some key Democrats expressed support for impeachment proceedings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//congress//impeachment-talk-among-democrats-heats-after-mueller-report-n996401/">became the first Democratic presidential contender to call on the House to start impeachment proceedings<\/a> against Trump. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she would sign onto an impeachment resolution introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether Democrats might pursue impeachment, House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said Friday, \"We may very well come to that very soon.\"<\/p>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., whose panel would have the power to begin impeachment proceedings, also has not ruled that out. Asked if holding Trump accountable means impeachment, Nadler said Thursday, \"That's one possibility \u2014 there are others.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555962022,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555961160,"firstPublishedAt":1555961160,"lastPublishedAt":1555961160,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3818854\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190422-nancy-pelosi-cs-214p_d1a359139a4ce8f155badaec898322bb.jpg","altText":"Image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives at her weekly news conference on ","caption":"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill ion April 4, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Yuri Gripas Reuters file","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1668}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US politics"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":733404}],"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,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":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":"Rebecca Shabad and Frank Thorp V","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','gs_politics_american','neg_facebook_2021','neg_facebook_neg4','neg_facebook','gs_law_misc','gs_politics_misc','gs_law','neg_citi_campaign_2','neg_citi_campaign_3','neg_facebook_q4','gt_negative','gt_negative_dislike','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\/22\/pelosi-holding-conference-call-house-dems-discuss-next-steps-after-n997216","lastModified":1555961160},{"id":735134,"cid":3818474,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Herman Cain withdraws himself from consideration for Federal Reserve Board, Trump says","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Herman Cain withdraws himself from consideration for Federal Reserve Board, Trump says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Trump tweeted Monday that he would respect Cain's wishes and not nominate him for the position.","summary":"Trump tweeted Monday that he would respect Cain's wishes and not nominate him for the position.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-says-he-won-t-nominate-herman-cain-federal-reserve-n997136","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-says-he-won-t-nominate-herman-cain-federal-reserve-n997136","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nPresident Donald Trump tweeted Monday that he will not nominate businessman and failed 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to the Federal Reserve Board.\"My friend Herman Cain, a truly wonderful man, has asked me not to nominate him for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board,\" Trump wrote. \"I will respect his wishes. Herman is a great American who truly loves our Country!\"This is a developing story.\n","htmlText":"<p>President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that he will not nominate businessman and failed 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to the Federal Reserve Board.<\/p>\n<p>\"My friend Herman Cain, a truly wonderful man, has asked me not to nominate him for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board,\" Trump <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//realDonaldTrump//status//1120360773807693826/">wrote. \"I will respect his wishes. Herman is a great American who truly loves our Country!\"<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555951219,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555950360,"firstPublishedAt":1555950360,"lastPublishedAt":1555950360,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3818474\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190411-herman-cain-file-ew-549p_c2284f6f6f7a07a097c9d0e0e4e4e0dc.jpg","altText":null,"caption":"Herman Cain speaks during Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington on June 20, 2014.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Molly Riley 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":[],"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,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":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":"Allan Smith","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','gs_politics_american','neg_facebook_2021','gs_politics_misc','gt_positive','gt_positive_love','custom_politics_brussels','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\/22\/trump-says-he-won-t-nominate-herman-cain-federal-reserve-n997136","lastModified":1555950360},{"id":735118,"cid":3818448,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Trump says he's 'not even a little bit' concerned about being impeached","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Trump says he's 'not even a little bit' concerned about being impeached","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The president spoke as talk of removing him has heated up among Democrats in the wake of the Mueller report.","summary":"The president spoke as talk of removing him has heated up among Democrats in the wake of the Mueller report.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-says-he-s-not-even-little-bit-concerned-about-n997071","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/trump-says-he-s-not-even-little-bit-concerned-about-n997071","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he was not worried at all about impeachment, less than a week after a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report was made public and as talk of trying to remove him from office has been increasing among Democrats in Congress.\"Not even a little bit,\" Trump said to reporters at the annual White House Easter egg roll when asked whether he was concerned about the possibility.Since the release of Mueller's findings, Democrats have been conflicted on what the next steps should be.Some, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a 2020 presidential candidate, have called for the House to begin impeachment proceedings. But other Democrats have warned of the political risk of trying to remove the president.Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has urged a wait-and-see approach so lawmakers have a chance to read the full Mueller report and supporting documents.Trump also told reporters on Monday that he was not concerned about White House staffers' ignoring his orders, even though the Mueller report details how aides sometimes refused to comply with the president's directions to interfere with the special counsel investigation.Most notably, the report states that then-White House counsel Don McGahn refused to follow through on Trump's request to pressure Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to remove Mueller.\"Nobody disobeys my orders,\" Trump said to reporters on Monday.\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump said Monday that he was not worried at all about impeachment, less than a week after a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report was made public and as talk of trying to remove him from office has been increasing among Democrats in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\"Not even a little bit,\" Trump said to reporters at the annual White House Easter egg roll when asked whether he was concerned about the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Since the release of Mueller's findings, Democrats have been conflicted on what the next steps should be.<\/p>\n<p>Some, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a 2020 presidential candidate, have called for the House to begin impeachment proceedings. But other Democrats have warned of the political risk of trying to remove the president.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has urged a wait-and-see approach so lawmakers have a chance to read the full Mueller report and supporting documents.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also told reporters on Monday that he was not concerned about White House staffers' ignoring his orders, even though the Mueller report details how aides sometimes refused to comply with the president's directions to interfere with the special counsel investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, the report states that then-White House counsel Don McGahn refused to follow through on Trump's request to pressure Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to remove Mueller.<\/p>\n<p>\"Nobody disobeys my orders,\" Trump said to reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555950017,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555949280,"firstPublishedAt":1555949280,"lastPublishedAt":1555949280,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3818448\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190422-donald-trump-ew-1132a_ad0098f5d2038bc603e2b2be3298eb47.jpg","altText":"Image: U.S. President Trump attends the 2019 White House Easter Egg Roll in","caption":"President Trump at the Easter egg roll on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Shannon Stapleton Reuters","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1608}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US 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administration moves to cut off Iranian oil exports","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Trump administration moves to cut off Iranian oil exports","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The move is designed to deprive Iran of crucial revenue, U.S. officials say, but it risks driving up gasoline prices and alienating allies.","summary":"The move is designed to deprive Iran of crucial revenue, U.S. officials say, but it risks driving up gasoline prices and alienating allies.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-administration-moves-cut-iranian-oil-exports-n997006","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/trump-administration-moves-cut-iranian-oil-exports-n997006","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nThe Trump administration said on Monday it will scrap all waivers that allowed eight governments to buy Iranian oil without facing U.S. sanctions — a move designed to choke off Tehran's oil revenue.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned foreign countries and companies that Washington would enforce U.S. sanctions banning the purchase of Iranian oil without exception, saying the Trump administration was intent on depriving Tehran of funds to build ballistic missiles and back its proxies in the Middle East.\"Any nation or entity interacting with Iran should do its diligence and air on the side of caution. The risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits,\" Pompeo told a news conference.The policy shift impacts Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China, and India. The three other countries that had been granted oil sanctions waivers — Taiwan, Italy, and Greece — have already stopped purchasing Iranian oil.The decision came after an internal debate in the Trump administration in recent months over how far to squeeze Iran's oil exports and after demands from Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, for the White House to make good on its tough rhetoric on Iran. Administration officials last year had been anxious to avoid jolting oil markets and causing a potential spike in gasoline prices in the U.S.The move raised the risk of aggravating relations with allies such as India, which has been one of Iran's biggest oil customers, and raising tensions with China at a moment when Washington is trying to negotiate a major trade deal. The Trump administration is also looking to Beijing to help push North Korea to agree to abandon its nuclear and missile arsenal in return for a relaxation of economic sanctions.Ibrahim Kalin, a senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told reporters last week that Turkey \"expected\" another extension from the U.S. but said his government had been offered no assurances.\"Iran is one of our main oil suppliers and we made it clear that not only we would like to continue to buy oil from Iran but also Iran is a neighboring country, we have a long border with Iran. We have cultural ties,\" said Kalin. \"So people should not expect Turkey to turn its back on Iran just like that.\"As of March, Iran exported about a billion barrels of oil a day.President Trump last year pulled the United States out of the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers. The accord had imposed strict limits on Iran's nuclear program in return for lifting U.S. and economic sanctions on the regime. But the Trump administration had condemned the agreement as deeply flawed, arguing it did not address Iran's support for militants in the Middle East or its ballistic missile program.When Washington reimposed sanctions in November on Iranian oil exports it granted waivers to the eight governments. The current waivers expire on May 2.Pompeo said the U.S. had made the decision after receiving assurances from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that it would ensure an adequate supply of oil for the global market.\"I can confirm that each of those suppliers are working directly with Iran's former customers to make the transition away from Iranian crude less disruptive,\" Pompeo said.Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in a statement that his country would work with other oil producers \"to ensure adequate supplies are available to consumers while ensuring the global oil market does not go out of balance.\"But global crude prices rose three percent early Monday in Asia on news of the move, which was first reported by the Washington Post on Sunday. And crude futures increased to nearly six month highs.Pompeo and other U.S. officials said oil sanctions were the most important tool at Washington's disposal to apply economic pressure on Iran.\"This is the biggest leverage we have on the Islamic Republic of Iran, is their oil exports,\" Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran, told reporters. \"And if you want to seek a change in behavior you have to show seriousness of purpose on the oil.\"Pompeo said current sanctions have already damaged Iran's finances and deprived its partners in Syria and Lebanon of cash.\"So we have watched Iran have diminished power as a result of our campaign. Their capacity to wreak harm around the world is absolutely clearly diminished,\" he said.Iran has accused the Trump administration of causing a shortage of medicine due to economic sanctions and hampering the flow of humanitarian aid as the country suffers from devastating floods.U.S. officials also said that 2018 had seen a tight oil market but that the outlook for the 2019 global oil market was more positive and could absorb the loss of the Iranian exports.The announcement came after Pompeo privately told a group of Iranian-Americans in Dallas that Washington was not seeking to topple the Iranian regime through military action, according to an Axios report.Asked about the report, Pompeo told reporters Monday that \"we've made it clear to the Iran's leaders that if Americans are attacked we will respond in a serious way.\"He also said the U.S. supports the aspirations of the Iranian people but did not support any opposition group outside of Iran, including the People's Mujahedin of Iran, or the MEK. National security adviser John Bolton and Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, have spoken at events in the past organized by the MEK, which was previously designated by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization.\n","htmlText":"<p>The Trump administration said on Monday it will scrap all waivers that allowed eight governments to buy Iranian oil without facing <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//politics-news//u-s-reimposes-all-iran-sanctions-lifted-under-nuclear-deal-n930366/">U.S. sanctions<\/a> \u2014 a move designed to choke off Tehran's oil revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned foreign countries and companies that Washington would enforce U.S. sanctions banning the purchase of Iranian oil without exception, saying the Trump administration was intent on depriving Tehran of funds to build ballistic missiles and back its proxies in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\"Any nation or entity interacting with Iran should do its diligence and air on the side of caution. The risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits,\" Pompeo told a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>The policy shift impacts Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China, and India. The three other countries that had been granted oil sanctions waivers \u2014 Taiwan, Italy, and Greece \u2014 have already stopped purchasing Iranian oil.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came after an <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//white-house//after-vowing-strangle-iran-s-economy-trump-admin-divided-over-n985841/">internal debate in the Trump administration<\/a> in recent months over how far to squeeze Iran's oil exports and after demands from Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, for the White House to make good on its tough rhetoric on Iran. Administration officials last year had been anxious to avoid jolting oil markets and causing a potential spike in gasoline prices in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The move raised the risk of aggravating relations with allies such as India, which has been one of Iran's biggest oil customers, and raising tensions with China at a moment when Washington is trying to negotiate a major trade deal. The Trump administration is also looking to Beijing to help push North Korea to agree to abandon its nuclear and missile arsenal in return for a relaxation of economic sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Kalin, a senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told reporters last week that Turkey \"expected\" another extension from the U.S. but said his government had been offered no assurances.<\/p>\n<p>\"Iran is one of our main oil suppliers and we made it clear that not only we would like to continue to buy oil from Iran but also Iran is a neighboring country, we have a long border with Iran. We have cultural ties,\" said Kalin. \"So people should not expect Turkey to turn its back on Iran just like that.\"<\/p>\n<p>As of March, Iran exported about a billion barrels of oil a day.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump last year pulled the United States out of the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers. The accord had imposed strict limits on Iran's nuclear program in return for lifting U.S. and economic sanctions on the regime. But the Trump administration had condemned the agreement as deeply flawed, arguing it did not address Iran's support for militants in the Middle East or its ballistic missile program.<\/p>\n<p>When Washington reimposed sanctions in November on Iranian oil exports it granted waivers to the eight governments. The current waivers expire on May 2.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo said the U.S. had made the decision after receiving assurances from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that it would ensure an adequate supply of oil for the global market.<\/p>\n<p>\"I can confirm that each of those suppliers are working directly with Iran's former customers to make the transition away from Iranian crude less disruptive,\" Pompeo said.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in a statement that his country would work with other oil producers \"to ensure adequate supplies are available to consumers while ensuring the global oil market does not go out of balance.\"<\/p>\n<p>But global crude prices rose three percent early Monday in Asia on news of the move, which was first reported by the Washington Post on Sunday. And crude futures increased to nearly six month highs.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo and other U.S. officials said oil sanctions were the most important tool at Washington's disposal to apply economic pressure on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is the biggest leverage we have on the Islamic Republic of Iran, is their oil exports,\" Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran, told reporters. \"And if you want to seek a change in behavior you have to show seriousness of purpose on the oil.\"<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo said current sanctions have already damaged Iran's finances and deprived its partners in Syria and Lebanon of cash.<\/p>\n<p>\"So we have watched Iran have diminished power as a result of our campaign. Their capacity to wreak harm around the world is absolutely clearly diminished,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has accused the Trump administration of causing a shortage of medicine due to economic sanctions and hampering the flow of humanitarian aid as the country suffers from devastating floods.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials also said that 2018 had seen a tight oil market but that the outlook for the 2019 global oil market was more positive and could absorb the loss of the Iranian exports.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came after Pompeo privately told a group of Iranian-Americans in Dallas that Washington was not seeking to topple the Iranian regime through military action, according to an Axios report.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the report, Pompeo told reporters Monday that \"we've made it clear to the Iran's leaders that if Americans are attacked we will respond in a serious way.