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• Pete Buttigieg formally enters 2020 race to take on Donald Trump pledging 'courage to reimagine our future'

  14-04-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Pete Buttigieg has officially announced his candidacy for president of the United States, promising to bring the “courage to reimagine our future” from his job as mayor of South Bend into the White House.From a partially rebuilt autos factory in the Indiana town he has served as mayor for two terms, the 37-year-old Rhodes Scholar said its resurgence from one of America’s top 10 “dying cities” into an attractive location for technology firms illustrates his qualifica
  
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• Red Cross appeals for three staff missing in Syria since 2013

  14-04-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed on Sunday for information on the whereabouts of three employees abducted in Syria more than five years ago and last known to have been held by Islamic State.Breaking its silence on the case, the independent aid agency identified the three as Louisa Akavi, a nurse from New Zealand, and Syrian drivers Alaa Rajab and Nabil Bakdounes.U.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria last month, eliminatin
  
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• 2 children dead, many homes damaged as storms slam the South

  14-04-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Powerful storms that rolled across the South on Saturday spawned at least two suspected tornadoes, damaged homes and killed two children in Texas, authorities said.
  
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• New ruling Sudan military council promises civilian Cabinet

  14-04-2019 23:14 via finance.yahoo.com
  Sudan's new ruling military council announced Sunday that it will name a civilian prime minister and Cabinet but not a president to help govern the country following the coup that removed longtime leader Omar al-Bashir.An army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Shamseldin Kibashi, also said in televised remarks that the military had begun to overhaul security organizations and would not break up demonstrations that have continued outside the military headquarters since Thursday's coup.The announcement was unli
  
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• 'They call me Mayor Pete': Buttigieg launches 2020 presidential run

  14-04-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  South Bend mayor makes announcement at rally in his hometown, saluting his husband and setting out his vision Pete Buttigieg speaks during a rally to announce his presidential candidacy in South Bend, Indiana. Photograph: John Gress/ReutersPete Buttigieg officially launched his run for the White House on Sunday, against a backdrop of surging poll numbers and increasing national interest. The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, the fourth-largest city in Indiana, madethe announcement at an afternoon
  
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• UPDATE 1-Trump wishes 'no ill will' with tweet on Muslim lawmaker -White House

  14-04-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump did not wish any harm in his Twitter post criticizing Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's comments on the 9/11 attacks, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Sunday."Certainly the president is wishing no ill will, certainly not violence towards anyone," Sanders told ABC News' "This Week" show."But the president is absolutely and should be calling out the congresswoman for her, not only one-time, but history of anti-Semitic comments," she said.
  
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• Millennial 'Mayor Pete' Buttigieg makes case for U.S. presidency

  14-04-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  "It is time to walk away from the politics of the past and toward something totally different," he said at a launch event in South Bend.No potential contender in the burgeoning Democratic field has seen as rapid a rise in the early stages of the campaign as Buttigieg, who has gone from obscure Midwestern politician to top-tier contender in a matter of weeks.At 37, Buttigieg becomes the youngest entrant in a field that features 77-year-old U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and, likely soon,
  
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• Hints, but no proof of crime, in Mueller's hunt for a Trump-Russia conspiracy

  14-04-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Barr told U.S. lawmakers on March 24 that the special counsel investigation "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities."To be sure, the investigation documented numerous contacts between Trump campaign figures and Russia, a willingness on the part of the campaign to accept help from Moscow, and no indication that the campaign told the Kremlin to keep out of an American presidential race.No cri
  
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• Pelosi Asks for Extra Security for Ilhan Omar After Trump Tweet

  14-04-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  “The President’s words weigh a ton, and his hateful and inflammatory rhetoric creates real danger,” Pelosi said in a statement.Pelosi demanded that Trump take down the post, which had been pinned at the top of his Twitter feed since Friday.Earlier, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on ABC’s “This Week” that Trump bears no “ill will” toward the Minnesota Democrat, who’s been subject to at least one recent death threat.
  
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• Tornadoes kill at least three children as massive storm sweeps U.S. South

  14-04-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  A tornado touched down and spun toward Enigma, Georgia, on Sunday, after 17 twisters were reported on Saturday and Sunday across the South from Texas to Alabama."We'll be seeing severe weather from Florida to New York, with the most unstable parts so far in Georgia," said meteorologist David Roth of the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center.More than 100 million people from the middle of the United States to the East Coast were at risk of extreme weather, facing warnings of heavy th
  
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• White House says Congress 'not smart enough' to understand Trump's taxes

  14-04-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  "I don't think Congress, particularly not this group of congressmen and women, are smart enough to look through the thousands of pages that I would assume that president Trump’s taxes will be,” press secretary Sarah Sanders said.
  
