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• Navy SEAL acquitted of murder in killing of captive in Iraq

  02-07-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A military jury acquitted a decorated Navy SEAL of premeditated murder Tuesday in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq in 2017.Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all charges except for posing for photos with the dead body of the captive in a verdict that is a major blow to military prosecutors.Gallagher reacted with "tears of joy, emotion, freedom and absolute euphoria," defense lawyer Marc Mukasey said.
  
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• Midsommar And The Genius Of A Horror Movie Set In Broad Daylight

  02-07-2019 23:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Writer and director Ari Aster has quickly become one of the foremost auteurs working in the horror genre today, and his latest film, Midsommar, cements that rise to prominence. Hereditary was no fluke--Aster is very, very good at making cerebral, tense, terrifying horror movies.Midsommar is another film filled with daring creative choices, one of which is apparent to anyone who's watched one of the movie's trailers: It's set almost entirely in daylight.This is a unique choice for a genre that so
  
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• Government photos show detained migrants pleading for help

  02-07-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The images were released Tuesday by U.S. government auditors who visited facilities in South Texas where migrant adults and children who crossed the nearby border with Mexico are processed and detained.An autopsy report also released Tuesday confirmed that a 2-year-old child who died in April had multiple intestinal and respiratory infectious diseases, including the flu.Wilmer Josué Ramírez Vásquez is one of five children to die after being detained by border agents since la
  
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• Trump administration to print census forms without citizenship question

  02-07-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration announced Tuesday that the 2020 census questionnaire will be printed without a citizenship question.
  
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• House Democrats Sue Treasury, IRS Head for Trump Tax Returns

  02-07-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats asked a U.S. court to force the Treasury Department to turn over six years of President Donald Trump’s personal and business tax returns.The long-expected lawsuit filed in a Washington federal court on Tuesday is Congress’s latest attempt to assert oversight over the executive branch, as the Trump administration has either rejected or ignored various subpoenas since Democrats took the majority in the House in January."In refusing to comply with the stat
  
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• 'We Fought for These Rights,' Says Gun Owner at NRA Town Hall in Virginia Beach

  02-07-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Members from the National Rifle Association packed a Virginia Beach town hall to discuss gun control. The meeting is one of four across the state in advance of the Virginia legislature's special session, called by Governor Ralph Northam's administration to address gun violence.
  
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• What's the Deal: Easing your dog's anxiety during fireworks

  02-07-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  More dogs go missing on the fourth of July than any other time of year.
  
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• Suspect in woman's death barred from campus, report says

  02-07-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  A man arrested in the death of a Utah college student whose charred remains were found in his backyard was banned from the campus of Utah State University in 2012, according to documents released on Tuesday.The school took the step after Ayoola A. Ajayi's student visa expired and he was arrested on suspicion of having a stolen an iPad, a misdemeanor, according to university police reports.Jail documents show Ajayi is now a U.S. citizen.
  
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• Strong Model 3 demand helped Tesla set a new all-time record for quarterly deliveries

  02-07-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  When it comes to analyzing the vibrancy of Tesla's business, there is certainly no shortage of distractions. Whether it's Elon Musk stirring up controversy online or Tesla vehicles being vandalized for seemingly no reason at all, it's easy to overlook how impressively the company has managed to boost production and deliveries on a year-over-year basis. Sure, individual quarters can be disappointing, but the company overall has slowly but surely gotten better at meeting impressive demand. To this
  
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• Toyota Prius Stalling Problems Continue, Highlighted by a Dealer’s Lawsuit over Five-Year Problem

  02-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Three recalls to fix more than 800,000 cars have allegedly not remedied tens of thousands of reported failures.
  
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• Harris surges, Biden slips after debates: polls

  02-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The two Democratic presidential candidate debates appear to have reshuffled the deck in the crowded field, with California Senator Kamala Harris surging and former vice president Joe Biden slipping.Three polls conducted since last week's debates have shown eroding support for the 76-year-old Biden, who has been the frontrunner since entering the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in late April.Harris, the 54-year-old junior senator from California, picked up substantial backing
  
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• The Stranger Things Cast Tells Us What To Expect In Season 3

  02-07-2019 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Mike hit the Stranger Things Red Carpet to ask its stars about the upcoming season 3 of Stranger Things.
  
