference and any possible Trump campaign involvement until the president fired him.","summary":"The former FBI director led the investigation into Russian election interference and any possible Trump campaign involvement until the president fired him.","keySentence":"","url":"comey-questions-barr-s-spying-claim-i-don-t-know-n993561","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/comey-questions-barr-s-spying-claim-i-don-t-know-n993561","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nFormer FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that he had \"no idea\" what Attorney General William Barr meant when he testified that he believed that government spied on President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.\"I have no idea what he's talking about, so it's hard for me to comment,\" Comey said in response to a question at the Hewlett Foundation conference. \"Maybe the only thing I can say generally is — I think that his career has earned him the presumption that he will be one of the rare Cabinet members who will stand up for things like truth and facts, and institutional values.\"He added, \"So I still think he's entitled to that presumption. Language like this makes it harder, but I still think he's entitled to that presumption. And because I don't know what the heck he's talking about, that's all I can say.\"At a Senate subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, Barr, defending his decision to order a review of the Trump-Russia probe's origins, said government \"spying\" on Trump's 2016 campaign \"did occur\" and raised questions about inappropriate surveillance and whether the FBI followed its own rules.\"For the same reason, we're worried about foreign influence in elections ... I think spying on a political campaign — it's a big deal, it's a big deal,\" Barr said when asked why he plans to probe the origins of what would become special counsel Robert Mueller's nearly two-year Russia investigation.He later added, \"I have no specific evidence that I would cite right now, I do have some questions about it. I have concerns about various aspects of it.\"Barr added that he wasn't launching an investigation of the FBI, but said, \"I think there was probably a failure among a group of leaders there at the upper echelon.\" He did not elaborate on who he believes failed and how.Until Trump fired him, Comey was leading the investigation into Russian election interference and any possible Trump campaign involvement. Robert Mueller, a former FBI director, was appointed special counsel on May 17, 2017 — eight days after Comey's removal.Trump on Thursday agreed with Barr's assessment.\"I think what he said was absolutely true, there was absolutely spying into my campaign,\" Trump said when asked if he was pleased with Barr's statement at a congressional hearing the day before. \"I'll go a step further; in my opinion, it was illegal spying, unprecedented spying and something that should never be allowed to happen in our country again.\"Trump on Wednesday blasted the Russia probe as \"an attempted coup\" against his presidency after Barr said in a letter to Congress last month that Mueller found no collusion between the president's campaign and Russia. Trump said the probe was \"started illegally\" and that \"every single thing about it\" was \"crooked\" — a claim that echoed his past allegations about the investigation.\n","htmlText":"<p>Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that he had \"no idea\" what Attorney General William Barr meant when he testified that he believed that government spied on President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have no idea what he's talking about, so it's hard for me to comment,\" Comey said in response to a question at the Hewlett Foundation conference. \"Maybe the only thing I can say generally is \u2014 I think that his career has earned him the presumption that he will be one of the rare Cabinet members who will stand up for things like truth and facts, and institutional values.\"<\/p>\n<p>He added, \"So I still think he's entitled to that presumption. Language like this makes it harder, but I still think he's entitled to that presumption. And because I don't know what the heck he's talking about, that's all I can say.\"<\/p>\n<p>At a Senate subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, Barr, defending his decision to order a review of the Trump-Russia probe's origins, said government \"spying\" on Trump's 2016 campaign \"did occur\" and raised questions about inappropriate surveillance and whether the FBI followed its own rules.<\/p>\n<p>\"For the same reason, we're worried about foreign influence in elections ... I think spying on a political campaign \u2014 it's a big deal, it's a big deal,\" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//congress//barr-says-he-thinks-government-spied-trump-campaign-n992986/">Barr said<\/a>when asked why he plans to probe the origins of what would become special counsel Robert Mueller's nearly two-year Russia investigation.<\/p>\n<p>He later added, \"I have no specific evidence that I would cite right now, I do have some questions about it. I have concerns about various aspects of it.\"<\/p>\n<p>Barr added that he wasn't launching an investigation of the FBI, but said, \"I think there was probably a failure among a group of leaders there at the upper echelon.\" He did not elaborate on who he believes failed and how.<\/p>\n<p>Until Trump fired him, Comey was leading the investigation into Russian election interference and any possible Trump campaign involvement. Robert Mueller, a former FBI director, was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//first-read//russia-timeline-key-players-meetings-investigation-details-n840786/">appointed special counsel on May 17, 2017<\/a> \u2014 eight days after Comey's removal.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Thursday agreed with Barr's assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think what he said was absolutely true, there was absolutely spying into my campaign,\" Trump said when asked if he was pleased with Barr's statement at a congressional hearing the day before. \"I'll go a step further; in my opinion, it was illegal spying, unprecedented spying and something that should never be allowed to happen in our country again.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Wednesday blasted the Russia probe as \"an attempted coup\" against his presidency after Barr said in a letter to Congress last month that Mueller found no collusion between the president's campaign and Russia. Trump said the probe was \"started illegally\" and that \"every single thing about it\" was \"crooked\" \u2014 a claim that echoed his past allegations about the investigation.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555010418,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555009560,"firstPublishedAt":1555009560,"lastPublishedAt":1555009560,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3794028\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-james-comey-hewlett-foundation-cs-250p_4cd8447dc7fc6b3166cf86ec48b3e184.jpg","altText":"Image: James Comey attends the Hewlett Foundation's Verify Conference.","caption":"James Comey attends the Hewlett Foundation's Verify Conference on April 11, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Steve Fisch for the Hewlett Foundation","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1712}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US politics"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":725950}],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.politics"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews"}],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News Politics","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Dartunorro Clark","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gs_politics','sm_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','neg_facebook_2021','gs_politics_misc','gs_law_misc','castrol_negative_uk','gs_politics_american','gs_law','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_facebook_neg4','neg_facebook','neg_facebook_q4','gv_safe'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2019\/04\/11\/comey-questions-barr-s-spying-claim-i-don-t-know-n993561","lastModified":1555009560},{"id":726074,"cid":3793896,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"House Oversight threatens DOJ official with contempt for bucking subpoena","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"House Oversight threatens DOJ official with contempt for bucking subpoena","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The committee voted earlier this month, 23-14, to issue a subpoena to compel the official to testify.","summary":"The committee voted earlier this month, 23-14, to issue a subpoena to compel the official to testify.","keySentence":"","url":"house-oversight-threatens-justice-department-official-contempt-bucking-subpoena-n993516","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/house-oversight-threatens-justice-department-official-contempt-bucking-subpoena-n993516","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nThe House Committee on Oversight and Reform threatened to hold a Justice Department official in contempt of Congress Thursday after the agency refused to comply with a subpoena seeking testimony and documents related to the 2020 census citizenship question.Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the committee chairman, sent a letter dated Wednesday to Attorney General William Barr instructing him to make John Gore, a principal deputy assistant attorney general, available to answer questions related to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's decision to add a citizenship question to the census.\"The committee expects Mr. Gore to testify in accordance with the Committee's lawful subpoena and the Committee's rules,\" Cummings wrote in the letter shared with NBC News Thursday by a committee spokesperson. \"If Mr. Gore fails to comply with the subpoena, the Committee will consider him to be in contempt of Congress.\"Gore, who was slated to testify Thursday, did not appear. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Cumming's move comes weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether the Trump administration's addition of the citizenship question violates the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act. Three federal judges have already ruled that Ross's actions were unconstitutional and violated federal law.Ross, whose agency oversees the U.S. Census Bureau, faced tough questioning last month from Democrats during a committee hearing about whether he lied to Congress about his decision to add the question.Gore emerged as a key figure during the hearing. Ross claimed he decided to add the question in December 2017 after he learned that the Justice Department might want it included, a rationale Democrats rejected.The committee voted earlier this month, 23-14, to issue a subpoena to compel Gore to testify and the Trump administration to provide additional information about the citizenship question.Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote in a letter earlier this week to the committee that he would not make Gore available unless a department representative accompanied him. However, committee rules prohibit DOJ lawyers from attending. Boyd, however, claimed the rule \"would unconstitutionally infringe upon the prerogatives of the executive branch.\"\n","htmlText":"<p>The House Committee on Oversight and Reform threatened to hold a Justice Department official in contempt of Congress Thursday after the agency refused to comply with a subpoena seeking testimony and documents related to the<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//congress//house-democrats-grill-wilbur-ross-over-census-citizenship-question-n981956/">2020 census citizenship question<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the committee chairman, sent a letter dated Wednesday to Attorney General William Barr instructing him to make John Gore, a principal deputy assistant attorney general, available to answer questions related to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's decision to add a citizenship question to the census.<\/p>\n<p>\"The committee expects Mr. Gore to testify in accordance with the Committee's lawful subpoena and the Committee's rules,\" Cummings wrote in the letter shared with NBC News Thursday by a committee spokesperson. \"If Mr. Gore fails to comply with the subpoena, the Committee will consider him to be in contempt of Congress.\"<\/p>\n<p>Gore, who was slated to testify Thursday, did not appear. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Cumming's move comes weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether the Trump administration's addition of the citizenship question violates the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act. Three federal judges have already <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//local//3rd-federal-judge-blocks-citizenship-question-on-2020-census//2019//04//05//822faa70-57cd-11e9-aa83-504f086bf5d6_story.html/">ruled that Ross's actions were unconstitutional and violated federal law.<\/p>\n<p>Ross, whose agency oversees the U.S. Census Bureau, faced tough questioning <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//politics-news//wilbur-ross-questioned-about-adding-citizenship-question-2020-census-n983246/">last month<\/a> from Democrats during a committee hearing about whether he lied to Congress about his decision to add the question.<\/p>\n<p>Gore emerged as a key figure during the hearing. Ross claimed he decided to add the question in December 2017 after he learned that the Justice Department might want it included, a rationale Democrats rejected.<\/p>\n<p>The committee voted earlier this month, 23-14, to issue a subpoena to compel Gore to testify and the Trump administration to provide additional information about the citizenship question.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote in a letter earlier this week to the committee that he would not make Gore available unless a department representative accompanied him. However, committee rules prohibit DOJ lawyers from attending. Boyd, however, claimed the rule \"would unconstitutionally infringe upon the prerogatives of the executive branch.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555006823,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555006560,"firstPublishedAt":1555006560,"lastPublishedAt":1555006560,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793896\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-elijah-cummings-cs-144p_b311e908f620008b665646972b892d5c.jpg","altText":"Image: Elijah Cummings","caption":"House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on April 2, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"J. 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I think spying on a political campaign — it's a big deal, it's a big deal,\" Barr said in response to a question from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that handles Justice Department funding, who had asked why Barr is looking into the origins of the investigation.When he was asked to clarify later in the hearing, Barr said, \"I'm not saying if improper surveillance occurred, stating only that he was \"concerned about it\" and looking into the situation.Trump alleged in March 2017, without providing evidence, that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower before his election win the previous November. In response, Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis roundly rejected Trump's accusation, calling it \"unequivocally false.\"Barr, in a letter to Congress last month, said special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence anyone associated with Trump's campaign \"conspired or coordinated\" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Mueller, however, reached no conclusion on whether the president had obstructed justice, Barr said, leading Trump to claim he had been exonerated.During the Oval Office sit-down with South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Thursday, Trump said he was \"not concerned\" about Barr's promise not to redact anything that would damage the president's reputation when he releases Mueller's report to Congress.\"We never did anything wrong,\" Trump said.Trump on Wednesday blasted the Russia probe as \"an attempted coup\" against his presidency — his sharpest comments to date since the probe ended. Trump said the probe was \"started illegally\" and that \"every single thing about it\" was \"crooked.\"\"There were dirty cops, these were bad people,\" he said, listing former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI agent Peter Strzok and ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page.\"And this was an attempted coup. This was an attempted takedown of a president. And we beat them, we beat them,\" Trump said.\n","htmlText":"<p>President Donald Trump said Thursday that he 'absolutely' agrees with Attorney General William Barr's statement that he thought the U.S. government spied on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign \u2014 a remark that echoes Trump's past allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think what he said was absolutely true, there was absolutely spying into my campaign,\" Trump said when asked if he was pleased with Barr's statement at a congressional hearing the day before. \"I'll go a step further; in my opinion, it was illegal spying, unprecedented spying and something that should never be allowed to happen in our country again.\"<\/p>\n<p>Barr defended his decision to order a review of the Trump-Russia probe's origins during a Senate hearing Wednesday, saying that he thinks government \"spying\" on Trump's 2016 campaign \"did occur,\" although he didn't elaborate.<\/p>\n<p>\"For the same reason, we're worried about foreign influence in elections ... I think spying on a political campaign \u2014 it's a big deal, it's a big deal,\" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//congress//barr-says-he-thinks-government-spied-trump-campaign-n992986/">Barr said in response to a question<\/a>from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that handles Justice Department funding, who had asked why Barr is looking into the origins of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>When he was asked to clarify later in the hearing, Barr said, \"I'm not saying if improper surveillance occurred, stating only that he was \"concerned about it\" and looking into the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//trump-accuses-obama-wiretapping-residence-during-campaign-n729056/">alleged in March 2017<\/a>, without providing evidence, that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower before his election win the previous November. In response, Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis roundly rejected Trump's accusation, calling it \"unequivocally false.\"<\/p>\n<p>Barr, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//mueller-report-conclusions-trump-congress-attorney-general-william-barr-n986611/">in a letter to Congress<\/a> last month, said special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence anyone associated with Trump's campaign \"conspired or coordinated\" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Mueller, however, reached no conclusion on whether the president had obstructed justice, Barr said, leading Trump to claim he had been exonerated.<\/p>\n<p>During the Oval Office sit-down with South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Thursday, Trump said he was \"not concerned\" about Barr's promise not to redact anything that would damage the president's reputation when he releases Mueller's report to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\"We never did anything wrong,\" Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Wednesday blasted the Russia probe as \"an attempted coup\" against his presidency \u2014 his sharpest comments to date since the<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//mueller-report-conclusions-trump-congress-attorney-general-william-barr-n986611/">probe ended<\/a>. Trump said the probe was \"started illegally\" and that \"every single thing about it\" was \"crooked.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"There were dirty cops, these were bad people,\" he said, listing former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI agent Peter Strzok and ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page.<\/p>\n<p>\"And this was an attempted coup. This was an attempted takedown of a president. And we beat them, we beat them,\" Trump said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555005625,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555005300,"firstPublishedAt":1555005300,"lastPublishedAt":1555005300,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793866\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190409-donald-trump-al-1359_6f7e53b7d2f33d4fcceb45d6be92f36a.jpg","altText":"Image: Donald Trump","caption":"President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in the Oval Office on April 9, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kevin Lamarque Reuters","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1500}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US politics"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.politics"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews"}],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News Politics","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Dartunorro Clark","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gs_politics','sm_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','neg_facebook_2021','gs_politics_misc','gs_politics_american','gs_law_misc','gs_law','neg_facebook_neg4','neg_facebook','castrol_negative_uk','gt_negative','neg_facebook_q4','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gv_safe'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2019\/04\/11\/trump-says-barr-s-claim-gov-t-spied-his-campaign-n993491","lastModified":1555005300},{"id":726042,"cid":3793774,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"After Assange arrest, Trump says he knows 'nothing' about WikiLeaks","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"After Assange arrest, Trump says he knows 'nothing' about WikiLeaks","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Following the arrest of the WikiLeaks founder, Trump distanced himself from a group whose work attacking Hillary Clinton he frequently cited during his first campaign.","summary":"Following the arrest of the WikiLeaks founder, Trump distanced himself from a group whose work attacking Hillary Clinton he frequently cited during his first campaign.","keySentence":"","url":"after-assange-arrest-trump-says-he-knows-nothing-about-wikileaks-n993486","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/after-assange-arrest-trump-says-he-knows-nothing-about-wikileaks-n993486","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump said Thursday that he knows \"nothing about Wikileaks\" hours after the arrest of the organization's founder, Julian Assange, and two-and-a-half years after he frequently cited its information dumps about Hillary Clinton during his first campaign. \n\n\"I know nothing about Wikileaks,\" Trump told reporters at the White House. \"It's not my thing. I've seen what's happening with Assange.\" \n\nAssange was apprehended Thursday morning at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he had been granted asylum for nearly seven years before Ecuador allowed British authorities access to take him in. He is charged in the U.K. with skipping bail, and U.S. officials want him extradited in connection with an existing charge of computer hacking revealed by the Justice Department Thursday. \n\nDuring the 2016 campaign, Wikileaks disseminated emails that were taken from the Democratic National Committee just before the party's convention that summer, and later released pilfered tranches of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's private emails every day for a month leading up to Election Day. \n\n\"I hope people are looking at the disgraceful behavior of Hillary Clinton as exposed by WikiLeaks,\" Trump tweeted Oct. 11, 2016. \"She is unfit to run.\" \n\n\"WikiLeaks emails reveal Podesta urging Clinton camp to 'dump' emails. Time to #DrainTheSwamp !,\" he tweeted Nov. 1, just a week before the election, from Eau Claire, Wisc. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump said Thursday that he knows \"nothing about Wikileaks\" hours after the arrest of the organization's founder, Julian Assange, and two-and-a-half years after he frequently cited its information dumps about Hillary Clinton during his first campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\"I know nothing about Wikileaks,\" Trump told reporters at the White House. \"It's not my thing. I've seen what's happening with Assange.\"<\/p>\n<p>Assange was apprehended Thursday morning at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he had been granted asylum for nearly seven years before Ecuador allowed British authorities access to take him in. He is charged in the U.K. with skipping bail, and U.S. officials want him extradited in connection with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-police-london-n991236/">an existing charge of computer hacking<\/a> revealed by the Justice Department Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2016 campaign, Wikileaks disseminated emails that were taken from the Democratic National Committee just before the party's convention that summer, and later released pilfered tranches of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's private emails every day for a month leading up to Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>\"I hope people are looking at the disgraceful behavior of Hillary Clinton as exposed by WikiLeaks,\" Trump tweeted Oct. 11, 2016. \"She is unfit to run.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"WikiLeaks emails reveal Podesta urging Clinton camp to 'dump' emails. Time to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//DrainTheSwamp?src=hash\%22>#DrainTheSwamp<\/a>!,\" he tweeted Nov. 1, just a week before the election, from Eau Claire, Wisc.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555003228,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555002660,"firstPublishedAt":1555040285,"lastPublishedAt":1555040285,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/03\/79\/37\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_209ca15d-e7f0-53c0-bc99-333e165b89cc-3793774.jpg","altText":"US President Donald Trump in Washington, April 10, 2019.","caption":"US President Donald Trump in Washington, April 10, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"REUTERS\/Kevin Lamarque","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":6720,"height":4480}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US 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News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gs_politics','sm_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gs_politics_american','neg_facebook_2021','gs_law_misc','gs_politics_misc','gs_law','neg_facebook_neg4','neg_facebook','neg_citi_campaign_2','neg_citi_campaign_3','gv_crime'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2019\/04\/11\/after-assange-arrest-trump-says-he-knows-nothing-about-wikileaks-n993486","lastModified":1555040285},{"id":726036,"cid":3793762,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Lawmakers call for immediate extradition of Assange","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"U.S. lawmakers call for immediate extradition of Assange","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"","titleListing2":"U.S. lawmakers call for immediate extradition of Assange","leadin":"The WikiLeaks founder was charged by U.S. officials with conspiring to hack into government computers.","summary":"The WikiLeaks founder was charged by U.S. officials with conspiring to hack into government computers.","keySentence":"","url":"lawmakers-call-immediate-extradition-assange-n993466","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/lawmakers-call-immediate-extradition-assange-n993466","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"WASHINGTON \u2014 Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle applauded the arrest Thursday in London of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and called for his immediate extradition to the United States. \n\nThe lawmakers said that Assange, who was charged by the Justice Department Thursday with computer hacking, had acted as an agent of the Russian government and had harmed U.S. national security. \n\n\"He has time after time compromised the national security of the United States and our allies by publicly releasing classified government documents and confidential materials related to our 2016 presidential election,\" said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., in a statement. \"Today this dark chapter hopefully begins to near its end.