North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnKim calls for ‘positive and offensive’ North Korea security protections WH national security adviser on North Korean ‘Christmas gift’: ‘We’ll have to wait and see’ North Korea holds political conference before year-end concessions deadline set for US MORE is expected to offer a “new path” in a New Year’s Day speech after the U.S. misses its deadline for denuclearization talks, Reuters reported Tuesday. 

Kim is set to discuss the country’s new plan in his address after the U.S. did not take the requested steps to lighten its stance on denuclearization. The leader suggested he would have to make adjustments if the U.S. did make his deadline when speaking for his 2019 speech.

The leader’s speech is expected to bring information from a meeting with the Workers’ Party’s 7th Central Committee that has continued since Saturday, according to state media, Reuters reported. In Monday’s meeting, Kim called for “positive and offensive measures” to preserve the country’s security. 

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“The Central Committee plenary meeting is meant to legitimize the process behind the policy decisions Kim Jong-unKim Jong UnWH national security adviser on North Korean ‘Christmas gift’: ‘We’ll have to wait and see’ North Korea holds political conference before year-end concessions deadline set for US Germans think Trump is more dangerous to world peace than Kim Jong Un and Putin: survey MORE will announce in his New Year speech,” Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, told Reuters. “This meeting is to provide political justification for the economic and security policies Pyongyang will pursue in 2020.”

U.S. military commanders say the “new path” forward could involve North Korea testing intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear bombs. U.S. national security adviser Robert O’Brien said the U.S. would be “extraordinary disappointed” if Kim took these actions.

These steps could also put North Korea’s frequently touted relationship with President TrumpDonald John TrumpSchumer renews call for witnesses to testify in impeachment trial in wake of ‘game changer’ report Tulsi Gabbard: Impeachment has ‘greatly increased the likelihood’ of Trump reelection and GOP retaking House Susan Collins says she’s ‘open’ to calling witnesses in Senate impeachment trial MORE at risk.

Military flight tracker Aircraft Spots also tracked a U.S. air force surveillance plane flying over South Korea Monday and Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew YangAndrew YangRep. John Lewis to undergo treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer Sunday shows – Tensions simmer during break in impeachment process Yang spars with Jon Karl over whether his health care plan includes ‘Medicare for All’ MORE sparred with ABC’s Jon Karl on Sunday over whether his health care plan includes “Medicare for All.”

Karl challenged the entrepreneur on “This Week,” saying Yang’s plan does not include Medicare for All or a public option despite an ad from the candidate saying “explicitly” that his ideas would promote “a health care system with Medicare for All.” 

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Yang replied that the country needs to reach for universal health care but should not remove the private plans that millions of Americans rely on. 

“Our plan is to expand a universal health care system to all Americans,” he told Karl. “Medicare for All is not the name of a bill. Medicare for All is universal health care for all Americans. And that is our vision.”

Yang added his plan would be based on Medicare and extend its reach by lowering the eligibility age, to which Karl replied he did not see that in the presidential candidate’s plan.

The Democratic candidate has previously said he supports an extension of the Affordable Care Act to more individuals and has focused on health care in his ads.

The entrepreneur has said his plan supports the “spirit of Medicare for All,” although it does not contain a public option. 

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Chief Justice John Roberts has tried to prevent the Supreme Court from being seen as just another political body, but when he presides over President TrumpDonald John TrumpUS launches airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria Trade, interest rates top finance fights for 2020 Five health care fights to watch in 2020 MORE’s likely impeachment trial in the Senate, the partisan glare will be hard for him to avoid. 

The 64-year-old chief justice who famously said judges should simply call balls and strikes will now hold influence over the most bitterly partisan impeachment trial in modern American history, a situation more akin to umpiring a bench-clearing brawl.

The contentious affair threatens to put Roberts, a George W. Bush appointee, under political pressure from all sides, a role court watchers say the mild-mannered jurist will assume with great reluctance.

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“He will look the part, and he will play the part, but he does not want the part,” said Carter Phillips, a partner at Sidley Austin who has argued dozens of cases before the Supreme Court.

The timing of Trump’s impeachment trial could hardly be less auspicious for a chief justice eager to avoid the political fray, especially as Roberts has morphed into something of a swing vote between the court’s reliably conservative and liberal blocs. 

The Senate trial, expected to start in January, will also unfold as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in the coming months in a landmark separation of powers fight involving efforts by House Democrats and New York state prosecutors to obtain years of Trump’s financial records and tax returns.