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• Royal baby name: Britons bet on Diana, Albert for Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's firstborn

  14-04-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  If Britain's bookmakers are to be believed, it's definitely a girl - and Diana may well be one of her many names.
  
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• US Muslim congresswoman says she won't be silenced by Donald Trump

  14-04-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  One of America's first Muslim congresswomen has vowed not to be silenced after Donald Trump led an attack on her for controversial remarks she made about 9/11. Rep Ilhan Omar of Minnesota sparked a furious row after she characterised the atrocity by saying “some people did something” during a speech in Los Angeles last month to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. On Friday, President Trump tweeted a video tagged “WE WILL NEVER FORGET” which featured foota
  
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• American Airlines cancels Max flights through mid-August

  14-04-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines announced Sunday that it was canceling 115 flights per day through mid-August because of ongoing problems with the Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
  
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• Rockets kill 11 in Syria's Aleppo: state media

  14-04-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Rockets fired by jihadists on Sunday killed at least 11 people in the Syrian city of Aleppo held by President Bashar al-Assad's regime, state news agency SANA reported.Aleppo sits in the north of the country next to Idlib, a province dominated by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).Since the regime regained control of Aleppo at the end of 2016, the city has been targeted intermittently by jihadists and rebel fighters.
  
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• Trump 'was making a joke' when he repeatedly said he loved WikiLeaks during 2016 campaign, Sanders says

  14-04-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has claimed Donald Trump was simply joking when he repeatedly praised WikiLeaks and declared his love of the platform.Ms Sanders, during an appearance on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, defended the president when questioned over his claim he knows “nothing about” WikiLeaks in the wake of the arrest of Julian Assange.“Look clearly the president was making a joke during the 2016 campaign, certainly we take this seriously,&rd
  
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• White House aide believes Trump had no advance knowledge of Assange arrest

  14-04-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  "Not to my knowledge," Conway told NBC's "Meet the Press" show, when asked if Trump knew ahead of time about Assange, who last Thursday was hauled out of the Ecuador's embassy in London where he had taken refuge since 2012 to avoid extradition.U.S. prosecutors subsequently announced charges on Thursday and accused Assange of conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to gain access to a government computer as part of one of the largest compromises of classified information
  
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• Sarah Sanders claims Congress ‘not smart enough’ to understand Trump’s tax returns

  14-04-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has claimed members of Congress are not “smart enough” to understand Donald Trump’s finances after Democrats formally requested the president’s tax returns.When Fox News host Chris Wallace asked whether Mr Trump will order the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to defy Congress’s request, Ms Sanders refused to give a clear answer.She instead went on to criticise congressional Democrats.“This is all about political
  
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• Lawyer alleges Ecuador spread lies about WikiLeaks founder

  14-04-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — A lawyer representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange alleged Sunday that Ecuador's government has spread lies about his behavior inside its embassy in London, where Assange sought asylum in 2012.
  
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• Study: Fox News is obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

  14-04-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A study found that Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was mentioned just under 76 times a day on Fox News during a six-week period.
  
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• This Country Has a Choice to Make: F-35s, F/A-18 Super Hornets or a European Fighter

  14-04-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The Swiss air force is beginning to test foreign warplane designs as part of a lengthy and much-delayed, $8-billion effort finally to replace the air arm's old Northrop Grumman F-5E/F Tiger fighters.On April 12, 2019, two Eurofighter Typhoons --  an FGR4 single-seat, multi-role variant and a T3 two-seat trainer, both operated by British Aerospace -- reportedly flew missions from Payerne."A Swiss evaluator was noted flying in the two-seater," Scramble magazine reported.Switzerland is testing
  
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• Many Democrats and liberals are cheering Assange's arrest. That's foolish

  14-04-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Some have argued that Assange isn’t under attack for ‘journalism,’ but for ‘activism.’ That’s a troubling logic to fall for‘This prosecution is about silencing dissent rather than enforcing the law.’ Photograph: Victoria Jones/PAThe attempted extradition and prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by the United States should be an obvious outrage. It’s a very clear effort by the US government to punish those who expose embarrassing se
  
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• Star Wars: The Mandalorian Trailer Details

  14-04-2019 19:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Fans of Star Wars have had quite an exciting week with the debut of the teaser trailer for Episode XI: The Rise of Skywalker and news of the upcoming EA/Respawn game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. However, it doesn't stop there. On Sunday morning, there was another big reveal: footage for the first Disney+ original series taking place in the Star Wars universe, The Mandalorian.Although everything during Celebration has been live streamed, there were parts of the of panel that were blacked out for
  
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• Democratic rep rips into Trump administration's 'sanctuary cities' plan, calling it 'manufactured chaos' that simply cannot work

  14-04-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  “California certainly is always saying, ‘Oh, we want more people,’ and they want more people in their sanctuary cities — well, we’ll give them more people."
  