\"<\/p>\n<p>He also said the U.S. supports the aspirations of the Iranian people but did not support any opposition group outside of Iran, including the People's Mujahedin of Iran, or the MEK. National security adviser John Bolton and Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, have spoken at events in the past organized by the MEK, which was previously designated by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555950018,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555948980,"firstPublishedAt":1555948980,"lastPublishedAt":1555948980,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3818450\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190422-iran-oil-cs-937a_d381ed796444ce1c70e4ae0752bd03db.jpg","altText":"Image: Employees at a facility at the Persian Gulf Star Co. gas refinery in","caption":"Employees at a facility at the Persian Gulf Star Co. gas refinery in bandar Abbas, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ali Mohammadi Bloomberg via Getty Images file","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1664}],"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,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":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":"Dan De Luce and Abigail Williams","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','neg_facebook_2021','sm_politics','neg_nespresso','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','neg_mobkoi_castrol','castrol_negative_uk','gs_politics_american','gs_politics_misc','neg_facebook_q4','gt_negative','neg_facebook_neg4','gs_economy','gs_economy_misc','gt_negative_fear','gv_military'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2019\/04\/22\/trump-administration-moves-cut-iranian-oil-exports-n997006","lastModified":1555948980},{"id":735052,"cid":3818260,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Prince memoir, 'The Beautiful Ones,' to be released in October","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Prince memoir, 'The Beautiful Ones,' to be released in October","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Publisher Random House confirmed Monday that \"The Beautiful Ones\" will combine Prince's unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics.","summary":"Publisher Random House confirmed Monday that \"The Beautiful Ones\" will combine Prince's unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics.","keySentence":"","url":"prince-memoir-beautiful-ones-be-released-october-n997016","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/prince-memoir-beautiful-ones-be-released-october-n997016","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"LOS ANGELES - The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death is coming out Oct. 29, according to the Associated Press. \n\nPublisher Random House confirmed Monday that \"The Beautiful Ones\" will combine Prince's unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics. \n\nAnnounced just weeks before his 2016 death, the 288-page book, issued in partnership with the late artist's estate, will include an introduction by New Yorker writer Dan Piepenbring, whom Prince had chosen as a collaborator. In 2018, literary agent Esther Newberg told Variety that Prince had completed more than 50 handwritten pages. \n\n\"'The Beautiful Ones' is the deeply personal account of how Prince Rogers Nelson became the Prince we know: the real-time story of a kid absorbing the world around him and creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and the fame that would come to define him,\" Random House announced. \n\nThe book will span from Prince's childhood to his early years as a musician to the cusp of international stardom, using Prince's own writings, a scrapbook of his personal photos, and the original handwritten lyric sheets for many of his most iconic songs, which he kept at Paisley Park. \n\nPiepenbring's introduction will touch upon Prince's final days, \"a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique he'd so carefully cultivated,\" according to the announcement. \n\nPrince died in April of 2016 of an accidental drug overdose. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>LOS ANGELES - The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death is coming out Oct. 29, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Publisher Random House confirmed Monday that \"The Beautiful Ones\" will combine Prince's unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>Announced just weeks before his 2016 death, the 288-page book, issued in partnership with the late artist's estate, will include an introduction by New Yorker writer Dan Piepenbring, whom Prince had chosen as a collaborator. In 2018, literary agent Esther Newberg told Variety that Prince had completed more than 50 handwritten pages.<\/p>\n<p>\"'The Beautiful Ones' is the deeply personal account of how Prince Rogers Nelson became the Prince we know: the real-time story of a kid absorbing the world around him and creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and the fame that would come to define him,\" Random House announced.<\/p>\n<p>The book will span from Prince's childhood to his early years as a musician to the cusp of international stardom, using Prince's own writings, a scrapbook of his personal photos, and the original handwritten lyric sheets for many of his most iconic songs, which he kept at Paisley Park.<\/p>\n<p>Piepenbring's introduction will touch upon Prince's final days, \"a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique he'd so carefully cultivated,\" according to the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Prince died in April of 2016 of an accidental drug overdose.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555944042,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555943880,"firstPublishedAt":1555945737,"lastPublishedAt":1555945737,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3818260\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190422-prince-cs-1030a_0e6dda3fb4c0d9200b525ced6c81c501.jpg","altText":"Image: Prince performs at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on March 28, 200","caption":"Prince performs at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on March 28, 2009.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kristian Dowling Getty Images file","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1652}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":574,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture","titleRaw":"Culture"},{"id":9471,"slug":"pop-music","urlSafeValue":"pop-music","title":"Pop music","titleRaw":"Pop music"},{"id":13130,"slug":"singer","urlSafeValue":"singer","title":"singer","titleRaw":"singer"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.popculture"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews"}],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News Entertainment","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Variety","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_entertain','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gs_entertain_books','gv_death_injury','neg_bucherer','neg_facebook_2021','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gs_entertain_music','mortgages_home_eng','neg_facebook_neg11','neg_nespresso'","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\/22\/prince-memoir-beautiful-ones-be-released-october-n997016","lastModified":1555945737},{"id":732826,"cid":3812030,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":"190419_SYSU_7452820","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Living it - 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There are estimations stating that the ban could cost the city over 1,000 jobs and close to \u20ac3 billion. \n\nIf passed, New York would become the third major American city with such a ban, following San Francisco, where a ban takes effect this year, and Los Angeles, where a ban passed this year will take effect in 2021. \n\n\nElsewhere, Sao Paulo, Brazil, began its ban on the import and sale of fur in 2015. Fur farming was banned in the United Kingdom nearly 20 years ago. Last year, London Fashion Week became the first major fashion event to go entirely fur-free. \n\nClick on the video above to learn more about the proposal. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Last year, New York City was home to <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.theofficialanimalrightsmarch.org///">The Official Animal Rights March<\/a><\/strong> and now a burgeoning movement to outlaw fur is seeking to make its biggest statement yet in the fashion mecca.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers are pushing a measure that would ban the sale of all new fur products in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the height of the fur business in the last century, New York City manufactured 80 percent of the fur coats made in the U.S, according to FUR NYC, a group representing 130 retailers and manufacturers in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The group says New York City remains the largest market for fur products in the country, with real fur still frequently used as trim on coats, jackets and other items. There are estimations stating that the ban could cost the city over 1,000 jobs and close to \u20ac3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>If passed, New York would become the third major American city with such a ban, following San Francisco, where a ban takes effect this year, and Los Angeles, where a ban passed this year will take effect in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Sao Paulo, Brazil, began its ban on the import and sale of fur in 2015. Fur farming was banned in the United Kingdom nearly 20 years ago. Last year, London Fashion Week became the first major fashion event to go entirely fur-free.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on the video above to learn more about the proposal.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555673068,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555941620,"firstPublishedAt":1555680452,"lastPublishedAt":1555941633,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/03\/81\/20\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_141a8fe5-37d0-5ae0-b431-946de7d4656e-3812030.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Reuters\/Keith Bedford","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3504,"height":2336}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":582,"urlSafeValue":"katanich","title":"Doloresz Katanich","twitter":"@doloreskatanich"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":10235,"slug":"animal-rights","urlSafeValue":"animal-rights","title":"Animal rights","titleRaw":"Animal 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It does not explicitly apply to LGBT individuals, but gay rights advocates have argued that firing employees because of their sexual orientation is already prohibited as a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. They've been hoping to achieve in the courts what they have so far been unable to get in Congress — a nationwide ban on job discrimination.The cases accepted Monday reflect the split among federal courts. Two appeals courts ruled that employers violated Title VII by firing gay and transgender employees. A third said civil rights laws don't cover sexual orientation.For decades, every federal appeals court to consider whether gay employees are entitled to non-discrimination protection ruled that they are not. But advocates of LGBT rights argued that support for that position has been eroding. In 1989, the Supreme Court said Title VII bans discrimination based on an employee's failure to act according to sex-based expectations, ruling for a woman denied a promotion who was told to walk, talk, and dress femininely, wear make-up and jewelry, and have her hair styled.In 1998, the court ruled that a heterosexual offshore oil rig worker could sue for sex discrimination even though he was sexually harassed by other men on the job. Congress didn't have that kind of discrimination in mind when the civil rights law was passed in 1964, the Supreme Court said, but \"statutory prohibitions often go beyond the principal evil to cover reasonably comparable evils.\"The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concluded in 2015 that Title VII does protect against LGBT job discrimination. The Obama Justice Department took the same position, but under President Trump it reversed course, opposing that conclusion.Among the cases to be heard next term are an appeal from a ruling in favor of a New York skydiving instructor, Donald Zarda, who said he was fired after telling a female client that he was gay so she shouldn't worry about being strapped tightly against him during the dive. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals said sexual orientation discrimination is a subset of sex discrimination.The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said a woman who worked for a Michigan funeral home was impermissably fired two weeks after she told her employer she was transgender. Her employer said she did not follow the dress code, but the court said transgender discrimination is prohibited by Title VII.\"Discrimination 'because of sex' inherently includes discrimination against employees because of a change in their sex,\" it said.In the third case, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a Georgia man who lost his job with Clayton County after his participation in a gay softball league became known to his employer. That court said the civil rights law does not cover sexual orientation discrimination.Because of the split among the lower courts, advocates on both sides of the issue were urging the Supreme Court to correct what they said were erroneous rulings.The court will hear the cases in its next term which begins in October.\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether existing civil rights laws ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, a question that has divided the nation's lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>Federal law forbids workplace discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It does not explicitly apply to LGBT individuals, but gay rights advocates have argued that firing employees because of their sexual orientation is already prohibited as a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. They've been hoping to achieve in the courts what they have so far been unable to get in Congress \u2014 a nationwide ban on job discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The cases accepted Monday reflect the split among federal courts. Two appeals courts ruled that employers violated Title VII by firing gay and transgender employees. A third said civil rights laws don't cover sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, every federal appeals court to consider whether gay employees are entitled to non-discrimination protection ruled that they are not. But advocates of LGBT rights argued that support for that position has been eroding. In 1989, the Supreme Court said Title VII bans discrimination based on an employee's failure to act according to sex-based expectations, ruling for a woman denied a promotion who was told to walk, talk, and dress femininely, wear make-up and jewelry, and have her hair styled.<\/p>\n<p>In 1998, the court ruled that a heterosexual offshore oil rig worker could sue for sex discrimination even though he was sexually harassed by other men on the job. Congress didn't have that kind of discrimination in mind when the civil rights law was passed in 1964, the Supreme Court said, but \"statutory prohibitions often go beyond the principal evil to cover reasonably comparable evils.\"<\/p>\n<p>The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concluded in 2015 that Title VII does protect against LGBT job discrimination. The Obama Justice Department took the same position, but under President Trump it reversed course, opposing that conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Among the cases to be heard next term are an appeal from a ruling in favor of a New York skydiving instructor, Donald Zarda, who said he was fired after telling a female client that he was gay so she shouldn't worry about being strapped tightly against him during the dive. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals said sexual orientation discrimination is a subset of sex discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said a woman who worked for a Michigan funeral home was impermissably fired two weeks after she told her employer she was transgender. Her employer said she did not follow the dress code, but the court said transgender discrimination is prohibited by Title VII.<\/p>\n<p>\"Discrimination 'because of sex' inherently includes discrimination against employees because of a change in their sex,\" it said.<\/p>\n<p>In the third case, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a Georgia man who lost his job with Clayton County after his participation in a gay softball league became known to his employer. 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Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings to block a subpoena for years of financial records from accounting firm Mazars USA. \n\nThe lawyers filed the lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, saying the subpoena \"lacks any legitimate legislative purpose, is an abuse of power, and is just another example of overreach by the president's political opponents.\" \n\nEarlier this month, Cummings, D-Md., issued the subpoena to Mazars regarding Trump's finances to corroborate the testimony of his former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, in February. \n\n\"We will not allow congressional presidential harassment to go unanswered,\" Jay Sekulow, one of Trump's personal lawyers, said in a statement. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Lawyers for President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization are suing House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings to block a subpoena for years of financial records from accounting firm 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Iran.","keySentence":"","url":"united-states-to-end-waivers-on-iranian-oil-sanctions-for-five-countries","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2019\/04\/22\/united-states-to-end-waivers-on-iranian-oil-sanctions-for-five-countries","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Trump administration on Monday told five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran. \n\nPresident Donald Trump has decided not to reissue the waivers when they expire in early May, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said. \n\n\"The decision is intended to bring Iran's oil exports to zero, denying its principal source of revenue,\" Sanders said in a statement. \n\nSecretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed the sanctions have already cost Iran around $10 billion, as he told a press conference the US would not grant anymore exemptions. \n\n\"Any nation interacting with Iran should do its due diligence and err of the side of caution. The risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits,\" he said. \n\nPompeo said the U.S. had gained assurances from oil producers - namely Saudi Arabia and the UAE - to ensure a sufficient supply to minimise impact on pricing. \n\nHe added the length of the sanctions being at zero depends on the Iranian Ayatollah and \"his cronies\" meeting certain demands. \n\nThese demands include Iran ending its pursuit of nuclear weapon, stopping development of ballistic missiles, stopping sponsoring and committing terrorism and stopping arbitrary detention of US citizens. \n\nThe U.S. had granted eight oil sanctions waivers when it re-imposed sanctions on Iran after Trump pulled out of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. \n\nThey were granted in part to give those countries more time to find alternate energy sources but also to prevent a shock to global oil markets from the sudden removal of Iranian crude. \n\nSince November, three of the eight \u2014 Italy, Greece and Taiwan \u2014 have stopped importing oil from Iran. The other five, however, have not, and have lobbied for their waivers to be extended. \n\nNATO ally Turkey has made perhaps the most public case for an extension, with senior officials telling their U.S. counterparts that Iranian oil is critical to meeting their country's energy needs. They have also made the case that as a neighbor of Iran, Turkey cannot be expected to completely close its economy to Iranian goods. \n\nRead more: China opposes US sanctions strategy and says bilateral cooperation with Iran is legal \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Trump administration on Monday told five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has decided not to reissue the waivers when they expire in early May, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p>\"The decision is intended to bring Iran's oil exports to zero, denying its principal source of revenue,\" Sanders said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed the sanctions have already cost Iran around $10 billion, as he told a press conference the US would not grant anymore exemptions.<\/p>\n<p>\"Any nation interacting with Iran should do its due diligence and err of the side of caution. The risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo said the U.S. had gained assurances from oil producers - namely Saudi Arabia and the UAE - to ensure a sufficient supply to minimise impact on pricing.<\/p>\n<p>He added the length of the sanctions being at zero depends on the Iranian Ayatollah and \"his cronies\" meeting certain demands.<\/p>\n<p>These demands include Iran ending its pursuit of nuclear weapon, stopping development of ballistic missiles, stopping sponsoring and committing terrorism and stopping arbitrary detention of US citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. had granted eight oil sanctions waivers when it re-imposed sanctions on Iran after Trump pulled out of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>They were granted in part to give those countries more time to find alternate energy sources but also to prevent a shock to global oil markets from the sudden removal of Iranian crude.<\/p>\n<p>Since November, three of the eight \u2014 Italy, Greece and Taiwan \u2014 have stopped importing oil from Iran. The other five, however, have not, and have lobbied for their waivers to be extended.<\/p>\n<p>NATO ally Turkey has made perhaps the most public case for an extension, with senior officials telling their U.S. counterparts that Iranian oil is critical to meeting their country's energy needs. They have also made the case that as a neighbor of Iran, Turkey cannot be expected to completely close its economy to Iranian goods.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//04//22//china-opposes-us-sanctions-strategy-and-says-bilateral-cooperation-with-iran-is-legal/">Read more: China opposes US sanctions strategy and says bilateral cooperation with Iran is legal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////wb.messengerpeople.com//?widget_hash=3638143e4a3b4fbd5787ac11bc1b3c6d&lang=en&wn=0\%22 width=\"80%\" height=\"300px\" style=\"border:0;\"><\/iframe> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 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Court to decide if 2020 census can ask about citizenship","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Supreme Court to decide if 2020 census can ask about citizenship","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"18 states, several of the nation's largest cities, and immigrant rights groups say the question would make immigrants reluctant to respond to census takers.","summary":"18 states, several of the nation's largest cities, and immigrant rights groups say the question would make immigrants reluctant to respond to census takers.","keySentence":"","url":"supreme-court-decide-if-trump-administration-can-ask-about-citizenship-n995171","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-decide-if-trump-administration-can-ask-about-citizenship-n995171","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court hears its highest profile case of the term Tuesday — a battle over the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form that goes to every U.S. household.A total of 18 states, several of the nation's largest cities, and immigrant rights groups say the question would make immigrants reluctant to respond to census takers, resulting in an undercount of the population. They won two battles in the lower courts, prompting the government's appeal to the high court.The Constitution requires a census every 10 years, and the results determine how many members each state gets in the U.S. House of Representatives. The data is also used to calculate a local government's share of funds under many federal programs.Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the question was added at his direction after he received a letter from the Department of Justice which said the data was needed to properly enforce civil rights laws. But Federal District Court Judge Jesse Furman of New York said the evidence at a trial on the issue revealed that Ross' claim was nothing but a pretext.Furman concluded that Ross actually prodded the Justice Department to send the letter, which demonstrated that he \"made the decision to add a citizenship question well before he received DOJ's request.\" The judge also found that including the question would violate a federal law requiring the government to get as accurate a count as possible, because it would \"materially reduce response rates among immigrant and Hispanic households.