Roberts could cast the deciding vote to disclose or shield Trump’s financial records, and may tip the scale in other hot-button cases that involve LGBT and abortion rights, and the deportation status of nearly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants.

Decisions in these politically charged disputes should arrive this summer, just months before Americans head to the 2020 polls to determine if Trump gets a second term in the White House.

Trump and Roberts have at times had a difficult relationship.

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The chief justice pushed back in a speech after the president branded a judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “an Obama judge” for a 2018 decision that Trump disagreed with.

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” Roberts responded at the time, defending the federal judiciary.

Trump would later say that he held “a lot of respect” for Roberts, even as the president doubled down on his criticism of the appeals court decision.

The political drama surrounding Roberts as he prepares to preside over the impeachment trial is likely to heighten his sensitivity to the public perception of the high court and the judiciary.

“One of his goals will be to preserve the image of the Supreme Court as a kind of neutral arbiter so that the legitimacy of his institution is protected,” said Ian Ostrander, a political science professor at Michigan State University. “Stepping into a partisan battle within a different branch is not ideal.”

Trump is expected to be acquitted by the Republican Senate, where a two-thirds vote is required for a conviction. But there are still many unanswered questions about the trial and its rules, and how Roberts chooses to carry out his constitutionally prescribed duties as the trial’s presiding officer. Legal experts say he is likely spending time studying long-standing Senate rules and past impeachment proceedings.

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But when the trial begins Roberts will have to make those decisions under the glare of cameras, while being pressured by both parties and with the president likely watching and weighing in on the proceedings in real time. 

House Democrats on Wednesday took the historic step of impeaching Trump. But they delayed sending the two House-passed articles of impeachment to the Senate as talks broke down between the top two Senate leaders over the terms of Trump’s trial.

The Constitution states that the U.S. House of Representatives “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment” and the Senate “shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments” and when the president is on trial, “the Chief Justice shall preside.” But the Constitution is silent about how a presidential impeachment trial should work in practice. 

The starting point is a 9-page set of rules the Senate adopted in the mid-1980s. These Senate trial rules make clear that senators themselves have ultimate authority over all critical aspects of the proceeding. 

The upper chamber may also adapt the 1986 trial rules through supplemental agreements, which happened both before and during President Clinton’s impeachment trial. 

In Trump’s case, however, negotiations between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellFive health care fights to watch in 2020 Democrats worry impeachment acquittal will embolden Trump Sunday shows – Tensions simmer during break in impeachment process MORE (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer briefed by FBI on anti-Semitic attack in New York Sen. Kennedy defends McConnell for working with president during impeachment trial Senate Democrat on impeachment trial: ‘If you have a rigged trial there’s no exoneration in acquittal’ MORE (D-N.Y.) deadlocked after Democrats requested that Roberts issue subpoenas to acting White House chief of staff Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneyDemocrats worry impeachment acquittal will embolden Trump Warren: ‘If there’s a lawful order on a subpoena, then I assume’ Biden would comply Pelosi gets under Trump’s skin on impeachment MORE, former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonDemocrats worry impeachment acquittal will embolden Trump Putin’s next aggression Senate GOP wants speedy Trump acquittal MORE and two other officials.

The default trial rules guide the somewhat complicated and technical power-sharing arrangement between the Senate, which in essence serves as both judge and jury, and the presiding officer. Most importantly, the rules also leave some room for the chamber and the presiding officer to decide among themselves the shape of the trial.

Legal experts say Roberts hopes to follow the example set by his late mentor Chief Justice William Rehnquist at then-President Clinton’s 1999 trial. Rehnquist, for whom Roberts clerked in the 1980s, once mused that during Clinton’s proceeding he “did nothing in particular, and did it very well,” lifting a line from Gilbert and Sullivan.

Eric Claeys, a law professor at George Mason University and former Rehnquist clerk, said Rehnquist’s approach was framed by the 1986 rules.  

The rules say the presiding officer “may rule” on all questions of evidence, like instances where the relevance and significance of a document or witness testimony is unclear. However, a single senator can appeal the ruling, triggering a Senate vote, where some say Roberts would break a 50-50 tie, though that is disputed. 

The presiding officer also has the option to stay mum on an evidentiary question and send it directly to the Senate for an up-or-down vote.

