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• Incoming House Ways and Means Committee chairman will seek Trump tax returns

  07-11-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Richard Neal says that Democrats will request the president's tax returns, despite their being under audit by the Internal Revenue Service.
  
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• Texas juvenile judge releases defendants after election loss

  07-11-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — A day after losing his re-election bid, a Texas judge released nearly all of the juvenile defendants who appeared before him Wednesday after he asked them whether they planned to kill anyone.
  
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• Defiant Trump blames media, fellow Republicans for House losses

  07-11-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives to Democrats, but Trump shrugged that off, casting Tuesday's congressional election results as "very close to complete victory" for Republicans and saying he could negotiate easier on some issues with Democrats, anyway.Republicans kept their Senate majority.Trump briefly sought to strike a statesmanlike tone in his first public remarks after the loss, praising House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi for her hard work and envisioning "a beauti
  
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• Influx of military veterans heads to Washington

  07-11-2018 23:38 via yahoo.com
  Among the winners in America's bitter midterm elections were dozens of military veterans, whose "mission first" mindset could help in a deeply divided Congress where the notion of bipartisanship has all but disappeared.At least 16 "freshmen" veterans were elected for the first time to serve in the House of Representatives, the largest influx of new vets since 2010.Final tallies were still being counted, but at least three of these newcomers are women, meaning seven female vets will now serve in
  
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• Factbox: Republicans gain a net three seats in U.S. Senate, with two races outstanding

  07-11-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  Republicans were projected to retain control of the U.S. Senate after voters cast ballots on Tuesday in races to decide 35 of the chamber's 100 seats.The following is a tally of seats that will change parties, based on projections from media outlets and data provider DDHQ.StateWinning partyIndianaRepublicanNorth DakotaRepublicanMissouriRepublicanFlorida*RepublicanNevadaDemocratic*Most media outlets have not yet called the Florida Senate race, which could go to an automatic recount.
  
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• Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker's old tweets are really something

  07-11-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  On Wednesday, Donald Trump ended the midterms news cycle by effectively firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The acting Attorney General is now Matt Whitaker, Sessions' former chief of staff and a man who used to mooch WiFi from a taco restaurant. We know the latter thanks to his old tweets, which he has not deleted.My new law firm just got our high speed internet hooked up!!!! Don't need to hijack Taco John's free wi fi any more. — Matt Whitaker ???????????? (@MattWhitaker46) December 3
  
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• Republicans Lose Control Of The House, But Trump Takes A Victory Lap Anyway

  07-11-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will see renewed congressional probes of
  
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• In Honduras, most returnees from caravan hope to try again

  07-11-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — The Metropolitan Grand Central bus terminal in this city where the migrant caravan traveling through Mexico originated more than three weeks ago is a place of crossing destinies for Hondurans dreaming of seeking a better life in the United States.
  
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• The Latest: Adviser: GOP's Kemp declaring victory in Georgia

  07-11-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the race for Georgia governor (all times local):
  
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• Democrats knock holes in Republican wall of state control

  07-11-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Republican wall that has stood in state capitols for much of the past decade now has a few holes in it.
  
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• Matt Whitaker, Trump's Acting Attorney General Pick, Is A Major Critic Of The Russia Probe

  07-11-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's pick to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions and
  
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• U.S. political gridlock may create investment opportunity

  07-11-2018 22:45
  Investors hope the split between Republicans and Democrats controlling the U.S. Congress will open up opportunities to pick new winners and losers because some government policies will be harder to...
  
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• U.S. money market fund assets post biggest rise in five months: iMoneyNet

  07-11-2018 22:45
  U.S. money market fund assets increased by $27.84 billion in the week ended Nov. 6 to $2.874 trillion, marking their largest weekly rise in five months, the Money Fund Report said on Wednesday.
  
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• Pelosi Demands New Acting AG Recuse Himself from Russia Probe

  07-11-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  House minority leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called on newly appointed acting attorney general Matt Whitaker to recuse himself from overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election meddling.Given his record of threats to undermine & weaken the Russia investigation, Matthew Whitaker should recuse himself from any involvement in Mueller’s investigation.Congress must take immediate action to protect the rule of law and integrity of the investigation.
  
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• Trump's new acting attorney general already has a plan to stop Mueller probe

  07-11-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  In op-eds and interviews, new acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker expressed his criticisms of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe and laid out a plan to stymie it.
  
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• Matt Whitaker: Sessions's replacement a longtime critic of Mueller inquiry

  07-11-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  The new acting attorney general, Matt Whitaker, is a longtime critic of the Mueller investigation and is a former Republican candidate.Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the 49-year-old Iowan would serve as Jeff Sessions’s temporary replacement after Trump pushed Sessions out as attorney general.
  