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• DC's Long-Delayed Flash Movie Has Another Director Reportedly Attached To It

  02-07-2019 22:35 via gamespot.com
  
  The DC movie universe seems to be thriving once more, following the box office success of Aquaman and Shazam and with highly anticipated movies such as Joker and Birds of Prey set for the release over the next year. One project that hasn't had much luck getting to the screen however is the Flash movie. It has now been reported that It director Andy Muschietti might soon be attached to the movie.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Muschietti is in talks to helm the Flash film. If the deal goes t
  
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• Silver Frost 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback Will Send Chills Down Your Back

  02-07-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Better act fast on this Fastback deal. Vintage Car Collector is pleased to announce this stunning 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback for sale. It will set you back about $44,000, but it’s worth it for such a rare and sought-after classic that will only go up in value from here. This silver-on-black ’66 Mustang Fastback has under 50,000 miles on the dash and its whole life ahead of it. You will get many smiles to the gallon for years to come, as well as heads turning no matter where you take
  
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• 'Help': Photos from US migrant detention centres reveal despair and overcrowding as people go a month without showers

  02-07-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Conditions at five US migrant detention centres in Texas have been described as a “ticking time bomb”, as photographs emerged of people crammed in their dozens into cells far too small for the purpose.Official investigators found thousands of people had been in Border Patrol custody for longer than the agency’s own 72-hour limit, while some had not been given access to showers for a month. Children at three of the five centres had no access to showers.Two sites did not give chi
  
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• SDCC 2019: Every Marvel Panel And Event At The Con So Far

  02-07-2019 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  San Diego Comic-Con can be overwhelming. It's not only the biggest pop culture convention in the world, it's also packed to the absolute brim with panels, events, activations--you name it--for just about every major franchise under the sun. Sorting it all out to find what's happening with for your favorite shows, movies, games, and comics can be a nightmare. But never fear, the team here at GameSpot is comprised of SDCC veterans who are happy to help!So, if you're a Marvel fan who is San Diego b
  
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• Texas migrant detention facilities 'dangerously overcrowded' – US government report

  02-07-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Report from government’s own auditors includes images of children and adults penned into roomsA picture of an overcrowded area holding families at a border patrol facility in Weslaco, released as part of a report by the US Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General. Photograph: Handout/ReutersNew images of children and adults in “dangerously” overcrowded US border patrol facilities in Texas have been released as part of a report from government auditors
  
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• Federal Inspectors Release Photos to Blast DHS for ‘Dangerous’ Overcrowding at Border Facilities

  02-07-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  CBPA Republican congressman dismissed a constituent’s concerns about the migrant detention crisis during a heated town hall meeting over the weekend, telling her that children being held in squalid conditions in U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities are free to leave whenever they want.“The people that are there, they can leave,” said Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), a first-term congressman. “Nobody is holding them against their will—they can leave.”The rema
  
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• Legion Season 3 Episode 2 "Chapter 21" Breakdown

  02-07-2019 22:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Syd finally confronts David in Episode 2 of Legion Season 3. Ryan and Greg break down the entire episode, including their favorite moments and easter eggs.
  
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• Why Evangelion Fans Are Mad At Netflix--And Why They Should Take A Step Back

  02-07-2019 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  It should be a time of celebration for anime fans: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hideaki Anno's seminal anime series, is finally streaming worldwide, as Netflix secured the rights to the classic anime. But the fans who should be cheering are not happy.Evangelion originally aired in Japan in 1995, and it quickly earned a reputation as a controversial, psychologically and philosophically complex series that deconstructed the mecha anime genre. Unfortunately, the series has rarely been widely available,
  
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• Apex Legends' First New Season 2 Challenges Revealed

