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• Google just dealt a huge blow to Huawei, reportedly cutting it off from Android updates

  19-05-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  It was only about two months ago that Richard Yu, the CEO of Huawei's consumer products division, was telling a German newspaper that the beleaguered Chinese smartphone brand had been prepping a mobile OS as a kind of Plan B if the company ever got cut off by Google from relying on Android.He probably didn't expect the turn of events to lead to that outcome so soon, but it appears that day may have nevertheless suddenly arrived. Google has reportedly decided to cut ties with Huawei, which means
  
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• Trump tweets threat: 'If Iran wants to fight, that will be the end of Iran'

  19-05-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Incendiary message follows disavowals of intent from both sidesOpinion:Trump supporters don’t want war with Iran In a picture released on Friday, the USS Abraham Lincoln sails in the Arabian Sea near the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge.Photograph: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M Wilbur/APDonald Trump has issued one of his most direct threats yet to Tehran, warning that “if Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran”. The US president emerge
  
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• Trump tweets threat: 'If Iran wants to fight, that will be the end of Iran'

  19-05-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  * Incendiary message follows disavowals of intent from both sides* Opinion:Trump supporters don’t want war with IranIn a picture released on Friday, the USS Abraham Lincoln sails in the Arabian Sea near the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge.Photograph: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M Wilbur/APDonald Trump has issued one of his most direct threats yet to Tehran, warning that “if Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran”.The US president emer
  
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• WWE Money In The Bank Results: Find Out The Winners Live

  19-05-2019 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  The first match of WWE's Money in the Bank PPV Kickoff Show is underway. The Usos take on Daniel Bryan and Rowan for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships. This will most likely be the only match of the preshow. Check our the results live as well as GameSpot's review of the show.The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut will host this year's event, which will have 11 matches on the card. Yes, it's another very large card for a WWE PPV.There are only two matches on the entire card where the winner wo
  
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• WWE Money In The Bank Results: Becky Lynch Battles Charlotte And Lacey Evans

  19-05-2019 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  There are some wonky finishes going on right now at WWE's Money in the Bank PPV. Becky Lynch just had two battles against Lacey Evans and Charlotte for both of her titles. While we're just posting the results here, check out GameSpot's review of the show.The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut will host this year's event, which will have 11 matches on the card. Yes, it's another very large card for a WWE PPV.There are only two matches on the entire card where the winner won't receive either a cha
  
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• WWE Money In The Bank Final Match Results: Brock Lesnar Makes Surprise Appearance

  19-05-2019 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  WWE's Money in the Bank PPV is over, and the ending of the men's ladder match was extremely disappointing to many fans, as Brock Lesnar showed up and grabbed the briefcase hanging above the ring, winning the match. We didn't even know he was in the match. We're still collecting our thoughts but check out GameSpot's review of the show.The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut will host this year's event, which will have 11 matches on the card. Yes, it's another very large card for a WWE PPV.There ar
  
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• Incest in Game of Thrones - why Jon and Daenerys shouldn't have children

  19-05-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Warning: contains spoilers   If you had to sum up Game of Thrones to a newcomer, two words would immediately spring to mind: “dragons” and “incest”. The latter has been a key plot point since the very first episode. Without Jaime and Cersei’s scandalous rutting, Bran Stark might still be climbing the walls of Winterfell, and Ned would still have a head. At the end of season 7, Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow's simmering romantic tension had bubbl
  
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• The World Agrees With Trump on One Thing When It Comes to Iran

  19-05-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Governments worldwide are alarmed at the tension between Washington and Tehran, concerned about the risk of escalation or military miscalculation and frustrated at a lack of communication about U.S. goals.What keeps the anxiety in check from Berlin to Moscow to Ankara is President Donald Trump’s oft-stated aversion to starting fresh wars.
  
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• Rainbow Six Siege's Phantom Sight Revealed; New Operators Nokk And Warden Detailed

  19-05-2019 22:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Rainbow Six Siege's new season of DLC has been revealed. Operation Phantom Sight will include the customary two new Operators--Nokk and Warden--as well as a map rework and some welcome tweaks to existing characters.Nokk is for all intents and purposes an attacking version of Vigil. Her Hel gadget allows her to become near-invisible to enemy cameras. The ability is timed, so you won't be invisible forever, but this could be a very powerful tool for pushing objective rooms. Her weapon selection in
  
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• Rainbow Six Siege’s New Operators Hide In Plain Sight

  19-05-2019 22:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Rainbow Six Siege’s Operation Phantom Sight starts Year 4 Season 2 with the release of two new operators: Warden and Nokk. Captured on PC.
  
