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Retired General Stanley McChrystal on Sunday slammed President Donald Trump as immoral, shady, and a liar, adding he wouldn't join the president's administration

Stanley, who was the U.S.commander in Afghanistan for a year during the Obama administration, didn't hold back in his criticism of the president in an interview with ABC News

'I think it's important for me to work for people who I think are basically honest, who tell the truth as best they know it,' he said of why he would not join Trump's administration

'I don't think he tells the truth,' McChrystal replied.'Is Trump immoral, in your view?,' she asked

'I think he is,' he responded.McChrystal was the U.S.commander in Afghanistan under then-President Barack Obama and did not mince words then either

He gave an interview to Rolling Stone in June 2010 where he mocked several  administration officials, including then-Vice President Joe Biden

Obama called him onto the carpet, dragging him from Afghanistan to the Oval Office for an explanation of the interview

McChrystal apologized and resigned from his post amid the fallout.On Sunday, he praised another military commander for his resignation

McChrystal told ABC News that the resignation letter from Defense Secretary James Mattis was 'valuable' and should cause all Americans to think about their commander-in-chief

'I would guess that Secretary Mattis took a long time agonizing over writing a letter that was as direct about his feelings as that particular letter was

He knew it would be very public and it would make a very strong statement that was much broader than the Syria issue

It was about America's role in the world,' he said.He added: 'I personally think it was valuable

I think maybe it causes the American people to take pause and say, wait a minute, if we have someone who is as selfless and as committed as Jim Mattis resigns his position, walking away from all the responsibility he feels for every service member in our forces, and he does so in a public way like that, we ought to stop and say, OK, why did he do it? We ought to ask what kind of commander in chief he had that Jim Mattis that, you know, the good Marine, felt he had to walk away

' Mattis' resignation came in protest after Trump announced he was pulling out U.S

troops from Syria, which the two men disagreed about.He slammed Trump in his resignation letter - a move that earned him an early exit from the administration

'Because you have the right to a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects,' Mattis wrote in his letter, 'I believe it is right for me to step down from my position

' 'One core belief I have always held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships,' he wrote

'While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies

' Mattis also declared that America 'must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach to those countries whose strategic interests are increasingly in tension with ours

' Trump later announced Mattis would leave the Pentagon at the end of the year instead of February as his resignation originally said

McChrystal cautioned anyone who would join the president's administration to think carefully if they could be fully loyal to Trump

'I would ask them to look in the mirror and ask them if they can get comfortable enough with President Trump's approach to governance, how he conducts himself, with his values and with his world view, to be truly loyal to him as a commander in chief and going forward,' he said

'And we're all instinctively loyal.But the reality is, if there's too much of a disconnect, then I would tell him, I think it's - it would be a bad foundation upon which to try to build a successful partnership with that job,' he added

He said of Trump supporters: ' I would ask every American to do is, again, stand in front of that mirror and say, what are we about? Am I really willing to throw away or ignore some of the things that people do that are pretty unacceptable, normally, just because they accomplish certain other things that we might like?' He added: 'If we want to be governed by someone we wouldn't do a business deal with because their background is so shady, if we're willing to do that, then that's in conflict with who I think we are

And so I think it's necessary at those times to take a stand.'

For more infomation >> Trump is immoral and doesn't tell the truth, former U.S. Commander Stanley McChrystal charges - Duration: 7:00.

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FIERY : Judge Jeanine Pirro . Message to Trump: 'You Cannot Buckle' on US Border Wall Funding - Duration: 10:40.

For more infomation >> FIERY : Judge Jeanine Pirro . Message to Trump: 'You Cannot Buckle' on US Border Wall Funding - Duration: 10:40.

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Malware attack disrupts production of multiple US newspapers - Duration: 2:32.

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US stocks post worst year since 2008 - Duration: 6:45.

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Federal workers are suing the US government over the shutdown - Duration: 5:34.