\"Led by New York, the states opposing the question also said Ross' directive sidestepped the Census Bureau's long-standing procedures for testing changes to the questionnaire in order to evaluate whether they would lead to an undercount. Because the citizenship question would depress minority responses, the challengers said, including it on the form would actually produce a less accurate count than leaving it off and using Social Security and IRS data to supplement the information gathered from the census form.The administration of President Donald Trump argued at the trial that questions about citizenship or country of birth have been asked during all but one census from 1820 to 2000. But in recent decades, the long-form version that included those questions — along with others about race, sex, Hispanic origin, and relationship status — was not sent to every household.Separately, a judge in San Francisco ruled in March that including the citizenship question would violate the Constitution's requirement for an \"actual enumeration\" of the population. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg agreed with California that adding the question would discourage responses within the noncitizen and Latino communities, even among those here legally. The negative effect of including the question would be magnified by the current immigration debate, he said.A Supreme Court brief filed by civil rights advocates agreed. \"The Census Bureau's confidentiality obligations provide cold comfort to Latino immigrants,\" it said. \"The Trump Administration has created an environment of fear and distrust in the Latino community.\"The American Civil Liberties Union said an analysis by the Census Bureau estimated that almost 6 percent of households where a noncitizen lives would not respond to the census if the question is added. That would amount to about 6.5 million people.Trump weighed in on the controversy in early April. \"Can you believe that the Radical Left Democrats want to do our new and very important Census Report without the all important Citizenship Question,\" he said in a tweet. \"Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!\"The court will decide the case by late June.\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Supreme Court <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//politics-news//supreme-court-broadens-scope-case-against-census-citizenship-question-n983916/">hears its highest profile case of the term<\/a> Tuesday \u2014 a battle over the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form that goes to every U.S. household.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 18 states, several of the nation's largest cities, and immigrant rights groups say the question would make immigrants reluctant to respond to census takers, resulting in an undercount of the population. They won two battles in the lower courts, prompting the government's appeal to the high court.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitution requires a census every 10 years, and the results determine how many members each state gets in the U.S. House of Representatives. The data is also used to calculate a local government's share of funds under many federal programs.<\/p>\n<p>Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//politics-news//wilbur-ross-questioned-about-adding-citizenship-question-2020-census-n983246/">said the question was added at his direction<\/a> after he received a letter from the Department of Justice which said the data was needed to properly enforce civil rights laws. But Federal District Court Judge Jesse Furman of New York said the evidence at a trial on the issue revealed that Ross' claim was nothing but a pretext.<\/p>\n<p>Furman concluded that Ross actually prodded the Justice Department to send the letter, which demonstrated that he \"made the decision to add a citizenship question well before he received DOJ's request.\" The judge also found that including the question would violate a federal law requiring the government to get as accurate a count as possible, because it would \"materially reduce response rates among immigrant and Hispanic households.\"<\/p>\n<p>Led by New York, the states opposing the question also said Ross' directive sidestepped the Census Bureau's long-standing procedures for testing changes to the questionnaire in order to evaluate whether they would lead to an undercount. Because the citizenship question would depress minority responses, the challengers said, including it on the form would actually produce a less accurate count than leaving it off and using Social Security and IRS data to supplement the information gathered from the census form.<\/p>\n<p>The administration of President Donald Trump argued at the trial that questions about citizenship or country of birth have been asked during all but one census from 1820 to 2000. But in recent decades, the long-form version that included those questions \u2014 along with others about race, sex, Hispanic origin, and relationship status \u2014 was not sent to every household.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, a judge in San Francisco ruled in March that including the citizenship question would violate the Constitution's requirement for an \"actual enumeration\" of the population. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg agreed with California that adding the question would discourage responses within the noncitizen and Latino communities, even among those here legally. The negative effect of including the question would be magnified by the current immigration debate, he said.<\/p>\n<p>A Supreme Court brief filed by civil rights advocates agreed. \"The Census Bureau's confidentiality obligations provide cold comfort to Latino immigrants,\" it said. \"The Trump Administration has created an environment of fear and distrust in the Latino community.\"<\/p>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union said an analysis by the Census Bureau estimated that almost 6 percent of households where a noncitizen lives would not respond to the census if the question is added. That would amount to about 6.5 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//trump-census-meaningless-without-citizenship-question-n989666/">weighed in on the controversy in early April<\/a>. \"Can you believe that the Radical Left Democrats want to do our new and very important Census Report without the all important Citizenship Question,\" he said in a tweet. \"Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!\"<\/p>\n<p>The court will decide the case by late June.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555939219,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555938460,"firstPublishedAt":1555938460,"lastPublishedAt":1555938460,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3817788\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190417-supreme-court-justices-sotu-ew-1254p_61e0a1ee5d231d5625516809a8f9c805.jpg","altText":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-SOTU","caption":"Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh are seen ahead of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 5,","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Mandel Ngan AFP - Getty Images file","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1597}],"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,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":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":"Pete Williams","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','gs_law_misc','neg_facebook_2021','gs_law','gs_politics_misc','gs_politics_american','gt_mixed','neg_facebook_q4','gs_society','neg_facebook_neg4','gs_society_misc','neg_saudiaramco','neg_citi_campaign_2','neg_citi_campaign_3','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\/22\/supreme-court-decide-if-trump-administration-can-ask-about-citizenship-n995171","lastModified":1555938460},{"id":734588,"cid":3816400,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"190422_GMWB_7473044","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"GME Iran Oil Sanctions","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"China opposes US sanctions strategy and says bilateral cooperation with Iran is legal ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US expected to eliminate Iranian oil waivers; China opposes plan","titleListing2":"US set to announce the end of waivers on Iranian oil. 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China has responded to the US threat saying bilateral cooperation with Iran is 'in accordance with the law'.","keySentence":"","url":"china-opposes-us-sanctions-strategy-and-says-bilateral-cooperation-with-iran-is-legal","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2019\/04\/22\/china-opposes-us-sanctions-strategy-and-says-bilateral-cooperation-with-iran-is-legal","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Trump administration on Monday told five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran. \n\n\nMike Pompeo, the US Secretary of Department, is expected to announced that all countries must stop buying oil from Iran or face American sanctions.\u00a0 \n\nSome countries had been granted a temporary waiver after the Trump administration pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal, and reinstated sanctions on Tehran. \n\nChina responded ahead of the US announcement by opposing a unilateral US sanction against Iranian oil. The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said China\u2019s bilateral cooperation with Iran is 'in accordance with the law\u2019. Among the countries likely to be affected the most are Turkey, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and India as well as China. They will be facing pressures to eliminate Iranian oil imports as the United States eliminates sanctions waivers in an effort to increase pressure on Tehran - one year after Washington left the Iran nuclear deal. The waivers expire on the 2 May. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Trump administration on Monday told five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran. <\/p>\n<p>Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of Department, is expected to announced that all countries must stop buying oil from Iran or face American sanctions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some countries had been granted a temporary waiver after the Trump administration pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal, and reinstated sanctions on Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>China responded ahead of the US announcement by opposing a unilateral US sanction against Iranian oil. The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said China\u2019s bilateral cooperation with Iran is 'in accordance with the law\u2019. Among the countries likely to be affected the most are Turkey, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and India as well as China. They will be facing pressures to eliminate Iranian oil imports as the United States eliminates sanctions waivers in an effort to increase pressure on Tehran - one year after Washington left the Iran nuclear deal. 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USA"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gs_politics','sm_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gs_politics_american','gs_politics_misc','neg_facebook_2021','neg_nespresso','neg_facebook_neg4','gs_law_misc','gs_law','gv_safe'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet-video","format":"video"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/video\/2019\/04\/22\/china-opposes-us-sanctions-strategy-and-says-bilateral-cooperation-with-iran-is-legal","lastModified":1555937879},{"id":734912,"cid":3817658,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"The Mueller report makes a damning case about Trump's dishonesty ","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"The Mueller report makes a damning case about Trump's dishonesty ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"First Read is your briefing from \"Meet the Press\" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.","summary":"First Read is your briefing from \"Meet the Press\" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.","keySentence":"","url":"mueller-report-makes-damning-case-about-trump-s-dishonesty-n996966","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/meet-the-press\/mueller-report-makes-damning-case-about-trump-s-dishonesty-n996966","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — The Mueller report makes a damning case about Trump's dishonesty: One of the unmistakable takeaways after reading the Mueller report is how the president of the United States wasn't honest with the American public when it came to Russia and the entire Russia probe.During the 2016 campaign and afterward, Trump raised doubts that Russia really interfered in the election.But as Mueller writes, \"The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.\"Trump denied that Putin and Russia wanted him to win.But as Mueller writes, \"[T]he investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would be benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts.\"Trump said he had no business ties with Russia.But as Mueller writes, \"Between 2013 and June 2016, several employees of the Trump Organization, including then-president of the organization Donald J. Trump, pursued a Moscow deal with several Russian counterparties.\"Trump and his team said former FBI Director James Comey was fired because of his handling of the Clinton email investigation.But as Mueller writes, \"[T]he White House maintained that Comey should be discharged for mishandling the Hillary Clinton email investigation. But the president had decided to fire Comey before hearing from the Department of Justice.\" And Trump wasn't forthcoming — especially early on — about that June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians.As Mueller writes, \"On several occasions, the president directed aides not to publicly disclose the emails setting up the June 9 meeting, suggesting the emails would not leak and that the number of lawyers with access to them should be limited.\"Bottom line: Almost every step of the way - during the campaign, during the investigation itself - the president and his allies weren't being honest with the American people.And outside of the questions about obstruction of justice and conspiracy\/coordination\/collusion, isn't THIS dishonesty one of the biggest storylines out this entire Russia episode?Normalizing foreign election interferenceOn \"Meet the Press\" yesterday, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani normalized foreign election interference by defending Trump's use of the WikiLeaks disclosures during the 2016 campaign, as NBC's Ben Kamisar put it.TODD: So it is now okay for political campaigns to work with material stolen by foreign adversaries?GIULIANI: It depends on the stolen material. If the stolen material is -- first of all, was it all right for The New York Times and The Washington Post to print against the objections of the president…Giuliani added on WikiLeaks: \"They were putting out things that were true and very, very damaging to Hillary Clinton… It'd be like the Pentagon Papers. I mean, Pentagon Papers were stolen. They were stolen from the, from the, from the Department of Defense.\"One of the pragmatic reasons why Giuliani is making the WikiLeaks = Pentagon Papers argument is that the Roger Stone trial is coming, and this WikiLeaks story isn't going away.But also remember: Only one campaign\/party had its emails stolen during the 2016.Only one campaign\/party weaponized those disclosures, even after the Obama administration said WikiLeaks was part of Russia's interference in the 2016 campaign.And the 2016 election was decided by fewer than a combined 80,000 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.Tweet of the day Impeachment question divides DemsAs we said on Friday — the day after the Mueller report was released — Democrats are facing a gigantic split about whether to pursue impeachment proceedings against President Trump.That divide now applies to the 2020 presidential field, after Elizabeth Warren became the first Dem presidential candidate to call for the House to begin the impeachment process.But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office said they're taking the Mueller aftermath one step at a time.\"We're focused on getting the full unredacted version of the report and its underlying documents — as well as hearing from Mueller,\" a Pelosi spokeswoman said, per NBC's Rebecca Shabad. \"The report raises more questions and concerns that we believe the American people deserve answers to.\"But also don't miss what House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said on \"Meet the Press\" yesterday:TODD: Do you think this is impeachable?NADLER: Yeah, I do. I do think this, if proven, if proven, which hasn't been proven yet some of this -- if proven, some of this would be impeachable, yes. Obstruction of justice, if proven, would be impeachable.\"For Democrats, it's damned if you do, damned if you don't.If they don't go down Impeachment Road, they might regret it.But they also might regret it if they go for it.2020 Vision: Moulton's inThis morning, Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., became the latest Democratic politician to jump into the 2020 presidential race.His announcement video plays up his military service. \"Before I knew it, I was commanding a platoon in the first company of Marines into Baghdad,\" he says.And Moulton, 40, calls for generational change. \"The Greatest Generation saved our country from tyranny. It's time for our generation to step up and do the same.\"NBC's Alex Seitz-Wald has more on Moulton's bid: \"[He] may be best known, however, for his opposition to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His call for new leadership in internal House elections early this year cost him some support back home in his congressional district north of Boston, which includes Salem and the famous fishing town of Gloucester. He later came around to support Pelosi.\"On the campaign trail today: Amy Klobuchar stumps in New Hampshire… And Klobuchar (at 7:00 pm ET), Eliazbeth Warren (at 8:00 pm ET), Bernie Sanders (at 9:00 pm ET), Kamala Harris (at 10:00 pm ET) and Pete Buttigieg (at 11:00 pm ET) all take part in CNN\/Harvard Institute of Politics town hall events in the Granite State.Data Download: And the number of the day is … at least 290.That's the estimated death toll at this hour in Easter Sunday's terrorist bombings targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.Another 500 were injured in the series of blasts, which the country's government has blamed on little-known radical Islamist organization National Thowheeth Jama'ath.Police said Monday that 24 suspects have been arrested.The Lid: Almost a go for JoeDon't miss the pod from Friday, when we looked at what we don't know yet about Joe Biden's 2020 pitch.ICYMI: News clips you shouldn't missComedian Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be the new president of Ukraine.The Trump administration is alarming criminal justice reform activists with a new hiring requirement.One way aides have been protecting themselves from Trump fallout? They're taking notes.POLITICO looks at how Stephen Miller made the immigration policy fight personal.The U.S. won't renew sanctions waivers for importing Iranain oil.Here's Elizabeth Warren's plan to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it).Other news that's out there…TRUMP AGENDA: Checkmate?Mueller investigated whether Trump attended a 2016 chess championship alongside Russians.The Washington Post offers a deep dive into the special counsel's Russia work.Trump is winning over the same big donors who avoided him during his first presidential run.An armed militia was \"detaining\" migrants at the border. The leader has now been arrested by the FBI.2020: Harris' HBCU focusKamala Harris is making historically black colleges and universities a key part of her campaign strategy.Elizabeth Warren is leading the 2020 pack on impeachment.For Pete Buttigieg, the next big challenge is building an infrastructure that can harness the buzz.\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The Mueller report makes a damning case about Trump's dishonesty: One of the unmistakable takeaways after reading the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.justice.gov//storage//report.pdf/">Mueller report<\/a> is how the president of the United States wasn't honest with the American public when it came to Russia and the entire Russia probe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>During the 2016 campaign and afterward, Trump <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.theatlantic.com//international//archive//2018//07//trump-russia-hack//565445///">raised doubts<\/a> that Russia really interfered in the election<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But as Mueller writes, \"The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.\"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.politico.eu//article//donald-trump-russia-preferred-hillary-clinton-president///">denied that Putin and Russia wanted him to win.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But as Mueller writes, \"[T]he investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would be benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts.\"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump said he had <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//realDonaldTrump//status//819159806489591809/">no business ties with Russia<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But as Mueller writes, \"Between 2013 and June 2016, several employees of the Trump Organization, including then-president of the organization Donald J. Trump, pursued a Moscow deal with several Russian counterparties.\"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump and his team said former FBI Director James Comey was fired because of his handling of the Clinton email investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But as Mueller writes, \"[T]he White House maintained that Comey should be discharged for mishandling the Hillary Clinton email investigation. But the president had decided to fire Comey before hearing from the Department of Justice.\"<\/p>\n<p> <strong>And Trump wasn't forthcoming \u2014 especially early on \u2014 about that June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Mueller writes, \"On several occasions, the president directed aides not to publicly disclose the emails setting up the June 9 meeting, suggesting the emails would not leak and that the number of lawyers with access to them should be limited.\"<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: Almost every step of the way - during the campaign, during the investigation itself - the president and his allies weren't being honest with the American people.<\/p>\n<p>And outside of the questions about obstruction of justice and conspiracy\/coordination\/collusion, isn't THIS dishonesty one of the biggest storylines out this entire Russia episode?<\/p>\n<h2>Normalizing foreign election interference<\/h2><p>On <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//meet-the-press//meet-press-april-21-2019-n996811/">/"Meet the Press\" yesterday<\/a>, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani normalized foreign election interference by defending Trump's use of the WikiLeaks disclosures during the 2016 campaign, as NBC's Ben Kamisar put it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>TODD: So it is now okay for political campaigns to work with material stolen by foreign adversaries?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>GIULIANI: It depends on the stolen material. If the stolen material is -- first of all, was it all right for The New York Times and The Washington Post to print against the objections of the president\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Giuliani added on WikiLeaks: \"They were putting out things that were true and very, very damaging to Hillary Clinton\u2026 It'd be like the Pentagon Papers. I mean, Pentagon Papers were stolen. They were stolen from the, from the, from the Department of Defense.