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• Saudi Arabia says it seeks to avert war, ball in Iran's court

  19-05-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Riyadh has accused Tehran of ordering Tuesday's drone strikes on two oil pumping stations in the kingdom, claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group.Two days earlier, four vessels, including two Saudi oil tankers, were sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.In response, countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) began "enhanced security patrols" in the international waters of the Arabian Gulf area on Saturday, the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said on Sunday.
  
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• Boeing's New Version of the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter Might Be a 'Re-Run'

  19-05-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  This seems a little strange. Boeing has released concept footage of a high-speed Apache attack helicopter during the Vertical Flight Society’s 75th Annual Forum & Technology Display- and it looks awfully familiar.Known as the Advanced AH-64 Block 2 Compound, the concept will serve as an interim solution in the U.S. Army Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program.Interestingly enough, the high-tech mode doesn’t seem so high-tech, when one looks back at the AH-56 Cheyenne, which first
  
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• Saudi Arabia warns Iran it will respond ‘with all strength to attacks’ as US increases Gulf patrols

  19-05-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia has said it does not want war but stands ready to respond with “all strength” to defend itself against Iran, as the US stepped up naval exercises in the Persian Gulf.The Saudis, who have accused Tehran of ordering drone strikes five days ago on two of its oil pumping stations, told Iran the kingdom would not stand by while being attacked.Saudi Arabia and Shi’ite Iran are arch-adversaries in the Middle East, backing opposite sides in several regional wars.“The
  
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• Rebels say Syrian army fails to retake Latakia mountain

  19-05-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The coastal province of Latakia is home to the Assad family's Alawite minority.The regime wants it to protect its coastal villages from rebel fire," said Major Youssef Hamoud, spokesman for the Turkey-backed group of mainstream rebels called the National Army.An official from Tahrir al-Sham, the latest incarnation of the former Nusra Front which was part of al Qaeda, said poison gas was used in the army's attack on their position on the mountain slopes in an attempt to regain control.
  
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• Katyusha rocket fired into Baghdad Green Zone

  19-05-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A Katyusha rocket was fired Sunday into Baghdad's Green Zone housing government offices and embassies including the US mission, days after the United States evacuated staff from Iraq citing threats from Iran.Tensions between the US and Iran have been high since Washington withdrew last year from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major world powers, and they have soared in the past few weeks.Despite international scepticism, the US government has cited alleged threats from Iran, a long-tim
  
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• Saudi, UAE see sufficient oil supplies, rising stocks

  19-05-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Oil supplies were sufficient and stockpiles were still rising despite massive output drops from Iran and Venezuela, said OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia and key producer UAE on Sunday, as oil exporters met in Jeddah.Producer nations discussed how to stabilise a volatile oil market amid rising US-Iran tensions in the Gulf, which threaten to disrupt global supply.
  
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• 4 decades separate 2020's presidential candidates. Here's what that looks like.

  19-05-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  From Buttigieg and Gabbard to Sanders and Biden, more than a generation separates the oldest and youngest candidates.
  
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• Trump lashes out at Justin Amash after Republican calls for impeachment

  19-05-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  * Mitt Romney declines to join calls for Congress to act* No holds Barred: Trump pushes for imperial presidencyPresident-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney dine in New York in November 2016. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesAs Donald Trump opened fire on Justin Amash, the Michigan representative who became the first Republican in Congress to call for his impeachment, Mitt Romney declined to join the fight.The former presidential nominee and Republican senator from Utah accused Donald Trump o
  
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• Rocket attack hits near US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone

  19-05-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  BAGHDAD (AP) — A rocket crashed Sunday night in the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone, landing less than a mile from the sprawling U.S. Embassy, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
  
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• Is Joe Biden His Own Worst Enemy?

  19-05-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden, the current Democratic presidential front runner, has had plenty of opportunities to prepare himself for the last campaign of his political life. He has already been involved in four presidential elections. Biden ran twice for president himself, in 1988 and 2008, and twice as the vice presidential nominee alongside President Barack Obama, in 2008 and 2012. Biden had months to ready himself to respond to questions about his past, and Donald Trump’s taunts su
  
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• U.S. Support Has Fueled, Not Moderated, the Yemen War

  19-05-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The Yemen war grinds on. The U.S.-backed “coalition” managed a rare success as the Houthis, who now control the Sanaa government, withdrew from the port of Hudaydah. However, that leaves the Saudis and Emiratis still far from victory in a war begun in 2015 which was supposed to last just a couple of weeks.Unfortunately, Washington’s misguided relationship with the tyrannical Gulf monarchies led the Obama administration to back their aggressive assault on Yemen. Congress recentl
  
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• Schiff: Amash criticism not enough to push Trump impeachment

  19-05-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Democrat said Sunday that Republican Rep. Justin Amash's sharp criticism of what he called President Donald Trump's "impeachable conduct" in the Russia investigation isn't enough to count as bipartisan support to launch impeachment proceedings.
  