Rehnquist generally avoided this option during Clinton’s 1999 impeachment trial, Claeys said. Instead, Rehnquist applied the relevant precedents, then left it up to senators to decide whether to reverse his decision.

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“I don’t think that Chief Justice Roberts will play a bigger role in President Trump’s impeachment trial than Chief Justice Rehnquist did in President Clinton’s,” Claeys said. “I expect Roberts will follow the same strategy.”

However, some legal experts believe today’s more intensely partisan atmosphere may force Roberts to depart from the course charted by his predecessor.

Rehnquist presided over a Senate whose leaders managed to work out compromises and cut deals on impeachment trial rules, but Roberts has no guarantee the toxic McConnell-Schumer relationship will yield the same result. 

If no Senate deal emerges on the issue of witnesses, it could draw Roberts deeper into the partisan fray, some experts believe.

Robert Tsai, a constitutional expert and law professor at American University, says he expects Democrats to seek subpoenas for live testimony from Mulvaney and Bolton, and perhaps even Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiGiuliani held phone call with Maduro amid Venezuela crisis Figures to watch as White House mounts impeachment defense Graham: Giuliani should share info he has with intel community to ensure ‘it’s not Russian propaganda’ MORE.

Those could be among the toughest rulings Roberts may be forced to make in the spotlight.

“Here is perhaps the most controversial issue Roberts might be asked to rule upon, and yet it’s also one of the most important to issues of basic fairness,” Tsai said. ”The problem is that the politics, which are unavoidable, make things explosive whichever way he rules.”

A coalition of 91 groups with ties to public lands sent a letter Monday asking that acting Bureau of Land Management (BLM) head William Pendley immediately resign or face removal from his post.

Pendley, a controversial figure over his past comments opposing federal land ownership, has been widely opposed by conservation, sportsman, public interest and environmental groups, who said “his actions betray BLM’s mission and demonstrate his lack of fitness to lead it.”

The coalition’s letter to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who oversees BLM, comes as Pendley’s temporary delegation of power is set to expire on Friday. Interior has been criticized for using temporary orders to fill high-ranking posts with controversial figures who would be unlikely to earn Senate confirmation.

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“Pendley holds views that are antithetical to the BLM’s mission to manage public lands and resources on behalf of all Americans,” the groups wrote in the letter, citing not only Pendley’s prior comments but also his work as a lawyer for groups fighting the designation of protected areas.

His long history of involvement with such groups was a feature of his 17-page recusal list, which highlighted his work with several counties in Utah fighting to reduce the scale of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

“Regardless of Pendley’s recusal from any involvement in this litigation, his position at the head of the BLM is a conflict of interest, or at the very least, a public perception of the same that undermines his credibility and authority to direct the Bureau,” the groups wrote.

“The fact that Pendley’s current appointment gives him the power to direct BLM officials to defer to the policy agendas of these counties, which includes maximizing resource extraction and opening lands to motor vehicles that were previously closed to protect wildlife habitat and irreplaceable cultural sites, is deeply troubling.”

Books written by Pendley make clear his philosophy on government land ownership, including “War on the West: Government Tyranny on America’s Frontier” and “Warriors for the West: Fighting Bureaucrats, Radical Groups, and Liberal Judges on America’s Frontier.” 

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The Department of Interior pegged the groups involved in the drafting of the letter, ranging from a number of local wildlife groups to the outdoor apparel brand Patagonia, as environmental extremists.

“For this group of environmental extremists to call themselves sportsman and conservationists is as laughable as this letter. Mr. Pendley brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Department and is committed to carrying out the Administration’s priorities for the betterment of the American people,” a spokesperson told The Hill by email.

The coalition says they also oppose Pendley given his involvement in the plans to move the BLM headquarters to Grand Junction, Colo., while scattering nearly all Washington-based employees to other offices across the West. Those who do not accept the new assignment will face losing their jobs, something the coalition described as demoralizing.

Updated at 6:22 p.m.

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Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerBiden maintains national lead after December debate: poll Booker eyes improvements to long-term care in new 2020 plan The right whale is facing extinction — we must act now MORE (D-N.J.) unveiled a plan on Monday to expand eligibility for long-term services for low- and middle-income Americans 

“No one should have to impoverish themselves or quit their job in order to get the care they need or secure care for a loved one,” he said on his campaign web site.