Federal workers on Wednesday sued the U.S. government over the shutdown, protesting the requirement that employees who are considered "essential" must report to work without pay, a major federal workers' union announced Monday

An estimated 420,000 employees fall into the category of being essential, many of them working for the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, focused on public safety

In previous government shutdowns, Congress approved back pay for federal employees, something that's likely to happen again once the standoff between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats ends

But the American Federation of Government Employees, one of the largest federal workforce unions, said it filed the lawsuit because it isn't fair to force people to work without pay and disrupt paychecks, especially for workers who protect public safety

Some of the people most affected by the policy are border patrol agents, airline security workers and immigration enforcement personnel

"Our members put their lives on the line to keep our country safe," said AFGE President J

David Cox Sr. "Requiring them to work without pay is nothing short of inhumane." The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment

The defendant in the lawsuit is listed as "The United States Government." Trump is not mentioned directly

The lawsuit came on day 10 of the third government shutdown this year. While some agencies, including Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department already had enough money to carry them through next fall, nine departments and dozens of agencies have been shuttered

That triggered an automatic furlough of some 380,000 employees, according to estimates released by the Senate Appropriations Committee

But under federal rules, a government shutdown cancels all annual leave, including planned vacations or sick leave for essential personnel

Around 420,000 employees are estimated to have been told they were considered crucial enough to cancel that leave and return to work

The union sued the government after the 2013 shutdown, arguing that Fair Labor Standards Act requires that all employees are paid on time for their services

Last year, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims concluded that employees were entitled to twice their back pay because of the violation

Jacqueline Simon, policy director for AFGE, said many federal offices are probably using some form of managerial discretion

For example, if someone is in the hospital or overseas and unable physically to return to work, it's likely their managers would overlook that

But, she added, technically someone could be charged as absent without leave and fired

Simon said that overall, the shutdown is unfair to workers, who will start to see their paychecks disappear around Jan

11. Paychecks issued in mid-January would cover time since the shutdown began, and depending upon the agency, most paychecks would be dramatically reduced

Simon said she wouldn't be surprised if at some point federal workers file for unemployment or look for other work

"People can only afford to keep a job without pay for so long," she said.

For more infomation >> Federal workers are suing the US government over the shutdown - Duration: 5:34.

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Breaking News Today - U.S. military posts and then deletes New Year's Eve video bragging about therm - Duration: 5:30.

An official Twitter account run by the United States military posted and then deleted a video on Monday bragging about dropping massive bombs

The tweet, which was posted as Americans get ready to ring in the New Year, noted that the ball was set to drop in Times Square when the clock strikes midnight late Monday

The tweet by U.S.Strategic Command then goes on to brag: 'If ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger

' The video in the tweet cuts to a shot of a stealth fighter jet dropping what appear to be two thermonuclear bombs

The clip includes flash words describing the jet, which is 'stealth, ready, and lethal

' The tweet includes the hashtags 'peace is our profession,' which is the slogan of Strategic Command

The video then ended with the logo which read 'Whiteman' - a reference to Whiteman Air Force Base

The base, located near Kansas City, Missouri, is home to the 509th Bomb Wing which operates the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber

That was the plane seen in the video.The B-2 Spirit, which was manufactured by the defense contractor Northrop Grumman, is a strategic heavy bomber capable of deploying both conventional and thermonuclear bombs

It cost about $2.1billion per aircraft.The B-2 Spirit is the only known aircraft in the world that is capable of carrying large air-to-surface weapons in a stealth configuration

While it is unclear what it was the tweet meant by 'something bigger,' many on Twitter interpreted it to mean nuclear bombs

Strategic Command, also known as USSTRATCOM, is one of ten unified commands run by the Department of Defense

Based in Nebraska, it is the unit of the Pentagon which runs all operations related to nuclear warfare

Users on Twitter were angry for what they said was the military's making light of the use of such a destructive weapon during a festive time

