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• Republicans, eyeing midterms, hold 'messaging' vote on deficits

  12-04-2018 23:48
  The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday failed to pass a balanced budget amendment that would have prohibited federal spending from exceeding revenues.Republicans held the symbolic vote to show voters that their party still cares about fiscal responsibility just days after congressional budget analysts said annual U.S. deficits will soon approach $1 trillion due to recent legislation.The balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution had little chance of becoming law s
  
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• U.S. could reach goal of 355 ship Navy in 2030s: official

  12-04-2018 23:47
  The U.S. Navy could build its strength to 355 ships over a decade earlier than previously thought due to an increased shipbuilding budget and tempo as well as extending the servicefor some ships in the current fleet, a Pentagon official told a Congressional panel on Thursday.The goal of a larger Navy, one of President Donald Trump's signature issues from the campaign trail, could be achieved in the 2030s instead of the 2050s, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Ac
  
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• Parkland teacher arrested for leaving loaded gun in public toilet

  12-04-2018 23:45 via rt.com
  
  A teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of the February shooting that claimed 17 lives, has been arrested for leaving his loaded pistol in a public toilet, where a homeless man later fired it.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Pompeo Defends His Christian Beliefs on Gay Marriage in Confirmation Hearing

  12-04-2018 23:39 via westernjournal.com
  
  'I stand by that.'
  
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• Pompeo Defends His Christian Beliefs on Gay Marrage in Confirmation Hearing

  12-04-2018 23:39 via westernjournal.com
  
  'I stand by that.'
  
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• Model Janice Dickinson tells jury that Cosby drugged, raped her

  12-04-2018 23:37
  Former supermodel Janice Dickinson testified on Thursday that Bill Cosby drugged and raped her at a Lake Tahoe home in 1982, a story similar to those of other alleged victims called as witnesses in the comedian's sexual assault retrial."I wanted to hit him, wanted to punch him in the face," said Dickinson, a highly successful model in the 1970s and 1980s.Cosby, who played the loveable patriarch and "America's Dad" on "The Cosby Show," is on trial in Pennsylvania for a second time on accusations
  
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• Enabler of ‘Trump’s worst instincts?’ Pompeo walks line between hawk and diplomat

  12-04-2018 23:37 via rt.com
  
  In a five-hour appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, attempted to balance his reputation as a hawk with his desire to appear as diplomatic as possible.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Two charged in NY for currency fraud targeting Korean-Americans

  12-04-2018 23:31
  Two men from the New York City borough of Queens were arrested on Thursday and charged with causing roughly $1.1 million of losses in a currency fraud targeting Korean-American investors.U.S. prosecutors accused Tae Hung "Kevin" Kang, 55, of Bayside, and John Won, 49, of Flushing, of "preying upon the kinship of their target group" by enticing victims to invest in or open accounts with their company, Forexnpower.Both defendants pleaded not guilty at an afternoon hearing in Brooklyn federal court
  
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• 'Soup Nazi' company's ex-CFO gets nine months prison for tax evasion

  12-04-2018 23:24
  Robert Bertrand, 63, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn federal court, according to a statement from the office of U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue.Michael Weil, a lawyer for Bertrand, could not immediately be reached for comment.Bertrand, who was CFO of Soupman Inc, was charged by federal prosecutors in May 2017 with depriving the U.S. Internal Revenue Service of roughly $594,000 of taxes by failing to report $2.85 million of cash and stock that a subsidiary of Soupman q
  
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• 911 caller reported child jumped out of house window and begged for help

  12-04-2018 23:19 via rss.cnn.com
  In photos, the Hart family was all smiles, projecting an image of a diverse, modern family with two white mothers and six adopted children.
  
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• Former Board Member Dershowitz Hammers ACLU for Support of Trump Attorney Raid

  12-04-2018 23:06 via westernjournal.com
  
  'They’re supposed to be the organization that stands up for civil liberties.
  
