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Trump blames Energy Secretary Rick Perry for Ukraine call at center of impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told House Republicans Friday that he was urged by Energy Secretary Rick Perry to make the midsummer phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that is now at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. Trump suggested it was a call …
US shares info with Saudi Arabia that blames Iran for oil field attack: report
Iran was the staging ground for the weekend attacks on the massive Saudi Arabia oil field, according to U.S. intelligence that was shared with the kingdom, a report said. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported that the intelligence report—that was not shared publicly—indicated that Iran raided the massive oil field with at least a dozen missiles …
Pompeo blames Iran for drone attacks on Saudi oil field
Drone strikes on crucial Saudi Arabian oil facilities have disrupted about half of the kingdom’s oil capacity, or 5% of the daily global oil supply, CNN Business reported earlier Saturday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels took responsibility for the attacks but they are often backed by Iran. “Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia while …
Trump blames teleprompter for snafu about ‘airports’ during Revolutionary War
“It kept going on and at the end it just went out,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday. “It went kaput.” He said the moment of technical failure came when he made the widely derided remark about eighteenth-century airports. Without apologizing for the mistake, Trump said it wasn’t pleasant to see the …
Omar calls for US to ‘return to table’ after report on Iran’s uranium threat, blames Trump
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, one of Congress’ most vocal critics of President Trump, placed the blame squarely on the White House after Iran announced it could enrich uranium up to 20 percent — just a step below weapons-grade level. The tension between the U.S. and Iran has been increasing in recent days after a high-profile attack on …
Pompeo blames Iran for tanker attacks, says US does not want war but will take action if needed
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated on Sunday President Trump’s claim that Iran was behind last week’s attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz and that the United States is ready to take action if necessary. Pompeo said that Washington does not want to go into an armed conflict with Tehran, but …
Target says registers back online, blames outage on technology issue
(Reuters) – Target Corp on Saturday said its payment registers were back online after a systems outage stopped customers in the United States from paying for in-store purchases. The outage was caused by an “internal technology issue” that lasted for about two hours and was not a data breach or security-related issue, Target said in …
