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• Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks House from Obtaining Mueller Grand Jury Material

  20-05-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily prevented the House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation
  
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• Republicans issue first subpoena in probe of Biden and Burisma — to company that claims it's already cooperating

  20-05-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Republicans escalated their investigations into Donald Trump's political rivals on Wednesday when Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee voted on party lines, 8-6, to subpoena a company that retained Ukrainian energy company Burisma as a client when Hunter Biden was serving on its board.Hunter Biden is the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.
  
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• Republicans are up in arms about Flynn's 'unmasking.' He was reportedly never masked in the first place.

  20-05-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's hard to declassify something that was never classified to begin with.Republicans have recently taken issue with what they call the "unmasking" of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in FBI documents, with Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) even announcing an investigation into the matter. But Obama administration officials didn't actually order Flynn's name unredacted in official FBI documents because his name was never redacted to begin with, former U.S. of
  
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• White House defends airport screening efforts to prevent coronavirus

  20-05-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended what the administration has done to screen airport passengers for the coronavirus, and to protect TSA workers from it.
  
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• Georgia congressmen ask Barr to assist Arbery investigation

  20-05-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  All of Georgia's lawmakers in the U.S. House asked Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday to involve the Justice Department in investigations of the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery as well as potential misconduct by local authorities who took more than two months to bring charges in the case.All 14 members of the Georgia delegation, Republicans and Democrats, signed the letter addressed to Barr and Eric Dreiband, the assistant attorney general over the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.Mor
  
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• Israel, Iran leaders trade Twitter blows

  20-05-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday warned arch-foe Iran after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted comments accusing Israel of "state terrorism" and calling for "eliminating the Zionist regime"."He should know that any regime that threatens Israel with extermination will find itself in similar danger," Netanyahu wrote on his official Twitter feed in Hebrew.
  
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• CNN’s Jake Tapper Confronts Trump Aide Peter Navarro on His Anti-CDC Remarks

  20-05-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Days after White House trade adviser Peter Navarro faced criticism from within the Trump administration for blasting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CNN anchor Jake Tapper valiantly tried and failed on Wednesday to get Navarro to address the controversy.During an appearance on Meet the Press this past Sunday, Navarro threw the CDC under the bus, fully blaming the center for the administration’s early issues with coronavirus testing and claiming it “really let the coun
  
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• Biden leads Trump by 11 points in new national poll as approval of coronavirus response ticks down

  20-05-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two-thirds of voters said they thought President Donald Trump should wear a face mask while appearing in public.
  
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• Whitmer says she's not ready to welcome Trump, but he's coming to Michigan anyway

  20-05-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Virtually every poll has found that most of Michigan supports the measures Whitmer has implemented, with one placing her approval rating for coronavirus response at 72 percent. 
  
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• Trump's 'Obamagate' conspiracy theory just got blown to pieces

  20-05-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Washington Post report and a newly declassified email have unraveled President Donald Trump's "Obamagate" conspiracy theory.
  
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• Supreme Court blocks disclosure of grand jury evidence from Russia probe for now

  20-05-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House Judiciary Committee said grand jury evidence from the Russia probe could reveal new evidence of impeachable offenses.
  
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• Some Stimulus Payments Are Coming in the Form of Debit Cards

  20-05-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Don't throw that card away!
  
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• Top HIV scientist says he wouldn't count on a vaccine for coronavirus soon

  20-05-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  William Haseltine, a groundbreaking researcher of cancer, HIV/AIDS and human genome projects, said the better approach now is to manage the disease through careful tracing of infections and strict isolation measures whenever it starts spreading.While a COVID-19 vaccine could be developed, he said, "I wouldn't count on it."Vaccines developed previously for other types of coronavirus had failed to protect mucous membranes in the nose where the virus typically enters the body, he said.
  
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• Joe Biden told these voters to vote for someone else. Here's what they want from his campaign

  20-05-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Months before he would emerge as the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden was one among a dense field of candidates, all vying for face time with voters at campaign stops in crucial primary states.But as he made inroads in meetings and events with supporters, his campaign was marred by a series of awkward, condescending and physical meetings with would-be voters in crowds and in forums in front of dozens of people and cameras.
  