\" \n\nSen. Mark Warner, D-Va., ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that whatever Assange's intentions were when he started WikiLeaks, \"what he's really become is a direct participant in Russian efforts to undermine the West and a dedicated accomplice in efforts to undermine American security.\" \n\nSen. Angus King, I-Maine, told reporters that Assange has effectively been \"an agent of the Russian intelligence agencies.\" So did Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C. \"Under the guise of transparency, Julian Assange and Wikileaks have effectively acted as an arm of the Russian intelligence services for years,\" he said in a statement. \"Mr. Assange engaged in a conspiracy to steal classified information, putting millions of lives at risk all over the world. Hopefully, he will now face justice.\" \n\nAssange was charged Thursday with one count of \"conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer ,\" after he was arrested on behalf of a U.S. extradition request. As the head of WikiLeaks, Assange published secret American documents in 2010 that embarrassed the U.S. and other countries. Assange will face extradition hearings on May 2 and June 12. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison. \n\nHe had been living as a fugitive for nearly seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid extradition to the U.S. He was also wanted in Britain for skipping bail in 2012, when he was under investigation in Sweden on charges of sexual assault and rape. \n\nSen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., tweeted Thursday that Assange's arrest was \"good news\" and that Assange has \"long been a wicked tool of Vladimir Putin and the Russian intelligence services.\" Sasse added that Assange should serve the rest of his life in prison. \n\nSpeaking to reporters at the Capitol, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said that Assange has \"done a lot of harm\" to the U.S. and \"he should pay for that.\" \n\nSen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., called on Twitter for \"immediate extradition of Assange to the U.S., while Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., noted that the U.S. will likely \"have to fight with other countries to get him extradited.\" \n\nAsked whether President Donald Trump should have praised Assange when he was running for president in 2016, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Thursday, \"That's up to the president.\" \n\n\"I have repeatedly condemned the guy,\" Graham said of Assange. \"He's never been a hero. He released classified information and put our troops in danger, equally important to those who came to our aid, I think, in Iraq and Afghanistan.\" \n\nRep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., said in an interview on MSNBC that there could potentially be more charges against Assange in relation to WikiLeaks' role in the 2016 election and the release of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign. \n\n\"That's partly based on what I know from my role on the Intelligence Committee,\" Himes said. \"My guess is that he understands that he has broken the law, and we may not have heard the last of the charges that could be leveled in this indictment that was unsealed today.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle applauded the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-police-london-n991236/">arrest Thursday in London of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange<\/a> and called for his immediate extradition to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers said that Assange, who was charged by the Justice Department Thursday with computer hacking, had acted as an agent of the Russian government and had harmed U.S. national security.<\/p>\n<p>\"He has time after time compromised the national security of the United States and our allies by publicly releasing classified government documents and confidential materials related to our 2016 presidential election,\" said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., in a statement. \"Today this dark chapter hopefully begins to near its end.\"<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that whatever Assange's intentions were when he started WikiLeaks, \"what he's really become is a direct participant in Russian efforts to undermine the West and a dedicated accomplice in efforts to undermine American security.\"<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, told reporters that Assange has effectively been \"an agent of the Russian intelligence agencies.\" So did Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C. \"Under the guise of transparency, Julian Assange and Wikileaks have effectively acted as an arm of the Russian intelligence services for years,\" he said in a statement. \"Mr. Assange engaged in a conspiracy to steal classified information, putting millions of lives at risk all over the world. Hopefully, he will now face justice.\"<\/p>\n<p>Assange was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.justice.gov//usao-edva//press-release//file//1153481//download/">charged Thursday with one count of \"conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer<\/a>,\" after he was arrested on behalf of a U.S. extradition request. As the head of WikiLeaks, Assange published secret American documents in 2010 that embarrassed the U.S. and other countries. Assange will face extradition hearings on May 2 and June 12. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>He had been living as a fugitive for nearly seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid extradition to the U.S. He was also wanted in Britain for skipping bail in 2012, when he was under investigation in Sweden on charges of sexual assault and rape.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., tweeted Thursday that Assange's arrest was \"good news\" and that Assange has \"long been a wicked tool of Vladimir Putin and the Russian intelligence services.\" Sasse added that Assange should serve the rest of his life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at the Capitol, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said that Assange has \"done a lot of harm\" to the U.S. and \"he should pay for that.\"<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., called on Twitter for \"immediate extradition of Assange to the U.S., while Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., noted that the U.S. will likely \"have to fight with other countries to get him extradited.\"<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether President Donald Trump should have praised Assange when he was running for president in 2016, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Thursday, \"That's up to the president.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I have repeatedly condemned the guy,\" Graham said of Assange. \"He's never been a hero. 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to watch Israeli spacecraft attempt moon landing","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"How to watch Israeli spacecraft attempt moon landing","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The craft performed a final pre-landing maneuver Wednesday, bringing it within 10 miles of the lunar surface.","summary":"The craft performed a final pre-landing maneuver Wednesday, bringing it within 10 miles of the lunar surface.","keySentence":"","url":"how-watch-israel-s-beresheet-spacecraft-attempt-moon-landing-ncna993436","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/mach\/science\/how-watch-israel-s-beresheet-spacecraft-attempt-moon-landing-ncna993436","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nAfter a two-month journey through space, an Israeli spacecraft could make history Thursday as it attempts to land on the moon.The Beresheet spacecraft is scheduled to touch down on the lunar surface between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. ET. SpaceIL, the Israeli nonprofit behind the mission, will stream the landing live online.If the landing is successful, Israel will become only the fourth nation — after the United States, Russia and China — to land a spacecraft on the moon. The four-legged craft, about the size of a washing machine, would also become the first privately funded spacecraft to settle on the lunar surface.Beresheet — the name means \"genesis\" in Hebrew — performed a final pre-landing maneuver Wednesday, firing its engines for 32 seconds to bring it within 10 miles of the lunar surface. \"Having completed the maneuver, Beresheet will continue to orbit the moon in an elliptical orbit every 2 hours,\" SpaceIL officials tweeted.The $100 million spacecraft is expected to touch down on a vast lava plain known as Mare Serenitatis, or the Sea of Serenity, located on the lunar nearside. This site is a few hundred miles east of the Apollo 15 landing site and about the same distance northwest of the Apollo 17 site, according to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Once on the moon, Beresheet will snap photos of its surroundings and use its onboard magnetometer to measure the magnetism of lunar rocks. The data it obtains could help scientists better understand how the moon acquired its magnetic field.Beresheet launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 21 and slipped into lunar orbit on April 4.The Beresheet mission was originally developed as part of the Google Lunar X Prize competition, which challenged privately funded teams to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon, drive it at least 500 meters and send photos and videos back to Earth.The contest ended last year with no one winning the $20 million grand prize. But the Culver City, California-based X Prize Foundation, which sponsored the competition, said in March that it would award $1 million to SpaceIL if Beresheet successfully lands on the moon.Want more stories about space?First-ever photo of a black hole reveals what had been unseeableSelf-driving spacecraft may help save Earth from deadly asteroid strikesNASA's $17 billion moon rocket may be doomed before it ever gets to the launch padSIGN UP FOR THE MACH NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW NBC NEWS MACH ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK, AND INSTAGRAM.\n","htmlText":"<p>After a two-month journey through space, an Israeli spacecraft could make history Thursday as it attempts to land on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//mach//science//israel-s-beresheet-space-probe-prepares-historic-moon-landing-ncna992671/">Beresheet spacecraft<\/a> is scheduled to touch down on the lunar surface between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. ET. SpaceIL, the Israeli nonprofit behind the mission, will stream the landing live online.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.youtube.com//embed//HMdUcchBYRA/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If the landing is successful, Israel will become only the fourth nation \u2014 after the United States, Russia and China \u2014 to land a spacecraft on the moon. The four-legged craft, about the size of a washing machine, would also become the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//mach//science//israeli-start-aims-put-first-private-space-probe-moon-ncna971556/">first privately funded spacecraft to settle on the lunar surface<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beresheet \u2014 the name means \"genesis\" in Hebrew \u2014 performed a final pre-landing maneuver Wednesday, firing its engines for 32 seconds to bring it within 10 miles of the lunar surface. \"Having completed the maneuver, Beresheet will continue to orbit the moon in an elliptical orbit every 2 hours,\" SpaceIL officials tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The $100 million spacecraft is expected to touch down on a vast lava plain known as Mare Serenitatis, or the Sea of Serenity, located on the lunar nearside. This site is a few hundred miles east of the Apollo 15 landing site and about the same distance northwest of the Apollo 17 site, according to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Once on the moon, Beresheet will snap photos of its surroundings and use its onboard magnetometer to measure the magnetism of lunar rocks. The data it obtains could help scientists better understand how the moon acquired its magnetic field.<\/p>\n<p>Beresheet <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//mach//science//israel-flying-moon-first-lunar-landing-after-spacex-launch-ncna974456/">launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket<\/a> on Feb. 21 and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//mach//science//israel-just-became-seventh-nation-orbit-moon-ncna991111/">slipped into lunar orbit on April 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Beresheet mission was originally developed as part of the Google Lunar X Prize competition, which challenged privately funded teams to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon, drive it at least 500 meters and send photos and videos back to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cnbc.com//2018//01//22//google-will-not-extend-lunar-xprize-deadline.html/">contest ended last year with no one winning the $20 million grand prize<\/a>. But the Culver City, California-based X Prize Foundation, which sponsored the competition, said in March that it would award $1 million to SpaceIL if Beresheet successfully lands on the moon.<\/p>\n<h2>Want more stories about space?<\/h2><ul>\n<li><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//mach//science//first-ever-black-hole-photo-gives-humanity-long-anticipated-glimpse-ncna992111/">First-ever photo of a black hole reveals what had been unseeable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//mach//science//self-driving-spacecraft-may-help-save-earth-deadly-asteroid-strikes-ncna992041/">Self-driving spacecraft may help save Earth from deadly asteroid strikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//mach//science//nasa-s-17-billion-moon-rocket-may-be-doomed-it-ncna991061/">NASA's $17 billion moon rocket may be doomed before it ever gets to the launch pad<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SIGN UP FOR THE <a 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president ousted by military after protests","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Sudan's president ousted by military after protests","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The Defense Minister announced President Omar al-Bashir has been detained, ending his 30-year rule.","summary":"The Defense Minister announced President Omar al-Bashir has been detained, ending his 30-year rule.","keySentence":"","url":"sudan-s-president-ousted-military-after-months-protests-n993336","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/sudan-s-president-ousted-military-after-months-protests-n993336","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nKHARTOUM — President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for 30 years, was on Thursday overthrown in a coup by the armed forces which announced a two-year period of military rule to be followed by elections.In an address on state television, Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf said Bashir, 75, was under arrest in a \"safe place\" and a military council was now running the country.Seated on a gold-upholstered armchair, Auf announced a three-month state of emergency, a nationwide ceasefire and the suspension of the constitution. He also said Sudan's air space would be closed for 24 hours and border crossings shut until further notice.Sudanese sources told Reuters that Bashir was at the presidential residence under \"heavy guard\". A son of Sadiq al-Mahdi, the head of the country's main opposition Umma Party, told al-Hadath TV that Bashir was being held with \"a number of leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group\".Bashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague and is facing an arrest warrant over allegations of genocide in Sudan's Darfur region during an insurgency that began in 2003 and led to death of an estimated 300,000 people.NewsThe downfall of Bashir follows the toppling this month of Algerian strongman Abdelaziz Bouteflika, also following mass protests after three decades in power.Names of Bashir's possible successors that have been circulating include the defense Minister, an ex-military intelligence chief, also an Islamist, and former army chief of staff Emad al-Din Adawi.Adawi is said to be favored by regional neighbors at odds with Bashir over his Islamist leanings.Thousands of people flocked to an anti-government protest outside the defense ministry on Thursday, while huge crowds took to the streets in central Khartoum, dancing and shouting anti-Bashir slogans. Protesters chanted: \"It has fallen, we won.\"NewsDemonstrators called for a civilian government and said they would not accept an administration led by military and security figures, or by Bashir's aides.Omar Saleh Sennar, a senior member of the Sudanese Professionals' Association, one of the main protest groups, said it expected to negotiate with the military over a transfer of power.\"We will only accept a transitional civilian government,\" Sennar said.Kamal Omar, 38, another demonstrator, said: \"We will continue our sit-in until we prevail.\"Some demonstrators, who have rallied against Bashir since Dec. 19, said they feared the delay would allow him to go into exile.Troops deployed around the defense ministry and on major roads and bridges in the capital.Soldiers stormed the headquarters of Bashir's Islamic Movement, the main component of the ruling National Congress Party. Protesters also attacked the offices of Sudan's intelligence and security service in the eastern cities of Port Sudan and Kassala on Thursday, witnesses said.The security service earlier announced the release of all political prisoners.Bashir, a former paratrooper who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1989, has been a divisive figure who has managed his way through one internal crisis after another while withstanding attempts by the West to weaken him.Sudan has suffered prolonged periods of isolation since 1993, when the United States added Bashir's government to its list of terrorism sponsors for harboring Islamist militants. Washington followed up with sanctions four years later.The latest crisis has escalated since the weekend, when thousands of demonstrators began camping out outside the defense ministry compound, where Bashir's residence is located.Clashes erupted on Tuesday between soldiers trying to protect the protesters and intelligence and security personnel trying to disperse them. At least 11 people died, including six members of the armed forces, the information minister said, citing a police report.Since December, Sudan has been rocked by persistent protests sparked by the government's attempt to raise the price of bread, and an economic crisis that has led to fuel and cash shortages\n","htmlText":"<p>KHARTOUM \u2014 President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for 30 years, was on Thursday overthrown in a coup by the armed forces which announced a two-year period of military rule to be followed by elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.3333333333333333\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3793722//400x533_nbc-190411-alaa-salah-mc-1356_4d2256a113010827871a8d810db99e12.jpg/" alt=\"Alaa Salah gestures during a protest demanding Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to step down along a bridge in Khartoum, Sudan April 8.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/384x512_nbc-190411-alaa-salah-mc-1356_4d2256a113010827871a8d810db99e12.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/640x853_nbc-190411-alaa-salah-mc-1356_4d2256a113010827871a8d810db99e12.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/750x1000_nbc-190411-alaa-salah-mc-1356_4d2256a113010827871a8d810db99e12.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/828x1104_nbc-190411-alaa-salah-mc-1356_4d2256a113010827871a8d810db99e12.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1080x1440_nbc-190411-alaa-salah-mc-1356_4d2256a113010827871a8d810db99e12.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1200x1600_nbc-190411-alaa-salah-mc-1356_4d2256a113010827871a8d810db99e12.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1920x2560_nbc-190411-alaa-salah-mc-1356_4d2256a113010827871a8d810db99e12.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Alaa Salah gestures during a protest demanding Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to step down along a bridge in Khartoum, Sudan April 8.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Lana H. Haroun<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In an address on state television, Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf said Bashir, 75, was under arrest in a \"safe place\" and a military council was now running the country.<\/p>\n<p>Seated on a gold-upholstered armchair, Auf announced a three-month state of emergency, a nationwide ceasefire and the suspension of the constitution. He also said Sudan's air space would be closed for 24 hours and border crossings shut until further notice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6632\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3793722//400x265_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13395_ef9d0913e4320dce13fd17b8175ecdf9.jpg/" alt=\"Sudan\\'s President Omar al-Bashir, center, sits with his Defence Minister Awad Ibnouf, left, and Prime Minister Mohamed Tahir Eila, right, at the presidential palace in Khartoum on March 14.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/384x255_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13395_ef9d0913e4320dce13fd17b8175ecdf9.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/640x424_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13395_ef9d0913e4320dce13fd17b8175ecdf9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/750x497_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13395_ef9d0913e4320dce13fd17b8175ecdf9.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/828x549_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13395_ef9d0913e4320dce13fd17b8175ecdf9.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1080x716_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13395_ef9d0913e4320dce13fd17b8175ecdf9.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1200x796_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13395_ef9d0913e4320dce13fd17b8175ecdf9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1920x1273_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13395_ef9d0913e4320dce13fd17b8175ecdf9.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sudan\\'s President Omar al-Bashir, center, sits with his Defence Minister Awad Ibnouf, left, and Prime Minister Mohamed Tahir Eila, right, at the presidential palace in Khartoum on March 14.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ashraf Shazly<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sudanese sources told Reuters that Bashir was at the presidential residence under \"heavy guard\". A son of Sadiq al-Mahdi, the head of the country's main opposition Umma Party, told al-Hadath TV that Bashir was being held with \"a number of leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group\".<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//sudans-omar-al-bashir-crosshairs-south-africa-african-union-summit-n375411/">Bashir has been indicted<\/a> by the International Criminal Court in The Hague and is facing an arrest warrant over allegations of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//sudan-crisis-amnesty-report-cites-evidence-government-used-chemical-weapons-n656121/">genocide in Sudan's Darfur region<\/a>during an insurgency that began in 2003 and led to death of an estimated 300,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<p>The downfall of Bashir follows <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//algerian-president-steps-down-amid-protests-army-pressure-n990336/">the toppling this month of Algerian strongman Abdelaziz Bouteflika<\/a>, also following mass protests after three decades in power.<\/p>\n<p>Names of Bashir's possible successors that have been circulating include the defense Minister, an ex-military intelligence chief, also an Islamist, and former army chief of staff Emad al-Din Adawi.<\/p>\n<p>Adawi is said to be favored by regional neighbors at odds with Bashir over his Islamist leanings.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people flocked to an anti-government protest outside the defense ministry on Thursday, while huge crowds took to the streets in central Khartoum, dancing and shouting anti-Bashir slogans. Protesters chanted: \"It has fallen, we won.\"<\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators called for a civilian government and said they would not accept an administration led by military and security figures, or by Bashir's aides.<\/p>\n<p>Omar Saleh Sennar, a senior member of the Sudanese Professionals' Association, one of the main protest groups, said it expected to negotiate with the military over a transfer of power.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will only accept a transitional civilian government,\" Sennar said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6456\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3793722//400x258_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-1339_6962301ec206ee4cf0f382549bf51ff1.jpg/" alt=\"Sudanese military sit on their armoured personnel carrier after the defense minister announced a military council would run the country for a two-year transitional period.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/384x248_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-1339_6962301ec206ee4cf0f382549bf51ff1.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/640x413_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-1339_6962301ec206ee4cf0f382549bf51ff1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/750x484_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-1339_6962301ec206ee4cf0f382549bf51ff1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/828x535_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-1339_6962301ec206ee4cf0f382549bf51ff1.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1080x697_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-1339_6962301ec206ee4cf0f382549bf51ff1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1200x775_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-1339_6962301ec206ee4cf0f382549bf51ff1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1920x1240_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-1339_6962301ec206ee4cf0f382549bf51ff1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sudanese military sit on their armoured personnel carrier after the defense minister announced a military council would run the country for a two-year transitional period.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Reuters<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kamal Omar, 38, another demonstrator, said: \"We will continue our sit-in until we prevail.\"<\/p>\n<p>Some demonstrators, who have rallied against Bashir since Dec. 19, said they feared the delay would allow him to go into exile.<\/p>\n<p>Troops deployed around the defense ministry and on major roads and bridges in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers stormed the headquarters of Bashir's Islamic Movement, the main component of the ruling National Congress Party. Protesters also attacked the offices of Sudan's intelligence and security service in the eastern cities of Port Sudan and Kassala on Thursday, witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p>The security service earlier announced the release of all political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>Bashir, a former paratrooper who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1989, has been a divisive figure who has managed his way through one internal crisis after another while withstanding attempts by the West to weaken him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6672\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3793722//400x267_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13392_ca29a4a3bd5d4269fb45c899b5e0f740.jpg/" alt=\"Sudanese men celebrate while rallying in the capital Khartoum on April 11.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/384x256_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13392_ca29a4a3bd5d4269fb45c899b5e0f740.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/640x427_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13392_ca29a4a3bd5d4269fb45c899b5e0f740.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/750x500_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13392_ca29a4a3bd5d4269fb45c899b5e0f740.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/828x552_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13392_ca29a4a3bd5d4269fb45c899b5e0f740.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1080x721_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13392_ca29a4a3bd5d4269fb45c899b5e0f740.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1200x801_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13392_ca29a4a3bd5d4269fb45c899b5e0f740.