\"<\/p>\n<p>One of the pragmatic reasons why Giuliani is making the WikiLeaks = Pentagon Papers argument is that the Roger Stone trial is coming, and this WikiLeaks story isn't going away.<\/p>\n<p>But also remember: Only one campaign\/party had its emails stolen during the 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Only one campaign\/party weaponized those disclosures, even after the Obama administration said WikiLeaks was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.dhs.gov//news//2016//10//07//joint-statement-department-homeland-security-and-office-director-national/">part of Russia's interference in the 2016 campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And the 2016 election was decided by fewer than a combined 80,000 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.<\/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=\"1120147924875300864\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Impeachment question divides Dems<\/h2><p>As we <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//meet-the-press//mueller-report-out-what-do-democrats-do-next-n996316/">said on Friday<\/a> \u2014 the day after the Mueller report was released \u2014 Democrats are facing a gigantic split about whether to pursue impeachment proceedings against President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>That divide now applies to the 2020 presidential field, after Elizabeth Warren <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//congress//impeachment-talk-among-democrats-heats-after-mueller-report-n996401/">became the first Dem presidential candidate<\/a> to call for the House to begin the impeachment process.<\/p>\n<p>But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office said they're taking the Mueller aftermath one step at a time.<\/p>\n<p>\"We're focused on getting the full unredacted version of the report and its underlying documents \u2014 as well as hearing from Mueller,\" a Pelosi spokeswoman said, per <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//congress//impeachment-talk-among-democrats-heats-after-mueller-report-n996401/">NBC's Rebecca Shabad<\/a>. \"The report raises more questions and concerns that we believe the American people deserve answers to.\"<\/p>\n<p>But also don't miss what House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said on \"Meet the Press\" yesterday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>TODD: Do you think this is impeachable?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>NADLER: Yeah, I do. I do think this, if proven, if proven, which hasn't been proven yet some of this -- if proven, some of this would be impeachable, yes. Obstruction of justice, if proven, would be impeachable.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For Democrats, it's damned if you do, damned if you don't.<\/p>\n<p>If they don't go down Impeachment Road, they might regret it.<\/p>\n<p>But they also might regret it if they go for it.<\/p>\n<h2>2020 Vision: Moulton's in<\/h2><p>This morning, Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., became the latest Democratic politician to jump into the 2020 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>His <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//watch?v=IwlD6tGj-oQ\%22>announcement video<\/a> plays up his military service. \"Before I knew it, I was commanding a platoon in the first company of Marines into Baghdad,\" he says.<\/p>\n<p>And Moulton, 40, calls for generational change. \"The Greatest Generation saved our country from tyranny. It's time for our generation to step up and do the same.\"<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//rep-seth-moulton-latest-democrat-enter-2020-field-n996881/">NBC's Alex Seitz-Wald<\/a> has more on Moulton's bid: \"[He] may be best known, however, for his opposition to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His call for new leadership in internal House elections early this year cost him some support back home in his congressional district north of Boston, which includes Salem and the famous fishing town of Gloucester. He later came around to support Pelosi.\"<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the campaign trail today:<\/strong> Amy Klobuchar stumps in New Hampshire\u2026 And Klobuchar (at 7:00 pm ET), Eliazbeth Warren (at 8:00 pm ET), Bernie Sanders (at 9:00 pm ET), Kamala Harris (at 10:00 pm ET) and Pete Buttigieg (at 11:00 pm ET) all take part in CNN\/Harvard Institute of Politics town hall events in the Granite State.<\/p>\n<h2>Data Download: And the number of the day is \u2026 at least 290.<\/h2><p>That's<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//six-blasts-hit-three-churches-three-hotels-sri-lanka-n996751/">the estimated death toll<\/a> at this hour in Easter Sunday's terrorist bombings targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Another 500 were injured in the series of blasts, which the country's government has blamed on little-known radical Islamist organization National Thowheeth Jama'ath.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Monday that 24 suspects have been arrested.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2><h2>The Lid: Almost a go for Joe<\/h2><p>Don't miss <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////podcasts.apple.com//us//podcast//bidens-ready-to-join-race-but-whats-his-pitch-for-president//id1359927030?i=1000435514731\%22>the pod<\/a> from Friday, when we looked at what we don't know yet about Joe Biden's 2020 pitch.<\/p>\n<h2>ICYMI: News clips you shouldn't miss<\/h2><p>Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//world//as-ukraine-votes-in-presidential-runoff-a-comedian-looks-to-unseat-the-incumbent//2019//04//21//b7d69a38-603f-11e9-bf24-db4b9fb62aa2_story.html?utm_term=.9b486b015231\%22>appears to be<\/a> the new president of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//politics//trump-administrations-proposed-hiring-requirement-alarms-criminal-justice-reform-advocates-on-left-and-right//2019//04//21//72f86e42-6156-11e9-bfad-36a7eb36cb60_story.html?utm_term=.af835535d931\%22>is alarming<\/a> criminal justice reform activists with a new hiring requirement.<\/p>\n<p>One way aides have been protecting themselves from Trump fallout? <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2019//04//21//us//politics//trump-mueller-note-taking.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage\%22>They're taking notes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.politico.com//story//2019//04//22//stephen-miller-immigration-trump-1284287/">POLITICO looks at how<\/a> Stephen Miller made the immigration policy fight personal.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.apnews.com//38aca37557e240d08b6c52f0c37aeef8/">won't renew<\/a> sanctions waivers for importing Iranain oil.<\/p>\n<p>Here's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//warren-s-plan-wipe-out-student-debt-how-she-d-n996856/">Elizabeth Warren's plan<\/a> to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other news that's out there\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRUMP AGENDA: Checkmate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mueller <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//mueller-investigated-whether-trump-attended-2016-chess-championship-alongside-russians-n996786/">investigated whether Trump attended a 2016 chess championship alongside Russians.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//politics//inside-the-special-counsels-long-hunt-to-uncover-whether-the-trump-campaign-conspired-with-russia//2019//04//21//57e67ac4-563c-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html?utm_term=.c6265c68dbdd\%22>The Washington Post offers<\/a> a deep dive into the special counsel's Russia work.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.politico.com//story//2019//04//22//trump-campaign-donors-1283459/">is winning over<\/a> the same big donors who avoided him during his first presidential run.<\/p>\n<p>An armed militia was \"detaining\" migrants at the border. The leader <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//immigration//2019//04//21//an-armed-militia-was-detaining-migrants-border-fbi-arrested-its-leader//?utm_term=.6374408cb71f\%22>has now been arrested<\/a> by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020: Harris' HBCU focus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.apnews.com//83441f0aa4264612928864ab7ea6cc84/">is making<\/a> historically black colleges and universities a key part of her campaign strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Warren<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//impeachment-warren-just-stole-show-her-dodging-democratic-rivals-n996636/">is leading<\/a> the 2020 pack on impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>For Pete Buttigieg, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.apnews.com//316db8aa5daa44c09f01268c6ebd1511/">the next big challenge<\/a> is building an infrastructure that can harness the 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Last year, gunmen killed <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////news.nationalgeographic.com//2018//06//wildlife-watch-virunga-rangers-deaths-poaching-militia-gorillas///">five Virunga National Park rangers<\/a>, who often risk their lives to protect wildlife and the gorillas.<\/p>\n<p>Virunga said the photo happened under \"exceptional circumstances,\" reminding people \"it is never permitted to approach a gorilla in the wild.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555935606,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555935000,"firstPublishedAt":1555935000,"lastPublishedAt":1555935000,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3817534\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190422-gorilla-virunga-national-park-ew-723a_e3093f9db1d0f7940a053a2c16d323e9.jpg","altText":null,"caption":"Two mountain gorillas seen in the Virunga National Park, near the Uganda border in eastern Congo, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jerome Delay","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1667}],"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,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":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":"Ben Kesslen","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_tech','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','neg_facebook_q4','neg_nespresso','gt_negative','neg_bucherer','neg_facebook_2021','gs_tech_social','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gt_negative_shock','neg_mobkoi_feb2021','gt_negative_fear','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\/22\/park-ranger-s-selfie-orphaned-gorillas-goes-viral-n996951","lastModified":1555935000},{"id":734878,"cid":3817536,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Warren's plan to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it)","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Warren's plan to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it)","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Many in the Democratic presidential field have already signed onto plans for free public college.","summary":"Many in the Democratic presidential field have already signed onto plans for free public college.","keySentence":"","url":"warren-s-plan-wipe-out-student-debt-how-she-d-n996856","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/warren-s-plan-wipe-out-student-debt-how-she-d-n996856","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nSen. 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She blamed insufficient funding in higher education in favor of lower taxes for the mounting student debt.\"The first step in addressing this crisis is to deal head-on with the outstanding debt that is weighing down millions of families and should never have been required in the first place,\" she said in a statement.Much of the 2020 Democratic presidential field has already signed onto plans for either free public college, a signature part of Senator Bernie Sanders', I-Vt., platform, or debt-free college as well as various proposals to refinance student debt and lower interest rates.President Donald Trump last month proposed limiting the amount of loans students can be taken out while offering a new income-based repayment option.Warren's proposal goes further by allowing former students to immediately wipe out their debt.Households making under $100,000 could cancel up to $50,000 of student loan debt. Those making up to $250,000 could still qualify for partial debt cancellation, with the amount available declining by $1 for every $3 they make over $100,000.In an accompanying analysis, her campaign estimated that 95 percent of Americans with student loan debt would qualify for relief under her plan and more than 75 percent would wipe their debt out entirely.Moving forward, Warren's plan would eliminate tuition and fees at two-year and four-year public colleges and redirect student loan benefits to cover additional costs incurred by students.The campaign estimated the total cost at $1.25 trillion over 10 years, $640 billion of which would come from its student loan plan. Warren said she would pay for it using her proposed wealth tax.The campaign unveiled its plan accompanied by a statement of support from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, who called it \"as consequential as the GI Bill.\"\n","htmlText":"<p>Sen. 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She blamed insufficient funding in higher education in favor of lower taxes for the mounting student debt.<\/p>\n<p>\"The first step in addressing this crisis is to deal head-on with the outstanding debt that is weighing down millions of families and should never have been required in the first place,\" she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the 2020 Democratic presidential field has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//massive-student-debt-piling-so-are-candidates-solutions-n987741/">already signed onto plans<\/a> for either free public college, a signature part of Senator Bernie Sanders', I-Vt., platform, or debt-free college as well as various proposals to refinance student debt and lower interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump last month <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//white-house//white-house-proposes-caps-student-loan-borrowing-n984496/">proposedlimiting the amount of loans students can be taken out while offering a new income-based repayment option.<\/p>\n<p>Warren's proposal goes further by allowing former students to immediately wipe out their debt.<\/p>\n<p>Households making under $100,000 could cancel up to $50,000 of student loan debt. Those making up to $250,000 could still qualify for partial debt cancellation, with the amount available declining by $1 for every $3 they make over $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>In an accompanying analysis, her campaign estimated that 95 percent of Americans with student loan debt would qualify for relief under her plan and more than 75 percent would wipe their debt out entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, Warren's plan would eliminate tuition and fees at two-year and four-year public colleges and redirect student loan benefits to cover additional costs incurred by students.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign estimated the total cost at $1.25 trillion over 10 years, $640 billion of which would come from its student loan plan. Warren said she would pay for it using her <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//progressive-bandwagon-now-warren-planning-wealth-tax-adviser-says-n962451/">proposed wealth tax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign unveiled its plan accompanied by a statement of support from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, who called it \"as consequential as the GI Bill.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555935625,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555934520,"firstPublishedAt":1555934520,"lastPublishedAt":1555934520,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3817536\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190419-elizabeth-warren-ew-412p_a2d485e025098beaf4f3a637514dfe66.jpg","altText":"Image:","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Sen. 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There were no immediate reports of injuries or widespread damage. \n\nThe U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6.3 quake struck northwest of Manila on Monday afternoon. It says the quake was centered near the town of Gutad on Luzon island. \n\nPhilippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology chief Renato Solidum says the quake, which was caused by movement of a local fault, was not strong enough to trigger a tsunami or cause widespread damage. \n\nHowever, some officials reported damage to a church in northern Pampanga province and said boulders rolled down a mountain, blocking a highway. \n\nThousands of residents and office workers dashed out of buildings in Manila. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2014 A strong earthquake has shaken the area around the Philippine capital, prompting thousands of people to flee to safety. There were no immediate reports of injuries or widespread damage.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6.3 quake struck northwest of Manila on Monday afternoon. It says the quake was centered near the town of Gutad on Luzon island.<\/p>\n<!-- oovvuu widget is now deprecated -->\n\n<p>Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology chief Renato Solidum says the quake, which was caused by movement of a local fault, was not strong enough to trigger a tsunami or cause widespread damage.<\/p>\n<p>However, some officials reported damage to a church in northern Pampanga province and said boulders rolled down a mountain, blocking a highway.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of residents and office workers dashed out of buildings in Manila.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555932006,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555931400,"firstPublishedAt":1556081426,"lastPublishedAt":1556081426,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3817118\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190422-manila-earthquake-ew-655p_83ef097658ab624908f844b770171a8e.jpg","altText":"Image: PHILIPPINES-QUAKE","caption":"People gather outside a shopping mall after a powerful earthquake rocked Manila on April 22, 2019. 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Now he's unaccounted for in Sri Lanka.","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"'Love these work trips,' he posted. 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See you soon Sri Lanka!\"Kowalski's LinkedIn page lists him as a senior technical operations lead for Pearson, a major education publishing and assessment firm.Six nearly simultaneous blasts took place Sunday at the the Cinnamon Grand, Shangri-La and Kingsbury hotels in Colombo, as well as three churches. Police later reported two further explosions.The blasts collapsed ceilings and blew out windows. Authorities said the attacks were carried out by seven suicide bombers. Police said 24 suspects had been arrested.Sri Lanka's government said the bodies of at least 27 foreigners had been recovered. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday several U.S. citizens were among those killed. Staff at a hospital in Colombo told NBC News that they treated an American woman identified as Chimai Tran-Luu, adding that she was later discharged.Sri Lankan authorities confirmed Monday that they were warned about a terrorist plot targeting churches and tourist destinations weeks ago.\"We never expected it to be so big,\" Hemasiri Fernando, the chief of staff to Sri Lankan's president, told NBC News. \"We never thought it would happen so soon.\"\n","htmlText":"<p>An American on a work trip to Sri Lanka remained unaccounted for Monday following <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//six-blasts-hit-three-churches-three-hotels-sri-lanka-n996751/">deadly blasts that shook the island nation<\/a>.Dieter Kowalski, 40, of Denver, Colorado, was staying at the Cinnamon Grand, which was one of three hotels hit by Easter Sunday explosions that killed at least 290 people and injured 500 more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1\">\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//3816884//400x400_nbc-dieter_3a91e38062b19cfd3b698857f3c6b311.jpg/" alt=\"Dieter Kowalski.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/384x384_nbc-dieter_3a91e38062b19cfd3b698857f3c6b311.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/640x640_nbc-dieter_3a91e38062b19cfd3b698857f3c6b311.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/750x750_nbc-dieter_3a91e38062b19cfd3b698857f3c6b311.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/828x828_nbc-dieter_3a91e38062b19cfd3b698857f3c6b311.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/1080x1080_nbc-dieter_3a91e38062b19cfd3b698857f3c6b311.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/1200x1200_nbc-dieter_3a91e38062b19cfd3b698857f3c6b311.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/1920x1920_nbc-dieter_3a91e38062b19cfd3b698857f3c6b311.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\">Dieter Kowalski.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Facebook<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The hotel confirmed to NBC News that Kowalski was a guest there and had not been heard from since the attack.Kowalski, who is originally from Wisconsin, posted on Facebook Friday that said he was flying to Colombo, Sri Lanka.\"And the fun begins,\" he wrote. \"Love these work trips. 24 hours of flying. See you soon Sri Lanka!\"Kowalski's LinkedIn page lists him as a senior technical operations lead for Pearson, a major education publishing and assessment firm.Six nearly simultaneous blasts took place Sunday at the the Cinnamon Grand, Shangri-La and Kingsbury hotels in Colombo, as well as three churches. Police later reported two further explosions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.676\">\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//3816884//400x270_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-jc-0552_0cde102320095b985ff3f06dd102073e.jpg/" alt=\"Officials inspect St. Sebastian\\'s Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, after Sunday\\'s explosion.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/384x260_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-jc-0552_0cde102320095b985ff3f06dd102073e.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/640x433_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-jc-0552_0cde102320095b985ff3f06dd102073e.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/750x507_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-jc-0552_0cde102320095b985ff3f06dd102073e.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/828x560_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-jc-0552_0cde102320095b985ff3f06dd102073e.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/1080x730_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-jc-0552_0cde102320095b985ff3f06dd102073e.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/1200x811_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-jc-0552_0cde102320095b985ff3f06dd102073e.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/1920x1298_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-jc-0552_0cde102320095b985ff3f06dd102073e.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\">Officials inspect St. Sebastian\\'s Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, after Sunday\\'s explosion.