  02-07-2019 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Season 2 of Apex Legends is now officially underway on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and a lot has changed in Respawn's battle royale game. Not only is there a new playable character, the science genius Wattson, there's a new Battle Pass to purchase, which means a load of new rewards to unlock.Unlike Season 1's Battle Pass, Season 2's works much more like Fortnite's Battle Pass, offering a regular stream of challenges to complete as the season progresses. Clearing these tasks will help level your Battl
  
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• Trump administration charging undocumented immigrants $500,000 ahead of planned mass raids

  02-07-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s White House has sent notices of fines totalling nearly $500,000 (£396,715) to some undocumented immigrants in recent weeks, as the federal government prepares to conduct sweeping immigration raids nationwide after the 4 July holiday. Letters notifying undocumented immigrants of the administration’s intention were obtained by NPR, which included copies of the statements in a report published on Tuesday afternoon.The US department of homeland security stated the fi
  
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• The U.S. is 'headed to fascism,' says Ocasio-Cortez after tour of detention facilities at southern border

  02-07-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the conditions at U.S. migrant detention facilities “horrifying” in an interview Monday evening and doubled down on her comparisons of the situation at the border to World War II.
  
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• Cool New Lion King Cast Posters Are Wild

  02-07-2019 21:48 via gamespot.com
  
  A new series of cast shots for Disney's The Lion King show a very different side to the characters, in more ways than one. The posters show almost every major member of the cast in profile, facing eye-to-eye with their animal counterparts.The pairings posted to Disney's Twitter include Donald Glover as Simba, Beyonce as Nala, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, and Alfre Woodard as Sarabi. Other shots show ensembles of characters together, like Billy Eichner, Seth Rogan, and John Oliver as Timon, Pumbaa,
  
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• Departing advisers urged John Hickenlooper to quit White House race: source

  02-07-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Hickenlooper's campaign confirmed the departures on Tuesday.On Monday, the candidate announced he was hiring M.E. Smith to succeed former campaign manager Bradley Komar.The centrist former governor, one of 25 Democrats seeking the party's nomination to run against incumbent Republican Donald Trump, would not quit, the source said.
  
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• Iran trying to 'blackmail' world by violating nuclear deal: Netanyahu

  02-07-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Iran of breaching the nuclear deal in order to "blackmail" the international community into relieving economic pressure on the Islamic republic."This week Iran openly violated the nuclear deal by increasing the stockpile of enriched uranium (to beyond that) allowed under the deal," Netanyahu said at an early reception in Jerusalem marking the United States' July 4 independence day.Iran said Monday it had exceeded a limit on its enriche
  
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• Jury reviews testimony in case of Navy SEAL in murder case

  02-07-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A jury of seasoned combat veterans reviewed the partial testimony of a prosecution witness Tuesday before resuming deliberations in the murder case of a decorated Navy SEAL accused of fatally stabbing a wounded war prisoner in Iraq and shooting civilians in separate incidents in 2017.Jurors took notes as they listened to a recording of Lt. Thomas MacNeil, the first of nearly a dozen SEALs who testified at the court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher at Naval Base San Diego.MacN
  
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• Kamala Harris Vaults Into Second Place as Joe Biden Slips After First Debate

  02-07-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The first debate shuffled the Democratic presidential race, vaulting Kamala Harris into second place and highlighting vulnerabilities for front-runner Joe Biden.Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren continues to rise and 2016 runner-up Bernie Sanders is slipping as voters search for alternatives in the historically large field of candidates.That’s the conclusion from four polls taken since last week’s debate that also show those four candidates clearly make up the top tier at th
  
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• Fire kills 14 Russian sailors aboard deep-sea submersible

  02-07-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Fire broke out on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea research submersibles, and toxic fumes from the blaze killed 14 sailors aboard, Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday, although it released few details about the disaster or the vessel involved.The Defense Ministry did not say how many sailors were aboard the vessel during Monday's fire, whether there were any survivors or if it was submerged at the time.President Vladimir Putin, who came under criticism for his handling of the Kursk nuclear
  
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• UFOs: Where your state ranks for unexplained sightings

  02-07-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The five states with the most UFO sightings per capita are in the north, a new report says. The least frequent sightings of UFOs come from the south.
  
