Watchdog's report on the Russia probe lands Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's much-anticipated report
is expected to drop Monday. Attorney General William Barr reportedly has already
said he "disagrees" with findings that the FBI
had enough info in 2016 to launch an inquiry into President Trump's campaign. Horowitz is
due to discuss it all Wednesday with the GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee.
The House gets back to impeachment business The Judiciary Committee is set to meet
Monday to hear from staff attorneys. Speaker Nancy Pelosi
has asked the chamber to proceed with articles of impeachment, with an eye toward a full vote before Christmas.
Nobel Prizes are awarded Ethiopian Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed receives the peace prize
Tuesday, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, in Norway, while winners in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature get theirs at a ceremony in Sweden. Every honoree is
expected to deliver a speech and adhere to a
strict dress code.
Brits go to the polls Facing another crippling political deadlock, UK voters queue up
Thursday to
decide their future on the world stage. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for balloting after a series of defeats over his Brexit strategy. European Union leaders, who
gave the UK until January 31 to firm up its exit plan, will no doubt watch returns from
a conference Thursday and
Friday in Belgium.
Marathon bomber appeals for his life Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
reportedly are due to ask a federal judge to reverse his death sentence or convictions at a hearing
Thursday in Boston. Tsarnaev's legal team argues he was denied a fair trial because everyone in the regional jury pool was touched in some way by
the 2013 attack.
2020 Dems face another debate deadline Candidates vying to face Trump in November have until
Thursday to qualify for the next primary debate a week later. Sen. Cory Booker
launched a full-court press to reach the fundraising threshold
and join at least six of his fellow Democrats on stage in Los Angeles.
An indicted Rudy Giuliani associate heads to court Lev Parnas is expected to
plead the Fifth and decline to answer questions at a federal hearing
Friday about his campaign donations. A judge had said the Soviet-born businessman could be asked about claims he covered up financial transfers to GOP groups. Parnas has described being assigned by
Trump "a secret mission" to pressure Ukraine's government to investigate Joe Biden and his son, according to what Parnas told two confidants.
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