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CONGRESS

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2019
Andrew McCabe says 'Gang of Eight' lawmakers didn't object when FBI opened Trump probe
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said congressional leaders — Republicans and Democrats — didn't object when he informed them in 2017 that the bureau was opening a counterintelligence investigation into President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2019
Presidents Day protests decry Trump's emergency declaration as power grab
Activists in Washington, Chicago and dozens of other U.S. cities protested on Monday's Presidents Day holiday against President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2019
Trump seen edging toward border deal to avert a 'terrible' second U.S. shutdown
President Donald Trump is eyeing a path to avoid another government shutdown where he would reluctantly accept the congressional border-security deal and attempt to tap other funds for his wall.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 14, 2019
Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to testify in public hearing: attorney
U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will testify in a public hearing before Congress where he plans to talk about why he decided he could no longer defend the actions of his former boss, Cohen's attorney said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2019
Land is key ingredient missing from U.S. Green New Deal, experts say
Amid the rollout of a high-profile climate proposal in Congress, some are warning that a major gap exists around urban land policy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2019
Longest-serving member of U.S. Congress, gruff Michigan Democrat John Dingell, dead at 92
John Dingell, a gruff Michigan Democrat who entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1955 to finish his late father's term and became a legislative heavyweight and longest-serving member of Congress, died on Thursday. He was 92.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 7, 2019
On abortion, Trump agenda likely leads to Supreme Court, not Congress
President Donald Trump urged lawmakers in his State of the Union address to put new limits on abortion, but partisan division in the U.S. Congress means the Supreme Court likely will set the agenda on the divisive issue, as it has for decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2019
House panel to probe Trump financial 'entanglement' with foreign governments
Vowing not to be "intimidated" by Donald Trump, the new Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said the panel will probe whether foreign governments had improper leverage over the president or his business interests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2019
At Trump's State of the Union, women in white make a statement
He didn't count on the women in white.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 6, 2019
Despite bipartisan sheen, Trump's State of the Union also touched all the right buttons with his base
Even as he appealed for unity, President Donald Trump made it clear in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that his idea of common ground is having Democrats back his policy agenda and stop investigating his administration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2019
In State of the Union, Trump cites 'moral duty' to build wall and blasts 'partisan' probes
President Donald Trump cast his fight against illegal migration to the U.S. as a moral struggle, and charged in his second State of the Union address that "partisan investigations" threaten economic progress under his administration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2019
Top U.S. general says Trump Syria exit plan caught him off-guard, warning Islamic State still poses threat there
A top U.S. general warned on Tuesday that Islamic State would pose an enduring threat following a planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria, saying the militant group retained leaders, fighters, facilitators and resources that will fuel a menacing insurgency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2019
Young gun U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez begins to sketch out details of 'Green New Deal'
Environmental legislation dubbed a Green New Deal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has drawn widespread attention — despite the fact that no one really knows for sure what it is.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2019
As Democrats target Trump's tax returns, his IRS audit claims loom large in potential legal fight
Congressional Democrats exploring ways to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns may target the adequacy of the Internal Revenue Service audit that Trump often cites as his reason for not making the returns public, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2019
Beyond Trump's divisive wall, U.S. Republicans and Democrats seek common ground on border security
President Donald Trump's planned "great, great wall" began morphing into a physical barrier and an array of high-tech gadgets in congressional talks launched on Wednesday to forge a compromise on security at the U.S. border with Mexico.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2019
A brand-new Washington gets back to work
Republicans are increasingly skeptical of the man in the White House and may now be ready to put their interests, and those of the Congress, ahead of those of the president.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 30, 2019
In era of Trump, U.S. intelligence report warns of weakening alliances as Sino-Russian ties grows stronger
The top U.S. intelligence official warned Tuesday that the United States is facing strengthening ties and a convergence of interests between China and Russia, just as policy changes on trade and defense by the Trump administration could cause allies to look beyond Washington — a stark admission amid...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2019
U.S. Democrats want details of deal to ease sanctions on Rusal oligarch Oleg Deripaska
U.S. congressional Democrats said on Tuesday they are not satisfied with the Trump administration's decision to ease sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, demanding briefings and planning legislation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2019
China most active in cyberspying against U.S. and its ties with Russia growing: intel chief Dan Coats
Russia and China pose the biggest espionage and cyberattack threats to the United States and are more aligned than they have been in decades, the leader of the U.S. intelligence community told U.S. senators on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2019
Wall retreat in U.S. shutdown deal leaves Trump battered but vowing to fight on
President Donald Trump, who famously vowed to negotiate big deals in the White House, came out of a government shutdown battle on Friday politically wounded and outmaneuvered by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan’s legal system struggles to deal with AI-made child sexual abuse images
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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