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• US Air Force Is Facing A Serious Fighter Pilot Shortage

  12-04-2018 22:54 via westernjournal.com
  
  The U.S. Air Force is facing a shortage of more than 1,000 active-duty fighter pilots, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday. By fiscal year 2017, the Air Force was short 1,005 active-duty fighter pilots, about 27 percent of the nearly 3,750 fighter pilots authorized, the GAO report introduced, according to the Air Force Times. The current…
  
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• Trans-Pacific U-turn? Trump proposes rejoining trade agreement he left a year ago

  12-04-2018 22:44 via rt.com
  
  US President Donald Trump has ordered top administration officials to “negotiate entry” back into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, the deal he pulled out of last year, describing it as a “horrible” one.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Letter asks judge to show mercy on Parkland shooter

  12-04-2018 22:43 via rss.cnn.com
  The latest in a string of letters sympathetic to the young man who shot and killed 17 people at a Florida high school asked the judge in the case to show mercy on Nikolas Cruz, calling the shooter "a vulnerable and disabled little boy inside a teenager's body."
  
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• Parkland Shooter Set to Inherit Nearly $1 Million

  12-04-2018 22:38 via westernjournal.com
  
  The attorneys for the 19-year-old man who confessed to shooting and killing 17 people at a Florida high school in February told a judge Wednesday their client wants any potential inheritance from his late mother’s estate to go to the families of the people he killed, or a charity of the families’ choice. Nikolas Cruz…
  
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• Former Congressman Stockman of Texas convicted of fraud

  12-04-2018 22:35
  A federal jury in Houston found former U.S. Republican Congressman Steve Stockman guilty of fraud on Thursday, including siphoning off more than $1 million in campaign funds for his own use, court records showed.Stockman, 61, who served two terms representing a Houston-area district from 1995 to 1997 and again from 2013 to 2015, was found guilty on all but one of 24 felony charges including eight fraud counts and making false statements, money laundering and violating U.S. election laws."Obvious
  
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• Dick Morris: Here’s When Rosenstein Must Resign

  12-04-2018 22:34 via westernjournal.com
  
  Leave it to a brilliant lawyer to make a brilliant point. Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz pointed out recently that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein cannot continue to serve in his government job if special counsel Robert Mueller accuses President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice in connection with last year’s firing of James Comey…
  
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• West Virginia sues Equifax over data breach

  12-04-2018 21:33
  (Reuters) - West Virginia's attorney general on Thursday said he had sued Equifax Inc for failing to safeguard its consumer information and delaying in alerting the public to a data breach that exposed the personal data of about 148 million people.West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said hefiled the lawsuit in Boone County Circuit Court.The lawsuit was the second by a state attorney general to date since Equifax disclosed the breach in September.
  
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• Two charged in NY City for currency fraud targeting Korean-Americans

  12-04-2018 21:31
  Two men from the New York City borough of Queens were arrested on Thursday and charged with causing roughly $1.1 million of losses in a currency fraud targeting Korean-American investors.Prosecutors said the defendants overstated their trading expertise and falsely touted how their "Aset" and "Super Power-Bot" algorithmic trading methods would generate big returns.Investors allegedly lost more than $700,000 investing in Forexnpower, which was also known as Safety Capital Investment Inc, and near
  
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• House retirements show how Trump is splitting the GOP

  12-04-2018 21:20 via rss.cnn.com
  There's a clear divide among Republicans retiring from Congress.
  
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• Tech billionaire says his plan to break up California ready for voters

  12-04-2018 21:16
  A California technology billionaire said on Thursday that his longtime and perhaps quixotic effort to partition the Golden State into multiple new states could soon be put before voters.Venture capitalist Tim Draper said he had gathered about 600,000 signatures on a petition to put his proposal to divide California on the November ballot, just over the 585,000 needed to qualify.Draper, who in 2014 and 2016 failed in his efforts to win approval for a ballot initiative to divide the state into six
  
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• Veteran Mexican drug lord added to FBI's most wanted list

  12-04-2018 20:58
  By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A veteran Mexican drug lord drug, who is accused of murdering a federal agent in 1985, was added to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list on Thursday after a newly unsealed indictment charged him for his continued criminal drug activities.Rafael Caro Quintero, a well-known Mexican drug lord, now faces additional criminal charges unsealed in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, and the government is offering a $20 million reward for information leadi
  
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• Majority of Millennials Don’t Know What Auschwitz Was

  12-04-2018 20:50 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Our schools seem to be making a few glaring omissions...'
  
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• MO Gov. Faces Graphic Charges from Committee Investigating Sexual Misconduct

  12-04-2018 20:46 via westernjournal.com
  
  'The governor "slapped me across my face, just like hard."'
  
