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Iran poised for faster centrifuges as nuclear deal collapses
'Any amount we want': Iran poised to increase uranium enrichment at higher levels
President Hassan Rouhani says Iran will commence higher-level uranium enrichment from July 7 if the impact of U.S. sanctions is not alleviated.
States poised to take up fight over partisan gerrymandering
Incumbency is powerful. Is Trump poised for re-election?
Donald Trump is expected to launch his re-election campaign Tuesday, kicking off an age-old battle that most sitting US presidents wage for four more years of power. Can Democrats overcome Trump’s dominant position and reclaim the White House? Here is a look at how the power of incumbency impacts presidential politics.
Israeli PM Netanyahu poised for 5th term as rival concedes
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival conceded defeat Wednesday, promising to wage a robust battle from the opposition after the ruling Likud party and its nationalist allies won a solid majority in parliamentary elections.
U.S. House Judiciary Committee poised to subpoena full Mueller report
Lawmakers will also consider subpoenas for underlying evidence from Mueller’s investigation and from five former aides to President Donald Trump, including White House counsel Donald McGahn and political adviser Steve Bannon. The committee said on Monday that they may have documents related to the Mueller probe. Democrats have become increasingly frustrated over U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s plan to share only a redacted copy of the nearly 400-page investigative report with Congress.
UPDATE 2-U.S. House judiciary committee poised to subpoena full Mueller report
The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee said it will vote on Wednesday on whether to authorize subpoenas to obtain Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Lawmakers will also consider subpoenas for underlying evidence from Mueller’s investigation and from five former aides to President Donald Trump, including White House counsel Donald McGahn and political adviser Steve Bannon. Democrats have become increasingly frustrated over U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s plan to share only a redacted copy of the nearly 400-page investigative report with Congress.
Battered by scandal, Netanyahu still poised for re-election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Just over a month before elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks more vulnerable than ever.
Syria force poised for final assault on IS
AL-OMAR OIL FIELD (Syria) (AFP) – Kurdish-led fighters vowed Thursday to crush the last remnant of the Islamic State group’s “caliphate” in Syria within a week, after saying they have evacuated hundreds of people from the jihadist holdout. The Syrian Democratic Forces are poised to storm the pocket held by jihadists on the edge of the village of Baghouz, the last patch of the organisation’s once sprawling “caliphate”. Thousands of men, women and children, have poured out of the riverside hamlet in recent days, posing a huge humanitarian challenge for the US-backed Kurdish fighters leading the operation.
Senate poised to pass bill rebuking President Trump's planned troop withdrawals from Syria, Afghanistan
