Al Green didn't ask permission. A privileged resolution forces an actual floor vote, which is why this one didn't just die quietly in committee like the others. Now there's a public roll call: sixty-four Democrats who voted to table it sit mostly in districts Trump carried or nearly did, and a hundred forty-seven who didn't sit somewhere safer. Leadership didn't choose that split. The map of swing seats going into midterms just chose it for them.
An inspector general doesn't casually write "hundreds of military facilities destroyed" for what's still officially a limited strike campaign. Pulling casualty-evacuation helicopters out of four countries means someone planned for enough wounded that no single base could handle them. Nobody in a briefing room has said the war is running at that scale. The IG just did, in a report most people will never see past the headline.
A unanimous committee vote to hold a billionaire in contempt sounds like teeth. It mostly isn't. The recommendation goes to the full House for a vote, then to a US Attorney's office to decide whether to actually prosecute — a discretionary step that has quietly buried contempt citations against far less connected people than Leon Black. Nothing here compels him to testify. It just moves the decision to people who don't have to explain themselves either.
A hundred and forty-seven Democrats didn't want Trump impeached. They just didn't want to be the one caught voting no.
The U.S. House killed a resolution brought forward by Rep. Al Green (D-TX) to impeach President Trump on Tuesday.
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Hashim Thaçi, 58, was convicted by The Hague for crimes committed while he was senior commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army
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Hashim Thaçi, the former president of Kosovo, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a tribunal in The Hague for war crimes, including dozens of murders, committed during his time as a senior commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the country’s war for independence from Serbia in the late 1990s.
The European-backed Kosovo Specialist Chambers, convicted Thaci, 58, and three other former senior commanders of 96 murders, and counts of torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention directed at political opponents and civilians.
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Los Angeles Fire Department has confirmed that a helicopter was downed in Chatsworth, leaving at least three people dead. NBC 4 in Los Angeles later confirmed that it was their chopper that went down. Longtime local news anchor Colleen Williams made the announcement live on NBC 4 just before 9 p.m. “We can now confirm […]
He appointed three of the nine. The Court still only counts as legitimate when it votes his way.
With the critical midterm elections just weeks away, President Donald Trump is venting his anger at the Supreme Court after a 7-2 decision that blocked the administration from imposing restrictive new regulations for mail-in ballots. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.
Trump's tariffs just did Brussels' recruiting for it.
Lands at: US tariffs on Canada
Sig’s breakdown
The play
EU offering Canada associate membership status while US pursues tariffs, positioning itself as trade alternative to US.
Who gains
European Union and Canadian government seeking to reduce trade dependence on United States.
Watch for
Whether associate membership includes tariff reductions or preferential trade terms versus non-member countries.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed making Canada the European Union's first "associate member."
Why it matters: Canada and the EU are testing whether a nation deeply dependent on the U.S. market can find economic independence by moving closer to Europe.
This could also present one of the most permanent effects of President Trump's trade wars: U.S. allies building markets, supply chains and security ties designed to make them less vulnerable to Washington.
If the proposal goes through, the shift would pull Ottawa deeper into Europe's economic and security architecture as Canada reduces its reliance on the U.S. — something Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has signaled the nation is open to.
Driving the news: In her annual state of the union address, von der Leyen framed the Canada offer as part of Europe's response to a world where "old assumptions and relationships have frayed."
Speaking directly to Carney, she said democracies "have the freedom to choose with whom to work."
Her proposal would move beyond their existing trade pact to integrate their defense industries and deepen ties on manufacturing, technology, energy, and the Arctic.
This comes after Trump has spent more than a year threatening Canada's economy and sovereignty, repeatedly calling for it to become the 51st state and imposing some of America's harshest tariffs.
In addition to 50% tariffs, Trump will block certain Canadian dairy, alcohol and auto imports later this month.
What they're not saying: The White House, the European Commission and the Canadian prime minister's office have not yet responded to requests for comment.
Context: The EU already extends its single market without full membership to Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, but Canada's associate membership would likely differ.
The single market guarantees the free movement of goods, services, capital and people, and it requires member states to accept Brussels' regulations.
Canada already has a substantial free-trade deal with Europe that has eliminated tariffs on about 99% of goods, so the real question is whether associate membership will reach deeper into services, regulation, investment or coordination.
Canadian exports to the U.S. dropped 5.8% last year while exports elsewhere jumped 17.2%, according to the Canadian government. But America still bought 71.7% of Canada's exports.
The big picture: Canada offers critical assets both the U.S. and Brussels need.
It is the world's fourth-largest oil producer, providing more oil to the U.S. than every other foreign supplier combined.
It ranked among the world's top five producers of 11 critical minerals last year, according to Natural Resources Canada.
Nearly half the country reaches into the Arctic, giving it strategic reach as melting ice opens new routes, Russia builds up its military and China grows its presence.
Canada also brings a ready-made defense industry. It is the first non-European country in the EU's SAFE defense procurement program, giving Canadian companies a leg up on providing defense contracts.
Between the lines: Canada is running an experiment other middle powers will watch: Can it replace its dependence on American markets?
Trump has argued the trade war would revive American manufacturing. Yet manufacturing jobs have fallen since he took office last year, and Canada now buys less American goods, not more.
What we don't know: Carney and von der Leyen haven't laid out what an associate membership would entail, including whether Canada would gain access to the single market, which EU rules it would have to follow, or whether Canadians and Europeans would gain rights to live, work or study across the Atlantic.
What's next: Carney is expected to address the European Parliament on Thursday. Canada will then host the next Canada-EU summit in Montreal on Oct. 29-30.
Weapons paused under Biden for civilian casualty concerns are being reframed as a routine arms deal package, obscuring the specific decision to reverse a prior policy restraint.
Who gains
Trump administration; arms manufacturers supplying the munitions in the package.
Watch for
Whether the 40,000-bomb package is formally approved, or whether any statement justifies reversing the Biden-era pause on these specific weapons.