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• Trump says he backs 'cooperative' approach to Russia probe

  12-04-2018 20:43
  U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly condemned as a "witch hunt" a federal probe into possible collusion between Moscow and his presidential campaign, said on Thursday he backed a "cooperative" approach to the investigation."I have agreed with the historically cooperative, disciplined approach that we have engaged in with Robert Mueller," Trump said in a Twitter message, referring to the special counsel leading the investigation.Mueller, appointed by the Justice Department, is investi
  
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• ‘He’s no diplomat’: Code pink protester removed from Pompeo hearing &arrested

  12-04-2018 20:31 via rt.com
  
  A ‘Code Pink' protester was removed from Mike Pompeo’s confirmation hearing for his new appointment as Secretary of State. She told RT that as a former diplomat she thought that Pompeo was not fit for the job.
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• Angela Box: Oklahoma Teachers Walkout Proves Why You Can’t Trust Leftists

  12-04-2018 20:18 via westernjournal.com
  
  'The teachers said they wanted a raise, so the Oklahoma legislature passed a tax increase bill that will increase the size of the entire state budget by almost ten percent. ALL of the money went to education. But it still wasn’t enough.'
  
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• Student Journalist Says Discipline Policies Weakened School Safety Before Parkland Shooting

  12-04-2018 20:17 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Something doesn’t smell quite right in Broward...'
  
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• Snowstorm targets northern U.S. Plains, may stall spring planting

  12-04-2018 20:06
  By Julie IngwersenCHICAGO (Reuters) - A blizzard is expected to bring high winds and 12 inches (30 cm) of snow or more to parts of South Dakota and Nebraska on Friday and Saturday, an agricultural meteorologist said on Thursday.The snowfall, along with cold temperatures in the wake of the storm, could delay the planting of corn and spring wheat in the Dakotas and Minnesota into May.Nebraska and Minnesota were the No. 3 and 4 corn producers last year in the United States, the world's top supplier
  
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• Alert: Syria, Russia Empty Strategic Bases in Preparation for US Strikes [Report]

  12-04-2018 20:01 via westernjournal.com
  
  "We're looking very, very seriously, very closely at that whole situation."
  
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• Raid on Trump Attorney’s Office Was To Find Info on ‘P**** Grabbing’ Tape

  12-04-2018 19:20 via westernjournal.com
  
  New details continue to emerge days after FBI agents executed a search warrant on the home, office and hotel room of President Donald Trump’s longtime attorney Michael Cohen. The New York Times cited three sources with information about the Monday raid, each of whom confirmed investigators were looking for information connected to Cohen’s alleged efforts…
  
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• Paul Ryan Backs Trump’s Syria Strategy, Says It’s ‘Deliberate’ and ‘Careful’

  12-04-2018 19:09 via westernjournal.com
  
  '...he is going through all of the options...'
  
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• Rat poison-laced marijuana kills three in Illinois

  12-04-2018 19:01 via rt.com
  
  Three people in Illinois have died and over 100 have experienced severe bleeding after using synthetic marijuana possibly laced with rat poison. Authorities are urging against consumption of "fake pot."Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Mattis: Still no evidence on Syria chemical attack, but I believe there was one

  12-04-2018 18:57 via rt.com
  
  US Secretary of Defense James Mattis reiterated that the Pentagon still has no independent evidence to confirm that there was a chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, but said he personally believes there was one.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• House Speaker Ryan touts farm, immigration bills

  12-04-2018 18:33
  U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he would like to see action this year on a rewrite of U.S. farm policy and legislation protecting young, undocumented immigrants from deportation, despite signs both are likely to stall."I want to get this done this spring," Ryan said at a news conference, referring to possible House passage of a farm bill with changes to nutrition assistance programs that is expected to face deep opposition.On immigration, Ryan said he "would like to see a border se
  
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• U.S. launches crackdown on sexual harassment in housing

  12-04-2018 18:09
  The Trump administration is launching an initiative on Thursday to crack down on sexual harassment of women by landlords and encourage victims to come forward for help from the U.S. Justice Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development.The two departments will create a task force to combat sexual harassment in housing and pursue a public awareness campaign to convince victims to report abuses with the backing of the government.This comes as the #MeToo global movement to stop sexual
  
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• Who's who in Bill Cosby's retrial

  12-04-2018 17:43 via rss.cnn.com
  The accused entertainer once known as "America's Dad." The key witness, back with her unsettling testimony. The dramatic courtroom litigator with the flowing white hair.
  