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/1920x1281_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13392_ca29a4a3bd5d4269fb45c899b5e0f740.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sudanese men celebrate while rallying in the capital Khartoum on April 11.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AFP - Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sudan has suffered prolonged periods of isolation since 1993, when the United States added Bashir's government to its list of terrorism sponsors for harboring Islamist militants. Washington followed up with sanctions four years later.<\/p>\n<p>The latest crisis has escalated since the weekend, when thousands of demonstrators began camping out outside the defense ministry compound, where Bashir's residence is located.<\/p>\n<p>Clashes erupted on Tuesday between soldiers trying to protect the protesters and intelligence and security personnel trying to disperse them. At least 11 people died, including six members of the armed forces, the information minister said, citing a police report.<\/p>\n<p>Since December, Sudan has been rocked by persistent protests sparked by the government's attempt to raise the price of bread, and an economic crisis that has led to fuel and cash shortages<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555000804,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554999720,"firstPublishedAt":1554999720,"lastPublishedAt":1554999720,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-1339_6962301ec206ee4cf0f382549bf51ff1.jpg","altText":"Image: Sudanese military sit on their armoured personnel carrier near the D","caption":"Sudanese military sit on their armoured personnel carrier after the defense minister announced a military council would run the country for a two-year transitional period.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Reuters","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1614},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13392_ca29a4a3bd5d4269fb45c899b5e0f740.jpg","altText":"Image: Sudanese men celebrate while rallying in the capital Khartoum","caption":"Sudanese men celebrate while rallying in the capital Khartoum on April 11.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AFP - Getty Images","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1668},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-13395_ef9d0913e4320dce13fd17b8175ecdf9.jpg","altText":"Image: FILES-SUDAN-POLITICS","caption":"Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, center, sits with his Defence Minister Awad Ibnouf, left, and Prime Minister Mohamed Tahir Eila, right, at the presidential palace in Khartoum on March 14.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ashraf Shazly","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1658},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793722\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-alaa-salah-mc-1356_4d2256a113010827871a8d810db99e12.jpg","altText":"Image: Alaa Salah gestures during a protest demanding Sudanese President Om","caption":"Alaa Salah gestures during a protest demanding Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to step down along a bridge in Khartoum, Sudan April 8.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Lana H. 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We can have church anywhere ... We'll have church in the very parking lot of the building you destroyed.\"","summary":"\"You cannot destroy our faith. We can have church anywhere ... We'll have church in the very parking lot of the building you destroyed.\"","keySentence":"","url":"feds-looking-bias-motivation-after-suspect-arrested-louisiana-church-burnings-n993456","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/feds-looking-bias-motivation-after-suspect-arrested-louisiana-church-burnings-n993456","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Louisiana fire officials said Thursday that the three fires that incinerated three historically black churches are connected by the same suspect, but federal authorities are still determining if he was motivated by hate or racial bias. \n\nHolden Matthews, 21, is being charged with three counts of simple arson on religious buildings, and faces up to 15 years in prison per charge, State Fire Marshall Butch Browning said at a news conference. He added that Matthews has a possible connection with the genre of music called black metal and \"its associated history with church burnings in other parts of the world.\" \n\nMatthews was taken into custody late Wednesday without incident. \n\n\"We are extremely, unequivocally confident that we have the person who is responsible for the tragic crimes on these three churches,\" Browning said. \n\nOfficials said that Matthews didn't have a criminal history, but they had arrested him in an effort to avert \"what could have been other crimes.\" They didn't detail what led them to connect him with the fires. \n\nFBI agents added that the agency still needed to \"gather all the facts\" to determine if the blazes were a \"bias-related event.\" \n\nMatthew's father, Roy Matthews, is a St. Landry Parish Sheriff's deputy, and was unaware of his son's alleged involvement and was not personally part of the investigation, Sheriff Bobby Guidroz told reporters. \n\n\"That's tough,\" Guidroz said after Roy Matthews learned of his son's alleged connection. \"That tells you, and it should tell the country, no matter who you are, there are consequences.\" \n\nGuidroz disputed earlier reports that said Roy Matthews turned his son in and said \"basic old-fashioned detective work\" helped them to identity Holden Matthews as their suspect. \n\nAbout 200 people, including from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, were on the case. All three churches were in St. Landry Parish, north of Lafayette, and were historically black and more than 100 years old, according to the NAACP branch in Lafayette. \n\nThe first fire was reported on March 26 at St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre; the second on April 2 at the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas; and the third last Thursday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, also in Opelousas and founded in the 19th century. \n\nThe churches were empty at the time of the fires, officials said, and each suffered considerable damage, forcing worshippers to hold Sunday services at other locations. (A fourth fire last weekend at a church with a predominantly white congregation in another parish 200 miles away doesn't appear to be connected, authorities said Thursday.) \n\nSt. Landry Parish, with a population of more than 83,000, is about 56 percent white and 42 percent black, census data shows . Guidroz said police in the parish worked with pastors at other black churches to step up safety patrols. \n\nThe fires have been unnerving for churchgoers in the region because they conjure up images of past bombings and attacks. \n\nDana Nichols, the special agent in charge with the ATF's New Orleans division, said Thursday that there is \"zero tolerance\" for these attacks, particularly on houses of worship. \n\n\"With today's arrest, I want to send a strong message to those individuals who wish to engage in this heinous senseless crime: The church is a sacred place and it is the foundation of our faith and what this country is built on,\" Nichols said. \n\n\"You cannot destroy our faith. We can have church anywhere,\" she said, adding, \"We'll have church in the very parking lot of the building you destroyed.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Louisiana fire officials said Thursday that the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//sunday-service-unites-parishioners-after-three-historic-black-churches-go-n991876/">three fires that incinerated three historically black churches<\/a> are connected by the same suspect, but federal authorities are still determining if he was motivated by hate or racial bias.<\/p>\n<p>Holden Matthews, 21, is being charged with three counts of simple arson on religious buildings, and faces up to 15 years in prison per charge, State Fire Marshall Butch Browning said at a news conference. He added that Matthews has a possible connection with the genre of music called black metal and \"its associated history with church burnings in other parts of the world.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3793692//404x202_nbc-190411-holden-matthews-al-1136_7c468db5c505ae4e0fe1c012e45b0032.jpg/" alt=\"St. Landry Parish Sheriff Dept.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/384x192_nbc-190411-holden-matthews-al-1136_7c468db5c505ae4e0fe1c012e45b0032.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/640x320_nbc-190411-holden-matthews-al-1136_7c468db5c505ae4e0fe1c012e45b0032.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/750x375_nbc-190411-holden-matthews-al-1136_7c468db5c505ae4e0fe1c012e45b0032.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/828x414_nbc-190411-holden-matthews-al-1136_7c468db5c505ae4e0fe1c012e45b0032.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/1080x540_nbc-190411-holden-matthews-al-1136_7c468db5c505ae4e0fe1c012e45b0032.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/1200x600_nbc-190411-holden-matthews-al-1136_7c468db5c505ae4e0fe1c012e45b0032.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/1920x960_nbc-190411-holden-matthews-al-1136_7c468db5c505ae4e0fe1c012e45b0032.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Holden Matthews, 21, was booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on three counts of simple arson of a religious building.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">St. Landry Parish Sheriff Dept.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Matthews was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//suspect-custody-three-louisiana-church-fires-federal-prosecutor-says-n993271/">taken into custody<\/a> late Wednesday without incident.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are extremely, unequivocally confident that we have the person who is responsible for the tragic crimes on these three churches,\" Browning said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that Matthews didn't have a criminal history, but they had arrested him in an effort to avert \"what could have been other crimes.\" They didn't detail what led them to connect him with the fires.<\/p>\n<p>FBI agents added that the agency still needed to \"gather all the facts\" to determine if the blazes were a \"bias-related event.\"<\/p>\n<p>Matthew's father, Roy Matthews, is a St. Landry Parish Sheriff's deputy, and was unaware of his son's alleged involvement and was not personally part of the investigation, Sheriff Bobby Guidroz told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\"That's tough,\" Guidroz said after Roy Matthews learned of his son's alleged connection. \"That tells you, and it should tell the country, no matter who you are, there are consequences.\"<\/p>\n<p>Guidroz disputed earlier reports that said Roy Matthews turned his son in and said \"basic old-fashioned detective work\" helped them to identity Holden Matthews as their suspect.<\/p>\n<p>About 200 people, including from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, were on the case. All three churches were in St. Landry Parish, north of Lafayette, and were historically black and more than 100 years old, according to the NAACP branch in Lafayette.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3793692//404x304_nbc-190409-st-marys-baptist-church-se-116p_41d84e880100e5cf2e6b7595a2c18cb1.jpg/" alt=\"Natalie Obregon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/384x288_nbc-190409-st-marys-baptist-church-se-116p_41d84e880100e5cf2e6b7595a2c18cb1.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/640x480_nbc-190409-st-marys-baptist-church-se-116p_41d84e880100e5cf2e6b7595a2c18cb1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/750x563_nbc-190409-st-marys-baptist-church-se-116p_41d84e880100e5cf2e6b7595a2c18cb1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/828x621_nbc-190409-st-marys-baptist-church-se-116p_41d84e880100e5cf2e6b7595a2c18cb1.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/1080x810_nbc-190409-st-marys-baptist-church-se-116p_41d84e880100e5cf2e6b7595a2c18cb1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/1200x900_nbc-190409-st-marys-baptist-church-se-116p_41d84e880100e5cf2e6b7595a2c18cb1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/1920x1440_nbc-190409-st-marys-baptist-church-se-116p_41d84e880100e5cf2e6b7595a2c18cb1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The charred foundation of St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre, Louisiana, following an early-morning fire on March 26, 2019.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Natalie Obregon<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The first fire was reported on March 26 at St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre; the second on April 2 at the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas; and the third last Thursday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, also in Opelousas and founded in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>The churches were empty at the time of the fires, officials said, and each suffered considerable damage, forcing worshippers to hold Sunday services at other locations. (A fourth fire last weekend at a church with a predominantly white congregation in another parish 200 miles away doesn't appear to be connected, authorities said Thursday.)<\/p>\n<p>St. Landry Parish, with a population of more than 83,000, is about 56 percent white and 42 percent black, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.census.gov//quickfacts//fact//table//stlandryparishlouisiana//POP060210/">census data shows<\/a>. Guidroz said police in the parish worked with pastors at other black churches to step up safety patrols.<\/p>\n<p>The fires have been unnerving for churchgoers in the region because they conjure up images of past bombings and attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Dana Nichols, the special agent in charge with the ATF's New Orleans division, said Thursday that there is \"zero tolerance\" for these attacks, particularly on houses of worship.<\/p>\n<p>\"With today's arrest, I want to send a strong message to those individuals who wish to engage in this heinous senseless crime: The church is a sacred place and it is the foundation of our faith and what this country is built on,\" Nichols said.<\/p>\n<p>\"You cannot destroy our faith. We can have church anywhere,\" she said, adding, \"We'll have church in the very parking lot of the building you destroyed.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554999624,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554999360,"firstPublishedAt":1555040681,"lastPublishedAt":1555040681,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-holden-matthews-al-1136_7c468db5c505ae4e0fe1c012e45b0032.jpg","altText":"Image: Holden Matthews","caption":"Holden Matthews, 21, was booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on three counts of simple arson of a religious building.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"St. Landry Parish Sheriff Dept.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1250},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793692\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190409-st-marys-baptist-church-se-116p_41d84e880100e5cf2e6b7595a2c18cb1.jpg","altText":"St. Mary's Church in Louisiana was the first 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Buttigieg attacking my faith to stand out in 2020 crowd","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Pence: Buttigieg attacking my faith to stand out in 2020 crowd","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Pence was responding to questions about criticism from Buttigieg \u2014 who is openly gay \u2014 about the vice president's views on gay marriage and LGBTQ equality.","summary":"Pence was responding to questions about criticism from Buttigieg \u2014 who is openly gay \u2014 about the vice president's views on gay marriage and LGBTQ equality.","keySentence":"","url":"pence-buttigieg-attacking-my-faith-stand-out-2020-crowd-n993376","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/pence-buttigieg-attacking-my-faith-stand-out-2020-crowd-n993376","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nVice President Mike Pence responded Thursday to criticism from upstart presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, saying that the South Bend, Ind., mayor is attacking him to stand out among a crowded Democratic primary field.\"Well, look, I worked very closely with Mayor Pete when I was governor of the state of Indiana,\" Pence said in an interview on CNBC's \"Squawk Box.\" \"We had a great working relationship, and he said some things that are critical of my Christian faith and about me personally, and he knows better, he knows me.\"\"I get it, you know, it's like, you have 19 people running for president on that side, and part of it is sliding off to the left,\" he added. \"They're all competing with one another for how much more liberal they can be. I get that.\"Pence was responding to questions about criticism from Buttigieg — who is openly gay — about the vice president's views on gay marriage and LGBTQ equality.Pence, however, was also asked in the CNBC interview about the monumental Supreme Court decision in 2015 that legalized gay marriage nationwide and whether he had \"accepted it's law.\"The vice president replied that he \"fully implemented that decision in the law\" as governor, \"but … I have my Christian values.\"\"My family and I have a view of marriage that's informed by our faith, and we stand by that,\" he said. \"But that doesn't mean that we're critical of anyone else who has a different point of view. One of the great things about this country is our freedom of religion and the freedom of conscience, and we'll continue to cherish our values, cherish our views.\"Pence has opposed gay rights policies such as legalizing same-sex marriage and in 2015, as Indiana governor, signed the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which critics have said gives businesses the right to refuse service to gay people.Buttigieg who served South Bend's mayor — and came out publicly — while Pence was governor, has repeatedly criticized his fellow Hoosier in recent weeks as attention on his long-shot presidential bid has escalated.In a speech before an audience of LGBTQ rights supporters on Sunday, Buttigieg said, \"If being gay was a choice, it was a choice that was made far, far above my pay grade.\"\"And that's the thing I wish the Mike Pences of the world would understand. That if you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is not with me. Your quarrel, sir, is with my creator,\" Buttigieg said.He added that his marriage to his husband \"has made me a better man, and yes, Mr. Vice President, it has moved me closer to God.\"Buttigieg reprised his critique on Monday.\"Just because you are LGBTQ doesn't mean it's OK to discriminate against you,\" he told reporters in Las Vegas. \"I think most people get that, I think most Christians get that, and it's time for us to move on toward a more inclusive and more humane vision of faith than what this vice president represents.\"\n","htmlText":"<p>Vice President Mike Pence responded Thursday to criticism from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//why-some-democrats-say-don-t-sleep-mayor-pete-buttigieg-n985906/">upstart presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, saying that the South Bend, Ind., mayor is attacking him to stand out among a crowded Democratic primary field.<\/p>\n<p>\"Well, look, I worked very closely with Mayor Pete when I was governor of the state of Indiana,\" Pence said in an interview on CNBC's \"Squawk Box.\" \"We had a great working relationship, and he said some things that are critical of my Christian faith and about me personally, and he knows better, he knows me.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I get it, you know, it's like, you have 19 people running for president on that side, and part of it is sliding off to the left,\" he added. \"They're all competing with one another for how much more liberal they can be. I get that.\"<\/p>\n<p>Pence was responding to questions about criticism from Buttigieg \u2014 who is openly gay \u2014 about the vice president's views on gay marriage and LGBTQ equality.<\/p>\n<p>Pence, however, was also asked in the CNBC interview about the monumental Supreme Court decision in 2015 that legalized gay marriage nationwide and whether he had \"accepted it's law.\"<\/p>\n<p>The vice president replied that he \"fully implemented that decision in the law\" as governor, \"but \u2026 I have my Christian values.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"My family and I have a view of marriage that's informed by our faith, and we stand by that,\" he said. \"But that doesn't mean that we're critical of anyone else who has a different point of view. One of the great things about this country is our freedom of religion and the freedom of conscience, and we'll continue to cherish our values, cherish our views.\"<\/p>\n<p>Pence has opposed gay rights policies such as legalizing same-sex marriage and in 2015, as Indiana governor, signed the state's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//indiana-religious-freedom-law-what-you-need-know-n332491/">Religious Freedom Restoration Act<\/a>, which critics have said gives businesses the right to refuse service to gay people.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg who served South Bend's mayor \u2014 and came out publicly \u2014 while Pence was governor, has repeatedly criticized his fellow Hoosier in recent weeks as attention on his long-shot presidential bid has escalated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//kind-war-buttigieg-describes-struggle-sexual-orientation-emotional-speech-n991871/">In a speech before an audience of LGBTQ rights supporters<\/a> on Sunday, Buttigieg said, \"If being gay was a choice, it was a choice that was made far, far above my pay grade.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"And that's the thing I wish the Mike Pences of the world would understand. That if you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is not with me. Your quarrel, sir, is with my creator,\" Buttigieg said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that his marriage to his husband \"has made me a better man, and yes, Mr. Vice President, it has moved me closer to God.\"<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.mediaite.com//election-2020//mayor-pete-buttigieg-we-need-to-move-towards-a-more-humane-vision-of-faith-than-what-pence-represents///">reprised his critique on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\"Just because you are LGBTQ doesn't mean it's OK to discriminate against you,\" he told reporters in Las Vegas. \"I think most people get that, I think most Christians get that, and it's time for us to move on toward a more inclusive and more humane vision of faith than what this vice president represents.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554992424,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554992286,"firstPublishedAt":1554992286,"lastPublishedAt":1554992286,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3793232\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-mike-pence-cs-955a_42fe72cbe8188faa4bf7e86e4e4d3c92.jpg","altText":"Image: Vice President Mike Pence listens during a meeting at the White Hous","caption":"Vice President Mike Pence listens during a meeting at the White House on April 2, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Susan Walsh AP file","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1667}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US politics"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":837456}],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.politics"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews"}],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News Politics","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Adam Edelman","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'neg_facebook_2021','gs_society_lgbt','progressivemedia','gs_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','sm_politics','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gs_politics_misc','castrol_negative_uk','neg_saudiaramco','neg_nespresso','gs_society','gt_negative_anger','gt_negative','gs_law_misc','gs_law','gs_politics_american','gv_safe'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2019\/04\/11\/pence-buttigieg-attacking-my-faith-stand-out-2020-crowd-n993376","lastModified":1554992286},{"id":725950,"cid":3793592,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Democrats know they can't trust AG Barr. But they have a plan.","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Democrats know they can't trust AG Barr. But they have a plan \u01c0 View","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"","titleListing2":"Democrats know they can't trust AG Barr. But they have a plan \u01c0 View","leadin":"If past truly is prologue, the next sequence of events will mirror what we saw earlier this decade when Republicans controlled the oversight committees.","summary":"If past truly is prologue, the next sequence of events will mirror what we saw earlier this decade when Republicans controlled the oversight committees.","keySentence":"","url":"legal-battle-between-democrats-ag-barr-over-mueller-report-has-ncna993251","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/think\/opinion\/legal-battle-between-democrats-ag-barr-over-mueller-report-has-ncna993251","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Speaking about his efforts to obtain the full, un-redacted version of the Mueller report and all of the supporting documents and evidence, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said on Tuesday, \u201cIf we don\u2019t get everything, we will issue the subpoena and go to court.\u201d \n\nNadler\u2019s comments came on the same day that Attorney General William Barr appeared before the House Appropriations Committee and announced that he would release a redacted version of the Mueller report \u201cwithin a week.\u201d Barr then appeared before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee meeting on Wednesday, where he told lawmakers: \"I'm landing the plane right now and I've been willing to discuss my letters and the process going forward, and the report is going to be out next week and I'm not going to go into the details until the plane is on the ground.\" \n\nWhenever the plane does land, it\u2019s likely Barr\u2019s redactions will do little to satisfy Democrats. Any hope that the attorney general would be impartial was erased when he released a four-page document that President Donald Trump has since used as a vehicle to falsely claim a \u201ctotal exoneration\u201d of all wrongdoing. Even more disturbing was Barr\u2019s refusal to clearly answer questions about potential White House involvement in the crafting of that document. \n\nIndeed, Barr even refused to push back on the president\u2019s accusation that the special counsel\u2019s investigation was nothing but a \u201cwitch hunt.\u201d Asked by senators whether he agreed with this characterization, Barr remarked that it \"really depends on where you're sitting.\" It was answer sure to make his boss in the Oval Office happy, if not Congress. \n\nBizarrely, Barr is now claiming that the four-page letter he released was \u201cnot a summary\u201d of the Mueller report. Never mind the fact that in his own words, Barr literally wrote , \u201cI believe that it is in the public interest to describe the report and to summarize the principal conclusions reached by the Special Counsel and the results of his investigation.\u201d \n\nOnce again, a member of the Trump administration is lying. It is painfully clear that the attorney general cannot and should not be the arbiter of what Congress, and ultimately the American people, can see when it comes to the Mueller report. Someone who is not comfortable, at the very least, of respecting the efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is clearly far too partisan to be trusted with such an important moment in U.S. history. \n\nBarr\u2019s reticence is not super surprising given the White House\u2019s statements. In recent days, Trump has telegraphed that he does not want the full report to be released publicly. On Monday, Trump tweeted: \u201cThe Democrats will never be satisfied, not matter what they get, how much they get, or how many pages they get. It will never end, but that\u2019s the way life goes!\u201d \n\nMind you, this is the same guy who spent years promoting a conspiracy theory about President Barack Obama\u2019s birth certificate. Putting that blatant hypocrisy aside, Trump isn\u2019t wrong. Democrats will not be satisfied with \u201cpages\u201d because there is no reason why they, or the American people, should have to settle for anything less than the full and complete report. Not some sanitized version manufactured by a presidential public defender. \n\nImagine what House Republicans would be doing if as attorney general, Eric Holder, had tried to do the same thing to protect Obama. Actually, we don\u2019t have to imagine, we already know. \n\nIn 2011, Republican Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA , subpoenaed the Justice Department for documents related to an operation known as \u201cFast and Furious.