Tim Miller wrote: 'If you missed it since the tweet is now deleted, US Strategic command decided to tweet about war and death on NY eve with a ww3 masturbatory fantasy video

' Robert Boyle thought it was inappropriate for the military to be tweeting 'jokes about starting nuclear Armageddon on New Year's Eve

' Another Twitter user wrote: 'Such an irresponsible tweet.Tweeting about a nuclear bomb drop

' Sam Vinograd, a national security analyst for CNN, tweeted: 'US Strategic Command should be strategic about its communications, especially when other nuclear armed countries are itching for a fight

'Who approved this tweet and then it's deletion?' Doug Saunders sarcastically tweeted: 'While you're celebrating with your family and friends, we'd like to remind you that we can and would end all life on earth

Love and kisses, Strategic Command.' USSTRATCOM later apologized for the tweet.'Our previous NYE tweet was in poor taste & does not reflect our values,' the command tweeted in response to the Twitter backlash

'We apologize.We are dedicated to the security of America & allies.'

For more infomation >> Breaking News Today - U.S. military posts and then deletes New Year's Eve video bragging about therm - Duration: 5:30.

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United States Congress | Wikipedia audio article - Duration: 1:22:40.

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2020 BMW Z4 U.S. Pricing Leaked, Will Start At $64,695 - Duration: 2:08.

BMW will be asking at least $64,695 for the new generation Z4 in the United States, without the $995 destination charge, when it goes on sale next year

According to a leaked document shared by SupraMKV forum member Bryster, the new BMW Z4 M40i comes with standard LED headlights, 18″ alloys, satin aluminum exterior trim, and black soft top

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For more infomation >> 2020 BMW Z4 U.S. Pricing Leaked, Will Start At $64,695 - Duration: 2:08.

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Democrat controlled House faces question what not to investigate? US news - Duration: 6:03.

Democrat controlled House faces question what not to investigate? US news

After two years of a compliant Congress, Trump can expect scrutiny into alleged collusion, obstruction and corruption

After two years of a compliant Congress, Trump can expect scrutiny into alleged collusion, obstruction and corruption

When Democrats formally assume the US House majority in January for the first time in eight years, they will contend with a president long dubbed by most members of their party as unfit and unqualified to serve.

But for the first time in the two years since Donald Trump's inauguration, Democrats will no longer be watching or protesting from the sidelines.

Fresh off a major victory in the November 2018 midterm elections – which saw the party gain 40 seats in the House – Democrats are preparing to fully utilize the investigative authorities afforded to Congress as legal troubles continue to mount for the president and his inner circle.

And unlike their Republican counterparts, who were reticent to levy the powers of congressional oversight against Trump, nothing appears to be off limits.

The question before Democrats appears to be what not to investigate – and whether there's any room for negotiation with a president who is anathema to the party's base.

Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader who is poised to retake the speaker's gavel in January, declared on the night of the 7 November midterm elections that it was the responsibility of lawmakers in Washington to find common ground.

"We will strive for bipartisanship, with fairness on all sides," Pelosi said in a victory speech after the House was called for Democrats.

"A Democratic Congress will work for solutions that bring us together, because we have all had enough of division. The American people want peace. They want results."

But Pelosi, who in 2007 became the first woman to serve as House speaker, also issued a sharp warning to the White House, stating the election was "about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the Trump administration".

Trump has largely avoided scrutiny under a Republican-controlled Congress, despite a litany of issues that have alarmed government and ethics watchdogs since he took office.

Among the avenues Democrats plan to pursue are potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice; Trump's refusal to release his tax returns; hush money paid by the president's former personal attorney Michael Cohen to women who alleged they had affairs with Trump; and the misuse of taxpayer dollars by members of the Trump cabinet.

There are also the president's business dealings and efforts by foreign countries to influence his administration, as well as the increasingly blurred lines between Trump's family business and the public office he now holds.