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• Ilhan Omar will not be 'silenced' after Trump attacks over 9/11 comments

  14-04-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  One of America's first Muslim congresswomen has vowed not to be silenced after Donald Trump led an attack on her for controversial remarks she made about 9/11. Rep Ilhan Omar of Minnesota sparked a furious row after she characterised the atrocity by saying “some people did something” during a speech in Los Angeles last month to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. On Friday, President Trump tweeted a video tagged “WE WILL NEVER FORGET” which featured foota
  
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• From Toyota Highlander to Lincoln Corsair, 9 cars to watch at New York auto show

  14-04-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Lincoln Corsair, Toyota Highlander, Hyundai Sonata among new cars at New York s
  
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• Bernie Sanders Blasts Liberal Think Tank CAP in Scathing Letter

  14-04-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Mike Blake/ReutersSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wrote a harshly-worded letter to a liberal think tank this weekend, accusing the organization of "using its resources to smear" him and two of his Senate colleagues currently running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The letter, obtained and first reported by The New York Times, was delivered on Saturday to the board of the Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. This comes after ThinkProgress, a n
  
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• Florida man attacked and killed by his cassowary, the ‘world’s most dangerous bird’

  14-04-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A 75-year-old man in Florida was killed by a cassowary, a large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea.
  
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• Facebook, lose my digits: Here's how to unlist your phone number

  14-04-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  A phone number can mean much more when it’s stored on Facebook’s servers – even if you only provided it to help secure your account.
  
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• Fuel House - Stretched

  14-04-2019 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  OGE is getting stoked for the big match, but when he puts on his jersey, he finds the neck is all stretched out, almost as if a man with a very, very big head has been wearing it.New episodes Sundays
  
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• Israeli spacecraft crashes into pieces attempting moon landing, dashing hopes of making history

  14-04-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The lander named Beresheet (“In the beginning” in Hebrew)  was attempting to become the first privately funded mission to land on the moon.
  
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• W. House studying plan to send migrants to sanctuary cities

  14-04-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House said Sunday it is looking at ways to transfer undocumented migrants to US sanctuary cities as Democrats accused President Donald Trump of creating "manufactured chaos" at the US-Mexico border.White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced an "extensive review" of the potential plan on ABC's "This Week" after Trump confirmed press reports that his administration had proposed the controversial move.
  
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• Trump may be trying to make everyone 'crazy' with sanctuary cities threat: Sen. Rick Scott

  14-04-2019 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump said on Friday he was considering sending illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities, prompting U.S. mayors to accept such an offer as the battle over border security rages.Sanctuary cities are local jurisdictions that generally give undocumented immigrants safe harbor by refusing to use their resources to help enforce federal immigration laws that could lead to deportations.Since many such jurisdictions are Democratic strongholds, the proposal was seen by critics of Trump as an attempt by the
  
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• 'Significant concern' in WH about what will be in the Mueller report: Jonathan Karl

  14-04-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The "This Week" Powerhouse Roundtable debates the latest on the impending release of the Mueller report and the crisis at the border.
  
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• Ukraine leader puts on one-man show as vote frontrunner skips debate

  14-04-2019 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Ukraine's leader on Sunday held a one-man debate next to an empty lectern, roused thousands of supporters at a stadium and even sang, as a comedian tipped to become the next president skipped the event before a high-stakes run-off vote.A week before the second round of voting, President Petro Poroshenko failed to lure his rival Volodymyr Zelensky for a policy debate and chose to walk it alone at Kiev's Olympic Stadium as several thousand supporters flooded a nearby square.Poroshenko, a 53-year-o
  
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• Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris releases 15 years of tax returns

  14-04-2019 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Harris held public office during the years 2004 through 2018.With her husband, Douglas Emhoff, an attorney, she had a combined adjusted gross income in 2018 of about $1.89 million, and paid total taxes of about $697,000, according to the returns.Harris and Emhoff, who have filed joint tax returns since marrying in 2014, have paid more than $2.2 million in federal taxes over the past five years at an average effective tax rate of 32.6 percent, according to her campaign.
  
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• American Airlines extends cancellations through Aug. 19

  14-04-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  American Airlines Group Inc said on Sunday it is extending Boeing Co 737 MAX cancellations through Aug. 19, leading to about 115 daily canceled flights
  
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• Trump, despite solid U.S. growth, says Fed should fire up crisis-era stimulus

  14-04-2019 18:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's latest broadside against the central bank, delivered by Twitter and without citing any evidence, came as European Central Bank head Mario Draghi and other international officials worried that a Fed politicized by potential Trump nominees would rattle a dollar-based global system."If the Fed had done its job properly, which it has not, the Stock Market would have been up 5000 to 10,000 additional points, and GDP would have been well over 4 percent instead of 3 percent...with almost no inf
  
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• Ukraine president holds 1-man 'debate' before runoff vote

  14-04-2019 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stood next to an empty lectern bearing his election rival's name and used a solo appearance at Ukraine's largest sports stadium Sunday to lash out at the race's inexperienced front-runner as a "virtual candidate."
  