\u201d At Holder\u2019s urging, Obama invoked executive privilege to shield the release of those documents to the committee. Republicans responded by holding Holder in contempt of Congress. \n\nSpeaking at the contempt proceedings, committee member Jim Jordan \u2014 the same Jim Jordan who is now the lead-Republican on the panel \u2014 asked , \u201cHow can you ignore the facts when you don\u2019t get the facts?\u201d After successfully voting to hold the attorney general in contempt, House Republicans filed a lawsuit in federal court to challenge the use of executive privilege, arguing, \"the Attorney General's conception of the reach of 'Executive privilege,' were it to be accepted, would cripple congressional oversight of Executive branch agencies, to the very great detriment of the Nation and our constitutional structure.\" \n\nJudge Amy Berman Jackson, the same judge who presided over Paul Manafort and Roger Stone\u2019s recent legal proceedings, agreed with Congressional Republicans and ordered the Justice Department to produce the documents and records they had subpoenaed. \n\nWhen you re-examine the rhetoric and substance that oversight Republicans used to successfully challenge the president\u2019s use of privilege in 2012, it feels eerily if accidentally prescient. \n\nAnd if past truly is prologue, the next sequence of events will mirror what we saw earlier this decade. Barr will release his redacted version of the Mueller report to Congress. Chairman Nadler will follow-through with his promise to subpoena the un-redacted version of the report with supporting documents and evidence. The attorney general will refuse to cooperate with the subpoena. Congressional Democrats will hold Barr in contempt of Congress and file a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Trump administration\u2019s use of executive privilege. If the court rules the same way that Judge Jackson did, the White House could appeal the ruling and bring matter to the feet of the United States Supreme Court. \n\nAll the while, the American people will be left wondering what is in the full report that has Donald Trump so scared that he would be willing to engage in such a long and public battle for something that the majority of Americans believe they have a right to review. \n\nKurt Bardella is an NBC News THINK contributor and served as the spokesperson and senior advisor for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2009-2013. \n\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Speaking about his efforts to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cnn.com//2019//04//09//politics//william-barr-hearing-congress-mueller-report//index.html/">obtain the full, un-redacted version of the Mueller report<\/a> and all of the supporting documents and evidence, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//mkraju//status//1115680547605446657/">House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said on Tuesday,<\/a> \u201cIf we don\u2019t get everything, we will issue the subpoena and go to court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nadler\u2019s comments came on the same day that Attorney General William Barr appeared before the House Appropriations Committee <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.axios.com//bill-barr-mueller-report-within-a-week-6f8f2bca-f8e5-46c1-bbd8-746d3435718e.html/">and announced that he would release<\/a> a redacted version of the Mueller report \u201cwithin a week.\u201d <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//justice-department//attorney-general-barr-seems-embrace-republican-talking-points-mueller-russia-n993021/">Barr then appeared before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee meeting<\/a> on Wednesday, where he told lawmakers: \"I'm landing the plane right now and I've been willing to discuss my letters and the process going forward, and the report is going to be out next week and I'm not going to go into the details until the plane is on the ground.\"<\/p>\n<p>Whenever the plane does land, it\u2019s likely Barr\u2019s redactions will do little to satisfy Democrats. Any hope that the attorney general would be impartial was erased when he released a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.vox.com//2019//3//24//18279926//mueller-report-letter-full-text-plain-barr-trump-congress/">four-page document<\/a> that President Donald Trump has since used as a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//realdonaldtrump//status//1110125811070390272/">vehicle to falsely claim<\/a> a \u201ctotal exoneration\u201d of all wrongdoing. Even more disturbing was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//RepAdamSchiff//status//1115689709848682496/">Barr/u2019s refusal to clearly answer questions<\/a> about potential White House involvement in the crafting of that document.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1109918388133023744\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Indeed, Barr even refused to push back on the president\u2019s accusation that the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.newyorker.com//news//letter-from-trumps-washington//the-witch-hunt-lives-trump-and-the-investigation-that-just-wont-end/">special counsel\u2019s investigation was nothing but a \u201cwitch hunt.\u201d<\/a> Asked by senators whether he agreed with this characterization, Barr remarked that it \"really depends on where you're sitting.\" It was answer sure to make his boss in the Oval Office happy, if not Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Bizarrely, Barr is now claiming that the four-page letter he released was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//mkraju//status//1115642445008654336/">/u201cnot a summary\u201d<\/a> of the Mueller report. Never mind the fact that in his own words, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.vox.com//2019//3//24//18279926//mueller-report-letter-full-text-plain-barr-trump-congress/">Barr literally wrote<\/a>, \u201cI believe that it is in the public interest to describe the report and to summarize the principal conclusions reached by the Special Counsel and the results of his investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once again, a member of the Trump administration is lying. It is painfully clear that the attorney general cannot and should not be the arbiter of what Congress, and ultimately the American people, can see when it comes to the Mueller report. Someone who is not comfortable, at the very least, of respecting the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//white-house//trump-weaponizes-deep-state-investigate-his-investigators-n876551/">efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/a>is clearly far too partisan to be trusted with such an important moment in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>Barr\u2019s reticence is not super surprising given the White House\u2019s statements. In recent days, Trump has telegraphed that he does not want the full report to be released publicly. On Monday, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//realdonaldtrump//status//1115295440558280704/">Trump tweeted:<\/a> \u201cThe Democrats will never be satisfied, not matter what they get, how much they get, or how many pages they get. It will never end, but that\u2019s the way life goes!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1115295440558280704\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mind you, this is the same guy who spent years <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//realdonaldtrump//status//370646948081975296/">promoting a conspiracy theory<\/a> about President Barack Obama\u2019s birth certificate. Putting that blatant hypocrisy aside, Trump isn\u2019t wrong. Democrats will not be satisfied with \u201cpages\u201d because there is no reason why they, or the American people, should have to settle for anything less than the full and complete report. Not some sanitized version manufactured by a presidential public defender.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine what House Republicans would be doing if as attorney general, Eric Holder, had tried to do the same thing to protect Obama. Actually, we don\u2019t have to imagine, we already know.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Republican Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cnn.com//2011//10//12//politics//fast-and-furious//index.html/">, subpoenaed the Justice Department<\/a> for documents related to an operation known as \u201cFast and Furious.\u201d At Holder\u2019s urging, Obama <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.businessinsider.com//justice-department-obama-executive-privilege-fast-and-furious-contempt-eric-holder-2012-6/">invoked executive privilege<\/a> to shield the release of those documents to the committee. Republicans responded by holding Holder in contempt of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the contempt proceedings, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.c-span.org//video//?306660-1\/contempt-proceedings-attorney-general-holder-part-1\%22>committee member Jim Jordan \u2014 the same Jim Jordan who is now the lead-Republican on the panel \u2014 asked<\/a>, \u201cHow can you ignore the facts when you don\u2019t get the facts?\u201d After successfully voting to hold the attorney general in contempt, House Republicans <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////abcnews.go.com//blogs//politics//2012//08//attorney-general-eric-holder-sued-on-fast-and-furious///">filed a lawsuit in federal court<\/a> to challenge the use of executive privilege, arguing, \"the Attorney General's conception of the reach of 'Executive privilege,' were it to be accepted, would cripple congressional oversight of Executive branch agencies, to the very great detriment of the Nation and our constitutional structure.\"<\/p>\n<p>Judge Amy Berman Jackson, the same judge who presided over Paul Manafort and Roger Stone\u2019s recent legal proceedings, agreed with Congressional Republicans and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov//cgi-bin//show_public_doc?2012cv1332-117\%22>ordered the Justice Department<\/a> to produce the documents and records they had subpoenaed.<\/p>\n<p>When you re-examine the rhetoric and substance that oversight Republicans used to successfully challenge the president\u2019s use of privilege in 2012, it feels eerily if accidentally prescient.<\/p>\n<p>And if past truly is prologue, the next sequence of events will mirror what we saw earlier this decade. Barr will release his redacted version of the Mueller report to Congress. Chairman Nadler will follow-through with his promise to subpoena the un-redacted version of the report with supporting documents and evidence. The attorney general will refuse to cooperate with the subpoena. Congressional Democrats will hold Barr in contempt of Congress and file a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Trump administration\u2019s use of executive privilege. If the court rules the same way that Judge Jackson did, the White House could appeal the ruling and bring matter to the feet of the United States Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>All the while, the American people will be left wondering what is in the full report that has Donald Trump so scared that he would be willing to engage in such a long and public battle for something that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//meet-the-press//poll-after-mueller-summary-americans-are-still-wait-see-mode-n989061/">the majority of Americans believe<\/a> they have a right to review.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//kurtbardella/">Kurt Bardella<\/a> is an NBC News THINK contributor and served as the spokesperson and senior advisor for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 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targets big business with $1 trillion tax","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Warren targets big business with $1 trillion tax","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The presidential candidate's plan would hit companies like Amazon that rake in big profits but enjoy low tax bills.","summary":"The presidential candidate's plan would hit companies like Amazon that rake in big profits but enjoy low tax bills.","keySentence":"","url":"warren-targets-big-business-1-trillion-profits-tax-n993146","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/warren-targets-big-business-1-trillion-profits-tax-n993146","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — Companies with profits over $100 million would face new corporate taxes under a proposal released Thursday by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.The 2020 presidential hopeful said her \"real corporate profits tax\" is aimed at companies that report large annual gains but pay little in taxes thanks to a variety of tax credits and deductions that are available to lower their overall bill.An analysis by the Institute for Taxation of Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, that was released on Thursday found that the number of publicly held corporations that pay no federal taxes more than doubled last year to 60, thanks in part to the $1.9 trillion tax cut President Donald Trump signed into law.\"Because of relentless lobbying, our corporate income tax rules are filled with so many loopholes and exemptions and deductions that even companies that tell shareholders they have made more than a billion dollars in profits can end up paying no corporate income taxes,\" Warren said in a Medium post debuting her plan.The senator pointed to Amazon as an example. The company paid no federal taxes on $11.2 billion in income last year, according to ITEP. An Amazon spokesman said at the time that the company \"pays all the taxes we are required to pay\" in response to the study.Under Warren's plan, companies would have to pay a 7 percent tax on profits over $100 million that would stack on top of their other federal taxes. In Amazon's case, Warren estimated her tax would have raised its total bill to $698 million.An accompanying analysis by the economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, who also consulted on Warren's plan for a wealth tax on the ultra-rich, estimated that 1,200 publicly traded companies would be affected and pay an additional $1 trillion in taxes over 10 years. They added that this was a \"lower bound\" estimate, since they expected the plan to raise more from some large private companies as well.Warren argued her approach was better than raising the corporate tax rate — which was cut to 21 percent from 35 percent under Trump — because it would prevent companies from using various breaks to reduce or zero out the new tax.\"It's a small new tax — but because our richest, biggest corporations are so skilled at minimizing their taxes under our current system, that small new tax will generate big new revenue,\" she wrote.\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Companies with profits over $100 million would face new corporate taxes under a proposal released Thursday by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 presidential hopeful said her \"real corporate profits tax\" is aimed at companies that report large annual gains but pay little in taxes thanks to a variety of tax credits and deductions that are available to lower their overall bill.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis by the Institute for Taxation of Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, that was released on Thursday found that the number of publicly held corporations that pay no federal taxes <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//business//taxes//twice-many-companies-paying-zero-taxes-under-trump-tax-plan-n993046/">more than doubled last year<\/a> to 60, thanks in part to the $1.9 trillion tax cut President Donald Trump signed into law.<\/p>\n<p>\"Because of relentless lobbying, our corporate income tax rules are filled with so many loopholes and exemptions and deductions that even companies that tell shareholders they have made more than a billion dollars in profits can end up paying no corporate income taxes,\" Warren said in a Medium post debuting her plan.<\/p>\n<p>The senator pointed to Amazon as an example. The company <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cnbc.com//2019//02//15//amazon-will-pay-0-in-federal-taxes-this-year.html/">paid no federal taxes on $11.2 billion in income last year,<\/a> according to ITEP. An Amazon spokesman said at the time that the company \"pays all the taxes we are required to pay\" in response to the study.<\/p>\n<p>Under Warren's plan, companies would have to pay a 7 percent tax on profits over $100 million that would stack on top of their other federal taxes. In Amazon's case, Warren estimated her tax would have raised its total bill to $698 million.<\/p>\n<p>An accompanying analysis by the economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, who also consulted on Warren's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//elizabeth-warren-s-plan-tax-super-rich-has-been-tried-n963971/">plan for a wealth tax<\/a> on the ultra-rich, estimated that 1,200 publicly traded companies would be affected and pay an additional $1 trillion in taxes over 10 years. They added that this was a \"lower bound\" estimate, since they expected the plan to raise more from some large private companies as well.<\/p>\n<p>Warren argued her approach was better than raising the corporate tax rate \u2014 which was cut to 21 percent from 35 percent under Trump \u2014 because it would prevent companies from using various breaks to reduce or zero out the new tax.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's a small new tax \u2014 but because our richest, biggest corporations are so skilled at minimizing their taxes under our current system, that small new tax will generate big new revenue,\" she wrote.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554987628,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554987614,"firstPublishedAt":1554987614,"lastPublishedAt":1554987614,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792906\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190410-elizabeth-warren-ac-441p_eb433dc01e077f2551822c576d4ac591.jpg","altText":"Image: Elizabeth Warren","caption":"Presidential candidate Sen. 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Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., finds herself embroiled in another controversy after a comment she made about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Muslim civil rights.Speaking last month at an event hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Los Angeles chapter, Omar mistakenly said the organization was founded in response to the terrorist attacks, adding \"because they recognized that some people did something\" — a phrasing that conservative media have interpreted as a too-flippant reference to the attack.\"CAIR was founded after 9\/11, because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties,\" Omar said.It is unclear what Omar meant by the wording of her comment.The remark was scorned by some on the right, including \"Fox and Friends\" co-host Brian Kilmeade and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas.Kilmeade questioned Omar's loyalty to the United States on a \"Fox & Friends\" segment about the freshman Democrat, saying \"you have to wonder if she's an American first.\"Crenshaw called Omar's remark \"unbelievable\" on Twitter. Omar, who has been subjected to death threats over her past controversial comments she has made about Israel, responded to Kilmeade on Twitter, saying he was guilty of a \"dangerous incitement\" for questioning her loyalty to America. Fox News had no immediate comment about Kilmeade, the second Fox personality in a month to attract attention for comments about Omar. Fox condemned and suspended Saturday host Jeanine Pirro for two weeks after she wondered aloud whether Omar's use of a Muslim head covering indicated she was a follower of Islamic religious law.\"My love and commitment to our country and that of my colleagues should never be questioned,\" Omar said via Twitter on Wednesday. \"We are ALL Americans.\"Omar, along with Rep. 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Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., finds herself embroiled in another controversy after a comment she made about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Muslim civil rights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//watch?v=7INpvY0J0RI\%22>Speaking last month at an event hosted<\/a> by the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Los Angeles chapter, Omar mistakenly said the organization was founded in response to the terrorist attacks, adding \"because they recognized that some people did something\" \u2014 a phrasing that conservative media have interpreted as a too-flippant reference to the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\"CAIR was founded after 9\/11, because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties,\" Omar said.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what Omar meant by the wording of her comment.<\/p>\n<p>The remark was scorned by some on the right, including \"Fox and Friends\" co-host Brian Kilmeade and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Kilmeade questioned Omar's loyalty to the United States on a \"Fox & Friends\" segment about the freshman Democrat, saying \"you have to wonder if she's an American first.\"<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw called Omar's remark \"unbelievable\" on Twitter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1115672008082305026\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Omar, who has been subjected to death threats over her past controversial comments she has made about Israel, responded to Kilmeade on Twitter, saying he was guilty of a \"dangerous incitement\" for questioning her loyalty to America.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1116015969086865409\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fox News had no immediate comment about Kilmeade, the second Fox personality in a month to attract attention for comments about Omar. Fox condemned and suspended Saturday host Jeanine Pirro for two weeks after she wondered aloud whether Omar's use of a Muslim head covering indicated she was a follower of Islamic religious law.<\/p>\n<p>\"My love and commitment to our country and that of my colleagues should never be questioned,\" Omar said via Twitter on Wednesday. \"We are ALL Americans.\"<\/p>\n<p>Omar, along with Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., are the first Muslim women to serve in Congress.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554987631,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554987431,"firstPublishedAt":1554987431,"lastPublishedAt":1554987431,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792908\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190406-ilhan-omar-al-0945_8e52aae862d9aa8d1425638eeb9de37f.jpg","altText":"Image: Ilhan Omar","caption":"Rep. 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I think spying did occur. The question was whether it was adequately predicated,\" Barr told the Senate Appropriations Committee.\"I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. It's a big deal,\" he added.Note: Using the word \"spying\" to refer to opening a counterintelligence investigation based on a foreign tip that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton, or having surveillance on Carter Page (after he left the Trump campaign) is highly loaded for the nation's top law enforcement official.Bottom line: Democrats have their work cut out for them when it comes to oversight.And they're going to have to decide which fights are worth pursuing and which ones might take them down rabbit holes from which they'll never emerge.Oh, and one other thing: Former Obama aides are asking why THEY got accused of politicizing the IRS, and Trump\/Mnuchin aren't….Assange arrested, U.S. to seek extraditionEarly this morning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in London.And NBC's Dilanian reports that the United States is making plans to seek his extradition - in connection with sealed federal charges in the Eastern District of Virginia, according to a source directly familiar with the situation.The nature of these charges isn't clear.But here's a reminder of the role WikiLeaks played in the 2016 election:The DNC emails it published - right before the Dem convention - lead to the ouster of party's chairwoman.They created Hillary-vs.-Bernie unrest inside the convention hall.The John Podesta emails it published fueled negative storylines for the Clinton campaign in the last month of the race.And Trump mentioned the word \"WikiLeaks\" some 140 times in that last month.2020 Vision: Warren raised $6 millionElizabeth Warren's campaign announced on Wednesday that it raked in $6 million for the first fundraising quarter.Here's how her numbers stack up against the other 2020 Dem campaigns that have released their numbers.Total raisedBernie Sanders: $18.2 million in 41 daysKamala Harris: $12 million in 70 daysBeto O'Rourke: $9.4 million in 18 daysPete Buttigieg: $7 million in 68 daysElizabeth Warren: $6 million in 90 daysAmy Klobuchar: $5.2 million in 50 daysCory Booker: $5 million-plus in 59 daysTotal raised (average per day)O'Rourke: $552KSanders: $444KHarris: $171KKlobuchar: $104KButtigieg: $103KBooker: $85K Warren: $67KOn the campaign trail todayKamala Harris remains in Iowa, attending a house party in Des Moines… Eric Swalwell also is in the Hawkeye State… Tim Ryan stumps in New Hampshire… Julian Castro has his town hall on CNN… And Joe Biden speaks at the University of Pennsylvania.The Lid: (Not-so) Great ExpectationsDon't miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at how changing expectations about Elizabeth Warren's fundraising changed how her $6 million Q1 haul was perceived.Tweet of the day Data Download: The number of the day is … 46 percent.Forty-six percent.That's Trump's approval rating among registered voters in Wisconsin, according to a new Marquette University Law School poll. Fifty-two percent of voters disapprove.Overall views of the president are basically unchanged from Trump's 44 percent approve\/52 percent disapprove rating in the same poll in January, before the release of the attorney general's summary of the Mueller probe's findings.The new survey also found little change since January in Trump's re-election chances.Forty-six percent of voters in the state say they'll definitely vote for someone else in 2020, with an additional eight percent saying they will probably vote for someone else.A total of 42 percent of Wisconsin voters say they'll definitely (28 percent) or probably (14 percent) back him in the presidential election.ICYMI: News clips you shouldn't missKamala Harris has her first major Iowa endorsement.Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker were the big hits at the North American Building Trades Unions conference.The DNC is launching a hyper-local effort to poke at Trump along the campaign trail.Pete Buttigieg is challenging the right on ground that conservatives have long claimed as their own: Christian faith.Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig expects to be charged over his work with Paul Manafort on Ukraine.And here's other news that's out there…Trump agenda: Push it real good…NBC's Jonathan Allen writes that Trump is pushing the bounds of his power.Donald Trump's sister is retiring, which ends an investigation into her conduct over dubious tax schemes involving her siblings.2020: The Six Million Dollar WomanHere's Ali Vitali on Elizabeth Warren's fundraising numbers.Sanders has unveiled his newest Medicare for All bill. But how exactly would it get passed?A next frontier of campaign finance transparency? Advocacy groups want 2020 candidates to name their bundlers.Jay Inslee says Democrats should scrap impeachment talk.Trump's team is rushing to the defense of party-switcher Gov. Jim Justice in West Virginia.POLITICO has a deep dive on the Texas Senate race.And the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) is announcing Austin Chambers as its new president.\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 As Democrats are quickly finding out, gaining control of the House of the Representatives didn't mean the Trump administration was going to roll over on their requests for Trump's taxes and info on the Mueller probe.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the president still controls the executive branch, and he has his protectors inside the administration's top departments.<\/p>\n<p>So on Wednesday, you had Treasury Secretary Mnuchin tell the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//mnuchin-says-treasury-won-t-meet-democrats-deadline-trump-s-n993246/">that he wouldn't be able to meet the deadline<\/a> to turn over the president's tax returns.