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• Pompeo: I spoke with Mueller

  12-04-2018 17:27 via rss.cnn.com
  While answering questions at his confirmation hearing, President Trump's secretary of state pick Mike Pompeo confirms he has spoken with special counsel Robert Mueller.
  
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• Breaking: Referendum to Split Calif. Into 3 States Will Be on Ballot

  12-04-2018 17:19 via westernjournal.com
  
  'If successful, the final names of the resulting states would be chosen by their residents following their formation.'
  
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• U.S. state pension funding gap rises to $1.4 trillion in 2016: Pew

  12-04-2018 17:01
  The funding deficit for U.S. state public pension systems rose to a record-high $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2016, a nearly $300 billion increase from fiscal 2015, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report released on Thursday.The public worker retirement funds reported only $2.6 trillion in assets to cover total pension liabilities of $4 trillion, with the report pegging the shortfall on investment returns falling short of assumptions and inadequate state contributions to pension systems.Another f
  
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• Three Californias? Billionaire gathers enough signatures to trigger referendum

  12-04-2018 16:39 via rt.com
  
  Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper has gathered enough votes to trigger a referendum on splitting California into three separate states.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Alert: Trump Confirms Missiles Heading for Syria

  12-04-2018 16:17 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Get ready Russia...'
  
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• CA City Mayors Beg Brown for Help with Homeless, ‘National Disgrace’

  12-04-2018 15:45 via westernjournal.com
  
  A group of 11 mayors from California’s largest cities converged on Sacramento on Wednesday to petition Governor Jerry Brown for funds to deal with the state’s homelessness epidemic. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the number of homeless people in the state is up 16 percent since 2015 to approximately 134,000 people. The mayors of…
  
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• Sending US missiles to Syria without proof of govt chemical attack is 'fool’s errand' – Ed Schultz

  12-04-2018 15:26 via rt.com
  
  Launching an attack on Syria without evidence that Damascus launched a chemical attack it is a “fool’s errand,” Ed Schultz told RT’s Watching the Hawks, calling it “troubling” that no one in Washington is speaking out.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• At New York's Trump Tower, condo prices have lost their glitter

  12-04-2018 14:04
  Brassner's experience trying to sell his 50th-floor condominium in the building that is both President Donald Trump's gilded New York home and headquarters of his business empire is emblematic of how a high-rise that once defined luxury has lost its luster.In an overwhelmingly Democratic city, the Fifth Avenue building that blares the name of the Republican president has fallen from favor with many New Yorkers and been eclipsed in the super luxury market by nearby new entrants.
  
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• Pressure grows for Missouri Governor Greitens to step down

  12-04-2018 13:51
  (Reuters) - Missouri Governor Eric Greitens on Thursday faced another day of bipartisan pressure to resign or face impeachment after the release of a report finding that he abused and tried to blackmail a woman with whom he was having an affair.The most recent calls for the married father of two to step down came after a special committee of the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives released its 24-page report on Wednesday regarding the scandal.Attorney General Josh Hawley, a Repu
  
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• Pro-regime change Pompeo: Trump’s pick for secretary of state is an outspoken hawk

  12-04-2018 13:43 via rt.com
  
  Mike Pompeo is expected to face a tough confirmation hearing on Thursday – but more dangerous hurdles await him as secretary of state. With tensions mounting in the Middle East, what kind of diplomat would Pompeo be?Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• California agrees to join Guard border mission — with conditions

  12-04-2018 13:26 via nbcnews.com
  "Thank you Jerry, good move for the safety of our Country!" Trump responded in a tweet.
  
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• Trump denies report he tried to fire special counsel Mueller

  12-04-2018 13:03
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denied a newspaper report that he had planned to fire U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller late last year.Mueller has been tasked with investigating allegations of Russian meddling in 2016 U.S. presidential election.U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that such interference took place, but Moscow denies it.
  
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• FBI raid of Trump lawyer's office sought info on 'Access Hollywood' tape

  12-04-2018 12:46 via nbcnews.com
  The FBI was looking for info on the tape and payments to two women.
  
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