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• Exclusive: Migrant children report verbal abuse, threats while in Border Patrol custody

  02-07-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Migrant children kept in Customs and Border Protection custody have faced unsanitary conditions, verbal abuse and threats since arriving in the country, reports submitted to the Office of Refugee Resettlement by clinicians and case managers show.
  
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• The Honda e Urban EV Is a Small, Lightweight, and Torquey Recipe Destined for Fun

  02-07-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The little electric commuter packs 148 horsepower and 221 lb-ft of torque.
  
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• Lost Words Gameplay - 13 Minutes Of The Whimsical Storybook Platformer

  02-07-2019 20:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Lost Words may have slipped under your radar. It's a puzzle platformer where you use words from your journal to explore a fairytale realm while making sense of the real world.
  
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• Joe Biden's backing drops by third in new polls after debate clash with Kamala Harris

  02-07-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Support for Joe Biden’s presidential bid has dropped by a third after he was repeatedly challenged in the first debate between Democrats seeking the party nomination for the next US election, according to two polls.  The proportion of Democrats who said they would back Mr Biden, the former US vice president, to be their party's candidate in 2020 dropped from 32 per cent in May to 22 per cent according to a CNN poll.  That was mirrored by a surge in support for Kamala Harris, the
  
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• New Dr. Mario Mobile Game Gets Trailer Showing Off Multiplayer

  02-07-2019 20:24 via gamespot.com
  
  A match-three puzzle game, Dr. Mario World was announced back in February 2019. The game sees you using capsules to eliminate viruses like a good doctor, but there's more than meets the eye. We've now learned of the game's multiplayer offerings, which allows you to connect with friends to send hearts or viruses.Dr. Mario World lets you see your friends' progress in the game's single-player Stage mode. You will also be able to send your friends encouragement hearts, though these can only be sent
  
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• How To Start Destiny 2's Lumina / Rose Exotic Hand Cannon Quest, Now Live

  02-07-2019 20:23 via gamespot.com
  
  The rollout of new content in Destiny 2's Season of Opulence continues today with the next chapter in the Thorn-Last Word storyline. Another Exotic hand cannon, this one seemingly called Lumina (or Rose), is now available in the game for Annual Pass owners. Here's what you need to know and how to start the quest.Lumina/Rose is a hand cannon that, as the trailer below shows, both damages enemies and can be used to heal teammates, which would set it apart from any other weapon in the game. It's po
  
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• How To Start Destiny 2's Lumina Exotic Hand Cannon Quest, Now Live

  02-07-2019 20:23 via gamespot.com
  
  The rollout of new content in Destiny 2's Season of Opulence continues today with the next chapter in the Thorn-Last Word storyline. Another Exotic hand cannon, this one called Lumina, is now available in the game for Annual Pass owners. Here's what you need to know and how to start the quest.Lumina is a hand cannon that, as the trailer below shows, both damages enemies and can be used to heal teammates, which would set it apart from any other weapon in the game. It's possible that, to get it, y
  
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• Guide: How To Start Destiny 2's Lumina Exotic Hand Cannon Quest, Now Live

  02-07-2019 20:23 via gamespot.com
  
  The rollout of new content in Destiny 2's Season of Opulence continues today with the next chapter in the Thorn-Last Word storyline. Another Exotic hand cannon, this one called Lumina, is now available in the game for Annual Pass owners. Here's what you need to know, how to start the quest, and some tips on more time-consuming aspects of it (such as an apparent shortcut involving Blind Well completions).Lumina is a hand cannon that, as the trailer below shows, both damages enemies and can be use
  
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• Spider-Man: Far From Home Ending And Post Credits Scenes Explained

  02-07-2019 20:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Avengers: Endgame changed the face of the MCU in more than one way--but thankfully, its lack of a credits scene doesn't seem to be a trend. With Spider-Man: Far From Home the MCU has returned to its mid and post-credits stinger formula with a vengeance, providing us with some of the meatiest teases yet for things to come in the mysterious phase 4.If you couldn't already tell--there are a lot of spoilers to follow, so please tread carefully.Threat or Menace?Tom Holland's Peter Parker is surround
  
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• Destiny 2 - How To Start The Secret Lumina Exotic Hand Cannon Quest

  02-07-2019 20:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Penumbra has launched it's second exotic weapon quest. This time for the much anticipated Lumina hand cannon, the Rose to the infamous Thorn. Here's where to go to get the first step started.
  