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Stringer<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The blasts collapsed ceilings and blew out windows. Authorities said the attacks were carried out by seven suicide bombers. Police said 24 suspects had been arrested.Sri Lanka's government said the bodies of at least 27 foreigners had been recovered. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday several U.S. citizens were among those killed. Staff at a hospital in Colombo told NBC News that they treated an American woman identified as Chimai Tran-Luu, adding that she was later discharged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7047327525311985\">\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//3816884//400x282_nbc-sri_lanka_church_blasts_16561-jpg-5cebc_75d5fdd66ede7321ded9632be828bbda.jpg/" alt=\"St. Anthony\\'s Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was among the sites targeted.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816884\/384x271_nbc-sri_lanka_church_blasts_16561-jpg-5cebc_75d5fdd66ede7321ded9632be828bbda.jpg 384w, 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Lanka was warned of terrorist plot weeks ago, but 'never expected it to be so big'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Sri Lanka was warned of terrorist plot weeks ago, but 'never expected it to be so big'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"\"We never expected it to be so big,\" the chief of staff to the country's president told NBC News. \"We never thought it would happen so soon.\"","summary":"\"We never expected it to be so big,\" the chief of staff to the country's president told NBC News. \"We never thought it would happen so soon.\"","keySentence":"","url":"sri-lanka-was-warned-about-terrorist-plot-weeks-ago-n996931","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/sri-lanka-was-warned-about-terrorist-plot-weeks-ago-n996931","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan authorities were warned about a terrorist plot two weeks before a series of Easter Sunday blasts that killed at least 290 people, government officials confirmed Monday.Rajitha Senaratne, the country's health minister and a spokesman for its Cabinet, said international intelligence agencies had informed Sri Lankan counterparts on April 4 that churches and tourist destinations were being targeted. And five days later, police were given the names of suspects behind the plot.A wave of near-simultaneous explosions targeted three churches and three luxury hotels on Sunday, officials said. Police later reported two further explosions.About 500 people were injured and at least 27 foreign nationals were among the dead.Senaratne blamed National Thowheed Jamath, a local Islamist group, for the attacks.Hemasiri Fernando, the chief of staff to Sri Lankan's president, also told NBC News that the country's security agencies had been alerted in advance.\"We never expected it to be so big,\" Fernando said. \"We never thought it would happen so soon.\"Blasts occurred at St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo, St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, a Catholic majority town north of Colombo, and a church in the eastern town of Batticaloa.The hotels hit included the Shangri-La Colombo, Kingsbury Hotel and Cinnamon Grand Colombo — all popular among foreign tourists.Bill Neely and Shammas Ghouse reported from Colombo, and Linda Givetash from London.\n","htmlText":"<p>COLOMBO, Sri Lanka \u2014 Sri Lankan authorities were warned about a terrorist plot two weeks before <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//six-blasts-hit-three-churches-three-hotels-sri-lanka-n996751/">a series of Easter Sunday blasts that killed at least 290 people<\/a>, government officials confirmed Monday.Rajitha Senaratne, the country's health minister and a spokesman for its Cabinet, said international intelligence agencies had informed Sri Lankan counterparts on April 4 that churches and tourist destinations were being targeted. And five days later, police were given the names of suspects behind the plot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6341314935064936\">\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//3816752//400x254_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-1-jc-0448_6c011785be93899da00346e0de7da2cd.jpg/" alt=\"The interior of St. Sebastian\\'s Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, in the aftermath of Sunday\\'s attack.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/384x244_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-1-jc-0448_6c011785be93899da00346e0de7da2cd.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/640x406_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-1-jc-0448_6c011785be93899da00346e0de7da2cd.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/750x476_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-1-jc-0448_6c011785be93899da00346e0de7da2cd.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/828x525_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-1-jc-0448_6c011785be93899da00346e0de7da2cd.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/1080x685_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-1-jc-0448_6c011785be93899da00346e0de7da2cd.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/1200x761_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-1-jc-0448_6c011785be93899da00346e0de7da2cd.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/1920x1218_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-1-jc-0448_6c011785be93899da00346e0de7da2cd.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 interior of St. Sebastian\\'s Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, in the aftermath of Sunday\\'s attack.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">ISHARA S. KODIKARA<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A wave of near-simultaneous explosions targeted three churches and three luxury hotels on Sunday, officials said. Police later reported two further explosions.About 500 people were injured and at least 27 foreign nationals were among the dead.Senaratne blamed National Thowheed Jamath, a local Islamist group, for the attacks.Hemasiri Fernando, the chief of staff to Sri Lankan's president, also told NBC News that the country's security agencies had been alerted in advance.\"We never expected it to be so big,\" Fernando said. \"We never thought it would happen so soon.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\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//3816752//400x267_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-3-jc-0534_83994fa9434bd121140b1111bd268f38.jpg/" alt=\"Shoes and belongings of victims after St. Sebastian\\'s Church was bombed.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/384x256_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-3-jc-0534_83994fa9434bd121140b1111bd268f38.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/640x427_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-3-jc-0534_83994fa9434bd121140b1111bd268f38.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/750x500_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-3-jc-0534_83994fa9434bd121140b1111bd268f38.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/828x552_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-3-jc-0534_83994fa9434bd121140b1111bd268f38.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/1080x720_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-3-jc-0534_83994fa9434bd121140b1111bd268f38.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/1200x800_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-3-jc-0534_83994fa9434bd121140b1111bd268f38.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/1920x1280_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-3-jc-0534_83994fa9434bd121140b1111bd268f38.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\">Shoes and belongings of victims after St. Sebastian\\'s Church was bombed.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">JEWEL SAMAD<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Blasts occurred at St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo, St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, a Catholic majority town north of Colombo, and a church in the eastern town of Batticaloa.The hotels hit included the Shangri-La Colombo, Kingsbury Hotel and Cinnamon Grand Colombo \u2014 all popular among foreign tourists.<em>Bill Neely and Shammas Ghouse reported from Colombo, and Linda Givetash from London.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555926005,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555925769,"firstPublishedAt":1555925769,"lastPublishedAt":1555925769,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816752\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190422-sri-lanka-1-jc-0448_6c011785be93899da00346e0de7da2cd.jpg","altText":"Image: The interior of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka","caption":"The interior of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, in the aftermath of Sunday's attack.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"ISHARA S. 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Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Rep. Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The decorated Marine veteran hopes to stand out by focusing on national security and foreign policy.","summary":"The decorated Marine veteran hopes to stand out by focusing on national security and foreign policy.","keySentence":"","url":"rep-seth-moulton-latest-democrat-enter-2020-field-n996881","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/rep-seth-moulton-latest-democrat-enter-2020-field-n996881","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., became the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 presidential race Monday, launching a presidential campaign focused on national security.A 40-year-old Marine combat veteran who earned a Bronze Star in Iraq, Moulton's stature has been rising since he won a seat in Congress in 2014 by defeating a long-time Democratic incumbent in a primary.Moulton may be best known, however, for his opposition to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His call for new leadership in internal House elections early this year cost him some support back home in his congressional district north of Boston, which includes Salem and the famous fishing town of Gloucester. He later came around to support Pelosi.Moulton has been traveling to early primary and caucus states as he prepared for a presidential run. This week, he'll visit all four of them again and participate in a service project in each, something he has long made a part of his campaigns.Moulton is the 19th candidate to enter the very crowded Democratic field. He's hardly a household name and may struggle to stand out from the eight other male candidates.PoliticsBut his advisers think the primary contest is still wide open and believe voters want a fresh, younger voice who is willing to break with their own party if need be. And his team argues he can carve a place for himself in the field by focusing on national security, which none of the other candidates have prioritized thus far.He's used his position in the House to recruit and support veteran candidacies with his PAC, which contributed $4.3 million in last year's midterms.Unlike most other young veterans in politics, Moulton joined the military before the September 11 terror attacks and led one of the first platoons to enter Baghdad during the initial invasion.The other veterans in the 2020 field are Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii.Moulton holds three degrees from Harvard — including an MBA and masters of public policy — and attended the elite Phillips Academy prep school in Andover, Mass.Ideologically, Moulton is progressive on many issues, coming out for the Green New Deal and abolishing the Electoral College and Senate filibuster before some other candidates. But he's temperamentally considered more moderate.\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., became the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 presidential race Monday, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////sethmoulton.com///">launching a presidential campaign<\/a> focused on national security.<\/p>\n<p>A 40-year-old <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.bostonglobe.com//metro//2014//10//17//moulton-underplays-military-service//lY9FfmOrviwL2LAFHr61dO//story.html?event=event12\%22>Marine combat veteran<\/a> who earned a Bronze Star in Iraq, Moulton's stature has been rising since he won a seat in Congress in 2014 by defeating a long-time Democratic incumbent in a primary.<\/p>\n<p>Moulton may be best known, however, for his <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//congress//pelosi-nears-deal-democratic-rebels-secure-votes-be-house-speaker-n947066/">opposition to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His call for new leadership in internal House elections early this year <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.bostonmagazine.com//news//2018//11//20//seth-moulton-pelosi-town-hall///">cost him some support<\/a> back home in his congressional district north of Boston, which includes Salem and the famous fishing town of Gloucester. He later came around to support Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>Moulton has been traveling to early primary and caucus states as he prepared for a presidential run. This week, he'll visit all four of them again and participate in a service project in each, something he has long made a part of his campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Moulton is the 19th candidate to enter the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//where-will-it-stop-overwhelming-ever-expanding-democratic-field-n991551/">very crowded Democratic field<\/a>. He's hardly a household name and may struggle to stand out from the eight other male candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Politics<\/p>\n<p>But his advisers think the primary contest is still wide open and believe voters want a fresh, younger voice who is willing to break with their own party if need be. And his team argues he can carve a place for himself in the field by focusing on national security, which none of the other candidates have prioritized thus far.<\/p>\n<p>He's used his position in the House to recruit and support veteran candidacies with his PAC, which contributed $4.3 million in last year's midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most other young veterans in politics, Moulton joined the military before the September 11 terror attacks and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.bostonmagazine.com//2008//01//28//how-the-moultons-made-peace-with-the-war///">led one of the first platoons<\/a> to enter Baghdad during the initial invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The other veterans in the 2020 field are Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Moulton holds three degrees from Harvard \u2014 including an MBA and masters of public policy \u2014 and attended the elite Phillips Academy prep school in Andover, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Ideologically, Moulton is progressive on many issues, coming out for the Green New Deal and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//opinions//abolish-the-filibuster-and-the-electoral-college//2019//03//12//ac9bc0f2-44d9-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c743d60353eb\%22>abolishing the Electoral College and Senate filibuster<\/a> before some other candidates. But he's temperamentally considered more moderate.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555924824,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555923720,"firstPublishedAt":1555923720,"lastPublishedAt":1555923720,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816648\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190422-seth-moulton-jc-0459_00dde7c3d15b2cc7459a7338c48ac426.jpg","altText":"Image: Rep. Seth Moulton and Rep. Kathleen Rice","caption":"Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., arrive for the Democratic Caucus leadership elections last year.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"J. 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Others say that's going too far.","summary":"Some presidential contenders are joining the \"Keep it in the ground\" movement to ban mining, drilling and fracking. Others say that's going too far.","keySentence":"","url":"beyond-green-new-deal-another-climate-cause-dividing-democrats-n996541","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/beyond-green-new-deal-another-climate-cause-dividing-democrats-n996541","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — Democrats running for president have debated the Green New Deal for months, but a separate demand from climate advocates to aggressively restrict fossil fuel extraction is exposing new fissures within the field of primary candidates.Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., unveiled a plan for public lands last week headlined by a moratorium on fossil fuel exploration. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called for a similar ban as well.\"Any serious effort to address climate change must include public lands  —  fossil fuel extraction in these areas is responsible for nearly a quarter of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions,\" Warren said in a Medium post outlining her plan.The move drew cheers from activists in the \"keep it in the ground\" movement, a coalition of environmental activists who seek to block back mining, drilling and fracking operations in order to push the economy toward renewable energy more quickly.\"Keep it in the ground\" supporters draw on the same arguments as the Green New Deal: According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world has only a limited window to slash greenhouse gas emissions to levels that are likely to head off a dangerous increase in global temperatures.But the two causes, while closely related, are not identical. The Green New Deal resolution co-authored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., called for sweeping investments in renewable energy, but kept silent on how to regulate fossil fuels. That omission prompted some criticism from groups like Greenpeace, which praised Warren and Sanders for their own plans.The climate advocacy group 350.org is keeping a scorecard for 2020 candidates that grades them separately on their support for the Green New Deal and for \"keep it in the ground\" policies. \"In order to actually achieve a Green New Deal, you have to transition off fossil fuels,\" Thanu Yakupitiyage, U.S. communications manager for 350.org, told NBC News. \"It's implicit in the deal.\"Sens. Warren, Sanders and Kirsten Gillibrand have signed onto the \"Keep It In The Ground Act,\" a bill by Sen. Jeff Merkley that would block new oil, coal and gas leases on public land and waters. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is backing onto a separate bill with Sanders that seeks \"a mandatory fossil fuel phase-out\" in the electricity sector by 2050. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has tweeted that she opposes drilling on public land.The issue is set to be a major divide in the general election. President Donald Trump has regularly disparaged climate science and renewable energy technology, while pushing for an expansion of coal, oil and gas and rolling back Obama-era regulations. Republicans have made the Green New Deal an early focus of their attacks.But even among Democrats and climate-minded policymakers, keeping it in the ground is far from a default position.Some argue natural gas, a booming industry in recent years, is an important component of any climate strategy because it displaces energy sources like coal that produce more pollution. On the political front, some Democrats worry about ceding ground on economic policy to Republicans, who cite oil and gas production as a source of job growth.\"I see these attempts to ban production of oil and gas on public lands more as a campaign ploy than a serious climate change strategy,\" said Paul Bledsoe, a former climate aide to President Bill Clinton and strategic adviser at the centrist Progressive Policy Institute.Within the 2020 Democratic field, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has made his ties to the oil and gas industry a key part of his campaign message, setting up a contrast with candidates like Warren and Sanders. Dubbed \"Frackenlooper\" by environmental critics in the state, he cites his work negotiating with gas companies to regulate methane leaks, a major source of climate emissions, as a national model.\"If climate change policy becomes synonymous in the U.S. psyche with higher utility bills, rising taxes and lost jobs, we will have missed our shot — and we might not get another one before it's too late,\" he wrote in an op-ed last month.Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, who recently announced a jobs-focused presidential campaign, has also praised the \"immense climate-related benefits and economic benefits\" of natural gas, a growing industry in his state.Others are still working out their approach. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, faced criticism for voting to lift a decades-old ban on oil exports, which environmental groups worried would discourage countries from transitioning to clean energy. O'Rourke's campaign defended the move, arguing oil production faced stricter environmental regulations in America, but also said he now opposes lifting the ban under Trump.\n","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Democrats running for president have debated the Green New Deal for months, but a separate demand from climate advocates to aggressively restrict fossil fuel extraction is exposing new fissures within the field of primary candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., unveiled a plan for public lands last week headlined by a moratorium on fossil fuel exploration. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called for a similar ban as well.<\/p>\n<p>\"Any serious effort to address climate change must include public lands\u200a \u2014 \u200afossil fuel extraction in these areas is responsible for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////pubs.usgs.gov//sir//2018//5131//sir20185131.pdf/">nearly a quarter<\/a> of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions,\" Warren said in a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////medium.com//@teamwarren//my-plan-for-public-lands-e4be1d88a01c/">Medium post<\/a>outlining her plan.<\/p>\n<p>The move drew cheers from activists in the \"keep it in the ground\" movement, a coalition of environmental activists who seek to block back mining, drilling and fracking operations in order to push the economy toward renewable energy more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\"Keep it in the ground\" supporters draw on the same arguments as the Green New Deal: According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//world-must-take-unprecedented-steps-avert-worst-effects-global-warming-n917656/">only a limited window<\/a> to slash greenhouse gas emissions to levels that are likely to head off a dangerous increase in global temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>But the two causes, while closely related, are not identical. The Green New Deal resolution co-authored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., called for sweeping investments in renewable energy, but kept silent on how to regulate fossil fuels. That omission prompted some criticism from groups like <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.greenpeace.org//usa//news//breaking-green-new-deal-still-needs-to-face-fossil-fuel-industry///">Greenpeace, which praised Warren and Sanders for their own plans.