"The American people have a right to know that their president is working on their behalf, not his family's financial interests," Adam Schiff, the incoming chairman of the House intelligence committee, stated in a recent interview. "Right now, I don't think any of us can have the confidence that that's the case."

Schiff, a Democrat from California, publicly sparred with his Republican counterpart, Devin Nunes, who continued to hold close ties to the White House while overseeing the House intelligence committee's own investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Other incoming Democratic chairmen have similarly vowed to fulfill the oversight responsibilities of Congress.

Elijah Cummings, a congressman from Maryland who is expected to take over the House oversight committee, issued 64 subpoenas over the last two years. But because he was in the minority, they went nowhere absent Republican support.

Now, he will have considerably more power and has said his mandate is to simply follow "what the constitution says I'm supposed to do".

Arguably the most grave responsibility could fall on the New York representative Jerrold Nadler, the incoming House judiciary committee chairman. If special counsel Robert Mueller recommends charges against Trump in the Russia investigation, any potential impeachment hearings would occur on Nadler's watch.

Earlier this month, Nadler said court filings stating that Trump directed Cohen to pay hush money – a violation of campaign finance law that amounts to a federal crime – "would be impeachable offenses".

Nadler said the alleged crimes, if true, "were committed in the service of fraudulently obtaining the office".

Bracing himself for the onslaught of investigative peril, Trump has threatened to respond to Democrats with "a warlike posture".

The already contentious climate has cast major doubts over whether there is any prospect of dealmaking.

Although Trump has touted a massive infrastructure bill and an immigration compromise, he has so far demonstrated antipathy toward the legislative process.

Donna Edwards, a former congresswoman from Maryland, said the most realistic strategy for Democrats would be to try to strike common ground with the Republican-led Senate and send legislation directly to the president's desk.

"I don't think they have a choice but to try to work with the president," she said. "But there's a limit, and the president goes into all of these negotiations [saying] 'my way or the highway'.

"He clearly doesn't understand what happens in legislation."

Jim Manley, a longtime Democratic aide, said any semblance of cooperation "would require a radical shift in the president's tone and tenor".

"He made it clear that if Democrats conduct oversight, he's going to refuse to work with them," said Manley, who served as a top aide to the former Senate majority leader Harry Reid and the late Senator Ted Kennedy.

"No Democrat was cowed by that threat then, and no Democrat is going to be cowed by that threat now."

For more infomation >> Democrat controlled House faces question what not to investigate? US news - Duration: 6:03.

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Elizabeth Warren announces 2020 run for president against Trump US news - Duration: 3:54.

Elizabeth Warren announces 2020 run for president against Trump US news

Senator Elizabeth Warren jumped into the race for president on Monday, announcing she is forming an exploratory committee for 2020.

The Massachusetts Democrat, known for her critiques of big banks and corporations, became the first major candidate to declare her intentions with a video posted online on New Year's Eve.

"America's middle class is under attack," she said. "How did we get here? Billionaires and big corporations decided they wanted more of the pie and they enlisted politicians to cut them a fatter slice."

Warren, 69, is entering what is likely to be a crowded Democratic primary field seeking to take on Donald Trump. Those considering bids include a slew of fellow senators such as Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand and Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, the former vice-president, and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

In her four and a half minute announcement video, Warren stressed the economic populist message that has brought her to national prominence.

She mixed old family photos with charts showing the declining middle-class share of income and the gap between black and white household wealth, and discussed her upbringing in Oklahoma and her family's struggle to make ends meet after her father had a heart attack that left him unable to work.

"Working families today face a lot tougher path than my family did," she said. "Our government's supposed to work for all of us, but instead it has become a tool for the wealthy and well-connected."

Warren did not mention Trump by name in the video, but it showed images of him along with allies Kellyanne Conway and Steve Bannon and Fox News personalities Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity. The video says: "The whole scam is propped up by an echo chamber of fear and hate designed to distract and divide us – people who will do or say anything to hang on to power."

