Donald Trump’s AG pick, William Barr, to face Senate confirmation hearing

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee will have to navigate his confirmation hearing skillfully, emphasizing his support for Trump’s policies while assuring Democrats he will act independently and won’t interfere with the special counsel’s Russia investigation.

William Barr will face questions Tuesday from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Trump and his views on executive powers.

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Barr plans to tell legislators that Trump never sought any promises, assurances or commitments – and that he didn’t offer Trump any – before he was nominated for the post.

Trump has repeatedly complained that his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, was insufficiently loyal because he recused himself from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. Trump ultimately forced Sessions from office.

Barr, 68, is expected to be confirmed, unless there is a major surprise during the hearing. It would be his second stint as attorney general, a position he held from 1991 to 1993 during the George H.W. Bush administration.

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The hearing will be the first time a high-profile nominee will come before the committee since it considered the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual misconduct. The panel has a new chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

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Get your facts straight: Russian church advises Poroshenko to switch history consultants

Society & Culture January 15, 15:51 UTC+3

In particular, it is necessary in order "to correct the information on Orthodox Christianity"

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Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko© AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

MOSCOW, January 15. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko needs professional consultants in order to correct the information on Orthodox Christianity and the status of Local Churches, which he has, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society Vladimir Legoida told TASS on Tuesday.

During his trip to Vinnitsa, a city in the western part of central Ukraine, Poroshenko earlier called on the Russian Orthodox Church "to show the Tomos (a church decree on establishing an independent church - TASS)" to prove its canonicity.

"I believe that Pyotr Alexeyevich needs to change his consultants who formulate reference material on church history for him. Maybe ask our brothers in the Kiev Theological Academy to provide a highly-qualified person for the president who has no time to do that," Legoida suggested, commenting on Poroshenko’s remarks.

He recommended that Poroshenko visit the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow, where a copy of the 1590 official document signed by all patriarchs of the Local Orthodox Churches, testifying to the recognition of the Moscow Patriarchate’s status is kept. The Russian Orthodox Church has had a de-facto autocephalous status since 1448, Legoida noted.

"Such a document exists. There are a lot more signatures on that one than on the current Tomos, so, it is necessary to work with some consultants," he said.

Negotiations on establishing an independent patriarchate in Russia began in the summer of 1588. Patriarch Jeremias of Constantinople who arrived in Moscow was solemnly received in the Kremlin, but the whole process took about six months.

On January 29, 1589, Metropolitan Job of Moscow was elected the first Russian patriarch, and the Patriarch of Constantinople personally consecrated him as the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. In May 1590, the heads of other Local Churches confirmed the decision to establish the Moscow Patriarchate at a meeting in Constantinople.

The document to this effect was signed by Patriarch Jeremias of Constantinople, Patriarch Joachim of Antioch, Patriarch Sophronius of Jerusalem, 42 metropolitans, 19 archbishops and 26 bishops with seals affixed to it.

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Board seeks to invalidate $6B worth of Puerto Rico's debt

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Jan 15, 2019, 7:51 AM ET

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A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico's finances is asking a court to invalidate more than $6 billion worth of debt issued by the U.S. territory.

The board announced late Monday that the debt includes all general obligation bonds issued in 2012 and 2014 in "clear violation" of debt limits established by Puerto Rico's Constitution. It also said the debt issued violates balanced budget requirements because the money was used to finance deficit spending.

The board's finding comes after a lengthy investigation that began in September 2017 of all debt issued by Puerto Rico.

Economist Jose Caraballo told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the board's decision is a milestone.

It is unclear when a judge would rule on the motion that Caraballo said gives the government bargaining power.

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