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• Pete Buttigieg on Ellen: Pence should say he's 'changed his mind' and back legal protections for gay people

  14-04-2019 17:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Pete Buttigieg said in a taped appearance on Ellen that Pence should announce he's changed his mind and back legal protections for gay people.
  
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• More than 120 killed as Libya's rivals battle for Tripoli

  14-04-2019 17:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Fighting near Tripoli has killed 121 people since strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive earlier this month to take the Libyan capital, the World Health Organization said Sunday.In clashes between Haftar's forces and those of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), both sides have proclaimed "advances" but neither appears to have made substantial progress on the ground in recent days.The mounting violence has sparked global alarm over the oil-rich country, in turmoil since NAT
  
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• W. House reviewing 'options' to send migrants to sanctuary cities

  14-04-2019 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House confirmed Sunday it is looking at ways to transfer undocumented migrants to US sanctuary cities as Democrats accused President Donald Trump of creating "manufactured chaos" at the US-Mexico border.Sanctuary cities are jurisdictions in 27 US states that limit cooperation between local law enforcement and immigration authorities.Many of the biggest are in Democratic strongholds like San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York, giving Trump's threats to launch the policy a menacing part
  
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• Egypt's president meets Libyan commander Haftar in Cairo

  14-04-2019 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Egypt has close ties with Haftar, whose Libyan National Army (LNA) controls the east and swept through the mainly desert south earlier this year before moving to Tripoli ten days ago in a major escalation of conflict.Haftar has projected himself as the scourge of Islamist militants and of the militias that grew powerful after the uprising.Egypt and the United Arab Emirates publicly support U.N.-led peace efforts in Libya, while being seen as Haftar's closest regional allies.
  
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• Trump Slams Fed Again, Says Stocks Should Be 5,000-10,000 Higher

  14-04-2019 17:10 via news.yahoo.com
  “If the Fed had done its job properly, which it has not, the Stock Market would have been up 5000 to 10,000 additional points,” the president tweeted on Sunday.The president delivered his latest assault on the Fed as his motorcade pulled into Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, for a Sunday outing.
  
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• Trump wishes 'no ill will' with Tweet on Muslim lawmaker: White House

  14-04-2019 17:08 via news.yahoo.com
  "Certainly President is wishing no ill will, certainly not violence towards anyone," Sanders told broadcaster ABC News' "This Week" show.Lawmakers from Trump's Republican party have accused Omar of minimizing the 9/11 attacks, while critics of the president say he took Omar's words out of context in order to stoke anti-Muslim sentiment.On Saturday, Trump tweeted a video suggesting that Omar, a U.S. representative from Minnesota, had been dismissive of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
  
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• Saturday Night Live 's Cold Open Depicts Michael Avenatti, Lori Loughlin and Julian Assange as Cellmates

  14-04-2019 17:01 via news.yahoo.com
  "I'm the scourge of the cleaning staff at the Ecuadorian Embassy."
  
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• An F-35 Will Never be Alone: Russia Seems to Warn America's Stealth Fighter

  14-04-2019 17:00 via news.yahoo.com
  This is perhaps the most aggressive illustration of a new Russian rhetorical approach. In a move that would raise eyebrows even by Cold War standards of political saber-rattling, the Russian Embassy in Washington seemed to threaten America’s F-35 fighter with Vietnam-era propaganda footage.(This first appeared earlier in the year.)Last month, the official handle of the Russian Embassy in the US tweeted the following update:> 'If a Russia... ever was to see an F-35 inside its airspace',
  
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• Hillary Clinton remembers Nixon investigation: 'We deserve to see the Mueller report'

  14-04-2019 16:57 via news.yahoo.com
  “I know what can be made available, what the court has to be asked to permit to be made available,” said Clinton, who as a young lawyer worked on the impeachment staff of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate investigation.
  
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• American Airlines extends Boeing 737 MAX cancellations through Aug. 19

  14-04-2019 16:00 via news.yahoo.com
  American Airlines Group Inc said on Sunday it is extending Boeing Co 737 MAX cancellations through Aug. 19, leading to about 115 daily canceled flights, or 1.5 percent of its daily summer flying schedule.Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft was grounded worldwide in March following a fatal crash on Ethiopian Airlines that killed all 157 aboard, just five months after a similar crash on Lion Air that killed all 189 passengers and crew.American Airlines owns 24 MAX jets and is awaiting delivery of 16 more th
  
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• Stratolaunch, the world's largest plane, takes first flight in California

  14-04-2019 15:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The plane is designed to be a launch pad for satellites being sent into orbit.
  
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