<\/p>\n<p>(The law <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.law.cornell.edu//uscode//text//26//6103/">clearly states<\/a> that the committee has the power to request tax returns to be reviewed in a closed executive session.)<\/p>\n<p>Also yesterday, Attorney General William Barr - who earlier summarized the Mueller report in a mere four pages - embraced the GOP talking points on the Russia probe, as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//justice-department//attorney-general-barr-seems-embrace-republican-talking-points-mueller-russia-n993021/">NBC's Ken Dilanian writes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"I think spying did occur, yes. I think spying did occur. The question was whether it was adequately predicated,\" Barr told the Senate Appropriations Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. It's a big deal,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Using the word \"spying\" to refer to opening a counterintelligence investigation based on a foreign tip that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2017//12//30//us//politics//how-fbi-russia-investigation-began-george-papadopoulos.html/">Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton<\/a>, or having surveillance on Carter Page (after he left the Trump campaign) is highly loaded for the nation's top law enforcement official.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: Democrats have their work cut out for them when it comes to oversight.<\/p>\n<p>And they're going to have to decide which fights are worth pursuing and which ones might take them down rabbit holes from which they'll never emerge.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and one other thing: Former Obama aides <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//mattlehrich//status//1116089673863110657/">are asking<\/a> why THEY got accused of politicizing the IRS, and Trump\/Mnuchin aren't\u2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Assange arrested, U.S. to seek extradition<\/h2><p>Early this morning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-police-london-n991236/">arrested in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And NBC's Dilanian reports that the United States is making plans to seek his extradition - in connection with sealed federal charges in the Eastern District of Virginia, according to a source directly familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The nature of these charges isn't clear.<\/p>\n<p>But here's a reminder of the role WikiLeaks played in the 2016 election:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The DNC emails it published - right before the Dem convention - lead to the ouster of party's chairwoman.<\/li>\n<li>They created Hillary-vs.-Bernie unrest inside the convention hall.<\/li>\n<li>The John Podesta emails it published fueled negative storylines for the Clinton campaign in the last month of the race.<\/li>\n<li>And Trump mentioned the word \"WikiLeaks\" some 140 times in that last month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2020 Vision: Warren raised $6 million<\/h2><p>Elizabeth Warren's campaign announced on Wednesday that it raked in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//card//warren-brings-6-million-first-fundraising-quarter-n993071/">$6 million for the first fundraising quarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here's how her numbers stack up against the other 2020 Dem campaigns that have released their numbers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total raised<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bernie Sanders: $18.2 million in 41 days<\/li>\n<li>Kamala Harris: $12 million in 70 days<\/li>\n<li>Beto O'Rourke: $9.4 million in 18 days<\/li>\n<li>Pete Buttigieg: $7 million in 68 days<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Warren: $6 million in 90 days<\/li>\n<li>Amy Klobuchar: $5.2 million in 50 days<\/li>\n<li>Cory Booker: $5 million-plus in 59 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total raised (average per day)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>O'Rourke: $552K<\/li>\n<li>Sanders: $444K<\/li>\n<li>Harris: $171K<\/li>\n<li>Klobuchar: $104K<\/li>\n<li>Buttigieg: $103K<\/li>\n<li>Booker: $85K<\/li>\n<li>Warren: $67K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>On the campaign trail today<\/h2><p>Kamala Harris remains in Iowa, attending a house party in Des Moines\u2026 Eric Swalwell also is in the Hawkeye State\u2026 Tim Ryan stumps in New Hampshire\u2026 Julian Castro has his town hall on CNN\u2026 And Joe Biden speaks at the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<h2>The Lid: (Not-so) Great Expectations<\/h2><p>Don't miss <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////itunes.apple.com//us//podcast//meet-the-press-the-lid//id1359927030?mt=2\%22>the pod<\/a> from yesterday, when we looked at how changing expectations about Elizabeth Warren's fundraising changed how her $6 million Q1 haul was perceived.<\/p>\n<h2>Tweet of the day<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1116130598047952896\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Data Download: The number of the day is \u2026 46 percent.<\/h2><p>Forty-six percent.<\/p>\n<p>That's Trump's approval rating among registered voters in Wisconsin, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////law.marquette.edu//poll///">according to a new Marquette University Law School poll<\/a>. Fifty-two percent of voters disapprove.<\/p>\n<p>Overall views of the president are basically unchanged from Trump's 44 percent approve\/52 percent disapprove rating in the same poll in January, before the release of the attorney general's summary of the Mueller probe's findings.<\/p>\n<p>The new survey also found little change since January in Trump's re-election chances.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-six percent of voters in the state say they'll definitely vote for someone else in 2020, with an additional eight percent saying they will probably vote for someone else.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 42 percent of Wisconsin voters say they'll definitely (28 percent) or probably (14 percent) back him in the presidential election.<\/p>\n<h2>ICYMI: News clips you shouldn't miss<\/h2><p>Kamala Harris has her <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.apnews.com//45089e4245ae4831af054e7b416f18eb/">first major Iowa endorsement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//card//warren-booker-impress-union-conference-n993141/">were the big hits<\/a> at the North American Building Trades Unions conference.<\/p>\n<p>The DNC <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//dnc-launches-hyper-local-2020-effort-shadow-trump-trail-n993196/">is launching<\/a> a hyper-local effort to poke at Trump along the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Buttigieg is <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2019//04//10//us//politics//pete-buttigieg-sexuality-religion.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage\%22>challenging the right<\/a> on ground that conservatives have long claimed as their own: Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//politics//gregory-craig-ex-obama-white-house-counsel-expects-to-be-charged-in-relation-to-ukrainian-work-with-manafort-his-lawyers-say//2019//04//10//9c0e0b32-4c04-11e9-93d0-64dbcf38ba41_story.html?utm_term=.ab27591d245f\%22>expects to be charged<\/a> over his work with Paul Manafort on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>And here's other news that's out there\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Trump agenda: Push it real good\u2026<\/h2><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//white-house//trump-pushes-bounds-his-power-n993191/">NBC's Jonathan Allen writes<\/a> that Trump is pushing the bounds of his power.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump's sister <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2019//04//10//us//maryanne-trump-barry-misconduct-inquiry.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage\%22>is retiring,<\/a> which ends an investigation into her conduct over dubious tax schemes involving her siblings.<\/p>\n<h2>2020: The Six Million Dollar Woman<\/h2><p>Here's Ali Vitali on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//card//warren-brings-6-million-first-fundraising-quarter-n993071/">Elizabeth Warren's fundraising numbers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanders has unveiled his newest Medicare for All bill. But <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//sen-sanders-unveiled-new-medicare-all-bill-allies-wonder-how-n992746/">how exactly would<\/a> it get passed?<\/p>\n<p>A next frontier of campaign finance transparency? Advocacy groups want 2020 candidates <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.politico.com//story//2019//04//11//2020-candidates-bundler-fundraisers-1266987/">to name their bundlers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jay Inslee says Democrats <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.apnews.com//8190853a0f744e4793e352202ab65537/">should scrap<\/a> impeachment talk.<\/p>\n<p>Trump's team <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.politico.com//story//2019//04//11//jim-justice-west-virginia-trump-switch-1266985/">is rushing<\/a> to the defense of party-switcher Gov. Jim Justice in West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>POLITICO <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.politico.com//story//2019//04//11//texas-democrats-senate-primary-1267469/">has a deep dive<\/a> on the Texas Senate race.<\/p>\n<p>And the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) is announcing Austin Chambers as its new president.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554987635,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554986880,"firstPublishedAt":1554986880,"lastPublishedAt":1554986880,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792910\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-steve-mnuchin-mc-1312_1f84761f997204c277850eeff0433c44.jpg","altText":"Image: v","caption":"Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prepares to testify on \"The President's FY2020 Budget Proposal\" before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 14, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jim Watson AFP - Getty Images","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1667}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US politics"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.politics"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews"}],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News Politics","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Chuck Todd and Mark Murray and Carrie Dann","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gs_politics','sm_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','neg_facebook_2021','gs_politics_american','gs_politics_misc','neg_facebook_q4','neg_facebook_neg4','neg_facebook','neg_citi_campaign_2','neg_citi_campaign_3','gs_law_misc','gs_law','gs_finance','gs_finance_tax','gv_safe'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2019\/04\/11\/trump-s-protectors-shield-him-democrats-oversight-plans-n993341","lastModified":1554986880},{"id":725212,"cid":3791618,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"How much is too much processed or red meat?","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"How much is too much processed or red meat?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Is red meat really that bad for you? Short answer: Yes, but there's more to it than that.","summary":"Is red meat really that bad for you? Short answer: Yes, but there's more to it than that.","keySentence":"","url":"red-meat-bad-you-nutritionist-discusses-red-processed-meat-t151891","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/red-meat-bad-you-nutritionist-discusses-red-processed-meat-t151891","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nThere seem to be a lot of foods that are \"back\" lately. Fat is back! Bacon is back! Eggs are back! Most of it is fueled by enthusiasm surrounding low-carb diets, Paleo, keto, Whole30, social media and perhaps a boredom with the more traditional dietary options like the Mediterranean diet. That's not a bad thing necessarily because it forces us to think about the fault in our dietary patterns, but as a nutritionist, one trend I am seeing a lot in my patients is the thought that red meat consumption is not as bad as everyone thought it was.Not so fast: Three new studies show that frequent red meat can lead to disease and an early death. One study found that dietary factors now amount for more worldwide deaths than smoking. Frequent red meat and processed meat consumption were included.What is processed meat?Let's first define what red and processed meat actually is. Anything with four legs is considered to be red meat. This includes pork (it's really not the \"other white meat\"). Bacon, hot dogs and sausage that's derived from pork is considered processed. Many processed meats contain nitrates (which form into nitrites by the body) which alone can have a significant impact on cancer risk.Meat consumption and cancerThe new studies are not the first of their kind. In 2012, Harvard published a study showing that just one serving (one hot dog or two slices of bacon) each day of processed meat amounted to a 20% increased risk of cancer and one serving of unprocessed meat (a deck of cards) each day was associated with a 13% increase in risk.Another recent study found that high intake of red and processed meat was associated with an increased risk of insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease — a potentially life-threatening condition plaguing over one-third of Americans.Finally, an alarming report from the World Health Organization (WHO) several years ago declared that processed red meat was carcinogenic to humans and that red meat was probably carcinogenic. This prompted trade and watchdog groups to recommend actual cancer warnings on hot dog and sausage packages.Bottom line: There does not seem to be a lot of health benefits from having red or processed meat as a regular part of your diet.Health & WellnessWhat is so bad about red and processed meat?The truth is, scientists aren't 100% sure, but some experts point to the fact that the iron in red meat is a big part of the problem. Heme iron (the type of iron only found in meat) has been associated with an increased risk of diabetes and it has been found that heme iron increased the risk of heart disease by over 50%. Heme iron was also found to increase the risk of certain cancers such as colon and stomach.Another component has to do with a chemical that is produced in the gut and associated with heart disease and clotting called trimethylamine N-oxide, or TMAO. TMAO levels were found to be three times higher in meat eaters than in individuals who obtained their protein from chicken or plants. There have also been studies linking higher TMAO levels in individuals consuming foods high in choline (like eggs) as well. These studies seem to point to the fact that a lot of meat in the diet can impact gut bacteria and the levels of this chemical.The nitrates and nitrites used in processed meat, however have more clear associations in the data to cancer formation.Health & WellnessDoes the risk of meat consumption go down with when the animals are either grass-fed, wild or unprocessed?A 2018 study found that when individuals consumed a Mediterranean style diet that included 3 ounces of red meat per day, they still reduced their overall risk for heart disease. The caveat was this: The red meat had to be unprocessed.Since the World Health Organization linked cancer to processed meats, the availability of options of hot dogs, sausages and deli meat made without nitrates or nitrites has increased. Instead, many manufacturers use celery juice (a natural alternative) instead. However, scientists point out that it is unclear if natural forms are any better than the artificial options — especially since the primary risk of nitrates occurs when they are heated at high temperatures and form into nitrosamines.Wild game options (such as elk or buffalo) are leaner, and grass-fed red meat may be higher in omega 3 fatty acids and lower in saturated fat. Perhaps they are better options from a nutrient density standpoint, but still standing on four legs.How much is too much?With both red and processed meats, the more servings per week you have, the more risk of developing cancer goes up. Therefore, if you love your meat, aim for wild or grass-fed in a limited capacity and curtail your processed meat consumption as much as possible.Choose plant-based options when you can.The recent Harvard study showed that replacing red meat with more high-quality plant proteins such as legumes, soy and nuts could lead to less risk factors for heart disease.But people still love their burgers — and startups have now provided them with options that give them the look, smell and taste they are craving without the animal associated with it. It's a step in the right direction, but the products are still new and it will most likely take years, and research, to understand just how they will impact the health of our nation. One thing is clear though — multiple studies show that eating less meat, and more plants may result in significant improvements in our environment.Americans will probably never give up their meat habits entirely but as the studies point out, even small changes may lead to a longer life. You can still have bacon, but try to limit it to an occasional indulgence.\n","htmlText":"<p>There seem to be a lot of foods that are \"back\" lately. Fat is back! Bacon is back! Eggs are back! Most of it is fueled by enthusiasm surrounding <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//health//weight-loss-maintenance-low-carb-diet-may-be-best-t142060/">low-carb diets<\/a>, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//food//easy-paleo-diet-friendly-low-carb-recipes-t137903/">Paleo, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//health//what-ketogenic-diet-plan-should-i-try-it-t140812/">keto, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//health//why-i-love-whole30-even-if-it-s-called-worst-t107184/">Whole30, social media and perhaps a boredom with the more traditional dietary options like the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//health//mediterranean-diet-7-easy-ways-do-it-right-1D80298351/">Mediterranean diet<\/a>. That's not a bad thing necessarily because it forces us to think about the fault in our dietary patterns, but as a nutritionist, one trend I am seeing a lot in my patients is the thought that red meat consumption is not as bad as everyone thought it was.<\/p>\n<p>Not so fast: Three new studies show that frequent red meat can lead to disease and an early death. One study found that dietary factors now amount for more worldwide deaths than smoking. Frequent red meat and processed meat consumption were included.<\/p>\n<h2>What is processed meat?<\/h2><p>Let's first define what red and processed meat actually is. Anything with four legs is considered to be red meat. This includes pork (it's really not the \"other white meat\"). Bacon, hot dogs and sausage that's derived from pork is considered processed. Many processed meats contain nitrates (which form into nitrites by the body) which alone can have a significant impact on cancer risk.<\/p>\n<h2>Meat consumption and cancer<\/h2><p>The new studies are not the first of their kind. In 2012, Harvard <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////jamanetwork.com//journals//jamainternalmedicine//fullarticle//1134845/">published a study<\/a> showing that just one serving (one hot dog or two slices of bacon) each day of processed meat amounted to a 20% increased risk of cancer and one serving of unprocessed meat (a deck of cards) each day was associated with a 13% increase in risk.<\/p>\n<p>Another recent study found that high intake of red and processed meat was associated with an increased risk of insulin resistance and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//health//nonalcoholic-fatty-liver-disease-are-you-risk-t121855/">nonalcoholic fatty liver disease<\/a> \u2014 a potentially life-threatening condition plaguing over one-third of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, an alarming report from the World Health Organization (WHO) several years ago declared that processed red meat was carcinogenic to humans and that red meat was probably carcinogenic. This prompted trade and watchdog groups to recommend actual cancer warnings on hot dog and sausage packages.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: There does not seem to be a lot of health benefits from having red or processed meat as a regular part of your diet.<\/p>\n<p>Health & Wellness<\/p>\n<h2>What is so bad about red and processed meat?<\/h2><p>The truth is, scientists aren't 100% sure, but some experts point to the fact that the iron in red meat is a big part of the problem. Heme iron (the type of iron only found in meat) has been associated with an increased risk of diabetes and it has been found that heme iron increased the risk of heart disease by over 50%. Heme iron was also found to increase the risk of certain cancers such as colon and stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Another component has to do with a chemical that is produced in the gut and associated with heart disease and clotting called trimethylamine N-oxide, or TMAO. TMAO levels were found to be three times higher in meat eaters than in individuals who obtained their protein from chicken or plants. There have also been studies linking higher TMAO levels in individuals consuming foods high in choline (like eggs) as well. These studies seem to point to the fact that a lot of meat in the diet can impact gut bacteria and the levels of this chemical.<\/p>\n<p>The nitrates and nitrites used in processed meat, however have more clear associations in the data to cancer formation.<\/p>\n<p>Health & Wellness<\/p>\n<h2>Does the risk of meat consumption go down with when the animals are either grass-fed, wild or unprocessed?<\/h2><p>A 2018 study found that when individuals consumed a Mediterranean style diet that included 3 ounces of red meat per day, they still reduced their overall risk for heart disease. The caveat was this: The red meat had to be unprocessed.<\/p>\n<p>Since the World Health Organization linked cancer to processed meats, the availability of options of hot dogs, sausages and deli meat made without nitrates or nitrites has increased. Instead, many manufacturers use celery juice (a natural alternative) instead. However, scientists point out that it is unclear if natural forms are any better than the artificial options \u2014 especially since the primary risk of nitrates occurs when they are heated at high temperatures and form into nitrosamines.<\/p>\n<p>Wild game options (such as elk or buffalo) are leaner, and grass-fed red meat may be higher in omega 3 fatty acids and lower in saturated fat. Perhaps they are better options from a nutrient density standpoint, but still standing on four legs.<\/p>\n<h2>How much is too much?<\/h2><p>With both red and processed meats, the more servings per week you have, the more risk of developing cancer goes up. Therefore, if you love your meat, aim for wild or grass-fed in a limited capacity and curtail your processed meat consumption as much as possible.<\/p>\n<h2>Choose plant-based options when you can.<\/h2><p>The recent Harvard study showed that replacing red meat with more high-quality plant proteins such as legumes, soy and nuts could lead to less risk factors for heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>But people still love their burgers \u2014 and startups have now provided them with options that give them the look, smell and taste they are craving without the animal associated with it. It's a step in the right direction, but the products are still new and it will most likely take years, and research, to understand just how they will impact the health of our nation. One thing is clear though \u2014 multiple studies show that eating less meat, and more plants may result in significant improvements in our environment.<\/p>\n<p>Americans will probably never give up their meat habits entirely but as the studies point out, even small changes may lead to a longer life. You can still have bacon, but try to limit it to an occasional indulgence.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554930057,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554980170,"firstPublishedAt":1554961917,"lastPublishedAt":1554980176,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3791618\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-steak-on-plate-today-main-190410_4a290dae1c878d2b44caa3cb4f356bbe.jpg","altText":"TODAY, product courtesy of merchant site","caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Getty Images","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2400,"height":1200}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":139,"slug":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","titleRaw":"Health"},{"id":11396,"slug":"food","urlSafeValue":"food","title":"Food","titleRaw":"Food"},{"id":18286,"slug":"food-endustr","urlSafeValue":"food-endustr","title":"food industry","titleRaw":"food 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launches hyper-local 2020 effort to shadow Trump on the trail","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"DNC launches hyper-local 2020 effort to shadow Trump on the trail","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The party will use local stories to highlight promises it says the president has failed to keep.","summary":"The party will use local stories to highlight promises it says the president has failed to keep.","keySentence":"","url":"dnc-launches-hyper-local-2020-effort-shadow-trump-trail-n993196","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/dnc-launches-hyper-local-2020-effort-shadow-trump-trail-n993196","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — Voters in hundreds of small and medium-sized towns across America are about to be targeted with digital ads, press conferences and billboards featuring neighbors and friends who say they've been \"betrayed\" by President Donald Trump.The effort is the main feature of the Democratic National Committee's \"war room\" that launches on Thursday and is focused on defeating Trump in 2020, according to officials who briefed NBC News.Responding to criticism that Democrats were too focused on Trump's temperament and personal attributes during Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, the party's main organizing arm says it's making a major expansion of its opposition research team that will be \"hyper-focused\" on the impact of Trump's policies on local communities.A team of several dozen staffers have compiled an archive of thousands of documents obtained through local news and Freedom of Information Act requests that will be used to spotlight promises Trump made during visits to specific communities — and to \"put a human face\" on what's happened since then.Those include promises made to welders and pipefitters in Virginia Beach and Newtown, Pennsylvania, construction workers around Tampa, Florida and seniors struggling with high drug prices in Reno, Nevada. The DNC did not provide estimates on how much money they planned to spend on an effort that is planned to continue through the 2020 election.While Democratic presidential candidates compete for the nomination, the DNC will bypass traditional primary states like Iowa to get a head start in targeting voters in battleground states Clinton lost, including Florida, Arizona, Michigan and Georgia.\"Wherever the president goes, we're going to hold him accountable on a local level for the ramifications of his policies,\" said Saul Shorr, a Democratic media consultant advising the DNC. \"People have absorbed the fact that he isn't truthful. The real question here is 'have they benefited or not?'\" said Shorr. Whether it's health care, taxes or infrastructure, \"we think the answer is no.\"Trump ran his 2016 campaign, in part, on a pledge to prioritize \"forgotten\" Americans, especially in rural communities across the Midwest and South. \"The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,\" Trump said in his inauguration address.That campaign agenda included a tax cut primarily benefiting the middle class, bigger paychecks for working-class Americans, health care for all that would be better and cheaper than Obamacare and a manufacturing job renaissance.But the president has recently said he won't have a health care plan until after the next election. While manufacturing employment has been experiencing a strong run since Obama was president, a majority of Americans said that they expect their taxes to stay the same or increase this year in a recent NBC News\/WSJ poll. And while wages have been modestly rising since 2014, those for average workers, especially without college degrees, have been stagnant for decades.\"The rich are getting richer, corporate profits are soaring, but the rest of us are still just running in place,\" said Adrienne Watson, director of the \"war room\" effort. \"Trump has made the system more rigged than ever.