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• FAA issues emergency directive on Boeing 737 Max after Lion Air crash

  07-11-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued an emergency airworthiness directive on about 250 Boeing 737 Max aircraft after the U.S. aircraft manufacturer sent a bulletin to carriers in the aftermath of a deadly Lion Air flight. The FAA said the order is effective immediately and covers 45 aircraft in the United States operated by carriers including Southwest Air Co, United Airlines and American Airlines Group Inc and addresses erroneous angle of att
  
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• More candidates, more money and a big bet: How Democrats won the House

  07-11-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  Democratic strategists wanted to go beyond the traditional strategy of flipping Republican seats in swing districts.It meant rolling the dice, gambling that a polarizing president would drive independent and moderate Republican voters away from his party’s candidates, gambling that Democrats would remain energized by antipathy towards him, gambling that history and a political map that had Republicans on the defensive would work in their favor.In the fight for the House, Democrats were &ld
  
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• In Georgia governor race, new voters helped Republican candidate more

  07-11-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Normally, Democrats win midterms by rallying voters who are new or vote only in presidential years. But on Tuesday, Republicans stayed ahead — in conservative states at least — by mobilizing their own unreliable voters.
  
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• What the Democrats will do with control of the House

  07-11-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Democrats in Congress are being encouraged by the party’s left wing to hammer the Trump administration. But to keep their majority, they will need to address issues that more directly affect the American people.
  
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• Trump avoids answering question about Sessions shortly before firing him

  07-11-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  At a press conference, President Trump avoided directly answering a question about the future of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Then Trump announced later on Wednesday that Sessions will be leaving office.
  
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• Princess Diana Sent The Naughtiest Card To Her Accountant

  07-11-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Princess Diana had a naughty sense of humor and a recently resurfaced card
  
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• Jeff Sessions steps down as the US attorney general

  07-11-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  Sessions resigned at the request of President Trump.
  
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• 'Protecting Mueller Is Paramount.' Lawmakers Respond to Jeff Sessions' Firing

  07-11-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was talking to reporters when the news broke of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ firing.
  
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• Jury picked for US trial of Mexican drug lord El Chapo

  07-11-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection at the U.S. trial for Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was completed Wednesday with Guzman waiting for word on whether he can hug his wife for the first time in nearly two years.
  
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• Sessions resigns to Trump 'at your request'

  07-11-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump abruptly announced on Twitter Wednesday that Jeff Sessions is no longer the U.S. attorney general.
  
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• President Trump says he has 'never used racist remarks'

  07-11-2018 20:55 via yahoo.com
  The president angrily denies making racist remarks.
  
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• Jeff Sessions out: Trump fires attorney general and announces his replacement

  07-11-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has forced out Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, in his first cabinet clean-out following the midterm elections, and someone whose departure had been anticipated ever since he ruled himself out from overseeing the Russia probe.In what was likely to be the first of several shake-ups following Tuesday’s elections, which saw Republicans lose control of the House of Representatives to the Democrats, Mr Sessions said he had been asked to resign and had done so.“Dear Mr Pre
  
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• Michigan vote to legalize pot fires up investor momentum behind cannabis

  07-11-2018 20:35
  Michigan's vote Tuesday to become the 10th U.S. state where the recreational use of cannabis is legal is adding more momentum to a trend that some investors now say is inevitable: that marijuana will...
  
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• Pelosi: Democrats won U.S. House on healthcare

  07-11-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Democrat Nancy Pelosi, poised to become the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Wednesday her party's victory in congressional elections was due to its determination to preserve the massive healthcare reform law passed during the Obama administration."Healthcare was on the ballot and healthcare won," Pelosi, the House's top Democrat, said of the Tuesday elections that gave her party a controlling majority in the House."We won because from the beginning we focused on health
  
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• 'That's a racist question': Trump scolds reporter who asked about his embrace of 'nationalist' label

  07-11-2018 20:15 via yahoo.com
  President Trump on Wednesday cut off a reporter who dared to ask whether describing himself as a “nationalist” on the campaign trail had emboldened white nationalists.
  
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• Queen opens new Schroders offices

  07-11-2018 20:12
  One of the City's oldest financial institutions calls upon the ribbon-cutting services of Her Majesty
  
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• Trump attacks CNN's Jim Acosta in angry White House press conference: ‘Just sit down’

  07-11-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has launched an extraordinary tirade against a reporter during a press conference following the midterm elections.The row began following a question about the migrant caravan approaching the US, when Mr Trump was asked by CNN’s Jim Acosta if he thought he had “demonised” migrants by calling the group an “invasion”.After Mr Acosta attempted to follow up his question with a second on Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, Mr Trump added, pointing angrily: &
  
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• Trump: The migrant caravan is an invasion 'because I consider it an invasion'

  07-11-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  President Trump defended his characterization of migrant caravans from Central America as an “invasion” during a heated press conference following the midterm elections Wednesday.
  