<\/p>\n<p>The climate advocacy group 350.org is keeping a scorecard for 2020 candidates that grades them separately on their support for the Green New Deal and for \"keep it in the ground\" policies. \"In order to actually achieve a Green New Deal, you have to transition off fossil fuels,\" Thanu Yakupitiyage, U.S. communications manager for 350.org, told NBC News. \"It's implicit in the deal.\"<\/p>\n<p>Sens. Warren, Sanders and Kirsten Gillibrand have signed onto the \"Keep It In The Ground Act,\" a bill by Sen. Jeff Merkley that would block new oil, coal and gas leases on public land and waters. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is backing onto a<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.merkley.senate.gov//news//press-releases//merkley-sanders-markey-booker-introduce-landmark-legislation-to-transition-united-states-to-100-clean-and-renewable-energy/">separate bill<\/a> with Sanders that seeks \"a mandatory fossil fuel phase-out\" in the electricity sector by 2050. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//senkamalaharris//status//901157482092953600/">tweeted that<\/a> she opposes drilling on public land.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is set to be a major divide in the general election. President Donald Trump has regularly disparaged climate science and renewable energy technology, while<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2018//10//27//climate//trump-fracking-drilling-oil-gas.html/">pushing for an expansion<\/a>of coal, oil and gas and rolling back Obama-era regulations. Republicans have made the Green New Deal an early focus of their attacks.<\/p>\n<p>But even among Democrats and climate-minded policymakers, keeping it in the ground is far from a default position.<\/p>\n<p>Some argue natural gas, a booming industry in recent years, is an important component of any climate strategy because it displaces energy sources like coal that produce more pollution. On the political front, some Democrats worry about ceding ground on economic policy to Republicans, who cite oil and gas production as a source of job growth.<\/p>\n<p>\"I see these attempts to ban production of oil and gas on public lands more as a campaign ploy than a serious climate change strategy,\" said Paul Bledsoe, a former climate aide to President Bill Clinton and strategic adviser at the centrist Progressive Policy Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Within the 2020 Democratic field, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has made his ties to the oil and gas industry a key part of his campaign message, setting up a contrast with candidates like Warren and Sanders. Dubbed \"Frackenlooper\" by environmental critics in the state, he cites his work negotiating with gas companies to regulate methane leaks, a major source of climate emissions, as a national model.<\/p>\n<p>\"If climate change policy becomes synonymous in the U.S. psyche with higher utility bills, rising taxes and lost jobs, we will have missed our shot \u2014 and we might not get another one before it's too late,\" he <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//opinions//2019//03//26//john-hickenlooper-green-new-deal-sets-us-up-failure-we-need-better-approach//?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7e49c3eab4f3\%22>wrote<\/a>in an op-ed last month.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, who <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//ohio-rep-tim-ryan-throws-his-name-growing-2020-field-n990841/">recently announced<\/a> a jobs-focused presidential campaign, has also praised the \"immense climate-related benefits and economic benefits\" of natural gas, a growing industry in his state.<\/p>\n<p>Others are still working out their approach. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, faced criticism for voting to lift a decades-old ban on oil exports, which environmental groups worried would discourage countries from transitioning to clean energy. O'Rourke's campaign <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.huffpost.com//entry//beto-orourke-climate-oil-industry_n_5cae5377e4b0308735d48c31/">defended the move<\/a>, arguing oil production faced stricter environmental regulations in America, but also said he now opposes lifting the ban under Trump.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555922420,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555922314,"firstPublishedAt":1555922314,"lastPublishedAt":1555922314,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816570\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190419-keep-it-in-the-ground-mn-1640_d9ed691bdda575bbe96a4e210ef1393a.jpg","altText":"World climate summit in Katowice","caption":"Demonstrators disturb the speech of P. W. 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Opinion polls had shown him extending that lead before Sunday's decisive vote.He declared victory Sunday to emotional supporters at his campaign headquarters.\"I'm not yet officially the president, but as a citizen of Ukraine, I can say to all countries in the post-Soviet Union look at us. Anything is possible!\"An emotional Poroshenko conceded defeat to his supporters, some of whom were crying.Poroshenko said on social media he thought Zelenskiy's win would spark celebrations in the Kremlin.\"They believe that with a new inexperienced Ukrainian President, Ukraine could be quickly returned to Russia's orbit of influence,\" he wrote.Despite immense popularity, Zelenskiy's often populist rhetoric has been questioned by political pundits.Throughout his campaign, he's embraced his image of a political novice unmarred by political \"filth,\" and vowed to change the system.His campaign and outlined policies were largely vague and short on detail.Nevertheless, his message of change resonated with voters across the war-torn country with a flailing economy.\"It's very important that this voting is based on reason,\" said Poroshenko, while casting his vote accompanied by his grandson earlier Sunday. \"It might be fun and hilarious at first, but I don't want it to get painful later,\" he said, in a likely reference to Zelenskiy's previous job.The two clashed in a much-publicized debate at the nation's largest sports arena Friday, hurling insults and attacking each other's vision for Ukraine's future.Asked by the moderators to pose a 'yes or no' question to each other, Zelenskiy didn't hesitate, looking Poroshenko in the eye and saying: \"Are you not ashamed?\"Poroshenko's response, muted by loud cheering from the comedian's supporters, was — no. \"I am proud of Ukraine and the last five years,\" the former president said.But many Ukrainians don't share that view. Despite his uncompromising efforts to keep the country on a pro-European path, Poroshenko has been accused of reluctance to tackle rampant corruption, a failure to reinvigorate the economy and an inability to end the war with pro-Russian separatists in the east — a five-year-long conflict that he promised to resolve in just two weeks before he swept into power in 2014.\"I am the result of your mistakes and promises,\" Zelenskiy told Poroshenko during Friday night's debate. \"I am not your opponent,\" he said, pointing a finger at the president. \"I am your sentence.\"News\"Zelenskiy's presidency ushers in a period of major political realignment in Ukraine,\" Dmitri Trenin, the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center think tank, told NBC News. He added that Zelenskiy will need to show from day one that he is \"a radical break\" from the past.\"I would expect Zelenskiy going after corrupt officials as a very popular move,\" he said.There have been questions raised around what fate may befall Poroshenko after he loses the election — especially after Zelenskiy said that the former president might have to \"meet with a prosecutor\" during Friday's debate.While Poroshenko is likely to be targeted by anti-corruption investigations, Trenin doesn't think he will actually go to jail.\"I believe Ukraine's Western allies will protect the man who has become a symbol of opposition to Russia,\" he said.NewsAs the new commander-in-chief, Zelenskiy will have to deal with the increasingly belligerent actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Poroshenko declared martial law in parts of the country in November after Russia fired at, rammed and then captured three Ukrainian ships.Trenin says Russians will watch closely for any signs that Zelenskiy might be willing to start implementing the 2015 Minsk accord that enabled a shaky ceasefire in the east and begin restoring some links with Russia.Zelenskiy has consistently said he is ready for direct talks with Putin, but will \"never sacrifice our territories and people\" — a point he reiterated in a recent interview.\"Zelenskiy's victory may be interpreted in Moscow [in] that the high point of anti-Russian politics in Ukraine has passed,\" Trenin said, adding that Kiev's general orientation toward the West is certain to continue under Zelenskiy.But Zelenskiy's hold on power will not be absolute. At least, not right away.Kiev-based political analyst Valentyn Gladkykh told NBC News that Zelenskiy will now have to deal with a parliament, in which he does not have his own party and in which Poroshenko's faction dominates.Gladkykh says he will be hard-pressed to make friends with the lawmakers as he prepares for parliamentary elections in October, all while trying not to lose the support of his voters.\"Poroshenko, if he doesn't do anything stupid after losing the election, will hand over power and start preparing for parliamentary elections, trying to destroy Zelenskiy's approval rating, with the help of his faction in parliament and people in government,\" Gladkykh said.However, Zelenskiy's fledgling party, formed shortly after he announced his presidential bid, could also contend for a majority this fall to solidify his hold on power.\"The president needs a functioning ruling coalition in the parliament to make policy,\" said Balazs Jarabik, a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.\"The battle for Ukraine will continue on April 22.\"\n","htmlText":"<p>Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy won a convincing victory in Sunday's runoff election, ousting incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, national exit polls showed.<\/p>\n<p>The former entertainer and political novice took 73 percent of the vote, with Poroshenko a distant second, the polls indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskiy, 41, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//comedian-volodymyr-zelensky-leads-ukraine-s-presidential-vote-n989386/">won the first round of the election on March 31<\/a>, getting nearly twice as many votes as Poroshenko. Opinion polls had shown him extending that lead before Sunday's decisive vote.<\/p>\n<p>He declared victory Sunday to emotional supporters at his campaign headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm not yet officially the president, but as a citizen of Ukraine, I can say to all countries in the post-Soviet Union look at us. Anything is possible!\"<\/p>\n<p>An emotional Poroshenko conceded defeat to his supporters, some of whom were crying.<\/p>\n<p>Poroshenko said on social media he thought Zelenskiy's win would spark celebrations in the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>\"They believe that with a new inexperienced Ukrainian President, Ukraine could be quickly returned to Russia's orbit of influence,\" he wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6431891312120128\">\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//3816076//400x257_nbc-aptopix_ukraine_election_15427-jpg-9421b_a02858ad448edf161c589c9fb8e0978a.jpg/" alt=\"Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center right, and his wife, Olena Zelenska, center left, leave a polling station after voting during the second round of presidential elections in Kiev on Sunday.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/384x247_nbc-aptopix_ukraine_election_15427-jpg-9421b_a02858ad448edf161c589c9fb8e0978a.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/640x412_nbc-aptopix_ukraine_election_15427-jpg-9421b_a02858ad448edf161c589c9fb8e0978a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/750x482_nbc-aptopix_ukraine_election_15427-jpg-9421b_a02858ad448edf161c589c9fb8e0978a.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/828x533_nbc-aptopix_ukraine_election_15427-jpg-9421b_a02858ad448edf161c589c9fb8e0978a.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/1080x695_nbc-aptopix_ukraine_election_15427-jpg-9421b_a02858ad448edf161c589c9fb8e0978a.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/1200x772_nbc-aptopix_ukraine_election_15427-jpg-9421b_a02858ad448edf161c589c9fb8e0978a.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/1920x1235_nbc-aptopix_ukraine_election_15427-jpg-9421b_a02858ad448edf161c589c9fb8e0978a.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\">Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center right, and his wife, Olena Zelenska, center left, leave a polling station after voting during the second round of presidential elections in Kiev on Sunday.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sergei Grits<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite immense popularity, Zelenskiy's often populist rhetoric has been questioned by political pundits.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his campaign, he's embraced his image of a political novice unmarred by political \"filth,\" and vowed to change the system.<\/p>\n<p>His campaign and outlined policies were largely vague and short on detail.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, his message of change resonated with voters across the war-torn country with a flailing economy.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's very important that this voting is based on reason,\" said Poroshenko, while casting his vote accompanied by his grandson earlier Sunday. \"It might be fun and hilarious at first, but I don't want it to get painful later,\" he said, in a likely reference to Zelenskiy's previous job.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7092326139088729\">\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//3816076//400x284_nbc-afp_1ft5hk_8171e2b590296bcc6519fa8e62b75cae.jpg/" alt=\"Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L) and his wife Maryna Poroshenko hold their ballot papers into a ballot box at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine\\'s presidential election in Kiev on Sunday.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/384x272_nbc-afp_1ft5hk_8171e2b590296bcc6519fa8e62b75cae.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/640x454_nbc-afp_1ft5hk_8171e2b590296bcc6519fa8e62b75cae.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/750x532_nbc-afp_1ft5hk_8171e2b590296bcc6519fa8e62b75cae.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/828x587_nbc-afp_1ft5hk_8171e2b590296bcc6519fa8e62b75cae.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/1080x766_nbc-afp_1ft5hk_8171e2b590296bcc6519fa8e62b75cae.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/1200x851_nbc-afp_1ft5hk_8171e2b590296bcc6519fa8e62b75cae.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/1920x1362_nbc-afp_1ft5hk_8171e2b590296bcc6519fa8e62b75cae.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\">Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L) and his wife Maryna Poroshenko hold their ballot papers into a ballot box at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine\\'s presidential election in Kiev on Sunday.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">SERGEI SUPINSKY<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The two clashed in a much-publicized debate at the nation's largest sports arena Friday, hurling insults and attacking each other's vision for Ukraine's future.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by the moderators to pose a 'yes or no' question to each other, Zelenskiy didn't hesitate, looking Poroshenko in the eye and saying: \"Are you not ashamed?\"<\/p>\n<p>Poroshenko's response, muted by loud cheering from the comedian's supporters, was \u2014 no. \"I am proud of Ukraine and the last five years,\" the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>But many Ukrainians don't share that view. Despite his uncompromising efforts to keep the country on a pro-European path, Poroshenko has been accused of reluctance to tackle rampant corruption, a failure to reinvigorate the economy and an inability to end the war with pro-Russian separatists in the east \u2014 a five-year-long conflict that he promised to resolve in just two weeks before he swept into power in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\"I am the result of your mistakes and promises,\" Zelenskiy told Poroshenko during Friday night's debate. \"I am not your opponent,\" he said, pointing a finger at the president. \"I am your sentence.\"<\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<p>\"Zelenskiy's presidency ushers in a period of major political realignment in Ukraine,\" Dmitri Trenin, the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center think tank, told NBC News. He added that Zelenskiy will need to show from day one that he is \"a radical break\" from the past.<\/p>\n<p>\"I would expect Zelenskiy going after corrupt officials as a very popular move,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>There have been questions raised around what fate may befall Poroshenko after he loses the election \u2014 especially after Zelenskiy said that the former president might have to \"meet with a prosecutor\" during Friday's debate.<\/p>\n<p>While Poroshenko is likely to be targeted by anti-corruption investigations, Trenin doesn't think he will actually go to jail.<\/p>\n<p>\"I believe Ukraine's Western allies will protect the man who has become a symbol of opposition to Russia,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<p>As the new commander-in-chief, Zelenskiy will have to deal with the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//putin-vows-target-u-s-if-missiles-are-deployed-europe-n973451/">increasingly belligerent actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Poroshenko declared martial law in parts of the country in November after Russia <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//storyline//ukraine-crisis//russia-attacks-seizes-three-ukrainian-naval-vessels-coast-crimea-black-n939876/">fired at, rammed and then captured three Ukrainian ships.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trenin says Russians will watch closely for any signs that Zelenskiy might be willing to start implementing the 2015 Minsk accord that enabled a shaky ceasefire in the east and begin restoring some links with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskiy has consistently said he is ready for direct talks with Putin, but will \"never sacrifice our territories and people\" \u2014 a point he reiterated in a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p>\"Zelenskiy's victory may be interpreted in Moscow [in] that the high point of anti-Russian politics in Ukraine has passed,\" Trenin said, adding that Kiev's general orientation toward the West is certain to continue under Zelenskiy.<\/p>\n<p>But Zelenskiy's hold on power will not be absolute. At least, not right away.<\/p>\n<p>Kiev-based political analyst Valentyn Gladkykh told NBC News that Zelenskiy will now have to deal with a parliament, in which he does not have his own party and in which Poroshenko's faction dominates.<\/p>\n<p>Gladkykh says he will be hard-pressed to make friends with the lawmakers as he prepares for parliamentary elections in October, all while trying not to lose the support of his voters.<\/p>\n<p>\"Poroshenko, if he doesn't do anything stupid after losing the election, will hand over power and start preparing for parliamentary elections, trying to destroy Zelenskiy's approval rating, with the help of his faction in parliament and people in government,\" Gladkykh said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Zelenskiy's fledgling party, formed shortly after he announced his presidential bid, could also contend for a majority this fall to solidify his hold on power.<\/p>\n<p>\"The president needs a functioning ruling coalition in the parliament to make policy,\" said Balazs Jarabik, a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.<\/p>\n<p>\"The battle for Ukraine will continue on April 22.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555894805,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555894780,"firstPublishedAt":1555894780,"lastPublishedAt":1555894780,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816076\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-aptopix_ukraine_election_15427-jpg-9421b_a02858ad448edf161c589c9fb8e0978a.jpg","altText":"Image:","caption":"Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center right, and his wife, Olena Zelenska, center left, leave a polling station after voting during the second round of presidential elections in Kiev on Sunday.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Sergei 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in Ireland release two teens in killing of Lyra McKee","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Police in Ireland release two teens in killing of Lyra McKee","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"A police official pleaded for witnesses to come forward with cell phone footage of McKee's killing.","summary":"A police official pleaded for witnesses to come forward with cell phone footage of McKee's killing.","keySentence":"","url":"police-ireland-release-two-teens-killing-lyra-mckee-n996851","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/police-ireland-release-two-teens-killing-lyra-mckee-n996851","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nAuthorities in Ireland released two teenagers arrested in connection with last week's fatal shooting of journalist Lyra McKee, police said Sunday.The two unidentified men, ages 18 and 19, were set free without charge after their arrest Saturday, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said in a statement.Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy pleaded for witnesses with cell phone footage to come forward, saying in the statement, \"I know there will be some people who know what happened but are scared to come forward but if you have information, no matter how small, please contact detectives.\"McKee, 29, had been reporting on a riot in the city of Londonderry on Thursday when she was shot dead.Authorities have described the killing as a \"terrorist act\" and said a dissident paramilitary group called the New Irish Republican Army was likely responsible.The group has rejected the 1998 peace agreement between Britain and Ireland that ended decades of deadly violence during \"The Troubles.\"McKee, who rose to prominence with a 2014 essay about her struggle growing up gay in Belfast, was described by a colleague as \"rising star.\" Her first book, \"Lost Boys,\" was to be published next year.\n","htmlText":"<p>Authorities in Ireland released two teenagers arrested in connection with last week's fatal shooting of journalist Lyra McKee, police said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The two unidentified men, ages 18 and 19, were set free without charge <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//northern-ireland-police-arrest-two-over-murder-journalist-lyra-mckee-n996656/">after their arrest Saturday<\/a>, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy pleaded for witnesses with cell phone footage to come forward, saying in the statement, \"I know there will be some people who know what happened but are scared to come forward but if you have information, no matter how small, please contact detectives.\"<\/p>\n<p>McKee, 29, had been reporting on a riot in the city of Londonderry on Thursday <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//journalist-lyra-mckee-fatally-shot-during-northern-ireland-riot-n996241/">when she was shot dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6668\">\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//3816070//400x267_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg/" alt=\"Journalist and author Lyra McKee on May 19, 2017.