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• India's Narendra Modi on track for a second term as PM, exit polls predict

  19-05-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  India’s prime minister Narendra Modi look set to retain power at the head of a coalition government last night, after exit polls showed his Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies were on track to win a majority of seats in India’s parliament. With polls showing the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance will win as many as 306 seats in India’s 543-seat lower house, the controversial Hindu-nationalist leader would secure a second five-year term, though with a slimmer mandate than i
  
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• Katyusha rocket crashes into Baghdad Green Zone: security services

  19-05-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A Katyusha rocket crashed Sunday into Baghdad's Green Zone which houses government offices and embassies including the US mission, Iraqi security services said in a statement.The rocket -- which came after Washington ordered the evacuation of non-essential diplomatic staff from the Baghdad embassy and the Arbil consulate citing threats from Iranian-backed Iraqi armed groups -- caused no casualties, it said."A Katyusha rocket crashed into the Green Zone without causing casualties," it said in a b
  
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• Roe v. Wade gave women a right to choose abortion. But doctors like me have a choice, too.

  19-05-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  As a doctor, I'm not there to carry out the will of either the state or the individual, but to do what I see as in keeping with my medical role.
  
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• Donald Trump wants exceptions for rape, incest in abortion laws

  19-05-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  In a series of tweets Saturday, Trump seemed to suggest the Alabama law might have gone too far.
  
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• US 'afraid' of war with Iran, claims  head of Revolutionary Guard

  19-05-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The US is "afraid" of war with Iran, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard said as tensions between Tehran and Washington intensified over the weekend. Major General Hossein Salami told the Iranian state news agency, IRNA, that the country does not want war. "The difference between us and them is that they are afraid of war and don't have the will for it," he said. His remarks came against a backdrop of increased volatility in the region, with the US sending an aircraft carrier strike group to
  
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• Donald Trump: 'If Iran wants to fight, that will be the end of Iran'

  19-05-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The US is "afraid" of war with Iran, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard said as tensions between Tehran and Washington intensified over the weekend. Major General Hossein Salami told the Iranian state news agency, IRNA, that the country does not want war. "The difference between us and them is that they are afraid of war and don't have the will for it," he said. His remarks came against a backdrop of increased volatility in the region, with the US sending an aircraft carrier strike group to
  
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• Is Biden out of touch?: Today's Toon

  19-05-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Want to keep up with USA TODAY's editorial cartoons? Bookmark this page. We'll update it frequently.
  
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• 'DM me': Warren wins over comedian with Twitter quip

  19-05-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  "Do you think Elizabeth Warren has a plan to fix my love life?" comedian Ashley Nicole Black tweeted, probably not expecting the response she got from the senator and presidential candidate.
  
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• Nothing Beats These Compact Handheld Egg Weights For Working Out While Traveling

  19-05-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  As a short person, I’ve often been told that good things come in small packages. It may be true, but it's even better, as far as I’m concerned, when those small things also pack a hefty punch.Egg Weights are one example of just this sort of combination, literally: little but mighty, Egg Weights are highly portable, easier on sensitive wrists, and add numerous benefits to boxing, running, or any other workout.Coming in dense metal weights ranging from 1 to 5 pounds, the ergonomic Egg
  
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• Al Jazeera suspends two journalists over Holocaust report

  19-05-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Qatari state-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera suspended two journalists on Sunday over a video they produced claiming the extent of the Holocaust was being misrepresented by Jews.The clip, posted by Al Jazeera's online AJ+ Arabic service, claimed "the narrative" that the Nazis killed six million Jews was "adopted by the Zionist movement".The video said that "along with others, the Jews faced a policy of systematic persecution which culminated in the Final Solution".
  
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• Missing girl Salem Sabatka found safe after 'heroes' lead Texas police to her kidnapper

  19-05-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Salem Sabatka, 8, was found safe and the 51-year-old man accused of abducting her was taken into custody, according to Texas police.
  
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• Grumpy Cat lives forever on the internet. These were some of her best memes

  19-05-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Grumpy Cat may be gone, but the feline star lives on forever thanks to the internet. These were some of the best memes starring Grumpy Cat.
  
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• UPDATE 9-As U.S.-Iran tension simmers, rocket fired near Iraq's U.S. Embassy

  19-05-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions, on Sunday night, falling near the U.S. Embassy but causing no casualties, the Iraqi military said.The attack came two weeks after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iraqi leaders during a surprise visit to Baghdad that if they failed to keep in check Iran-backed militias, which are expanding their power in Iraq and now form part of its security appa
  
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• UPDATE 5-Rocket fired in Iraqi capital, no casualties

  19-05-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A rocket was fired in Iraqi capital Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign embassies, but caused no casualties, the Iraqi military said on Sunday.A blast was heard in central Baghdad on Sunday night, Reuters witnesses said and two Baghdad-based diplomatic sources also said they heard the blast."A Katyusha rocket fell in the middle of the Green Zone without causing any losses, details to come later," the military said in a brief statement.
  