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• Pompeo vows support for Venezuela's Guaido ahead of march

  02-07-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised "unwavering" support Tuesday to Venezuela's embattled opposition leader Juan Guaido as he prepares a new rally aimed at deposing President Nicolas Maduro.Pompeo expressed "the United States' unwavering support for Guaido, the National Assembly and the Venezuelan people as they seek to regain their country's freedom and prosperity," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.
  
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• Senator Warren asks former FDA chief Gottlieb to resign from Pfizer board

  02-07-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren urged former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to immediately step down from Pfizer Inc's board, three months after his departure from the health regulator.Gottlieb, who won bipartisan support for his efforts to curb use of flavored e-cigarettes by youths, stepped down from the FDA in April, a role he had held since May 2017.
  
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• Man who claimed to have protected students during school shooting revealed to be a hoax

  02-07-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  A man who gained media attention after claiming he saved students from a mass shooting while working as a substitute teacher never worked at the school, officials say.David Briscoe had spoken to numerous news organisations in the wake of the May 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting in Texas, which left 10 people dead and thirteen others wounded.He recounted stories of barricading children from an English class into their room, telling them to find cover and muffle their screams to avoid detection.
  
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• Christine Lagarde continues to break glass ceilings

  02-07-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Christine Lagarde has made a career out of breaking glass ceilings in the halls of international finance and is now poised to break one more, leading the European Central Bank.The former lawyer was the first woman to serve as finance minister from any Group of Seven nation and then the first to lead the International Monetary Fund.The silver-haired Lagarde, 63, took the helm in 2011 in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and is credited with steering the Washington-based IMF through tu
  
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• Mike Pence abruptly returns to White House as reports of ‘emergency’ situation spark online misinformation

  02-07-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Vice President Mike Pence was sent back to the White House on Tuesday after originally being scheduled to attend an event on the nationwide opioid crisis in New Hampshire. The development of Mr Pence’s abrupt change in plans was initially reported by Fox News, which stated the vice president was returning to Washington due to an “emergency”. However, officials declined to publicly cite the reason for the change throughout the day, sparking confusion and apparent online misinfor
  
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• Cruz Asks DHS to Create Process for Collecting Donations to Migrants in U.S. Custody

  02-07-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Ted Cruz on Monday sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security asking for the creation of a process that would allow DHS to accept donations meant for migrants in U.S. custody.Currently, no such process for collecting a distributing privately donated aid exists, which has caused generous citizens who have offered supplies to overcrowded migrant-detention facilities to be turned away.Curz called on Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan to "establish and publi
  
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• AP analysis: Trump smiles with North Korea, threatens Iran

  02-07-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  With North Korea, President Donald Trump puts on the charm.Nuclear weapons are at the heart of the difficult U.S. relations with both Pyongyang and Tehran.Kim Jong Un has seemed as willing to meet with Trump as the U.S. president has been to talk and shake hands for the cameras with him.
  
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• Netanyahu says Trump knew in advance of Israel's Iran archive mission

  02-07-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he informed U.S. President Donald Trump in advance of what Israel has described as a spy mission in Tehran last year to capture a secret Iranian nuclear archive.Netanyahu said in April 2018 that Mossad operatives had spirited thousands of hidden documents out of Tehran that proved Iran had previously pursued a nuclear weapons program.
  
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• Pence's abrupt travel cancellation sparks speculation

  02-07-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Pence was previously scheduled to travel to Manchester, N.H.
  
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• Spider-Man: Far From Home Post Credit Scenes Explained! (SPOILERS)

  02-07-2019 19:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Spider-Man: Far From Home is in theaters now! The latest Marvel movie features two of the most significant post-credits scenes the MCU has ever had.We break down the mid and post-credits scenes and explain how they set up MCU Phase 4.
  
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