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816070\/384x256_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816070\/640x427_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816070\/750x500_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816070\/828x552_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816070\/1080x720_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816070\/1200x800_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816070\/1920x1280_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.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\">Journalist and author Lyra McKee on May 19, 2017.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jess Lowe<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Authorities have described the killing as a \"terrorist act\" and said a dissident paramilitary group called the New Irish Republican Army was likely responsible.<\/p>\n<p>The group has rejected the 1998 peace agreement between Britain and Ireland that ended decades of deadly violence during \"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//think//opinion//unearthing-ghosts-northern-ireland-s-dirty-war-patrick-radden-keefe-ncna995521/">The Troubles<\/a>.\"<\/p>\n<p>McKee, who rose to prominence with a 2014 essay about her struggle growing up gay in Belfast, was described by a colleague as \"rising star.\" Her first book, \"Lost Boys,\" was to be published next year.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555884005,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555883994,"firstPublishedAt":1555883994,"lastPublishedAt":1555883994,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816070\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190419-derry-riots-ew-1255p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg","altText":"Image: 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in Northern Ireland release two teens in killing of Lyra McKee","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Police in Northern Ireland release two teens in killing of Lyra McKee","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"A police official pleaded for witnesses to come forward with cell phone footage of McKee's killing.","summary":"A police official pleaded for witnesses to come forward with cell phone footage of McKee's killing.","keySentence":"","url":"police-northern-ireland-release-two-teens-killing-lyra-mckee-n996851","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/police-northern-ireland-release-two-teens-killing-lyra-mckee-n996851","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nAuthorities in Northern Ireland released two teenagers arrested in connection with last week's fatal shooting of journalist Lyra McKee, police said Sunday.The two unidentified men, ages 18 and 19, were set free without charge after their arrest Saturday, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said in a statement.Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy pleaded for witnesses with cell phone footage to come forward, saying in the statement, \"I know there will be some people who know what happened but are scared to come forward but if you have information, no matter how small, please contact detectives.\"McKee, 29, had been reporting on a riot in the city of Londonderry on Thursday when she was shot dead.Authorities have described the killing as a \"terrorist act\" and said a dissident paramilitary group called the New Irish Republican Army was likely responsible.The group has rejected the 1998 peace agreement between Britain and Ireland that ended decades of deadly violence during \"The Troubles.\"McKee, who rose to prominence with a 2014 essay about her struggle growing up gay in Belfast, was described by a colleague as \"rising star.\" Her first book, \"Lost Boys,\" was to be published next year.\n","htmlText":"<p>Authorities in Northern Ireland released two teenagers arrested in connection with last week's fatal shooting of journalist Lyra McKee, police said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The two unidentified men, ages 18 and 19, were set free without charge <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//northern-ireland-police-arrest-two-over-murder-journalist-lyra-mckee-n996656/">after their arrest Saturday<\/a>, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy pleaded for witnesses with cell phone footage to come forward, saying in the statement, \"I know there will be some people who know what happened but are scared to come forward but if you have information, no matter how small, please contact detectives.\"<\/p>\n<p>McKee, 29, had been reporting on a riot in the city of Londonderry on Thursday <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//journalist-lyra-mckee-fatally-shot-during-northern-ireland-riot-n996241/">when she was shot dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6668\">\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//3816072//400x267_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg/" alt=\"Journalist and author Lyra McKee on May 19, 2017.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816072\/384x256_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg 384w, 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class=\"widget__captionText\">Journalist and author Lyra McKee on May 19, 2017.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jess Lowe<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Authorities have described the killing as a \"terrorist act\" and said a dissident paramilitary group called the New Irish Republican Army was likely responsible.<\/p>\n<p>The group has rejected the 1998 peace agreement between Britain and Ireland that ended decades of deadly violence during \"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//think//opinion//unearthing-ghosts-northern-ireland-s-dirty-war-patrick-radden-keefe-ncna995521/">The Troubles<\/a>.\"<\/p>\n<p>McKee, who rose to prominence with a 2014 essay about her struggle growing up gay in Belfast, was described by a colleague as \"rising star.\" Her first book, \"Lost Boys,\" was to be published next year.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555885205,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555883940,"firstPublishedAt":1555883940,"lastPublishedAt":1555883940,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816072\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190419-derry-riots-ew-1255p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg","altText":"Image: BRITAIN-NIRELAND-UNREST","caption":"Police officers inspect and collect evidence from the scene where a journalist was fatally shot amid rioting overnight in the Creggan area of Derry (Londonderry) in Northern Ireland on April 19, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Paul Faith","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1592},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816072\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190419-lyra-mckee-ew-1253p_38fd8d7978aea9be799c482181c4b5f9.jpg","altText":"Image:","caption":"Journalist and author Lyra McKee on May 19, 2017.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jess 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floods leave millions in Iran facing humanitarian crisis","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Devastating floods leave millions in Iran facing humanitarian crisis","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"\"I have lived here my whole life and have never seen anything like this,\" said Nasser, 81, a taxi driver in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province.","summary":"\"I have lived here my whole life and have never seen anything like this,\" said Nasser, 81, a taxi driver in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province.","keySentence":"","url":"devastating-floods-leave-millions-iran-facing-humanitarian-crisis-n996766","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/devastating-floods-leave-millions-iran-facing-humanitarian-crisis-n996766","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nAHWAZ, Iran — Two weeks since the storms started, relentless rain and flooding throughout Iran has left some 2 million people facing a humanitarian crisis.The deluge has swamped large swaths of the country, from the mountains in the north down to the Persian gulf in the south.Twenty-five out of 31 of Iran's provinces have been affected. Officials say say 76 people have been killed so far, with some 150, 000 homes partially or completely destroyed. Bridges across the country and miles upon miles of road have been left unusable. Authorities say the estimated bill to repair the damage stands at least $2.5 billion.The country's agriculture sector, which makes up about 14 percent of Iran's GDP, has been devastated.For more on this story, watch NBC's \"Nightly News\" tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET'It's all gone'In the oil-rich city of Ahwaz, in Khuzestan province, a local sports stadium is now home to rows of Red Crescent tents lined up next to each other.The aid group, the Muslim world's equivalent to the Red Cross, is working with the government to respond to the disaster.Hussein and Farideh Abdekhani, an elderly couple whose village was consumed by the floods, have sought shelter there for the past 10 days along with their daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren.Farideh, a seamstress, told NBC News that the family had lost everything they had worked so hard for.\"Between us we had two fridges, three heaters and a television. Along with our home, it's all gone,\" she said.\"All we have left are the clothes we are wearing,\" she added, tugging the shirt her husband was wearing and pulling on her chador — a loose-fitting garment that goes over the head and down to the ankles, so as not to show a woman's hair or figure.\"We have nothing. I don't know how we are going to rebuild our lives,\" she added.In the nearby village of Hamidiyeh, farmer Jasem, 26, looked out at what was his once his livelihood.His family had spent decades building their family home and toiling on arable land. Now they fear they will never rebuild what they have lost.Jasem said he will move to the capital Tehran, some 600 miles from where he has spent his entire life, and try to find work in a restaurant.Twelve percent of the country's land is agricultural, like that which once proved so fertile for Jasem and his family.Blame gameAmid desperation, the all-too-familiar blame game between two old enemies has continued.Iran has blamed U.S. sanctions for hampering relief efforts.\"The heads of the American regime have revealed their true vicious and inhuman nature,\" President Hassan Rouhani said at a cabinet meeting screened live on state TV, according to Al Jazeera.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed the Iranian government.\"These floods once again show the level of Iranian regime mismanagement in urban planning and in emergency preparedness,\" he said in a statement earlier this month.\"The regime blames outside entities when, in fact, it is their mismanagement that has led to this disaster.\"WorldThe Red Crescent are doing what they can to reach these often rural communities devastated by the floods, but damaged infrastructure has hampered their mobility.An aging helicopter bought by Iran before the 1979 revolution allows them to reach Lorestan province, a mountainous region in the country's west.Because of U.S. sanctions, Iran has been unable obtain parts for the aircraft over the last 40 years. Instead they have almost entirely rebuilt the choppers themselves.From the air, the scope and scale of the devastation are clear. What looked like massive lakes were actually vast villages and farmlands.Nasser, 81, a taxi driver in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province, told NBC News: \"I have lived here my whole life and have never seen anything like this.\"In the city of Pol-e-dokhtar soldiers from the army and Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) are leading the clean-up operation.Alongside clerics and volunteers they clear rubble, divert water, build dykes and distribute food, medicine and tents.One of the guards at a temporary station saw a van passing by with IRGC members on board carrying shovels. \"Come and get some food, terrorists,\" he shouted, an apparent reference to their recent designation as a foreign terrorist organisation by the Trump administration.WorldThis had seemingly become an ongoing joke among the group's members.But the city's residents were in no mood for jokes.Uncertain futuresFrustrated at the recovery effort, many pressed themselves against the gates of the Red Crescent building screaming that they didn't have enough food, medicine or tents.Some of those gathered in hope of aid had not been affected by the floods.Two women in their 60s, Sultaneh Imani and Shamsi Malekipoor, traveled from a nearby village despite being fortunate enough to escape the worst of the floods. Life was already so difficult, they told NBC News, that they were hoping get something, anything, from the aid group to help them get by.Poverty and discontent with the government run deep among some here, with the economy already struggling before the weather intervened.Many Iranians feel they haven't seen the economic benefits of the Obama-era nuclear deal from which President Donald Trump withdrew last year. While it allowed Tehran to sell its crude oil and natural gas on the international market, Iran's economy remains weak with high unemployment and inflation.For those who were already struggling, the floods have left many hopeless.A few miles from Pol-e-dokhtar, the small village of Baba Zeyd has only 530 residents. Once a breadbasket for the area, rich in vegetables and crops, it is now almost entirely destroyed. Its residents were in a state of shock.\"Mother Nature cried for two weeks and we almost drowned in her tears,\" said Mahin Fathi, a grandmother sitting outside the wreckage of her home.Her neighbor, the local lawyer, was angry.His home gone and his family's livelihood washed away, Khashayar Javadi told NBC News that the land was so badly damaged they won't be able to sow crops or vegetables for years to come.The government has offered small interest-free loans to help villagers rebuild their homes, but Javadi wondered how they could pay the loans back with no prospect of making money anytime soon.\"Our homes have been destroyed, our farmlands and livestock washed away,\" said Radoul, a farmer from the village. \"I have no idea how we are going to make money. This was once a great place to live but now the future is uncertain, without prospects.\"\n","htmlText":"<p>AHWAZ, Iran \u2014 Two weeks since the storms started, relentless rain and flooding throughout Iran has left some 2 million people facing a humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The deluge has swamped large swaths of the country, from the mountains in the north down to the Persian gulf in the south.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five out of 31 of Iran's provinces have been affected. Officials say say 76 people have been killed so far, with some 150, 000 homes partially or completely destroyed. Bridges across the country and miles upon miles of road have been left unusable. Authorities say the estimated bill to repair the damage stands at least $2.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The country's agriculture sector, which makes up about 14 percent of Iran's GDP, has been devastated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch NBC's \"Nightly News\" tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>'It's all gone'<\/h2><p>In the oil-rich city of Ahwaz, in Khuzestan province, a local sports stadium is now home to rows of Red Crescent tents lined up next to each other.<\/p>\n<p>The aid group, the Muslim world's equivalent to the Red Cross, is working with the government to respond to the disaster.<\/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//3816062//400x300_nbc-190421-iran-floods-red-crescent-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg/" alt=\"People in a Red Crescent aid center in Iran.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/384x288_nbc-190421-iran-floods-red-crescent-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/640x480_nbc-190421-iran-floods-red-crescent-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/750x563_nbc-190421-iran-floods-red-crescent-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/828x621_nbc-190421-iran-floods-red-crescent-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/1080x810_nbc-190421-iran-floods-red-crescent-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/1200x900_nbc-190421-iran-floods-red-crescent-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/1920x1440_nbc-190421-iran-floods-red-crescent-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.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\">People in a Red Crescent aid center in Iran.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ali Arouzi<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hussein and Farideh Abdekhani, an elderly couple whose village was consumed by the floods, have sought shelter there for the past 10 days along with their daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Farideh, a seamstress, told NBC News that the family had lost everything they had worked so hard for.<\/p>\n<p>\"Between us we had two fridges, three heaters and a television. Along with our home, it's all gone,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>\"All we have left are the clothes we are wearing,\" she added, tugging the shirt her husband was wearing and pulling on her chador \u2014 a loose-fitting garment that goes over the head and down to the ankles, so as not to show a woman's hair or figure.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have nothing. I don't know how we are going to rebuild our lives,\" she added.<\/p>\n<p>In the nearby village of Hamidiyeh, farmer Jasem, 26, looked out at what was his once his livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>His family had spent decades building their family home and toiling on arable land. Now they fear they will never rebuild what they have lost.<\/p>\n<p>Jasem said he will move to the capital Tehran, some 600 miles from where he has spent his entire life, and try to find work in a restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve percent of the country's land is agricultural, like that which once proved so fertile for Jasem and his family.<\/p>\n<h2>Blame game<\/h2><p>Amid desperation, the all-too-familiar blame game between two old enemies has continued.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has blamed U.S. sanctions for hampering relief efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\"The heads of the American regime have revealed their true vicious and inhuman nature,\" President Hassan Rouhani said at a cabinet meeting screened live on state TV, according to Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed the Iranian government.<\/p>\n<p>\"These floods once again show the level of Iranian regime mismanagement in urban planning and in emergency preparedness,\" he said in a statement earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\"The regime blames outside entities when, in fact, it is their mismanagement that has led to this disaster.\"<\/p>\n<p>World<\/p>\n<p>The Red Crescent are doing what they can to reach these often rural communities devastated by the floods, but damaged infrastructure has hampered their mobility.<\/p>\n<p>An aging helicopter bought by Iran before the 1979 revolution allows them to reach Lorestan province, a mountainous region in the country's west.<\/p>\n<p>Because of U.S. sanctions, Iran has been unable obtain parts for the aircraft over the last 40 years. Instead they have almost entirely rebuilt the choppers themselves.<\/p>\n<p>From the air, the scope and scale of the devastation are clear. What looked like massive lakes were actually vast villages and farmlands.<\/p>\n<p>Nasser, 81, a taxi driver in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province, told NBC News: \"I have lived here my whole life and have never seen anything like this.\"<\/p>\n<p>In the city of Pol-e-dokhtar soldiers from the army and Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) are leading the clean-up operation.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside clerics and volunteers they clear rubble, divert water, build dykes and distribute food, medicine and tents.<\/p>\n<p>One of the guards at a temporary station saw a van passing by with IRGC members on board carrying shovels. \"Come and get some food, terrorists,\" he shouted, an apparent reference to their <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.google.com//url?q=https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-pressure-iran-branding-its-guard-terror-group-n992011&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwj-3MqFluHhAhXxx4UKHWHODcQQFggFMAA&client=internal-uds-cse&cx=016208984708783791344:6jwjkxpc8ik&usg=AOvVaw1Qtu3IQ1mJkxCd9tLGGUkT\%22>recent designation as a foreign terrorist organisation<\/a> by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>World<\/p>\n<p>This had seemingly become an ongoing joke among the group's members.<\/p>\n<p>But the city's residents were in no mood for jokes.<\/p>\n<h2>Uncertain futures<\/h2><p>Frustrated at the recovery effort, many pressed themselves against the gates of the Red Crescent building screaming that they didn't have enough food, medicine or tents.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those gathered in hope of aid had not been affected by the floods.<\/p>\n<p>Two women in their 60s, Sultaneh Imani and Shamsi Malekipoor, traveled from a nearby village despite being fortunate enough to escape the worst of the floods. Life was already so difficult, they told NBC News, that they were hoping get something, anything, from the aid group to help them get by.<\/p>\n<p>Poverty and discontent with the government run deep among some here, with the economy already struggling before the weather intervened.<\/p>\n<p>Many Iranians feel they haven't seen the economic benefits of the Obama-era nuclear deal from which President Donald Trump withdrew last year. While it allowed Tehran to sell its crude oil and natural gas on the international market, Iran's economy remains weak with high unemployment and inflation.<\/p>\n<p>For those who were already struggling, the floods have left many hopeless.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7072927072927073\">\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//3816062//400x283_nbc-190421-iran-floods-graveyard-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg/" alt=\"Flooding in a graveyard near Ahwaz, Iran.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/384x272_nbc-190421-iran-floods-graveyard-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/640x453_nbc-190421-iran-floods-graveyard-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/750x530_nbc-190421-iran-floods-graveyard-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/828x586_nbc-190421-iran-floods-graveyard-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/1080x764_nbc-190421-iran-floods-graveyard-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/1200x849_nbc-190421-iran-floods-graveyard-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/1920x1358_nbc-190421-iran-floods-graveyard-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.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\">Flooding in a graveyard near Ahwaz, Iran.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ali Arouzi<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A few miles from Pol-e-dokhtar, the small village of Baba Zeyd has only 530 residents. Once a breadbasket for the area, rich in vegetables and crops, it is now almost entirely destroyed. Its residents were in a state of shock.