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Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will no longer be cooperating with a committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, despite previous efforts to work with them. Meadows and his attorney George Terwilliger notified the committee Tuesday morning, after the senior Trump administration official could not come to terms with lawmakers on an arrangement to work with them. Terwilliger said Meadows was looking to appear voluntarily before the committee and answer questions that Meadows believed were not protected by executive privilege. Meadows is set to appear on "Hannity" Tuesday evening.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty announced Monday that they want to meet with acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and other agency leaders “immediately” to talk about how to remove federal officers from the city. A one-sentence joint statement from the city officials calls for meeting in Portland and discussing a “cease-fire” in addition to the removal of officers. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The sought-after “end to federal occupation” comes after federal officers have been deployed to Portland on orders from...

The Wikileaks Podesta documents proved once and for all that the Democrat Party and mainstream media are one entity. They meet. They plan. They coordinate. They collude. They dine together. They vacation together. They plot narrative together. They share debate questions together. They disseminate the information to the masses. And this Democrat-media complex is waging war against the Trump family like no other Republican family in history. But the Trump Family is fighting back. Melania Trump, wife of Donald Trump, sent a cease and desist letter to People Magazine on Thursday for its fraudulent article on Mrs. Donald Trump.

Washington - President Barack Obama is telling Israel´s leader that the United States is willing to negotiate a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Obama spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, as Israel was intensifying an bombardment of the Gaza Strip in an attempt to thwart rocket fire targeting Israel. The White House says Obama condemned the rockets and said Israel has the right to self-defense. But Obama also urged both sides not to escalate the crisis and to restore calm. Obama also relayed concerns about a Palestinian-American teenager who was detained and apparently beaten by Israeli

A new poll that came out on Thursday shows the merged Likud - Yisrael Beiteinu party taking a big hit mostly for the benefit of more right wing parties. The reason behind the shift is likely dissatisfaction with the cease fire. A new Israeli poll released this morning, and conducted following the cease-fire with Hamas, announced yesterday after 8 days of fighting, shows a significant drop in public support for Israeli Prime Minister Netanayhu. The poll which was commissioned by Israel’s Knesset website and conducted by the Panels Institute shows Netanyahu’s joint list with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, named Likud-Beiteinu...

US District Court decision threatens common practice reports Dozier Internet Law.Glen Allen, VA (PRWEB) January 24, 2008 -- The US District Court for the District of Idaho has found that copyright law protects a lawyer demand letter posted online by the recipient (Case No. MS-07-6236-EJL-MHW). The copyright decision, in pertinent part, has been made available by Dozier Internet Law, and is the first known court decision in the US to address the issue directly. The Final Judgment calls into serious question the practice of posting lawyer cease and desist letters online, a common tactic used and touted by First Amendment...

A new press release from the Ohio Repubican Party regarding Paul Hackett. (Columbus) – Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett called on the Democratic candidate in Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District special election to immediately remove a misleading television ad that falsely implies the endorsement of President Bush. “Just a few weeks ago, Paul Hackett was calling President Bush the biggest threat to America,” Bennett said. “Now he’s trying to pull a fast one on the voters by linking himself to the President and exploiting the President’s popularity in the 2nd District. This ad is a blatant attempt to dupe voters...

Powell Hopes for Partial Cease-Fire Tue Apr 16, 1:00 PM ETBy BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said Tuesday he is making progress in talks with Israel and Palestinian leaders and that he hopes to work out some kind of cease-fire within 24 hours. Powell said it probably would be something less than a formal cease-fire, but he did not spell out what might be in the offing. He met Tuesday one-on-one for an hour with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites), their third get-together since...