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• WHO reports 106,000 new coronavirus cases, biggest 1-day increase since start of pandemic

  20-05-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The World Health Organization has reported the largest daily increase in COVID-19 cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.The organization on Wednesday said 106,000 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported worldwide in the past 24 hours, with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warning, "We still have a long way to go in this pandemic," Reuters reports.Ghebreyesus added that the WHO is "very concerned about rising cases in low and middle income countries." Nearly two-thirds
  
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• F-35 Is the Second Jet Fighter To Crash at Elgin AFB in Four Days

  20-05-2020 23:01 via popularmechanics.com
  
  On Friday, an F-22 Raptor crashed near the base as well. Luckily, both pilots safely ejected.
  
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• If you refuse to take a crowded flight, can you get a refund?

  20-05-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Many travelers have found their flights are so crowded that they don't feel comfortable staying onboard. Here's how airlines are handling this situation.
  
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• Nurse Shares COVID-19 Before-and-After Photos to Prove It's Not Just the 'Sick and Elderly' at Risk

  20-05-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A previously healthy 43-year-old nurse who was on a ventilator due to COVID-19 shared before-and-after photos of how the virus changed his body.
  
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• House plans to vote on changes to small business loan program to offer more flexibility

  20-05-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The PPP was part of the $2.2 trillion emergency stimulus package approved in March.
  
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• Largest yet: $1.3 billion contract for border wall awarded

  20-05-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest contract to date to build a section of Trump’s signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.Republican U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota confirmed the $1.3 billion contract for building the 42-mile section of wall through “really tough terrain in the mountains” in Arizona.Cramer said Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. offered the lowest price for the project.
  
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• Victoria's Secret will permanently close 250 stores in the US and Canada as the pandemic cripples its business

  20-05-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Victoria's Secret is among the retailers that have been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Two dams fail in US state of Michigan, thousands evacuated

  20-05-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 10,000 residents were evacuating their homes in Michigan Wednesday after two dams failed following heavy rain and triggered what officials warned will be historic flooding.Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in Midland County, site of the breached dams, in the towns of Edenville and Sanford.The National Weather Service warned of life-threatening flash flooding and joined the governor in urging people in the area to seek higher ground immediately.
  
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• Supreme Court blocks House from seeing secret Mueller investigation materials

  20-05-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House will have to wait a little longer to see what's inside secret grand jury materials from the Mueller investigation.The House Judiciary Committee issued an emergency request for the undisclosed files last summer, and Washington, D.C.'s federal appeals court ruled in the committee's favor in March. But the Supreme Court overturned the appeals court's order on Wednesday, likely keeping the materials under wraps through the 2020 election, The Wall Street Journal reports.The Justice Departme
  
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• Amphan: Cyclone wreaks deadly havoc in India and Bangladesh

  20-05-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The storm rips into eastern India and Bangladesh but the full extent of the damage is not yet known.
  
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• Whitmer says Michigan will 'hold people responsible' for dam failures

  20-05-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said Wednesday that the state will "hold people responsible" for two dam failures Tuesday that caused severe flooding and forced 10,000 evacuations in areas along the Tittabawassee River.Whitmer said the dam failures were a known threat (regulators had revoked the Edenville dam's license in 2018 over its ability to handle floods) and Michigan will review "every legal recourse that we have" in its investigation into what caused the catastrophe.The flooding, whic
  
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• Warner asks intel chief to fork over underlying 'unmasking' intel on Michael Flynn

  20-05-2020 22:38 via politico.com
  
  It’s not clear whether Republicans will endorse any aspects of Warner’s request, though the Senate intel panel has operated on a relatively bipartisan basis.
  
