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Schumer predicts ‘long, painful and tedious’ Trump speech as dozens of Democrats plan to boycott – live
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Hillary Clinton to testify in House oversight committee’s Epstein investigation – US politics live
Democrats on oversight committee call for Trump to be deposed 'immediately'Democrats on the House oversight committee called for Donald Trump to be deposed before the committee “immediately,” making this demand as Hillary Clinton appeared before the committee for closed-door testimony and said she had never met Jeffrey Epstein.
“We should depose the person that is mentioned in the Epstein files almost more than any other person, next to Ghislaine Maxwelland that’s Donald Trump,” Robert Garciathe ranking Democrat on the committee, said at a press conference Thursday afternoon.
Other Democrats on the committee said commerce secretary Howard Lutnickwho has ties to Epstein, and FBI director Kash Patelwho could shed light on the agency’s interviews with a woman who accused Trump of assault, should both come before the committee for testimony.
“America is watching,” said Yassamin Ansaria Democrat representative from...
Man stabs four people to death in Washington state
A man stabbed four people to death in the street in a town west of Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday morning after violating a no-contact order, the Pierce county sheriffs office confirmed to local news outlets.The four stabbing victims, as well as the 32-year-old suspect, are confirmed dead, the sheriffs office said. Three of the victims died at the scene, while a fourth was taken to a hospital and later died from their injuries, authorities said.At about 8.40am, Pierce county sheriffs deputies received a call from a home for a violation of a no-contact order. They obtained a copy of the order, learned it was not valid because it had not been served on the suspect and headed to the scene to provide it to him.As police were heading to that location a home on...
