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WASHINGTON – Fearing that his presidency was doomed, an angry Donald Trump pushed for Robert Mueller to be fired before he could deepen his probe into Russian election meddling, the special counsel's long-awaited report said Thursday. The more than 400-page document, made public in redacted form by the Justice Department, detailed how Trump instructed his then White House counsel, Don McGahn, to tell the acting attorney general that Mueller "must be removed" – something McGahn refused to do. The report – which landed as the United States dives into the ferment of a bitter presidential campaign – does support Trump's repeated assertions that he never colluded with Russian intelligence efforts to tilt the 2016 election in his favor. "As I have been saying all along, NO COLLUSION - NO OBSTRUCTION!" the president tweeted triumphantly, later declaring that any Russian interference had no impact on the outcome of the vote. However, the report – based on nearly … [Read more...] about Russia report tells how angry Trump wanted Mueller fired

  Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk, who scooped last year's Booker International Prize for fiction, was named on Tuesday among five female nominees for this year's prestigious literary award. — Photo timesofisrael.com LONDON — Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk, who scooped last year's Booker International Prize for fiction, was named on Tuesday among five female nominees for this year's prestigious literary award. Six writers in total have been shortlisted for the British-based prize which celebrates the translated English-language versions of novels from around the world. Tokarczuk, who won the 2018 award with the translation of Flights, is nominated this year for Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead. She is nominated alongside Jokha Alharthi from Oman – the first shortlisted writer from the Gulf – France's Annie Ernaux, Marion Poschmann of Germany, Juan Gabriel Vasquez from Colombia and Chile's Alia Trabucco Zeran. The winner is to be … [Read more...] about Five women nominated for Booker International Prize