\" Watson will run the effort, along with research director Nick Bauer and Daniel Wessel, the lead spokesman.The Democrats' database includes every single Trump rally in 2016, material that will be used to create digital and television ads of promises he made to local communities from Lansing, Michigan to Tallahassee, Florida.That will be spliced with county and municipal statistics on indicators like wage levels and the number of local residents with pre-existing conditions who would be hurt by Trump's budget cuts. For instance, if Trump visits Lordstown, Ohio, the DNC will highlight the administration's efforts to cut $1.75 million to fund a transition center there to help laid off General Motors employees.\"Democrats are clearly too busy pushing their phony Russia collusion hoax to notice the large number of promises made and promises kept by President Trump,\" said RNC spokesperson Michael Joyce in response to the charges of broken promises.Joyce pointed to the confirmation of two Supreme Court Justices, many other federal judges, the 2017 tax cut, deregulations and a \"booming\" economy as evidence that \"just scratches the surface of accomplishments made by President Trump and his Administration over the past two years.\"As its model, the DNC is using a 4-minute video it cut last year featuring Trump pledging his \"allegiance\" to workers and companies like Harley Davidson that includes local Kansas City coverage of company executives using their 2017 Trump tax cut to repurchase stock shares while shuttering a plant that cost hundreds of local jobs.The DNC's local focus is an acknowledgement from the party that, even as national leaders in Washington continue to conduct investigations around Russian interference in 2016 and Trump highlight's national economic statistics, for many Americans the biggest worry is their local economy.It also reflects concerns that, in 2016, the party didn't focus enough on Trump's business record, a major selling point for swing voters in small towns across America who thought he would use his business acumen to benefit them.That history includes lawsuits from stiffed contractors and others that, Democrats say, is being repeated in the form of promises he's broken to American voters. The DNC now has a database of 7,000 lawsuits involving Trump or his Trump Organization, including contractors like a Philadelphia cabinet maker who said the real estate tycoon's refusal to pay him sent him into bankruptcy, or Trump's failure to pay state or local taxes.The Monday after Trump's election in 2016, the DNC began taking the same approach with federal agencies, making numerous Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain internal records about Trump and his policies, for instance correspondence between the Department of Labor, local business owners and government officials about the impact of Trump's policies.Those records will be dropped into ads and press conferences featuring local residents and amplified by local news stations and papers.The campaign is focused on all demographic groups, not just swing voters who supported Trump. For instance, when Trump visits Charlotte, North Carolina to stump for reelection, the Democrats plan to drop content featuring him, during an October, 2016 rally promising a \"New Deal\" for African American communities and expanding access to capital through \"micro loans\" for those communities.During another October rally in Columbus, Trump said he would champion a student loan program that would cap repayment for at 12.5 percent of a borrower's income. \"They just go ahead and they get on with their lives because it's very, very hard for young people,\" he said.Trump has not proposed either of these things as president.\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Voters in hundreds of small and medium-sized towns across America are about to be targeted with digital ads, press conferences and billboards featuring neighbors and friends who say they've been \"betrayed\" by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The effort is the main feature of the Democratic National Committee's \"war room\" that launches on Thursday and is focused on defeating Trump in 2020, according to officials who briefed NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to criticism that Democrats were too focused on Trump's temperament and personal attributes during Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, the party's main organizing arm says it's making a major expansion of its opposition research team that will be \"hyper-focused\" on the impact of Trump's policies on local communities.<\/p>\n<p>A team of several dozen staffers have compiled an archive of thousands of documents obtained through local news and Freedom of Information Act requests that will be used to spotlight promises Trump made during visits to specific communities \u2014 and to \"put a human face\" on what's happened since then.<\/p>\n<p>Those include promises made to welders and pipefitters in Virginia Beach and Newtown, Pennsylvania, construction workers around Tampa, Florida and seniors struggling with high drug prices in Reno, Nevada. The DNC did not provide estimates on how much money they planned to spend on an effort that is planned to continue through the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>While Democratic presidential candidates compete for the nomination, the DNC will bypass traditional primary states like Iowa to get a head start in targeting voters in battleground states Clinton lost, including Florida, Arizona, Michigan and Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\"Wherever the president goes, we're going to hold him accountable on a local level for the ramifications of his policies,\" said Saul Shorr, a Democratic media consultant advising the DNC. \"People have absorbed the fact that he isn't truthful. The real question here is 'have they benefited or not?'\" said Shorr. Whether it's health care, taxes or infrastructure, \"we think the answer is no.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump ran his 2016 campaign, in part, on a pledge to prioritize \"forgotten\" Americans, especially in rural communities across the Midwest and South. \"The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,\" Trump said in his inauguration address.<\/p>\n<p>That campaign agenda included a tax cut primarily benefiting the middle class, bigger paychecks for working-class Americans, health care for all that would be better and cheaper than Obamacare and a manufacturing job renaissance.<\/p>\n<p>But the president has recently said <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//trump-says-gop-healthcare-plan-still-works-won-t-be-n989911/">he won't have a health care plan until after the next election<\/a>. While manufacturing employment has been experiencing a strong run since Obama was president, a majority of Americans said that they expect their taxes to stay the same or increase this year in a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//meet-the-press//majority-americans-say-they-expect-their-taxes-stay-same-or-n991416/">recent NBC News\/WSJ poll<\/a>. And while wages have been modestly rising since 2014, those for average workers, especially without college degrees, have been stagnant for decades.<\/p>\n<p>\"The rich are getting richer, corporate profits are soaring, but the rest of us are still just running in place,\" said Adrienne Watson, director of the \"war room\" effort. \"Trump has made the system more rigged than ever.\" Watson will run the effort, along with research director Nick Bauer and Daniel Wessel, the lead spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats' database includes every single Trump rally in 2016, material that will be used to create digital and television ads of promises he made to local communities from Lansing, Michigan to Tallahassee, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>That will be spliced with county and municipal statistics on indicators like wage levels and the number of local residents with pre-existing conditions who would be hurt by Trump's budget cuts. For instance, if Trump visits Lordstown, Ohio, the DNC will highlight the administration's efforts to cut $1.75 million to fund a transition center there to help laid off General Motors employees.<\/p>\n<p>\"Democrats are clearly too busy pushing their phony Russia collusion hoax to notice the large number of promises made and promises kept by President Trump,\" said RNC spokesperson Michael Joyce in response to the charges of broken promises.<\/p>\n<p>Joyce pointed to the confirmation of two Supreme Court Justices, many other federal judges, the 2017 tax cut, deregulations and a \"booming\" economy as evidence that \"just scratches the surface of accomplishments made by President Trump and his Administration over the past two years.\"<\/p>\n<p>As its model, the DNC is using a 4-minute video it cut last year featuring Trump pledging his \"allegiance\" to workers and companies like Harley Davidson that includes local Kansas City coverage of company executives using their 2017 Trump tax cut to repurchase stock shares while shuttering a plant that cost hundreds of local jobs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.youtube.com//embed//j2tCoZHM91A/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The DNC's local focus is an acknowledgement from the party that, even as national leaders in Washington continue to conduct investigations around Russian interference in 2016 and Trump highlight's national economic statistics, for many Americans the biggest worry is their local economy.<\/p>\n<p>It also reflects concerns that, in 2016, the party didn't focus enough on Trump's business record, a major selling point for swing voters in small towns across America who thought he would use his business acumen to benefit them.<\/p>\n<p>That history includes lawsuits from stiffed contractors and others that, Democrats say, is being repeated in the form of promises he's broken to American voters. The DNC now has a database of 7,000 lawsuits involving Trump or his Trump Organization, including contractors like a Philadelphia cabinet maker who said the real estate tycoon's refusal to pay him sent him into bankruptcy, or Trump's failure to pay state or local taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The Monday after Trump's election in 2016, the DNC began taking the same approach with federal agencies, making numerous Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain internal records about Trump and his policies, for instance correspondence between the Department of Labor, local business owners and government officials about the impact of Trump's policies.<\/p>\n<p>Those records will be dropped into ads and press conferences featuring local residents and amplified by local news stations and papers.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is focused on all demographic groups, not just swing voters who supported Trump. For instance, when Trump visits Charlotte, North Carolina to stump for reelection, the Democrats plan to drop content featuring him, during an October, 2016 rally promising a \"New Deal\" for African American communities and expanding access to capital through \"micro loans\" for those communities.<\/p>\n<p>During another October rally in Columbus, Trump said he would champion a student loan program that would cap repayment for at 12.5 percent of a borrower's income. \"They just go ahead and they get on with their lives because it's very, very hard for young people,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has not proposed either of these things as president.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554978020,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554977029,"firstPublishedAt":1554977029,"lastPublishedAt":1554977029,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792428\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190410-voters-elyria-ohio-2016-ac-434p_60be6bbd78760ba00b29973a2ed8dbb9.jpg","altText":"Image: 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Assange arrested after almost 7 years in embassy","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Julian Assange arrested after almost 7 years in embassy","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The founder of the group that published thousands of sensitive government files believes he will eventually be extradited to the U.S. to face charges.","summary":"The founder of the group that published thousands of sensitive government files believes he will eventually be extradited to the U.S. to face charges.","keySentence":"","url":"wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-police-london-n991236","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-police-london-n991236","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nLONDON — Julian Assange, the fugitive founder of WikiLeaks and publisher of state secrets that embarrassed governments across the world, was arrested in London on Thursday almost seven years after he sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy.Assange was wanted by British police for skipping bail in August 2012, while he was under investigation for sexual assault and rape in Sweden.London's Metropolitan Police said the Ecuadorian government had withdrawn asylum for Assange, adding that officers has been \"invited into the embassy by the ambassador.\"The Australian national has maintained that if forced to surrender to authorities he would eventually be extradited to the U.S. to face charges.WikiLeaks has repeatedly claimed that the Justice Department is building a criminal case centered on the leaking of Democratic emails hacked by the Russians in the 2016 election.\nPresident Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, told a congressional hearing in February that former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone was in contact with Assange before WikiLeaks released leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee.Assange, 47, has always maintained that the source of the leaks was not Russia, contrary to the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies.Special counsel Robert Mueller recently concluded his probe into Russian electoral interference and the Trump campaign.Justice DepartmentAssange founded WikiLeaks in 2006 and made news four years later with the publication of leaked information provided by Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst and self-described whistleblower.These included a video of a U.S. military helicopter fatally shooting people in Iraq, and thousands of classified military logs revealing sensitive information about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thought to be the biggest leaks in U.S. military history.Manning last month refused to testify before a federal grand jury looking into the release of documents to WikiLeaks.In November 2010, the Swedish government issued an international arrest warrant for Assange in connection with allegations of sexual assault and rape from two women. Assange, who has denied the allegations, surrendered to British police the following month and was released on bail — whereupon he fled, breaking the terms of his bond agreement.Assange's lawyers have often warned that he would be handed over to U.S. prosecutors because of WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents. Rafael Correa, then the president of Ecuador, granted him asylum in 2012.Sweden later dropped its investigation and Assange is no longer wanted there — but he remained in the embassy because London's Metropolitan Police said he would be arrested for violating his bail as soon as he stepped outside. The local force has been running an expensive operation to post officers outside the building in case that happens.Assange became an Ecuadorian citizen last year, even though his relations with his hosts had soured years ago.World newsIn 2016, the Ecuadorian government cut off his access to the internet in the embassy after WikiLeaks published a trove of emails from Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. The government said it was trying to make sure he couldn't interfere in the affairs of other countries.In January, WikiLeaks sent a 5,000-word email to journalists listing 140 things they should not say about Assange, from asserting that he has been an agent of any intelligence service to that he has ever bleached his hair.Patrick Smith reported from London, and Alex Johnson from Los Angeles.\n","htmlText":"<p>LONDON \u2014 Julian Assange, the fugitive founder of WikiLeaks and publisher of state secrets that embarrassed governments across the world, was arrested in London on Thursday almost seven years after he sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy.<\/p>\n<p>Assange was wanted by British police for skipping bail in August 2012, while he was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//julian-assange-sweden-drops-rape-investigation-wikileaks-founder-n761986/">under investigation for sexual assault and rape in Sweden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>London's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////news.met.police.uk//news//arrest-update-sw1-365526/">Metropolitan Police said<\/a> the Ecuadorian government had withdrawn asylum for Assange, adding that officers has been \"invited into the embassy by the ambassador.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Australian national has maintained that if forced to surrender to authorities he would eventually be extradited to the U.S. to face charges.<\/p>\n<p>WikiLeaks has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//justice-department//u-s-ramping-probe-against-julian-assange-wikileaks-says-n961661/">repeatedly claimed that the Justice Department is building a criminal case<\/a> centered on the leaking of Democratic emails hacked by the Russians in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure 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jury looking into the release of documents to WikiLeaks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6476\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3792346//400x259_nbc-190405-julian-assange-mc-1006_69e31bc7b77193b57f1ec46fef00090d.jpg/" alt=\"A truck carrying a poster featuring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Friday.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792346\/384x249_nbc-190405-julian-assange-mc-1006_69e31bc7b77193b57f1ec46fef00090d.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792346\/640x414_nbc-190405-julian-assange-mc-1006_69e31bc7b77193b57f1ec46fef00090d.jpg 640w, 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London on Friday.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Peter Nicholls<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In November 2010, the Swedish government issued an international arrest warrant for Assange in connection with allegations of sexual assault and rape from two women. Assange, who has denied the allegations, surrendered to British police the following month and was released on bail \u2014 whereupon he fled, breaking the terms of his bond agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Assange's lawyers have often warned that he would be handed over to U.S. prosecutors because of WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents. Rafael Correa, then the president of Ecuador, granted him asylum in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden later dropped its investigation and Assange is no longer wanted there \u2014 but he remained in the embassy because London's Metropolitan Police said he would be arrested for violating his bail as soon as he stepped outside. The local force has been running an expensive operation to post officers outside the building in case that happens.<\/p>\n<p>Assange became an Ecuadorian citizen last year, even though his relations with his hosts had soured years ago.<\/p>\n<p>World news<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the Ecuadorian government cut off his access to the internet in the embassy after WikiLeaks published a trove of emails from Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. The government said it was trying to make sure he couldn't interfere in the affairs of other countries.<\/p>\n<p>In January, WikiLeaks sent a 5,000-word email to journalists listing 140 things they should not say about Assange, from asserting that he has been an agent of any intelligence service to that he has ever bleached his hair.<\/p>\n<p><em>Patrick Smith reported from London, and Alex Johnson from Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554976805,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554976338,"firstPublishedAt":1554976338,"lastPublishedAt":1554976338,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792346\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190405-julian-assange-mc-1006_69e31bc7b77193b57f1ec46fef00090d.jpg","altText":"Image: A police van and truck outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London","caption":"A truck carrying a poster featuring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on 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area. \n\nMore than 4.3 inches (10.9 centimeters) of rain has fallen in Eugene since Thursday, including a record-breaking 2.34 inches (5.9 centimeters) on Sunday. \n\nAbout 500 people were evacuated from their homes in that area on Tuesday. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Heavy rain brought more flooding to areas of Oregon on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial video from TV station KATU in Portland shows a boat speeding over a flooded highway in Corvallis.<\/p>\n<p>Local media report that the flooding closed a portion of Oregon Highway 34 in that area.<\/p>\n<p>More than 4.3 inches (10.9 centimeters) of rain has fallen in Eugene since Thursday, including a record-breaking 2.34 inches (5.9 centimeters) on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>About 500 people were evacuated from their homes in that area on 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autocratic leader reportedly driven from power after 3 decades","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Sudan's autocratic leader reportedly driven from power after 3 decades","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The swirling reports of a coup follow nearly four months of street protests against the autocrat's rule.","summary":"The swirling reports of a coup follow nearly four months of street protests against the autocrat's rule.","keySentence":"","url":"sudan-s-omar-al-bashir-reportedly-driven-power-after-3-n993296","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/sudan-s-omar-al-bashir-reportedly-driven-power-after-3-n993296","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nCAIRO — Tens of thousands of Sudanese were making their way to the center of the country's capital on Thursday, cheering and clapping in celebration as two senior officials said the military had forced longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir to step down after 30 years in power.The circumstances of al-Bashir's apparent ouster and his current whereabouts remained unclear, however. The armed forces were to deliver an \"important statement\" and asked the nation to wait for it, state TV reported earlier.The two officials, in high positions in the government and the military, told The Associated Press the army forced al-Bashir to step down and was now in talks about forming a transitional government. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. NBC News could not immediately independently verify the report.The swirling reports of a coup following nearly four months of street protests against al-Bashir's rule raised expectations it was a sign the autocrat was relinquishing power or was being removed by the military.Pan-Arab TV networks said top ruling party officials were being arrested. They aired footage of masses they said were heading toward the presidential palace in Khartoum, waving the national flag, chanting, and clapping.Al-Bashir, who is a pariah in many countries, is also wanted by the international war crimes tribunal for atrocities in Darfur.Eyewitnesses in Khartoum said the military had deployed at key sites in the city to secure several installations since the morning hours.Armored vehicles and tanks are parked in the streets and near bridges over the Nile River, they said, as well as in the vicinity of the military headquarters, where thousands were anxiously awaiting the army statement. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing reprisals.Organizers of the protests urged crowds to converge and join an ongoing sit-in underway in Khartoum since the weekend. They issued a statement vowing to remain in the streets until the \"regime steps down completely and power is handed to a civilian transitional government.\"Thousands of protesters, including women carrying their children, were making their way toward the military headquarters, many ululating and flashing \"V'' for victory. There were also unconfirmed reports that the airport in the Sudanese capital had been closed.\nAhead of the expected army statement, Sudanese radio played military marches and patriotic music. State TV ceased regular broadcasts, with only the brief announcement saying that there will be an \"important statement from the armed forces after a while, wait for it.\"The development followed deadly clashes between Sudanese security forces and protesters holding a large anti-government sit-in outside the military's headquarters in Khartoum, which also include a presidential residence. There were several attempts to break up the sit-in, leaving 22 dead since Saturday.On Tuesday, Sudanese security forces tried again to disperse the sit-in, which began over the weekend, killing at least 14 people, activists behind the demonstration said. The government said 11 died. The fatalities so far have included five soldiers who protest organizers said were defending the sit-in.The months of protests have plunged Sudan into its worst crisis in years. The demonstrations initially erupted last December with rallies against a spiraling economy, but quickly escalated into calls for an end to embattled al-Bashir's rule.Security forces have responded to the protest movement with a fierce crackdown, killing dozens. Al-Bashir banned unauthorized public gatherings and granted sweeping powers to the police since imposing a state of emergency last month. Security forces have used tear gas, rubber bullets, live ammunition and batons against demonstratorsThe protests gained momentum last week after Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power for 20 years, resigned in response to weeks of similar protests.On Saturday, marches in Khartoum marked the 34th anniversary of the overthrow of former President al-Nimeiri in a bloodless coup. It was one of the largest turnouts in the current wave of unrest.The military removed Nimeiri after a popular uprising in 1985. It quickly handed over power to an elected government. The dysfunctional administration lasted only a few years until al-Bashir — a career army officer — allied with Islamist hard-liners and toppled it in a coup in 1989.\n","htmlText":"<p>CAIRO \u2014 Tens of thousands of Sudanese were making their way to the center of the country's capital on Thursday, cheering and clapping in celebration as two senior officials said the military had forced longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir to step down after 30 years in power.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances of al-Bashir's apparent ouster and his current whereabouts remained unclear, however. The armed forces were to deliver an \"important statement\" and asked the nation to wait for it, state TV reported earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The two officials, in high positions in the government and the military, told The Associated Press the army forced al-Bashir to step down and was now in talks about forming a transitional government. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. NBC News could not immediately independently verify the report.<\/p>\n<p>The swirling reports of a coup following nearly four months of street protests against al-Bashir's rule raised expectations it was a sign the autocrat was relinquishing power or was being removed by the military.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6832\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3792296//400x273_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8093_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg/" alt=\"Sudan\\'s President Omar al-Bashir.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/384x262_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8093_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/640x437_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8093_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/750x512_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8093_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/828x566_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8093_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/1080x738_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8093_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/1200x820_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8093_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/1920x1312_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8093_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sudan\\'s President Omar al-Bashir.