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Playing by His Own Rules, Trump Flips the Shutdown Script — WASHINGTON — The trick in Washington has always been to make sure a government shutdown is pinned on the other guy. President Trump is the first to ever pin one on himself. — In a new twist on the old game of shutdown politics dating …
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Pelosi privately disses Trump's manhood after White House meeting — Nancy Pelosi was on fire with her fellow Democrats. — Minutes after a very public showdown with Donald Trump on Tuesday over his border wall with Mexico, the House minority leader returned to the Capitol and railed …
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Trump jams Republicans with shutdown vow
Trump jams Republicans with shutdown vow
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Trump says he would be ‘proud’ to shut down the government over border wall funding
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Everybody's Wrong: Donald Trump Won the Chuck-n-Nancy Meeting, and Here's Why
Everybody's Wrong: Donald Trump Won the Chuck-n-Nancy Meeting, and Here's Why
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Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
The Chuck and Nancy and Donald Show
The Chuck and Nancy and Donald Show
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AP: Ivanka, Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed — WASHINGTON (AP) — At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump began touting his administration's new real estate investment program, which offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American communities.
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Exclusive: Trump says he is not concerned about being impeached, defends payments to women — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not concerned that he would get impeached and that payments made ahead of the 2016 election by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen …
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Exclusive: Trump says he is looking at 10 or 12 candidates for chief of staff job — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has 10 to 12 candidates he is considering for the post of new White House chief of staff and although he could move quickly to fill the job, he was in no particular rush.
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Memo: FBI recommended Michael Flynn not have lawyer present during interview, did not warn of false statement consequences — Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who arranged the bureau's interview with then-national security adviser Michael Flynn at the White House on Jan. 24, 2017 …
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Michael Flynn Asks Judge for Leniency for Lying to F.B.I. — WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, asked a federal judge late on Tuesday to spare their client any prison time for pleading guilty to lying to investigators …
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Incoming New York attorney general plans wide-ranging investigations of Trump and family — Just-elected Letitia James, who takes office next month, tells NBC she will probe real estate deals, Trump Tower meeting, emoluments, Trump Foundation and more. — New York Attorney Gen.-elect Letitia James …
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Exclusive: Trump says standing by Saudi crown prince despite pleas from Senate — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he stood by Saudi Arabia's crown prince despite a CIA assessment that he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and pleas …
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'I can't breathe': The power and tragedy of Jamal Khashoggi's last words
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Theresa May to face confidence vote — LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party Wednesday, something she vowed to contest “with everything I've got.” — Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs …
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Exclusive: Trump says he could intervene in U.S. case against Huawei CFO — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would intervene in the Justice Department's case against a top executive at China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] if it would serve national security interests …
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Marriott Data Breach Is Traced to Chinese Hackers as U.S. Readies Crackdown on Beijing — WASHINGTON — The cyberattack on the Marriott hotel chain that collected passport information or other personal details of roughly 500 million guests was part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort …
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Congresswoman to Google CEO: Why when I search ‘idiot’ do I get pictures of Trump? — In an effort to understand how Google search algorithms work, a Democratic congresswoman asked the tech company's chief executive a simple question: “If you Google the word ‘idiot’ under images, a picture of Donald Trump comes up.
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Leaked Audio Reveals Google's Efforts to Woo Conservatives
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Trump has blasted Mueller's team for political donations. But attorney general nominee William P. Barr has given more than $500,000. — President Trump has repeatedly derided prosecutors investigating potential coordination between his presidential campaign and Russia as “angry Democrats …
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Strasbourg Shooting Was Terrorism, France Says, as Police Search for Gunman — STRASBOURG, France — The shooting at a crowded street market in Strasbourg, France, was an act of terrorism, officials said Wednesday, as the police continued an intensive search for the gunman who killed at least two people and wounded 12 others.
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Would Indicting Trump Be Constitutional? — Yes, it would be. But that question is a distraction from the principal objective of the Russia investigation. — Mr. Lederman has twice served in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel. — The government's recent sentencing …
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Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen to be sentenced for hush money payments — NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen will be sentenced on Wednesday for his role in the payment of hush money to women who said they had affairs with Trump and for lying …
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Cohen to face sentencing for campaign finance violations, lying to Congress
Cohen to face sentencing for campaign finance violations, lying to Congress
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Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionization Push — Union says any retaliation should cost the company its project — Workers cite concerns over pressure, hours, safety, breaks — A committee of employees at Amazon's recently opened Staten Island fulfillment center …
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Condolences to Julia Roberts: The Absolute Worst Typo You've Seen All Year — Typos stnk. — They realy do. — For some of you who happen to view an article of mine as soon as it hits the web, I apologize — I always end up making corrections once it's posted.
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The Loneliest Generation: Americans, More Than Ever, Are Aging Alone — Loneliness undermines health and is linked to early mortality—and baby boomers are especially feeling the effects — Danny Miner, a 66-year-old retired chemical plant supervisor, spends most days alone in his Tooele …
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Customs And Border Protection Paid A Firm $13.6 Million To Hire Recruits. It Hired 2 — A scathing report by the Office of the Inspector General revealed that a consulting company hired by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to fill thousands of new jobs to satisfy President Trump's mandate …
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Who's More Likely to Be Audited: A Person Making $20,000 — or $400,000? — If you claim the earned income tax credit, whose average recipient makes less than $20,000 a year, you're more likely to face IRS scrutiny than someone making twenty times as much. How a benefit for the working poor was turned against them.
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U.S. Companies Targeted by Possible North Korean Hackers: McAfee — Tried to hit at least 87 firms, including in nuclear industry — Employees contacted with links purportedly for job recruitment — Hackers have targeted dozens of companies, mostly based in the U.S. …
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Defeated Republican Rep. Rohrabacher Considers Starting Consulting Firm — Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is weighing the creation of a consulting firm when he leaves government after being ousted by California voters in last month's midterm elections.
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Trump's terrorism argument for border wall is bogus — Trump: Proud to shut down government over wall — Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University and the author of “Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad.”
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How Do You Recover After Millions Have Watched You Overdose? — Amid an opioid crisis, police and strangers with cameras are posting raw images of drug users passed out. For those whose bleakest moments now live online, life is never the same. — The first time Kelmae Hemphill watched herself overdose, she sobbed.
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