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• McConnell touts 'bipartisanship,' warns Democrats against 'presidential harassment'

  07-11-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear Wednesday that he is happy with the outcome of the election that has increased his majority by at least three senators.
  
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• Investors pull $18.5 billion from U.S. bond funds in one week: ICI

  07-11-2018 20:00
  U.S. fund investors fled bonds at the fastest pace since 2013 in the final week of October, worried about rising interest rates and tightening monetary policy, Investment Company Institute (ICI) data...
  
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• House Democrats Announce Leadership Bids

  07-11-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  Democrats wasted no time announcing their candidacies for leadership elections after retaking the House Tuesday night.House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made clear that after leading her party into the majority for a second time, she intends to be the speaker of the House again.“I’ve always had an opponent, so I feel pretty comfortable about it,” she told PBS of the possibility of a speakership challenge in the leadup to Democrats’ victory.
  
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• Girl Scouts sue Boy Scouts over program's name change

  07-11-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Girl Scouts of the United States of America filed a trademark infringement lawsuit Tuesday against the Boy Scouts of America for dropping the word "boy" from its flagship program in an effort to attract girls.
  
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• Trump says reporter’s question about nationalism is ‘racist’

  07-11-2018 19:48 via yahoo.com
  At his press conference following the midterm elections, President Trump said a reporter’s question about describing himself as a nationalist was a “racist question.”
  
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• Trump Backs Pelosi for Speaker, Predicts Cooperation

  07-11-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  President Trump endorsed Nancy Pelosi to lead the newly formed Democratic majority as speaker of the House at a chaotic White House press conference Wednesday, even going so far as to suggest he might help her secure the votes to claim the gavel.In all fairness, Nancy Pelosi deserves to be chosen Speaker of the House by the Democrats.
  
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• Democrats wrest power from Republicans at the state level

  07-11-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  Democrats took six state legislative chambers from Republicans on Tuesday night.
  
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• Trump has heated exchange with CNN, NBC journalists at press conference

  07-11-2018 19:32 via yahoo.com
  Speaking to the press in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, President Trump congratulated Republicans on a midterm victory despite losing control of the House. Trump cited campaign spending on the part of the Democrats as a major obstacle and his numerous campaign rallies as a deciding factor in many races.
  
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• Finally, an advent calendar full of wine to get you through the holidays

  07-11-2018 19:31 via yahoo.com
  This holiday season, give yourself the gift that keeps on giving: an advent calendar filled with wine. Grocery store chain Aldi released its Festive Collection Wine Advent Calendar on Wednesday, which contains 24 6.37-ounce bottles of wine — more than enough vino to last you right up until Christmas day. SEE ALSO: The '1 alcoholic bev' meme is Too Real, but in a good way Purchasers can expect to find 12 varieties of wine in their advent calendars that come from Chile to the U.S., according
  
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• Jurors selected for marathon US El Chapo drugs trial

  07-11-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  Twelve jurors and six alternates were selected Wednesday to decide the fate of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the most notorious criminals in the world, on trial in New York for smuggling drugs into the United States over a quarter of a century.The seven women and five men will determine whether Guzman is guilty on 11 trafficking, firearms and money laundering charges, which could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars.Almost all of them had already heard of him before being called to
  
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• Emma Thompson Wears Sneakers, Flirts With Prince William At Damehood Ceremony

  07-11-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  Oscar-winning actress and enemy of high-heeled shoes everywhere Emma Thompson
  
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• Emmanuel Macron under fire for calling Nazi collaborator Philippe Pétain a 'great soldier'

  07-11-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  Emmanuel Macron has drawn fierce criticism over plans to celebrate Nazi collaborator Philippe Pétain’s role as a “great soldier” in the First World War. Petain led France's Vichy regime during the Second World War and was sentenced to death for collaboration before then-president Charles de Gaulle, a longtime admirer, reduced the punishment to life in prison. But he was a hero of the First World War. A 58-year old colonel at the start of battle in 1914, Pétai
  
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• Trump Says He Won't Turn Over His Tax Returns. It's Not Up To Him Anymore.

  07-11-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he doesn't want to let Democrats
  
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• Trump clashes with 'rude, terrible person' Jim Acosta of CNN

  07-11-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  The president has a heated exchange with the man his supporters love to hate.
  
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• 11-Year-Old Ohio Boy Takes Car On Joyride After Mom Takes Away PlayStation

  07-11-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  An 11-year-old boy in Cleveland is facing charges after taking police on a
  
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• Trump Complains About GOP Incumbents Who Didn't Embrace Him And Lost

  07-11-2018 18:59 via yahoo.com
  During a rambling news conference that began as a soliloquy, President Donald
  
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