The New Jersey senator said in his proposal that he wants to increase asset limits for long-term services and support to $200,000 and income limits to 300 percent of the federal poverty line, “ensuring that all low- and middle-income seniors and people with disabilities have access to services through Medicaid.”

The plan would also ensure home care workers get paid at least $15 per hour and have access to affordable health care, retirement benefits, paid family and medical leave, and other workplace benefits.

Booker also said his plan would increase Medicaid funding for direct care workers in publicly funded programs.

The plan would also compensate family caregivers through an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Nolwenn Leroy est une jeune maman dévouée pour son fils Marin, né en juillet dernier. La chanteuse ne veut plus le lâcher et l’emmène partout avec elle, “j’ai un BBT : un bébé-tout-terrain !”, plaisante-t-elle.

Nolwenn Leroy a donné naissance à Marin en juillet dernier, un petit garçon qui a chamboulé la vie de la chanteuse et l’a comblée de bonheur. L’interprète de Gemme, qui a sorti son album en mai dernier, ne quitte plus son petit bout d’une semelle. “Il m’accompagne partout en promotion et il va me suivre sur les routes. On ne se sépare jamais !“, confie Nolwenn Leroy dans les colonnes de Télé Loisirs cette semaine. Il faut dire que la chanteuse a emploi du temps plutôt chargé, mais elle met un point d’honneur à ce que sa carrière ne l’éloigne pas de la chair de sa chair. “Je suis une saltimbanque toujours en vadrouille, donc j’ai un BBT : un bébé-tout-terrain !“, glisse-t-elle.

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Voilà qui confirme ses confidences glissées peu avant la naissance de Marin : pas question pour elle de mettre sa carrière entre parenthèses, elle veut pouvoir jongler entre ses deux jobs. “Je serai artiste et maman à plein temps, jurait-elle, des projets plein les yeux. Je veux partir en tour­née début 2018.J’en profite pour remer­cier Beyoncé, Marion Cotillard et Léa Salamé qui prouvent à tout le monde que l’on peut être mère sans s’arrê­ter de travailler”, lâchait Nolwenn Leroy.

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Préférant ne pas révéler trop d’informations au sujet de son ami Johnny Hallyday, Eddy Mitchell, invité ce dimanche sur le plateau de LCI, a cependant accepté d’évoquer brièvement l’état de santé du rockeur de 74 ans.

La tournée de promotion commence à se faire longue. Initialement censé effectuer le tour des plateaux de radio et de télévision pour promouvoir son tout nouvel album solo,La même tribu, Eddy Mitchell réalise peu à peu que ses interlocuteurs tentent en permanence de lui arracher des nouvelles de son ami Johnny Hallyday. De passage cette semaine sur le plateau du Quotidien, l’artiste a donc fini par pousser un léger coup de gueule: “Je suis son ami, je ne suis pas son médecin de garde, donc je n’ai pas son bulletin de santé avec moi.” En somme: laissez-moi tranquille. Invité ce dimanche sur LCI pour répondre aux questions d’Audrey Crespo-Mara, le chanteur a cependant dû se rendre à l’évidence: Johnny intéresse encore et toujours et le coup de gueule passé sur TMC n’y changera pas grand chose.

Conscient que l’état de santé de son ami inquiète de nombreux fans, réalisant qu’il fait partie des rares privilégiés à être encore admis au sein de la forteresse qu’est devenue La Savannah, Eddy Mitchell finit par se résinier. “Je l’ai vu il y a une semaine, concède-t-il alors au sujet de son ami. Il se soigne, il se bat, croyez-moi, il respire… il est battant.“ Si battant que Schmoll n’hésite pas à le comparer à Robocop. “Il est cousu de partout mais tout va bien, assure-t-il, il fonctionne. Il bouffe la vie“. Eddy Mitchell veut donc encore y croire. En attendant de revoir son ami, il se remémore avec un plaisir non dissimulé la tournée qui les a réunis au côté de Jacques Dutronc. “Ça a été un moment magique. On s’est vraiment, vraiment, vraiment amusé“, témoigne-t-il aujourd’hui. Au cours de la tournée des Vieilles canailles, le rockeur a également appris à ne pas se fier aux apparence lorsqu’il s’agit de Johnny Hallyday. “Il arrive toujours fatigué et puis d’un seul coup, c’est comme pour un acteur, on dit: ‘moteur’ et hop!, il s’allume et il est fantastique sur scène.“

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Johnny Hallyday est décédé, dans la nuit du 5 au 6 décembre, à l’âge de 74 ans. Sur Instagram, les photos souvenirs et les messages pleuvent. Parmi eux, celui de Julie Gayet, comédienne et productrice.