Warren, a former law professor, gained prominence for her critique of Wall Street after the 2008 financial crash, and proposed what became the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She ran for the Senate in 2012, defeating incumbent Republican Scott Brown.

As a senator, she has proposed legislation to overhaul the way corporations operate, requiring them to obtain government charters to operate and consider their public's interests rather than just those of their shareholders. She gained fans for standing up to Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor, turning his admonishment of her –"Nevertheless, she persisted" – into a slogan.

But Warren has suffered significant missteps as well, and become a favorite target for conservative critics who paint her as the the epitome of the east coast, academic liberal elite they often disparage.

She drew criticism for the release of a DNA test intended to prove her Native American heritage, which offended some Native American groups and led to doubts about her political acumen. The Cherokee nation secretary of state, Chuck Hoskin Jr, called her move "inappropriate and wrong" and said: "Senator Warren is undermining tribal interests with her continued claims of tribal heritage."

She is also a favorite target of Trump, whose taunts calling her "Pocahontas" prompted the DNA test. He has also labeled her "Goofy Elizabeth Warren".

Even in her heavily Democratic home state, Warren is a polarizing figure. The editorial board of the Boston Globe, noting that she won re-election with fewer votes than Republican Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker, encouraged her not to run for president.

"Those are warning signs from the voters who know her best," the paper wrote. "While Warren is an effective and impactful senator with an important voice nationally, she has become a divisive figure. A unifying voice is what the country needs now after the polarizing politics of Donald Trump."

Forming an exploratory committee will allow Warren to begin raising money for the presidential campaign. In past campaigns, she has had success raising small-dollar donations.

Trump has said he would welcome a run against Warren. "I hope she's running for president, because I think she'd be very easy," he said in October. "I hope that she is running. I do not think she'd be difficult at all. She'll destroy the country. She'll make our country into Venezuela."

Among progressive groups, reaction on Monday was positive.

"Senator Elizabeth Warren's formal entrance into the 2020 race for president today helps launch what we believe will be a vibrant discussion of bold, inclusive populist ideas in the Democratic primary, and we look forward to the wide array of progressive candidates that we expect to join her in it in the year ahead," said Democracy for America executive director Charles Chamberlain.

The founders of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which has long supported Warren, called her the "best equipped to defeat Trump because voters want someone instinctively on the side of working people and willing to challenge power".

For more infomation >> Elizabeth Warren announces 2020 run for president against Trump US news - Duration: 3:54.

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China Could Cut Tariffs On U.S.-Made Vehicles - Duration: 2:06.

Aproposal has been made to China's cabinet to eliminate the 25 per cent surcharge the country slapped onto U.S.-made vehicles earlier this year.

The surcharge, implemented as part of the ongoing trade war between the United States and China, instigated by President Donald Trump, saw tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles jump to 40 per cent in China from 15 per cent.

Bloomberg reports that the plan to eliminate the surcharge will be revised in the coming days

President Trump suggested that he had won a concession during talks with China at the G20 summit in Argentina

Both Chinese and American trade officials say that there is indeed dialog between the two nations to reach a compromise

While China may not want to concede to President Trump, it is experiencing the sixth straight month of declining car sales after decades of unprecedented growth

It is thought that trade tensions between the two countries have impacted Chinese car sales

"Last week, events seemed to conspire to throw the truce into disarray, but the underlying incentives of both sides at the moment are to try to maintain that truce," chief Asian economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, Freya Beamish said

"Now we are seeing the possibility that China will come through with reductions of tariffs on U.S.autos, and that's another good, concrete step

" On the back of this news, shares in a handful of automakers increased.For example, shares in BMW rose 1.8 per cent, Daimler's share price increased by 2.7per cent, Volkswagen rallied by 3.6per cent, and General Motors jumped by 1.5per cent