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• Bolivia investigates health officials over ventilator deal after public outcry

  20-05-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bolivian authorities on Wednesday fired the health minister and opened an investigation of potential corruption over allegations that officials bought ventilators at inflated prices, underscoring the global challenge to prevent graft in the coronavirus pandemic.Press reports on the steep premium paid for the ventilators, bought at $27,683 each, sparked social media backlash against the Bolivian government, which received Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) funds to buy the devices in May.Boliv
  
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• Griffin ‘extremely skeptical’ of airborne lasers for missile defense

  20-05-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I’m extremely skeptical that we can put a large laser on an aircraft and use it to shoot down an adversary missile, even from fairly close," says Mike Griffin.
  
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• US warns India of China 'aggression' at border

  20-05-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States on Wednesday accused China of employing border clashes with India to try to shift the status quo, and encouraged New Delhi to resist.Alice Wells, the top US diplomat for South Asia, drew parallels between the growing skirmishes in the Himalayas and Beijing's years of increasing assertiveness in the dispute-rife South China Sea.
  
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• Fact check: Kroger did ask employees to return overpayment of wages, then backed off

  20-05-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's true: Kroger asked employees to return an overpayment. But after a furor online, the Ohio-based grocer changed its plan.
  
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• Trump news: CDC accuses administration of ‘muzzling’ science as Pelosi calls president a child with ‘doggy doo’ on his shoes

  20-05-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nancy Pelosi has doubled down on her attacks against Donald Trump by saying that the president and his aides have "doggy doo" on their shoes when speaking to CNN.After the House Speaker called Mr Trump "morbidly obese" over concerns that he is at risk of dangerous side effects for daily dosages of hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus infection, which is not proven, the president called her "sick" and claimed she has "mental problems".
  
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• $191 billion tech giant Cisco is giving its 75,000 employees the day off on Friday to recharge

  20-05-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cisco employees can have a four-day Memorial Day weekend. The tech giant is giving its 75,000 employees Friday off to recharge amid the COVID-19 crisis.
  
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• Disney World in Florida reopens but just a little

  20-05-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Disney World opened its doors a bit on Wednesday, offering dining and shopping to masked customers in its main commercial area but the park's beloved attractions stayed closed.Indeed, as the park welcomed people to some of its outlets on the Disney Springs shopping strip as part of Florida's gradual reopening after weeks of lockdown, the new reality of life with COVID-19 screamed out everywhere.Also posted on the Disney Springs website is this warning: "COVID-19 is an extremely contagious diseas
  
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• Granderson: With $100 million, Magic Johnson pays it forward

  20-05-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Magic Johnson saw that minority- and women-owned businesses were being deprived of coronavirus stimulus relief, he took matters into his own hands.
  
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• Brexit blow as Northern Irish business to face extra checks on trade

  20-05-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Northern Irish business will face additional barriers to trade with Britain after Brexit, despite Boris Johnson’s promises to the contrary, the Government admitted on Wednesday. Mr Johnson said Northern Ireland’s businesses could throw customs declarations forms “in the bin” because there would be no “no barriers of any kind” to trade crossing the Irish Sea in November after negotiating the Withdrawal Agreement with Brussels. Michael Gove told the House of Com
  
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• Kamala Harris shames senators for 'doing the president's personal bidding' and approving Hunter Biden subpoena

  20-05-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Kamala Harris' (D-Calif.) shaming didn't stop the Senate Homeland Security Committee from voting to approve a subpoena in its investigation of Hunter Biden on Wednesday.The committee voted 8-7, along party lines, to subpoena Blue Star Strategies, a lobbying firm that worked with Ukrainian energy company Burisma when former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was on Burisma's board. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) was expected to potentially foil the Republicans' push, but ended up siding
  
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• White House report calls China's lack of transparency threat to U.S. interests, officials say

  20-05-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration wrote it is “willing to tolerate greater friction in the bilateral relationship” in order to protect US interests, officials said.
  
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• Susan Rice responds to 'dishonest accusations' after email about Obama meeting on Flynn declassified

  20-05-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a newly declassified portion of an email Rice wrote herself, she says Comey had concerns about sharing information about Russia with Michael Flynn.
  