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• Mitt Romney Says GOP Rep's Call for Impeachment Is 'Courageous' Even as He Disagrees

  19-05-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  'The American people just aren't there,' he said
  
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• Ahead of Fox News Forum, Buttigieg Critical of Hosts and Trump

  19-05-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Buttigieg, the openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who’s risen in polls since a CNN town hall in March gave him national exposure, said he agreed to appear because he wants to reach voters who might not otherwise hear his message.“I’m concerned that we’re retreating into media bubbles,” Buttigieg told reporters after an event Saturday in Dubuque, Iowa.
  
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• Trump Suggests New Alabama Abortion Restrictions Go Too Far

  19-05-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on May 15 signed into law a measure passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature that would ban most abortions in the state.The Alabama measure, and fresh efforts to restrict abortions in Missouri, Georgia, Ohio and other states this year, has energized the pro-choice movement.At the same time, Democratically controlled states including New York and Rhode Island have passed or are considering measures to protect the right to abortion.
  
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• I'm a progressive Venezuelan American. Disliking Trump doesn't mean I will support Maduro.

  19-05-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  My fellow progressives actually doubt if I'm still a Democrat just because I won't accept Nicolas Maduro's tyrannic regime in my home of Venezuela.
  
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• Blast injures South African tourists near Egypt's Giza pyramids

  19-05-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  An explosion targeting a tourist bus injured at least 12 people on Sunday, mostly South African tourists, near a new museum being built close to the Giza pyramids in Egypt, two security sources said.A third security source said the bus was carrying 25 South African tourists from the airport to the pyramids area, and that four Egyptians in a nearby car were also injured by broken glass.Security and judicial sources said a rudimentary device containing nails and pieces of metal had been detonated
  
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• Royal baby Archie's birth certificate shows he was born in London hospital

  19-05-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The birth certificate for Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor says Duchess Meghan gave birth gave to Harry's son in an American-owned London hospital.
  
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• 10 surprising places to find the Statue of Liberty

  19-05-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  You don't have to travel to New York to see Lady Liberty. Even before the statue's dedication in 1886, replicas began to appear.
  
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• This Missile Might be the U.S. Navy's Most Important Weapon in Decades

  19-05-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Tomahawk and its controversies might make headlines, but as the U.S. Navy re-arms for high-tech warfare, the SM-6 is the missile to watch.The U.S. Navy in late January 2019 confirmed the designation of its newest cruise missile, in the process clarifying its long-term plan for arming its growing fleet of warships.The plan heavily leans on one missile, in particular. It's the SM-6, an anti-aircraft weapon that quickly is evolving to perform almost every role the Navy assigns to a missile.(Thi
  
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• This Missile Might be the U.S. Navy's Important Weapon in Decades

  19-05-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The Tomahawk and its controversies might make headlines, but as the U.S. Navy re-arms for high-tech warfare, the SM-6 is the missile to watch.The U.S. Navy in late January 2019 confirmed the designation of its newest cruise missile, in the process clarifying its long-term plan for arming its growing fleet of warships.The plan heavily leans on one missile, in particular. It's the SM-6, an anti-aircraft weapon that quickly is evolving to perform almost every role the Navy assigns to a missile.(Thi
  
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• 8-year-old girl kidnapped in Fort Worth,Texas found safe, police say

  19-05-2019 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  FOUND SAFE: Police said two alert citizens reported the suspect's car at a hotel after the Amber Alert went out Saturday night.
  
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• White House 2020 hopefuls turn to foreign policy, slam Trump on Iran

  19-05-2019 17:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The relationship between Washington and Tehran has become increasingly strained in recent weeks, raising concerns about a potential U.S.-Iran conflict.Trump and hawkish foreign policy advisers like national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo want Tehran to give up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.Trump has tightened economic sanctions against Iran, aimed at forcing its leaders into negotiations.
  
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• Trump calls GOP lawmaker who called for impeachment a 'loser'

  19-05-2019 17:38 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump fired back at Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., on Sunday, a day after Amash became the first Republican congressman to call for Trump's impeachment.
  
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• Despite Opposition, ICE Looks to Open New Immigration Detention Facilities in California

  19-05-2019 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The plan comes as border patrol considers flying migrant families to other locations
  
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• Trump Lashes Back After GOP Lawmaker Calls Conduct ‘Impeachable’

  19-05-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  “Contrary to Barr’s portrayal, Mueller’s report reveals that President Trump engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment,” said Amash, 39, who arrived in Congress as part of the Tea Party wave in 2010.Amash’s manifesto-like string of more than a dozen tweets stopped short of actually calling for Trump’s impeachment.
  
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