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The USS Curtis Wilbur, one of two ships to pass through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday. (Reuters, File) Two American warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday to send a message to the Chinese government ahead of high-level trade talks between the two nations. The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur and U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bertholf sailed through the strait, a body of water separating Taiwan from mainland China that is approximately 100 miles wide and is considered a hot spot for any potential conflict. Cmdr. Clayton Doss, a spokesman for the Navy 7th Fleet, said in a statement that the ships had conducted a "routine Taiwan Strait transit March 24-25 [local time] in accordance with international law. The ships' transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific." The transit marked the third time in three months that the U.S. sailed warships through the strait, which is officially considered international … [Read more...] about US sends 2 warships through Taiwan Strait ahead of China trade talks

World Russia investigation The Supreme Court on Monday determined it would not hear the appeal of an unidentified foreign government-owned company that is fighting a grand jury subpoena that stemmed from the Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Many details about the case, like which foreign government owns the company, remain unknown. But the company has been ordered to pay around $50,000 per day in contempt of court charges for refusing to comply with the subpoena. It now owes over $2 million. The company’s lawyers have argued that it does not have to comply with the subpoena because the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA) renders it exempt. The case was the only one from the Mueller probe to reach the Supreme Court.  “The D.C. Circuit became the first appellate court in American history to exercise criminal jurisdiction over a foreign state. Although two other circuits have previously suggested that the FSIA does not preclude an … [Read more...] about What Next for Mueller? Mystery Foreign Company’s Rejected Subpoena Battle Raises Questions About Russia Probe Future

World Fox News MSNBC CNN Fox News host Steve Hilton argued that Democrats, MSNBC and CNN are the “real agents of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin” during a Monday panel discussion regarding the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. “Let’s look at the big story. What do we know now [that] we didn’t before? We know for sure the scope of the Russian effort, Putin’s effort, to destabilize our democracy and to divide America. That’s clear from the report,” Hilton, a conservative British political adviser who hosts Fox’s The Next Revolution program, said. “We also know that not only was there no collusion, there is a very important line in the attorney general’s letter, the special counsel not only didn’t find collusion, it says ‘despite multiple offers from Russian affiliated individuals to assist the Trump campaign.’ They tried to collude with the Trump campaign,” … [Read more...] about Fox News Host Says Democrats, MSNBC and CNN Are ‘Real Agents of Putin’

World Russia investigation Robert Mueller Donald Trump Moscow has responded to the end of a nearly two-year long U.S. investigation that ultimately found no evidence of collusion between President Donald Trump and the Russian government. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists Monday that, based on what's been made available about the findings submitted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, his report "acknowledges the lack of any sort of conspiracy" between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Moscow. That same day, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued its own reaction, stating that "the main conclusion—that there was no collusion between D. Trump's campaign headquarters and Russia—simply could not be otherwise." As the report noted, however, U.S. intelligence has long continued to argue that Russian officials were involved in efforts to influence the 2016 elections, something the ministry once again denied, arguing that "Moscow has long … [Read more...] about Russia Reacts to Mueller Report News: We Told You So

Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Karla Adam and William Booth Washington Post  March 25, 2019 LONDON — Your average Brit will tell you they’re sick and tired of Brexit, that the country has had enough, it’s knackered. But clearly, they have not had nearly enough. Britain is obsessed with Brexit.It’s not an exaggeration to say that ordinary people hurry home to watch Parliament TV in the evening. The streaming service — Britain’s low-rent C-Span — is posting record-breaking numbers, for a seemingly endless number of ‘‘nonbinding’’ votes.It’s a national humiliation, pretty much everyone agrees. But it’s also mesmerizing. Like a train wreck on a loop. Advertisement A recent poll by YouGov found that 64 percent of the public had ‘‘Brexit fatigue,’’ while only 20 percent said they didn’t. … [Read more...] about Brits say they’re sick of Brexit, but clearly, they’re obsessed