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• Trump cannot describe how mail-in ballot applications in Michigan were 'done illegally'

  20-05-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Updated – Donald Trump and his top spokeswoman were unable to explain how Michigan officials' sending mail-in ballot applications to their residents "was done illegally," as the president claimed before also threatening to withhold federal aid dollars for the key 2020 battleground state."If people mail in ballots there's a lot of illegality," Mr Trump told reporters Wednesday afternoon. But he declined to offer a single piece of evidence to support his claim; voting experts have found very
  
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• Study suggests Chief Justice John Roberts was quicker to cut off his female colleagues during Supreme Court phone arguments

  20-05-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new study found that the Supreme Court's female justices were cut off more quickly than their male colleagues by Chief Justice John Roberts during oral arguments made over the phone last week because of the coronavirus pandemic.The study's author, Prof. Leah Litman, a legal scholar from the University of Michigan, found that all three of the longest periods of question were from male justices, as were nine of the 12 longest. In contrast, three of the shortest questioning periods ended by Rober
  
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• Photos show what it's like to fly right now

  20-05-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has rapidly transformed the way we fly. These photos reveal what air travel looks like right now.
  
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• Michigan: threat of toxic contamination looms after dam failures trigger flooding

  20-05-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Catastrophic flooding could potentially release toxic pollution from site contaminated by Dow ChemicalCatastrophic flooding triggered by dam failures in Michigan could potentially release toxic pollution from a site contaminated by the industrial giant Dow Chemical.Dow’s facility in Midland, Michigan, where the company is headquartered along the Tittabawassee River, manufactured chlorine-based products beginning in the early 1900s. The company discharged dioxins, chemical compounds which c
  
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• A growing number of universities say they won't hold classes in December, predicting a second coronavirus wave

  20-05-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A re-peak in the fall and winter months could require states to resume lockdown measures that have begun to be scaled back in all 50 states.
  
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• Follower of QAnon conspiracy theory wins Senate primary race in Oregon

  20-05-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans in Oregon have nominated an outspoken follower of the QAnon conspiracy theory to serve in the US Senate, in the latest sign the far-right online movement was beginning to enter the mainstream political fray.Jo Rae Perkins, a financial adviser who previously launched several failed Senate and congressional campaigns, won Tuesday night’s Republican senatorial primaries in the state after publicly throwing her supported behind the unfounded QAnon theory, which centres around an al
  
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• A family found nearly $1 million in cash stuffed into sacks in the middle of a road

  20-05-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Virginia family thought they were simply picking up litter.
  
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• The US father-son duo accused of masterminding Ghosn's Japan escape

  20-05-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The American men accused of smuggling former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn out of Japan are a former US special forces operative who spent time in prison and his football-playing son.On the surface, Michael Taylor, 59, and Peter Taylor, 27, appeared to be living a quintessential American middle-class life in the small, wealthy town of Harvard, Massachusetts.
  
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• Trump congratulates daughter Tiffany on finishing law school

  20-05-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump is celebrating a new addition to his immediate family: a lawyer.
  
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• Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel: supreme leader

  20-05-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We will support and assist any nation or any group anywhere who opposes and fights the Zionist regime, and we do not hesitate to say this," Khamenei said in a post on his official English-language Twitter account.Iran, Israel’s arch-enemy in the Middle East, has been a key supporter, along with Russia, of President Bashar al-Assad during Syria’s civil war, sending military advisers as well as material and regional Shi’ite militias.
  
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• Some House Republicans recoil at requests to raise money for Trump's campaign

  20-05-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The effort to enlist more help is raising concerns among members about their own campaign coffers.
  
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• France's Macron open to travelling to U.S. for G7 if epidemic allows

  20-05-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron is open to travelling to the United States for an in-person meeting of Group of Seven leaders if the coronavirus epidemic situation allows, an Elysee official said on Wednesday."He's open, he's even willing to go there, but obviously with this caveat: only if the sanitary conditions allow," the official said, after the two leaders talked on the phone.Trump, who is head of the G7 this year, had planned to hold this year's summit at the presidential retreat of Camp
  
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