Derrière Johnny, le chanteur. Il y avait Johnny, l’acteur. Ses débuts devant la caméra, l’idole des jeunes les a fait alors qu’il n’avait que douze ans. En 1955, l’artiste fait ses premiers pas avec une toute petite apparition dans Les diaboliques. Adolescent, il tourne à nouveau dans un film à sketchs, Les Parisiennes, puis dans Cherchez l’idole ou D’où viens-tu Johnny ? Deux comédies musicales. Johnny interprètera d’autres rôles au cinéma notamment dans Détective, de Jean-Luc Godard, aux côtés de Nathalie Baye, sorti en mai 1985, L’homme du train de Patrice Leconte, en 2002, où il donnait la réplique à Jean Rochefort ou encore Salaud, on t’aime, de Claude Lelouch, en 2013.

C’est en 1998, que la comédienne devenue productrice, a donné la réplique au chanteur dans le film Pourquoi pas moi ?Un film réalisé par Stéphane Giusti, sorti en janvier 1999 avec, au générique, Amira Casar, Bruno Putzulu. Julie Gayet y apparaît cheveux blonds platine, coupés courts. C’est ce souvenir que la comédienne, 45 ans, a souhaité partager avec ses followers sur son compte Instagram le jour de la disparition de Johnny Hallyday, à l’âge de 74 ans

« Grande tristesse ce matin… J’avais eu la chance de l’avoir comme père de cinéma dans un beau film sur l’homosexualité. Aujourd’hui je me sens, comme beaucoup, orpheline » #JohnnyHallyday #monpèrecetorero#pourquoipasmoi, a écrit la jeune femme.

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Sur la scène du Casino de Paris, Sheila a bouleversé son programme pour livrer un touchant hommage à son “pote” Johnny Hallyday.

The show must go on. Affectée par la disparition de Johnny Hallyday, Sheila lui a rendu un vibrant hommage sur scène, nous y étions. Ce vendredi 8 décembre, la chanteuse et amie de la star se produit au Casino de Paris. Très émue par la disparition de l’idole, elle a bouleversé la programmation de son show pour lui rendre un dernier hommage. C’est au milieu d un concert rythmée de sons rock, accompagnée par son nouveau groupe de musiciens , “H-Taag”, qu’elle entonne la chanson eighties “Johnny, Sylvie, Cloclo et moi”. 

Son public, extrêmement ému par cette attention, la suit, reprenant en chœur le refrain. Déjà, l’après midi, du concert Les fans privilégiés ont assisté à cette répétition. C’est, les larmes aux yeux et les sanglots dans la voix qu’elle les a priés “aidez moi ce soir, ça ne sera pas simple pour moi de chanter ça”…

“au ciel, l’étoile dort”,  sont les mots de cette chanson … 

Johnny Hallyday a rejoint sa dernière demeure à St Barth : entouré de ses proches, selon une organisation agencée par son épouse Laeticia, Johnny va reposer sur l’île qu’il aimait tant. Un choix qui ne fait pas l’unanimité.

Ce 11 décembre, les proches de Johnny Hallyday et sa famille se sont réunis au cimetière de Lorient à St Barth. C’est là que Johnny avait choisi de reposer, face à la mer et près de la route “pour voir passer les gens”. Pour ces obsèques, rien que les très proches du chanteur : sa famille et ses amis, venus de Paris dans un boéing 757. Comme Laeticia l’a voulu, les invités sont vêtus de blanc. Des fleurs de couleur ont été choisies, pour respecter la tradition antillaise. Laeticia a voulu une cérémonie solaire pour rendre hommage à Johnny. Depuis plusieurs années, le chanteur avait fait part de ses volontés d’être inhumé à St Barth, son paradis… pour l’éternité. Ce qui n’a pas empêché certains dont Michel Polnareff de regretter ce choix.

Sylvie Vartan, Nathalie Baye, ses ex compagnes ne seront pas présentes. Ses enfants Laura et David ont fait le voyage, tout comme les musiciens de l’idole parmi lesquels Yarol Poupaud, Maxim Nucci. Les obsèques se dérouleront dans l’intimité après la ferveur populaire de la Madeleine. Les fillettes Jade et Joy n’étaient semble-t-il pas présentes.

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