<\/p>\n<p>\"Mother Nature cried for two weeks and we almost drowned in her tears,\" said Mahin Fathi, a grandmother sitting outside the wreckage of her home.<\/p>\n<p>Her neighbor, the local lawyer, was angry.<\/p>\n<p>His home gone and his family's livelihood washed away, Khashayar Javadi told NBC News that the land was so badly damaged they won't be able to sow crops or vegetables for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>The government has offered small interest-free loans to help villagers rebuild their homes, but Javadi wondered how they could pay the loans back with no prospect of making money anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our homes have been destroyed, our farmlands and livestock washed away,\" said Radoul, a farmer from the village. \"I have no idea how we are going to make money. This was once a great place to live but now the future is uncertain, without prospects.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555879205,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555876740,"firstPublishedAt":1555876740,"lastPublishedAt":1555876740,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190421-iran-floods-cs-1042a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg","altText":"Image: Iranian soldiers help civilians in a flooded village near the city o","caption":"Iranian soldiers help civilians in a flooded village near the city of Ahvaz on March 21, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Mehdi Pedramkhoo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1667},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3816062\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190421-iran-floods-graveyard-cs-1037a_01b5f7b1bc0474b92cccd56602b5be02.jpg","altText":"Image: Flooding in a graveyard near Ahwaz, Iran.","caption":"Flooding in 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calls out \"fat tax\" on plus-size wedding dresses","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Bride calls out \"fat tax\" on plus-size wedding dresses","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Mary Jane O'Toole says women are forced to pay a lot more for larger sizes.","summary":"Mary Jane O'Toole says women are forced to pay a lot more for larger sizes.","keySentence":"","url":"bride-calls-out-fat-tax-plus-size-women-s-clothing-t152552","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.today.com\/style\/bride-calls-out-fat-tax-plus-size-women-s-clothing-t152552","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nMary Jane O'Toole spent most of her life shopping in the plus-size section at stores, feeling frustrated she couldn't find the styles she loved in her size. And if she did, she said she usually had to pay a higher price, which she called a \"fat tax,\" simply because she was buying a blouse in a bigger size.\"It was very limited when I was growing up and I was acutely aware of the fact things that are bigger cost way more money,\" O'Toole told TODAY.After her husband, Alex proposed in December 2016, O'Toole decided to start her weight-loss journey.\"I had a pretty good idea I didn't want to be big as a bride. Growing up I told myself, you're not going to be a fat bride,\" she said. \"But I don't want to take away from anyone's experience being a plus-size bride. Every bride is beautiful.\"The couple, who live in Orlando, Florida, downloaded the Lose It! app, where they meticulously tracked everything they ate for a year and recorded the pounds they were losing.By the time she started shopping for a wedding dress, O'Toole said she was a \"street size 12.\" The average American woman is a size 16 to 18, according to a study published in the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education.However, the bridal stores she went to were pulling dresses in sizes 18 and 20 for her. She found a dress she liked but it wasn't available in her size.She tried it on anyway. \"They had to put extra fabric in the back, so I could get a better sense of what it would look like closed,\" O'Toole said. \"I found the dress I loved and they said if we have to order it in my size, it would be $600 more.\"While O'Toole was used to paying a \"fat tax,\" she decided this time would be different. Despite having \"that big bridal moment\" and falling in love with a dress, she committed to losing weight and searching for another dress.After one year of tracking her diet, O'Toole started working out four to five times a week and was \"shocked\" to discover that she loved the feeling of going to the gym.By the time she walked down the aisle on November 19 last year, O'Toole had lost 135 pounds. She ultimately found her dream dress, a stunning, long-sleeved size-six gown that exposed her back.While she's proud of her weight-loss journey, O'Toole said she wants to send a message to the fashion industry that paying attention to plus-size women is good for business.\"Big girls want to look good too and it doesn't help our self esteem to go into a store and not find our size,\" she said. \"Women spend money. If most of the female population is plus sized, wouldn't you want to accommodate the people who want to buy your clothing?\"\"Make those accommodations and make people happy in their clothes,\" she said. \"And then business will be cyclical. They'll keep coming back to buy more.\"\n","htmlText":"<p>Mary Jane O'Toole spent most of her life shopping in the plus-size section at stores, feeling frustrated she couldn't find the styles she loved in her size. And if she did, she said she usually had to pay a higher price, which she called a \"fat tax,\" simply because she was buying a blouse in a bigger size.<\/p>\n<p>\"It was very limited when I was growing up and I was acutely aware of the fact things that are bigger cost way more money,\" O'Toole told TODAY.<\/p>\n<p>After her husband, Alex proposed in December 2016, O'Toole decided to start her<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//health//how-lose-weight-after-40-woman-loses-117-pounds-age-t152322/">weight-loss journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\"I had a pretty good idea I didn't want to be big as a bride. Growing up I told myself, you're not going to be a fat bride,\" she said. \"But I don't want to take away from anyone's experience being a plus-size bride. Every bride is beautiful.\"<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who live in Orlando, Florida, downloaded the Lose It! app, where they meticulously <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//health//how-lose-weight-man-loses-105-pounds-18-months-t125871/">tracked everything they ate<\/a> for a year and recorded the pounds they were losing.<\/p>\n<p>By the time she started shopping for a wedding dress, O'Toole said she was a \"street size 12.\" The average American woman is a size 16 to 18, according to a study published in the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education.<\/p>\n<p>However, the bridal stores she went to were pulling dresses in sizes 18 and 20 for her. She found a dress she liked but it wasn't available in her size.<\/p>\n<p>She tried it on anyway. \"They had to put extra fabric in the back, so I could get a better sense of what it would look like closed,\" O'Toole said. \"I found the dress I loved and they said if we have to order it in my size, it would be $600 more.\"<\/p>\n<p>While O'Toole was used to paying a \"fat tax,\" she decided this time would be different. Despite having \"that big bridal moment\" and falling in love with a dress, she committed to losing weight and searching for another dress.<\/p>\n<p>After one year of tracking her diet, O'Toole started working out four to five times a week and was \"shocked\" to discover that she loved the feeling of going to the gym.<\/p>\n<p>By the time she walked down the aisle on November 19 last year, O'Toole had lost 135 pounds. She ultimately found her dream dress, a stunning, long-sleeved size-six gown that exposed her back.<\/p>\n<p>While she's proud of her weight-loss journey, O'Toole said she wants to send a message to the fashion industry that paying attention to plus-size women is good for business.<\/p>\n<p>\"Big girls want to look good too and it doesn't help our self esteem to go into a store and not find our size,\" she said. \"Women spend money. If most of the female population is plus sized, wouldn't you want to accommodate the people who want to buy your clothing?\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Make those accommodations and make people happy in their clothes,\" she said. \"And then business will be cyclical. They'll keep coming back to buy more.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555790463,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555876560,"firstPublishedAt":1555849180,"lastPublishedAt":1555876569,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3814662\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-weight-loss-today-190420-main-01_2ea7d5f86fa20bd1c67613fec29ae4e7.jpg","altText":"TODAY, product courtesy of merchant site","caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"then_now_tomorrow then_now_tomorrow \/ Instagram","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2400,"height":1200}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":111,"slug":"fashion","urlSafeValue":"fashion","title":"Fashion","titleRaw":"Fashion"},{"id":13448,"slug":"wedding","urlSafeValue":"wedding","title":"wedding","titleRaw":"wedding"},{"id":139,"slug":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","titleRaw":"Health"}],"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,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"TODAY Lifestyle","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Alyssa Newcomb","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":"'gt_positive','gs_health','gs_society','gs_family_marriage','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gs_health_diet','gs_family','gs_fashion_women','neg_facebook_2021','gs_health_weightloss','gt_positive_love','neg_bucherer','gs_health_nutrition','gt_positive_happiness','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\/21\/bride-calls-out-fat-tax-plus-size-women-s-clothing-t152552","lastModified":1555876569},{"id":734324,"cid":3815978,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"In online ad, Howard Schultz says 'majority of Americans are Americans'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"In online ad, Howard Schultz says 'majority of Americans are Americans'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The internet took aim at the possible 2020 presidential candidate over the Facebook ad.","summary":"The internet took aim at the possible 2020 presidential candidate over the Facebook ad.","keySentence":"","url":"online-ad-howard-schultz-says-majority-americans-are-american-n996831","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/online-ad-howard-schultz-says-majority-americans-are-american-n996831","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nA new Facebook ad from possible 2020 presidential candidate Howard Schultz gained attention online over a line saying \"the majority of Americans are Americans.\"Schultz, who has said he may run as a centrist independent, has based his potential candidacy on a message of nonpartisanship. Schultz has taken socially liberal and fiscally conservative positions, insisting that both Republicans and Democrats are too extreme to govern. The former Starbucks chairman and billionaire businessman has made the national debt a central issue of his possible run.In the Facebook ad, Schultz writes: \"The majority of Americans aren't Democrats or Republicans, the majority of Americans are Americans.\"The line drew mockery online from observers who thought the statement that most Americans are American was rather obvious. During a contentious interview with MSNBC's Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle earlier this month, Schultz said he was \"cautiously optimistic\" about running for president.A representative for Schultz did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News.\n","htmlText":"<p>A new Facebook ad from possible 2020 presidential candidate Howard Schultz gained attention online over a line saying \"the majority of Americans are Americans.\"<\/p>\n<p>Schultz, who has said he may run as a centrist independent, has based his potential candidacy on a message of nonpartisanship. Schultz has taken socially liberal and fiscally conservative positions, insisting that both Republicans and Democrats are too extreme to govern. The former Starbucks chairman and billionaire businessman has made the national debt a central issue of his possible run.<\/p>\n<p>In the Facebook ad, Schultz writes: \"The majority of Americans aren't Democrats or Republicans, the majority of Americans are Americans.\"<\/p>\n<p>The line drew mockery online from observers who thought the statement that most Americans are American was rather obvious.<\/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=\"1119700863512129536\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\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 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say Trump impeachment proceedings 'possibly coming' after Mueller report","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Democrats say Trump impeachment proceedings 'possibly coming' after Mueller report","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"On Sunday, Rep. Elijah Cummings, among other lawmakers, sounded open to the possibility of bringing impeachment proceedings against the president.","summary":"On Sunday, Rep. Elijah Cummings, among other lawmakers, sounded open to the possibility of bringing impeachment proceedings against the president.","keySentence":"","url":"democrats-say-trump-impeachment-proceedings-possibly-coming-after-mueller-report-n996806","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/democrats-say-trump-impeachment-proceedings-possibly-coming-after-mueller-report-n996806","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nDemocrats \"can foresee\" the possibility of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.Speaking on the Sunday political talk shows, the chairmen of three key House investigatory committees sounded open to the possibility of bringing impeachment proceedings against the president.\"I can foresee that possibly coming,\" House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., told CBS's \"Face the Nation\" on Sunday, adding that he is \"not there yet\" on impeachment.The report itself, Cummings said, provides Congress with an investigatory \"roadmap,\" he said.\"I think [Mueller] basically said to us as a Congress, 'It's up to you to take this further with regard to obstruction and the other matters that might come up,'\" Cummings said.He cautioned that Democrats must \"be very careful\" regarding impeachment because many Americans don't see eye-to-eye on the issue. However, Cummings said \"history would smile upon us for standing up for the Constitution\" if the House voted for impeachment but the Senate shot it down.In his 400-plus page report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials and whether the president sought to obstruct justice, Mueller was unable to establish a Trump-Russia conspiracy and said he could not come to a traditional prosecutorial decision regarding obstruction.\"In sum, the investigation established multiple links between Trump Campaign officials and individuals tied to the Russian government,\" he wrote of possible collusion. \"Those links included Russian offers of assistance to the Campaign. In some instances, the Campaign was receptive to the offer, while in other instances the Campaign officials shied away. Ultimately, the investigation did not establish that the Campaign coordinated or conspired with the Russian government in its election-interference activities.\"On obstruction, Mueller wrote that if his team \"had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state.\"\"Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him,\" he wrote, later saying that Trump's \"efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests.\"Impeachment chatter has picked up since the report's release. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and a 2020 presidential contender, called for the House to begin impeachment proceedings as a result of the report.\"To ignore a President's repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior would inflict great and lasting damage on this country,\" Warren tweeted Friday. \"The severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside political considerations and do their constitutional duty. That means the House should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States.\"But Democrats are clearly divided on the issue. On Thursday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said impeachment wasn't worthwhile.On NBC's \"Meet the Press\" Sunday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said some of the accusations described in Mueller's report \"would be impeachable.\"\"Obstruction of justice, if proven, would be impeachable,\" he said.House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said on ABC's \"This Week\" that Warren, in her call for impeachment proceedings, is right \"that the level of evidence in the Muller report is serious and damning and in a normal circumstance would be, I think without question, within the realm of impeachable offenses.\"\"We are, unfortunately, in an environment today where the GOP leadership, people like Kevin McCarthy, are willing to carry the president's water not matter how corrupt or unethical or dishonest the president's conduct may be,\" he added. \"And in those kind of circumstances, when Mitch McConnell will not stand up to the president either, it means that an impeachment is likely to be unsuccessful.\"But Schiff said the House might \"undertake an impeachment nonetheless.\"Trump has blasted the report in the days since a redacted version was released by the Justice Department, saying on Twitter that the report \"was written as nastily as possible\" and a \"total 'hit job.'\"\"The president is not going to jail,\" White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday on \"This Week.\" \"He's staying in the White House for five and a half more years.\"\n","htmlText":"<p>Democrats \"can foresee\" the possibility of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Sunday political talk shows, the chairmen of three key House investigatory committees sounded open to the possibility of bringing impeachment proceedings against the president.<\/p>\n<p>\"I can foresee that possibly coming,\" House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., told <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cbsnews.com//news//elijah-cummings-on-face-the-nation-says-he-can-see-impeachment-possibly-coming///">CBS's \"Face the Nation\" on Sunday<\/a>, adding that he is \"not there yet\" on impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>The report itself, Cummings said, provides Congress with an investigatory \"roadmap,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think [Mueller] basically said to us as a Congress, 'It's up to you to take this further with regard to obstruction and the other matters that might come up,'\" Cummings said.<\/p>\n<p>He cautioned that Democrats must \"be very careful\" regarding impeachment because many Americans don't see eye-to-eye on the issue. However, Cummings said \"history would smile upon us for standing up for the Constitution\" if the House voted for impeachment but the Senate shot it down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////viewfromll2.files.wordpress.com//2019//04//mueller-report.pdf/">In his 400-plus page report<\/a> on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials and whether the president sought to obstruct justice, Mueller was unable to establish a Trump-Russia conspiracy and said he could not come to a traditional prosecutorial decision regarding obstruction.<\/p>\n<p>\"In sum, the investigation established multiple links between Trump Campaign officials and individuals tied to the Russian government,\" he wrote of possible collusion. \"Those links included Russian offers of assistance to the Campaign. In some instances, the Campaign was receptive to the offer, while in other instances the Campaign officials shied away. Ultimately, the investigation did not establish that the Campaign coordinated or conspired with the Russian government in its election-interference activities.\"<\/p>\n<p>On obstruction, Mueller wrote that if his team \"had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him,\" he wrote, later saying that Trump's \"efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests.\"<\/p>\n<p>Impeachment chatter has picked up since the report's release. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//impeachment-warren-just-stole-show-her-dodging-democratic-rivals-n996636/">and a 2020 presidential contender<\/a>, called for the House to begin impeachment proceedings as a result of the report.<\/p>\n<p>\"To ignore a President's repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior would inflict great and lasting damage on this country,\" Warren tweeted Friday. \"The severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside political considerations and do their constitutional duty. That means the House should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States.\"<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats are clearly divided on the issue. On Thursday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.thedailybeast.com//steny-hoyer-says-impeaching-trump-not-worthwhile-after-mueller-report-release/">said impeachment wasn't worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>On NBC's \"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//meet-the-press//house-judiciary-chair-jerrold-nadler-won-t-rule-out-impeachment-n996796/">Meet the Press<\/a>\" Sunday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said some of the accusations described in Mueller's report \"would be impeachable.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Obstruction of justice, if proven, would be impeachable,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said on ABC's \"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////abcnews.go.com//Politics//week-transcript-21-19-kellyanne-conway-rep-adam//story?id=62525364\%22>This Week<\/a>\" that Warren, in her call for impeachment proceedings, is right \"that the level of evidence in the Muller report is serious and damning and in a normal circumstance would be, I think without question, within the realm of impeachable offenses.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We are, unfortunately, in an environment today where the GOP leadership, people like Kevin McCarthy, are willing to carry the president's water not matter how corrupt or unethical or dishonest the president's conduct may be,\" he added. \"And in those kind of circumstances, when Mitch McConnell will not stand up to the president either, it means that an impeachment is likely to be unsuccessful.\"<\/p>\n<p>But Schiff said the House might \"undertake an impeachment nonetheless.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump has blasted the report in the days since a redacted version was released by the Justice Department, saying on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//realDonaldTrump//status//1119943293297623040/">Twitter that the report \"was written as nastily as possible\" and a \"total 'hit job.'\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The president is not going to jail,\" White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday on \"This Week.\" \"He's staying in the White House for five and a half more years.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1555863622,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1555862700,"firstPublishedAt":1555862700,"lastPublishedAt":1555862700,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3815884\/{{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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