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pan-Arab TV networks said top ruling party officials were being arrested. They aired footage of masses they said were heading toward the presidential palace in Khartoum, waving the national flag, chanting, and clapping.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Bashir, who is a pariah in many countries, is also <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//sudans-omar-al-bashir-crosshairs-south-africa-african-union-summit-n375411/">wanted by the international war crimes tribunal for atrocities in Darfur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses in Khartoum said the military had deployed at key sites in the city to secure several installations since the morning hours.<\/p>\n<p>Armored vehicles and tanks are parked in the streets and near bridges over the Nile River, they said, as well as in the vicinity of the military headquarters, where thousands were anxiously awaiting the army statement. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing reprisals.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the protests urged crowds to converge and join an ongoing sit-in underway in Khartoum since the weekend. They issued a statement vowing to remain in the streets until the \"regime steps down completely and power is handed to a civilian transitional government.\"<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of protesters, including women carrying their children, were making their way toward the military headquarters, many ululating and flashing \"V'' for victory. There were also unconfirmed reports that the airport in the Sudanese capital had been closed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1116210665847513088\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ahead of the expected army statement, Sudanese radio played military marches and patriotic music. State TV ceased regular broadcasts, with only the brief announcement saying that there will be an \"important statement from the armed forces after a while, wait for it.\"<\/p>\n<p>The development followed deadly clashes between Sudanese security forces and protesters holding a large anti-government sit-in outside the military's headquarters in Khartoum, which also include a presidential residence. There were several attempts to break up the sit-in, leaving 22 dead since Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Sudanese security forces tried again to disperse the sit-in, which began over the weekend, killing at least 14 people, activists behind the demonstration said. The government said 11 died. The fatalities so far have included five soldiers who protest organizers said were defending the sit-in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6708\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3792296//400x268_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8092_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg/" alt=\"Protesters sit on a torn billboard during a rally demanding Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir step down on Wednesday.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/384x258_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8092_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/640x429_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8092_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/750x503_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8092_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/828x555_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8092_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/1080x724_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8092_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/1200x805_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8092_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/1920x1288_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8092_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters sit on a torn billboard during a rally demanding Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir step down on Wednesday.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Reuters<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The months of protests have plunged Sudan into its worst crisis in years. The demonstrations initially erupted last December with rallies against a spiraling economy, but quickly escalated into calls for an end to embattled al-Bashir's rule.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces have responded to the protest movement with a fierce crackdown, killing dozens. Al-Bashir banned unauthorized public gatherings and granted sweeping powers to the police since imposing a state of emergency last month. Security forces have used tear gas, rubber bullets, live ammunition and batons against demonstrators<\/p>\n<p>The protests gained momentum last week after <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//algerian-president-steps-down-amid-protests-army-pressure-n990336/">Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power for 20 years, resigned in response to weeks of similar protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, marches in Khartoum marked the 34th anniversary of the overthrow of former President al-Nimeiri in a bloodless coup. It was one of the largest turnouts in the current wave of unrest.<\/p>\n<p>The military removed Nimeiri after a popular uprising in 1985. It quickly handed over power to an elected government. The dysfunctional administration lasted only a few years until al-Bashir \u2014 a career army officer \u2014 allied with Islamist hard-liners and toppled it in a coup in 1989.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554975604,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554975091,"firstPublishedAt":1554975091,"lastPublishedAt":1554975091,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792296\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-sudan-protest-mc-8092_74af9bd93ab7ad495374f7a1d034b1d6.jpg","altText":"Image: Protesters sit on a torn billboard in Khartoum, Sudan","caption":"Protesters sit on a torn billboard during a rally demanding Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir step down on 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world's largest democratic exercise gets underway in India","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"The world's largest democratic exercise gets underway in India","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The seven-phase election is staggered over six weeks and some 900 million people are eligible to cast ballots at around a million polling stations.","summary":"The seven-phase election is staggered over six weeks and some 900 million people are eligible to cast ballots at around a million polling stations.","keySentence":"","url":"india-votes-1st-phase-election-seen-test-modi-n993291","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/india-votes-1st-phase-election-seen-test-modi-n993291","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nNEW DELHI — Polls opened Thursday in the first phase of India's general elections, seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party.A festive spirit prevailed as men and women in colorful clothes made their way to heavily guarded voting stations in large numbers.In the world's largest democratic exercise, voters in 18 Indian states and two Union Territories are casting ballots on Thursday, the first day of a seven-phase election staggered over six weeks in the country of 1.3 billion people.Modi supporters say the tea seller's son from Gujarat state has improved the nation's standing. But critics say his party's Hindu nationalism has aggravated religious tensions in India.Thursday's voting is important for the BJP as it had won only 32 of 91 seats in the previous 2014 elections. It is seeking to improve its tally this time.Modi came to power in 2014 and the party invoked its Hindu nationalist roots before the elections, with Modi at the forefront against the threat of Pakistan, India's Muslim-majority archrival. Hindus comprise about 80 percent of India's 1.3 billion people.Even though India continues to be one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the Modi-led government's performance on the economy has come under criticism.The first item in the opposition Congress party's election manifesto describes a plan for creating jobs. It also promises an income subsidy program for the poorest families and for farmers.Some 900 million people are eligible to cast ballots at around a million polling stations across India. They will decide 543 seats in India's lower house of Parliament. Voting concludes on May 19 and counting is scheduled for May 23.\n","htmlText":"<p>NEW DELHI \u2014 Polls opened Thursday in the first phase of India's general elections, seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party.<\/p>\n<p>A festive spirit prevailed as men and women in colorful clothes made their way to heavily guarded voting stations in large numbers.<\/p>\n<p>In the world's largest democratic exercise, voters in 18 Indian states and two Union Territories are casting ballots on Thursday, the first day of a seven-phase election staggered over six weeks in the country of 1.3 billion people.<\/p>\n<p>Modi supporters say the tea seller's son from Gujarat state has improved the nation's standing. But critics say <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//india-s-supreme-court-tackles-cow-protecting-mob-lynching-n911771/">his party's Hindu nationalism<\/a> has aggravated religious tensions in India.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6972\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3792218//400x279_nbc-190411-narendra-modi-802_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg/" alt=\"India\\'s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a campaign rally in Junagadh, India, on Wednesday.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792218\/384x268_nbc-190411-narendra-modi-802_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792218\/640x446_nbc-190411-narendra-modi-802_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792218\/750x523_nbc-190411-narendra-modi-802_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792218\/828x577_nbc-190411-narendra-modi-802_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792218\/1080x753_nbc-190411-narendra-modi-802_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792218\/1200x837_nbc-190411-narendra-modi-802_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792218\/1920x1339_nbc-190411-narendra-modi-802_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">India\\'s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a campaign rally in Junagadh, India, on Wednesday.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Amit Dave<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thursday's voting is important for the BJP as it had won only 32 of 91 seats in the previous 2014 elections. It is seeking to improve its tally this time.<\/p>\n<p>Modi came to power in 2014 and the party invoked its Hindu nationalist roots before the elections, with Modi at the forefront against the threat of Pakistan, India's Muslim-majority archrival. Hindus comprise about 80 percent of India's 1.3 billion people.<\/p>\n<p>Even though India continues to be one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the Modi-led government's performance on the economy has come under criticism.<\/p>\n<p>The first item in the opposition Congress party's election manifesto describes a plan for creating jobs. It also promises an income subsidy program for the poorest families and for farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Some 900 million people are eligible to cast ballots at around a million polling stations across India. They will decide 543 seats in India's lower house of Parliament. Voting concludes on May 19 and counting is scheduled for May 23.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554974405,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554973211,"firstPublishedAt":1554973211,"lastPublishedAt":1554973211,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792218\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-india-elections-mc-801_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg","altText":"Image: An Indian Lambada tribal woman shows the indelible ink mark on her i","caption":"A voter shows an ink mark on her index finger after casting her ballot in Hyderabad, India, on Thursday.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Mahesh Kumar A.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1663},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3792218\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-narendra-modi-802_0f9dc854b8f32e25442f1ff73f97d68d.jpg","altText":"Image: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a campaign rally ","caption":"India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a campaign rally in Junagadh, India, on Wednesday.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Amit Dave","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1743}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11940,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"news","titleRaw":"news"},{"id":12984,"slug":"world-news","urlSafeValue":"world-news","title":"World News","titleRaw":"World News"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.world"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"euronews.just-in"},{"path":"euronews"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews"}],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News World News","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Associated Press","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gs_politics','gs_politics_misc','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','sm_politics','neg_facebook_2021','neg_facebook_q4','custom_politics_brussels','neg_nespresso','gs_society_religion','gs_society','gt_negative','neg_facebook_neg4','gt_negative_anger','gv_safe'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2019\/04\/11\/india-votes-1st-phase-election-seen-test-modi-n993291","lastModified":1554973211},{"id":725098,"cid":3791408,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"A 3-year-old locked dad out of his iPad for 48 years","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"A 3-year-old locked dad out of his iPad for 48 years","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Probably should've just given the kid the password.","summary":"Probably should've just given the kid the password.","keySentence":"","url":"3-year-old-locked-dad-out-his-ipad-48-years-t151867","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/3-year-old-locked-dad-out-his-ipad-48-years-t151867","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nBefore they have learned to read and write or add and subtract, there is one skill that seemingly all toddlers have mastered: creating tech disasters.Any parent who has looked up to see hieroglyphics on the TV screen after their kid pushed a few buttons on the remote, or glanced at their laptop and wondered why their files have suddenly disappeared has been there.However, usually the problem can be undone in fewer than 50 years. Evan Osnos, a staff writer for The New Yorker, was foiled by his 3-year-old on April 6 when he discovered that his iPad had been locked for 25,536,442 minutes — or just shy of 49 years.\"Uh, this looks fake but, alas, it's our iPad today after 3-year-old tried (repeatedly) to unlock. Ideas?\" Osnos tweeted.Entering the wrong passcode on an iOS device too many times results in the device being disabled, according to Apple. The more attempts to unlock it with the wrong passcode, the longer the user is locked out.Rather than wait until 2067 to regain access, Osnos solicited suggestions.\"Reboot your 3 y.o.,'' one person joked.\"Time travel seems to be your best bet,'' another replied.There was the Armageddon option of using recovery mode, which removes all the previous data from the iPad if it isn't already backed up, according to Apple.Thankfully, Osnos, 42, appears to be on the path toward unlocking the device before his 80th birthday.In an update he tweeted on Tuesday, he wrote that getting the iPad into Device Firmware Update (DFU) mode seems to be working. \"Update on toddler-iPad-lock-out: Got it into DFU mode (don't hold down the sleep\/power button too long or you end up in recovery). Now restoring. Thanks to those who shared advice!\" he wrote.Here's hoping his next password is one that a 3-year-old can understand.\n","htmlText":"<p>Before they have learned to read and write or add and subtract, there is one skill that seemingly all toddlers have mastered: creating tech disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Any parent who has looked up to see hieroglyphics on the TV screen after their kid pushed a few buttons on the remote, or glanced at their laptop and wondered why their files have suddenly disappeared has been there.<\/p>\n<p>However, usually the problem can be undone in fewer than 50 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1114651667214032896\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Evan Osnos, a staff writer for The New Yorker, was foiled by his 3-year-old on April 6 when he discovered that his iPad had been locked for 25,536,442 minutes \u2014 or just shy of 49 years.<\/p>\n<p>\"Uh, this looks fake but, alas, it's our iPad today after 3-year-old tried (repeatedly) to unlock. Ideas?\" Osnos tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Entering the wrong passcode on an iOS device too many times results in the device being disabled, according to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////support.apple.com//en-us//HT204306/">Apple. The more attempts to unlock it with the wrong passcode, the longer the user is locked out.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than wait until 2067 to regain access, Osnos solicited suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>\"Reboot your 3 y.o.,'' one person joked.<\/p>\n<p>\"Time travel seems to be your best bet,'' another replied.<\/p>\n<p>There was the Armageddon option of using recovery mode, which removes all the previous data from the iPad if it isn't already backed up, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////support.apple.com//en-us//HT204306/">according to Apple<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Osnos, 42, appears to be on the path toward unlocking the device before his 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>In an update he tweeted on Tuesday, he wrote that getting the iPad into Device Firmware Update (DFU) mode seems to be working.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1115616932353515521\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Update on toddler-iPad-lock-out: Got it into DFU mode (don't hold down the sleep\/power button too long or you end up in recovery). Now restoring. Thanks to those who shared advice!\" he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Here's hoping his next password is one that a 3-year-old can understand.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554921646,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554963834,"firstPublishedAt":1554962476,"lastPublishedAt":1554963864,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3791408\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-ipad-stock-today-main-190410_f0ff61e146fd9c7d521289a69b64b813.jpg","altText":"closeup of little boy using digital tablet","caption":"Close up of a young boys hands using a digital tablet.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Getty Images","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2400,"height":1200}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":389,"slug":"technology","urlSafeValue":"technology","title":"Technology","titleRaw":"Technology"},{"id":447,"slug":"usa","urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","titleRaw":"USA"},{"id":7900,"slug":"apple","urlSafeValue":"apple","title":"Apple","titleRaw":"Apple"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc.today.style"},{"path":"nbc.today"},{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews"}],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"TODAY Lifestyle","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Scott Stump","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"culture","verticals":[{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"},"themes":[{"id":"culture-news","urlSafeValue":"culture-news","title":"Culture news","url":"\/culture\/culture-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":53,"urlSafeValue":"culture-news","title":"Culture news"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gs_tech','gs_family_children','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gs_tech_computing','gs_family','gs_entertain','custom_investment','neg_facebook','gt_positive','gv_safe'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/culture\/2019\/04\/11\/3-year-old-locked-dad-out-his-ipad-48-years-t151867","lastModified":1554963864},{"id":725254,"cid":3791676,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"National Enquirer up for sale","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"National Enquirer up for sale","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"A sale would come just months after the supermarket tabloid revealed on its front page that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was having an affair.","summary":"A sale would come just months after the supermarket tabloid revealed on its front page that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was having an affair.","keySentence":"","url":"national-enquirer-sale-owner-ami-says-n993256","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/national-enquirer-sale-owner-ami-says-n993256","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nAmerican Media Inc. said Wednesday that the National Enquirer is up for sale.The company, run by chief executive David Pecker, a friend of President Donald Trump, said in a statement that it had decided to change direction and the tabloid title no longer fit with its portfolio of assets.News that the National Enquirer is up for sale was first reported by The Washington Post.American Media, or AMI, did not say whether it was in talks with a possible buyer, but a sale would come just months after the supermarket tabloid revealed on its front page that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was having an affair. Bezos later accused the National Enquirer of extortion and blackmail for threatening to publish embarrassing photos of him and his girlfriend.The magazine publisher said it also would sell two other tabloids: Globe and National Examiner.\"We feel the future opportunities with the tabloids can be best exploited by a different ownership,\" Pecker said in a statement, explaining that the company was developing a broadcast, audio and events business instead.The National Enquirer's potential sale comes after AMI's board said it would investigate thorny negotiations between the tabloid and Bezos' legal team. The contentious conversations were shared by Bezos in a post on the website Medium titled, \"No Thank You, Mr. Pecker.\"Bezos described how he wouldn't be shamed after learning the magazine possessed compromising photographs. He alluded to the possible involvement of foreign governments in the incident.The National Enquirer was also found to have engaged in \"catch and kill\" arrangements with women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump that included payments of hush money.American Media also owns US Weekly, Star, OK! In Touch and Life & Style.\n","htmlText":"<p>American Media Inc. said Wednesday that the National Enquirer is up for sale.<\/p>\n<p>The company, run by chief executive David Pecker, a friend of President Donald Trump, said in a statement that it had decided to change direction and the tabloid title no longer fit with its portfolio of assets.<\/p>\n<p>News that the National Enquirer is up for sale was first reported by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//lifestyle//style//national-enquirer-expected-to-be-sold-imminently-as-parent-company-faces-pressure//2019//04//10//07bb2d88-5ba5-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html?utm_term=.f1d90dfb675c\%22>The Washington Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>American Media, or AMI, did not say whether it was in talks with a possible buyer, but a sale would come just months after the supermarket tabloid revealed on its front page that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was having an affair. Bezos later <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//tech//tech-news//jeff-bezos-accuses-national-enquirer-owner-extortion-blackmail-n969136/">accused the National Enquirer of extortion and blackmail<\/a> for threatening to publish embarrassing photos of him and his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine publisher said it also would sell two other tabloids: Globe and National Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>\"We feel the future opportunities with the tabloids can be best exploited by a different ownership,\" Pecker said in a statement, explaining that the company was developing a broadcast, audio and events business instead.<\/p>\n<p>The National Enquirer's potential sale comes after AMI's board said it would investigate thorny negotiations between the tabloid and Bezos' legal team. The contentious conversations were shared by Bezos in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////medium.com//@jeffreypbezos//no-thank-you-mr-pecker-146e3922310f/">a post<\/a>on the website Medium titled, \"No Thank You, Mr. Pecker.\"<\/p>\n<p>Bezos described how he wouldn't be shamed after learning the magazine possessed compromising photographs. He alluded to the possible involvement of foreign governments in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The National Enquirer was also found to have engaged in \"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//publisher-national-enquirer-admits-paying-hush-money-help-trump-ahead-n947111/">catch and kil<\/a>l\" arrangements with women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump that included payments of hush money.<\/p>\n<p>American Media also owns US Weekly, Star, OK! 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probe's origins, told a Senate panel Wednesday that he thinks \"spying did occur\" by the government on President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. \n\n\"For the same reason we're worried about foreign influence in elections...I think spying on a political campaign \u2014 it's a big deal, it's a big deal,\" Barr said in response to a question from the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee, Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., who had asked why Barr is looking into the origins of the investigation. \n\nBarr said that he grew up during the Vietnam War when there was spying on anti-war advocates by the U.S. government and there were rules put in place to ensure there's an adequate basis for it. \n\n\"I'm not suggesting that those rules were violated [now], but I think it's important to look at that. 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Getting started on going back to the origins of exactly where this all started,\" he told reporters at the White House.\u00a0 \n\n\"Because this was an illegal witch hunt and everybody knew it.\"The Senate hearing intended to focus on the 2020 budget request comes a day after House Democrats pressed the attorney general on the forthcoming release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. \n\nBarr said Tuesday that his original timeline still stands, and that he planned to release the redacted document by mid-April, specifying that he expects it would come out \"within a week\" and that it will be released to the public. \n\nAsked then whether Mueller or anyone on his team reviewed Barr's summary of the report in advance, Barr told the House panel that Mueller's team \"did not play a role\" in drafting that document and that he did give Mueller an opportunity an opportunity to review it, but he \"declined.\"He would not respond to questions from Lowey about whether he had shared any additional information from the report with the White House, or whether administration officials had seen the full document. \n\nBarr later clarified during the hearing that before his summary was sent out, \"we did advise the White House counsel's office that the letters were being sent\" and while they weren't given the document in advance, \"it may have been read to them.\" \n\nHouse Democrats had given Barr until April 2 to submit the full report to Congress, a deadline that was not met. In response, the House Judiciary Committee last week passed a resolution that authorizes Nadler to issue a subpoena for the full, unredacted report. It has not yet been issued. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Attorney General William Barr, defending his decision to order a review of the Trump-Russia probe's origins, told a Senate panel Wednesday that he thinks \"spying did occur\" by the government on President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\"For the same reason we're worried about foreign influence in elections...I think spying on a political campaign \u2014 it's a big deal, it's a big deal,\" Barr said in response to a question from the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee, Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., who had asked why Barr is looking into the origins of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Barr said that he grew up during the Vietnam War when there was spying on anti-war advocates by the U.S. government and there were rules put in place to ensure there's an adequate basis for it.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm not suggesting that those rules were violated [now], but I think it's important to look at that. I'm not talking about the FBI necessarily, but intelligence agencies more broadly,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen then asked, \"You're not suggesting that spying occurred?\"Barr paused for several seconds and replied, \"I think spying did occur,\" though he didn't elaborate further.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he's not launching an investigation of the FBI and is not suggesting there is a problem that's \"endemic\" to the FBI, but \"I think there was a failure among a group of leaders at the upper echelons.\" He added, \"I feel I have an obligation to make sure that government power isn't abused.\"<\/p>\n<p>At a hearing Tuesday before a House Appropriations subcommittee, Barr <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//congress//barr-testify-congress-first-time-mueller-summary-n992286/">revealed that he is \"reviewing the conduct\" of the FBI's Russia probe during the summer of 2016<\/a>, and that the Department of Justice inspector general will release a report on the FBI's use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act process and other matters in the Russia case in May or June.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump praised Barr's revelation of the probe into the investigation of his campaign Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"What I'm most interested in is getting started, hopefully the attorney general, he mentioned it yesterday, he is doing a great job. Getting started on going back to the origins of exactly where this all started,\" he told reporters at the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Because this was an illegal witch hunt and everybody knew it.\"The Senate hearing intended to focus on the 2020 budget request comes a day after House Democrats pressed the attorney general on the forthcoming release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Barr said Tuesday that his original timeline still stands, and that he planned to release the redacted document by mid-April, specifying that he expects it would come out \"within a week\" and that it will be released to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Asked then whether Mueller or anyone on his team reviewed Barr's summary of the report in advance, Barr told the House panel that Mueller's team \"did not play a role\" in drafting that document and that he did give Mueller an opportunity an opportunity to review it, but he \"declined.\"He would not respond to questions from Lowey about whether he had shared any additional information from the report with the White House, or whether administration officials had seen the full document.<\/p>\n<p>Barr later clarified during the hearing that before his summary was sent out, \"we did advise the White House counsel's office that the letters were being sent\" and while they weren't given the document in advance, \"it may have been read to them.\"<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats had given Barr until April 2 to submit the full report to Congress, a deadline that was not met. 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While this scenario does have its supporters, most experts warn it could tank the economy, bring food shortages, and risk conflict in Northern Ireland.WorldAlmost three years after Britain voted to leave the E.U. in a June 2016 referendum, Europe has become exasperated by the inability of the country's politicians to agree on a way forward.Brexit was initially scheduled to occur March 29, and the process has engulfed Britain in division and emotional turmoil, and caused deep rancor for its neighbors.#embed-20190314-eu-brexit-map iframe {width: 1px;min-width: 100%}The British Parliament has rejected the government's divorce deal three times and dismissed every alternative as well.Wednesday was the second time May has had to plead with European leaders for an extension.The struggle to find a solution has seen seismic ruptures in the fabric of British politics, with lawmakers emotional and physically stretched, and each week bringing a new breakdown of parliamentary norms.Running out of options, May has entered into last-ditch talks with opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, although these have not yet produced results. With both their parties bitterly divided, they could cause permanent splits and resignations no matter which course they take.In a dramatic effort to end the impasse, May has also vowed to step down if her deal is passed.Meanwhile, the chaos has seen growing calls for another public vote.Hundreds of thousands of people marched through London calling for a second referendum, and senior government officials have even come round to saying that this deserves consideration, something that seemed far-fetched even months ago.World newsA petition to cancel Brexit altogether gained 6 million signatures on the Parliament's website.If May were to reject the E.U.'s offer, Britain could technically still go for this most dramatic of options. However lawmakers have in the past shown little appetite for such a solution.\n","htmlText":"<p>BRUSSELS \u2014 European leaders offered the U.K. another<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//storyline//brexit-referendum/">Brexit extension Wednesday, giving it until Oct. 31 to negotiate its exit from the European Union, according to two European Union diplomats.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was the result of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//storyline//brexit-referendum//fate-brexit-now-hands-27-e-u-leaders-n992321/">a high-stakes, six-hour summit<\/a> in Brussels that saw prime ministers and presidents gather from across the continent <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//storyline//brexit-referendum//european-leaders-set-decide-whether-extend-brexit-n992906/">to determine Britain's fate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The European leaders also offered the U.K. a \"review\" in June, according to the diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly with journalists. This might enable Britain to terminate the extension early if its lawmakers have agreed an exit deal by then<\/p>\n<p>European Council President Donald Tusk, who hosted Wednesday's summit, confirmed in a tweet that an extension had been offered but he did not specify a date.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1116109939687284736\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is now up to British Prime Minister Theresa May whether to accept the offer. Eager to deliver Brexit as soon as possible, she wanted a shorter extension and has vowed not to accept any delay that goes beyond June 30.<\/p>\n<p>However if she declines, Britain will be facing a \"no-deal\" Brexit on Friday. While this scenario does have its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//storyline//brexit-referendum//brexit-true-believers-see-only-upside-quitting-e-u-n956186/">supporters, most experts warn <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//storyline//brexit-referendum//u-k-stockpiles-chaotic-brexit-may-never-happen-n990926/">it could tank the economy<\/a>, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//nightly-news//video//families-brace-for-brexit-amid-growing-worries-about-food-and-medicine-shortages-1436519491738/">bring food shortages<\/a>, and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//video//how-brexit-could-push-ireland-to-the-brink-1423834179626/">risk conflict in Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>World<\/p>\n<p>Almost three years after Britain voted to leave the E.U. in a June 2016 referendum, Europe has become exasperated by the inability of the country's politicians to agree on a way forward.<\/p>\n<p>Brexit was initially scheduled to occur March 29, and the process has engulfed Britain in division and emotional turmoil, and caused deep rancor for its neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>#embed-20190314-eu-brexit-map iframe {width: 1px;min-width: 100%}<\/p>\n<p>The British Parliament has rejected the government's divorce deal three times and dismissed every alternative as well.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday was the second time May has had to plead with European leaders for an extension.<\/p>\n<p>The struggle to find a solution has seen seismic ruptures in the fabric of British politics, with lawmakers emotional and physically stretched, and each week bringing a new breakdown of parliamentary norms.<\/p>\n<p>Running out of options, May has entered into last-ditch talks with opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, although these have not yet produced results. With both their parties bitterly divided, they could cause permanent splits and resignations no matter which course they take.<\/p>\n<p>In a dramatic effort to end the impasse, May has also vowed to step down if her deal is passed.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the chaos has seen <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.google.com//url?q=https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/brexit-referendum\/brexit-referendum-helped-break-british-politics-could-another-one-fix-n990846&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiSm4eo18XhAhVIrxoKHbz_D0cQFggFMAA&client=internal-uds-cse&cx=016208984708783791344:6jwjkxpc8ik&usg=AOvVaw293of-BtKNuzlmstYY-YMh\%22>growing calls for another public vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people marched through London calling for a second referendum, and senior government officials have even come round to saying that this deserves consideration, something that seemed far-fetched even months ago.<\/p>\n<p>World news<\/p>\n<p>A petition to cancel Brexit altogether gained 6 million signatures on the Parliament's website.<\/p>\n<p>If May were to reject the E.U.'s offer, Britain could technically still go for this most dramatic of options. However lawmakers have in the past shown little appetite for such a solution.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554938404,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554937440,"firstPublishedAt":1554937440,"lastPublishedAt":1554937440,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3791670\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190410-theresa-may-ew-637p_385f70d0f0c18afec662fe7bf907633c.jpg","altText":"Image: Extraordinary European Union leaders summit in Brussels","caption":"Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May has twice had to plead with European leaders for an extension to Brexit \u2014 which was originally scheduled to occur on March 29.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Susana 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pushes the bounds of his power","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Trump pushes the bounds of his power","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Analysis: As a newly emboldened president takes action, the left and right both see the president they've always thought was there.","summary":"Analysis: As a newly emboldened president takes action, the left and right both see the president they've always thought was there.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-pushes-bounds-his-power-n993191","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/trump-pushes-bounds-his-power-n993191","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — In a newly emboldened President Donald Trump, liberals sense the rise of a tyrant pushing all the boundaries of power at once and daring Congress, the courts and political critics to stand in his way at their own peril.For the Trump faithful, he has finally been freed to be a truly forceful leader.In short, the right and the left are seeing the president they always thought was there.In recent weeks, Trump's thumbed his nose at Congress to try to build a border wall, purged the Homeland Security Department to get a harder-line position on immigration, withdrawn legal objections to gutting Obamacare benefits, moved to dismantle a major federal agency and successfully pressured the Justice Department to investigate perceived political enemies he said Tuesday are guilty of \"treason\" for having pursued a probe of his campaign's ties to Russia.It's as if someone hit the play button on a domineering presidency that had been paused by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, a five-week government shutdown and the various distractions created by the president himself.There's nothing wrong with Trump using the powers granted to him by the Constitution or Congress' cession of authority to the executive, said Rachel Bovard, policy director at the Conservative Policy Institute.\"We're seeing the logical conclusion of Congress giving the executive branch a lot of power,\" she said in a phone conversation with NBC News during a break from training to get her concealed-carry permit in the District of Columbia. \"Congress has plenty of authority to take their authority back and they haven't. ... They stomp their feet and scream about a tyrant.\"Conservatives thought President Barack Obama abused his powers, including when he created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected certain immigrants who came to the country illegally as children from deportation. And they believed, as many liberals do now, that the president's party in Congress was far too willing to let the executive run roughshod over the legislative branch.In 2016, Trump's rival, Hillary Clinton, promised to use executive authority to address a series of hot-button issues, including her proposal to end the so-called gun-show loophole, which cheered liberals who were frustrated by Congress' ability to thwart parts of President Barack Obama's agenda.That's not to say every action is equal in moral value or proportion. But the move of party taking precedence over institutional prerogative is part of a long-term trend that activists on the right and left have seen as a means of enacting their favored policies.That trend has combined with Trump's penchant for dramatic demonstrations of power to leave little question that he's testing the limits of what a president can do unilaterally.Several states have sued him over his decision to take money appropriated for military construction projects — and from other accounts — and use it to build a wall that Congress denied funding for before voting to block his plan. Trump vetoed the latter bill and will force the courts to decide whether he's within his constitutional rights.Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said Trump has used powers from three different baskets that should be viewed in separate terms.\"There's legitimate use of legitimate power. There's abuse of legitimate power. And then there's creating illegitimate powers than no one ever intended to give you,\" he said, pointing to Trump's decision to use funds appropriated for other purposes to build a border wall as illegitimate and his decision to withdraw the government's objection to a lawsuit against Obamacare as a legitimate, but misguided, use of power.\"What I think progressives think about is 'what is a legitimate use of legitimate power?'\" he said. \"Things like environmental protection and civil rights protection and busting up anti-competitive monopolies are powers that go unused. Those were legitimate powers that have gone unused by the Bush and the Trump administrations and that progressives would want to utilize if we take back the White House.\"But there's a different kind of fight over what Trump depicts as an effort to use the power of the government to correct for what he sees as an abuse of federal authority against him.Rather than a question of policy, it's a matter of politics and law that leaves no room for the possibility that it was legitimate both to investigate the Trump operation's ties to Russia and obstruction-of-justice questions and for Mueller to find no evidence of a conspiracy with Russia.From the South Lawn of the White House, the seat of executive power, Trump told reporters Wednesday that former government officials involved in starting and pursuing the investigation into his campaign were guilty of \"treason\" — a crime punishable by death — at nearly the same time Attorney General William Barr was telling Congress he believes the Obama administration spied on Trump's campaign.Barr provided no evidence. No one has been charged with a crime. No jury has rendered a verdict. But the president and the nation's top law enforcement officer, speaking separately and yet in conjunction with each other, began to lay out a public case that American citizens are guilty.\"It was an illegal investigation,\" Trump said. \"Everything about it was crooked. ... There were dirty cops. These were bad people. ... And this was a — an attempted coup. This was an attempted takedown of a president. And we beat them.\"A few moments later, Trump dropped the \"T\" word.\"What they did was treason,\" he said. \"What they did was against our Constitution and everything we stand for.\"Under federal law, a person has to wage war against the United States or provide aid or comfort to the nation's enemies to be found guilty of treason.\"While there is a debate about how effective he is or whether its bold versus tyrannical, his rhetoric should be a cause for concern,\" Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, said in an email. \"His ongoing accusations about top law enforcement officials and his claims that they are guilty of things like treason goes beyond what any liberal or conservative should accept.\"Zelizer noted his allegations are made without producing evidence and that Trump uses the standing of his office to put them into the public discussion.\"This is dangerous stuff and a fundamental misuse of the office,\" he said. \"Not only can they harm individuals, but they undercut trust for major institutions. It should be treated as seriously as other forms of abusive executive power. it is difficult for Congress to know what to do about it, since it is rhetorical, so much of the weight for pushing back falls on his own party taking tough steps when he says things like this. Until now, they have only supported him.\"It remains to be seen what comes of the Barr investigation into the investigators.Trump has often declared that the Obama-era officials should not have used the power of the government to look into him; it was, he has said, an abuse of their authority for political gain.For that reason alone, his fans and his critics may come to similar conclusions about whether he is now using the Justice Department to pursue the truth, or abusing his powers to punish perceived political enemies.Whichever interpretation they embrace, there's clearly a commonality in the way the left and right view Trump, said Zelizer: \"Both sides agree this is a very imperial president — at least, he tries to be.\"\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 In a newly emboldened President Donald Trump, liberals sense the rise of a tyrant pushing all the boundaries of power at once and daring Congress, the courts and political critics to stand in his way at their own peril.<\/p>\n<p>For the Trump faithful, he has finally been freed to be a truly forceful leader.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the right and the left are seeing the president they always thought was there.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Trump's thumbed his nose at Congress to try to build a border wall, purged the Homeland Security Department to get a harder-line position on immigration, withdrawn legal objections to gutting Obamacare benefits, moved to dismantle a major federal agency and successfully pressured the Justice Department to investigate perceived political enemies he said Tuesday are guilty of \"treason\" for having pursued a probe of his campaign's ties to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>It's as if someone hit the play button on a domineering presidency that had been paused by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, a five-week government shutdown and the various distractions created by the president himself.<\/p>\n<p>There's nothing wrong with Trump using the powers granted to him by the Constitution or Congress' cession of authority to the executive, said Rachel Bovard, policy director at the Conservative Policy Institute.<\/p>\n<p>\"We're seeing the logical conclusion of Congress giving the executive branch a lot of power,\" she said in a phone conversation with NBC News during a break from training to get her concealed-carry permit in the District of Columbia. \"Congress has plenty of authority to take their authority back and they haven't. ... They stomp their feet and scream about a tyrant.\"<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives thought President Barack Obama abused his powers, including when he created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected certain immigrants who came to the country illegally as children from deportation. And they believed, as many liberals do now, that the president's party in Congress was far too willing to let the executive run roughshod over the legislative branch.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Trump's rival, Hillary Clinton, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.vox.com//2015//10//8//9480589//hillary-clinton-executive-action/">promised to use executive authority<\/a> to address a series of hot-button issues, including her proposal to end the so-called gun-show loophole, which cheered liberals who were frustrated by Congress' ability to thwart parts of President Barack Obama's agenda.<\/p>\n<p>That's not to say every action is equal in moral value or proportion. But the move of party taking precedence over institutional prerogative is part of a long-term trend that activists on the right and left have seen as a means of enacting their favored policies.<\/p>\n<p>That trend has combined with Trump's penchant for dramatic demonstrations of power to leave little question that he's testing the limits of what a president can do unilaterally.<\/p>\n<p>Several states have sued him over his decision to take money appropriated for military construction projects \u2014 and from other accounts \u2014 and use it to build a wall that Congress denied funding for before voting to block his plan. Trump vetoed the latter bill and will force the courts to decide whether he's within his constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said Trump has used powers from three different baskets that should be viewed in separate terms.<\/p>\n<p>\"There's legitimate use of legitimate power. There's abuse of legitimate power. And then there's creating illegitimate powers than no one ever intended to give you,\" he said, pointing to Trump's decision to use funds appropriated for other purposes to build a border wall as illegitimate and his decision to withdraw the government's objection to a lawsuit against Obamacare as a legitimate, but misguided, use of power.<\/p>\n<p>\"What I think progressives think about is 'what is a legitimate use of legitimate power?'\" he said. \"Things like environmental protection and civil rights protection and busting up anti-competitive monopolies are powers that go unused. Those were legitimate powers that have gone unused by the Bush and the Trump administrations and that progressives would want to utilize if we take back the White House.\"<\/p>\n<p>But there's a different kind of fight over what Trump depicts as an effort to use the power of the government to correct for what he sees as an abuse of federal authority against him.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than a question of policy, it's a matter of politics and law that leaves no room for the possibility that it was legitimate both to investigate the Trump operation's ties to Russia and obstruction-of-justice questions and for Mueller to find no evidence of a conspiracy with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>From the South Lawn of the White House, the seat of executive power, Trump told reporters Wednesday that former government officials involved in starting and pursuing the investigation into his campaign were guilty of \"treason\" \u2014 a crime punishable by death \u2014 at nearly the same time Attorney General William Barr was telling Congress he believes the Obama administration spied on Trump's campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Barr provided no evidence. No one has been charged with a crime. No jury has rendered a verdict. But the president and the nation's top law enforcement officer, speaking separately and yet in conjunction with each other, began to lay out a public case that American citizens are guilty.<\/p>\n<p>\"It was an illegal investigation,\" Trump said. \"Everything about it was crooked. ... There were dirty cops. These were bad people. ... And this was a \u2014 an attempted coup. This was an attempted takedown of a president. And we beat them.\"<\/p>\n<p>A few moments later, Trump dropped the \"T\" word.<\/p>\n<p>\"What they did was treason,\" he said. \"What they did was against our Constitution and everything we stand for.\"<\/p>\n<p>Under federal law, a person has to wage war against the United States or provide aid or comfort to the nation's enemies to be found guilty of treason.<\/p>\n<p>\"While there is a debate about how effective he is or whether its bold versus tyrannical, his rhetoric should be a cause for concern,\" Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, said in an email. \"His ongoing accusations about top law enforcement officials and his claims that they are guilty of things like treason goes beyond what any liberal or conservative should accept.\"<\/p>\n<p>Zelizer noted his allegations are made without producing evidence and that Trump uses the standing of his office to put them into the public discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is dangerous stuff and a fundamental misuse of the office,\" he said. \"Not only can they harm individuals, but they undercut trust for major institutions. It should be treated as seriously as other forms of abusive executive power. it is difficult for Congress to know what to do about it, since it is rhetorical, so much of the weight for pushing back falls on his own party taking tough steps when he says things like this. Until now, they have only supported him.\"<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen what comes of the Barr investigation into the investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has often declared that the Obama-era officials should not have used the power of the government to look into him; it was, he has said, an abuse of their authority for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>For that reason alone, his fans and his critics may come to similar conclusions about whether he is now using the Justice Department to pursue the truth, or abusing his powers to punish perceived political enemies.<\/p>\n<p>Whichever interpretation they embrace, there's clearly a commonality in the way the left and right view Trump, said Zelizer: \"Both sides agree this is a very imperial president \u2014 at least, he tries to be.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1554933620,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1554933120,"firstPublishedAt":1554933120,"lastPublishedAt":1554933120,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3791630\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190410-donald-trump-se-538p_a570028613f85e491c657807c8c7db13.jpg","altText":"Image: President Trump Departs White House En Route To Texas","caption":"The right and the left are now seeing the president they always thought was there.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alex Wong Getty Images","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1711}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US politics"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.politics"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews"}],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News Politics","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Jonathan Allen","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2019\/04\/10\/trump-pushes-bounds-his-power-n993191","lastModified":1554933120}]"
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