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Donald Trump on Thursday said Nancy Pelosi isn't afraid to impeach him because she's a 'smart woman' and 'knows exactly what she's doing.'  'I don't think she's scared of anything. I think she's a smart woman and I think she knows exactly what she's doing,' the president said in a response to a question from DailyMail.com on the South Lawn of the White House. His compliment of the speaker came after the Democratic-led House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to set up a formal process to investigate whether to impeach President Trump – as Pelosi blasted reporters for pressing her on a topic that is splitting her caucus.  President Donald Trump said Nancy Pelosi isn't afraid to impeach him Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to hold her party together on the divisive issue 'I'm not answering any more questions on investigations,' Pelosi told reporters at a press conference, after saying she supports the Judiciary Committee's actions.  … [Read more...] about ‘I don’t think she’s scared of anything’: Donald Trump says Nancy Pelosi knows ‘exactly what she’s doing’ on impeachment after Democrats vote themselves new investigative powers despite split over putting president on trial

Influential Democrats lined up to call for the start of the impeachment process against President Trump following Special Counsel Robert Mueller's dramatic statement that it was 'not an option' for his office to have charged the president. The normally tight-lipped Mueller stirred the impeachment pot with his remarks at the Justice Department without actually uttering word – noting instead that 'the Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting President of wrongdoing.' With Mueller mentioning the preservation of evidence and referencing his report's statement that it did not exonerate the president, even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – who is struggling to contain an anxious impeachment faction in her caucus – said it was 'on the table. 'If we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that,' said Mueller – directly contradicting President Trump's claim that he was … [Read more...] about Mueller fires starting gun on Democratic race to impeach by saying charging Trump was NOT AN OPTION as 2020 candidates demand action now and Nancy Pelosi tries to stem growing rebellion in her ranks

Facebook has been accused of censoring a user's posts after deleting three which held the name of the 'alleged Ukrainian whistleblower' who triggered the presidential impeachment inquiry.  The posts, shared by Connecticut, U.S, law student Cameron Atkinson, were purposefully intended to test Facebook's censorship of the identity of the whistleblower named by conservative news outlets. In one post he called the whistleblower a 'hero' and in a second a 'dirty rat', and in a third post he stated he had 'conflicting thoughts' on whether the person should be named publicly. Donald Trump tweeted on Monday night that he would release the transcript of his first call with Volodymyr Zelensky at some point this week All three of the posts were removed within hours, according to the legal complaint filed in Federal Court by the student on Tuesday.   The whistleblower's name has been kept secret by congressional investigators due to concerns for their safety - the same reasoning … [Read more...] about US law student takes Facebook to court for ‘censoring’ three social media posts naming the alleged Ukrainian Trump whistleblower

Special Counsel Robert Mueller exposed key splits with Attorney General William Barr over crucial decisions during his investigation – even pushing out a memo that exposed diverging statements while delivering what he said was his only public comment. 'I hope and expect this to be the only time that I will speak about this matter,' Mueller told reporters Wednesday during a nine-minute statement – his first formal public utterance since handing in his 448-page report on Russian election interference. But despite his statement, and his statement that he does not intend to offer anything beyond its findings if he were to testify before Congress, Mueller's office distributed a memo during his press conference that highlighted the split with Barr. Special Counsel Robert Mueller said he hoped his remarks Wednesday would be his only public comment on his report, but an official also distributed a memo that contained differing explanations offered by Attorney General William Barr … [Read more...] about Mueller launches a final hand grenade at Bill Barr AFTER speaking his ‘last words’ revealing memo criticizing AG for his press conference on day of report’s release

If you want to get this briefing by email, sign up hereGeneral election 2019: Labour pledges to outspend Tories on the NHSWith 29 days to go until the general election, Labour is laying out its spending plans for the NHS in England. If it wins, it is promising to spend £155bn a year on it by 2023-24 - £6bn more than the Conservatives set out over the same period in a plan published last year.But the Conservatives have responded that, as Labour wants to reduce the working week to 32 hours, this would eat into funding, because of the need to take on more staff. Here are 11 charts on why the NHS is an important battleground during the election.Brexit is also on the agenda today. Conservative leader Boris Johnson, who is promising to get it done by 31 January if he wins on 12 December, will say - in his first major speech of the campaign - that any more "groundhoggery" will damage the economy. But Labour argues the PM's deal with the EU is flawed and is promising another … [Read more...] about News Daily: Election clash on NHS and Army to help flood victims