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• The U.S. Has Been in a Constant State of National Emergency Since 1979. Here’s Why

  08-01-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The National Emergencies Act of 1976 was part of a series of post-Nixon measures to limit presidential power
  
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• Tom Steyer has a platform for a post-impeachment America

  08-01-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The progressive activist and philanthropist tells Yahoo News that he will announce Wednesday whether he will seek the presidency in 2020.
  
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• Here Is Mercedes-Benz’s Answer to Tesla's Model X

  08-01-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Mercedes-Benz's EQC 400 is a direct competition to Elon Musk's Tesla SUV—but the designs of the two cars are very different
  
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• Trump campaign chief gave polling data to Russian

  08-01-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's one-time presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted in a court filing Tuesday he provided polling data from the campaign to a Russian with ties to intelligence during the 2016 US presidential race.Manafort denied allegations from the Russian collusion investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller that he had lied about his dealings with Konstantin Kilimnik, arguing he merely forgot details during the hectic election campaign.
  
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• Filing: Manafort lied about sharing poll data with Russian

  08-01-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared polling data during the 2016 presidential campaign with a business associate accused of having ties to Russian intelligence, and prosecutors say he lied to them about it, according to a court filing Tuesday.
  
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• Border 'crisis' echo in Texas is faint as lawmakers return

  08-01-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to Texas to press for a border wall to end the government shutdown. But talk of the "crisis" he describes is notably faint in the Texas Legislature, where Republicans have long cast the border with Mexico as a dangerous threat.
  
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• We Ride "Off Road" in the 2019 BMW X7 at CES

  08-01-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  BMW set up a course in a parking lot to show off the SUV's off-road capabilities.
  
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• Florida felons rejoice after regaining their right to vote

  08-01-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The normally humdrum bureaucracy of registering to vote brought tears to the eyes of some Floridians on Tuesday when most felons regained their right to vote under a state constitutional amendment.
  
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• The Shutdown Isn't Really About the Wall. It's About Trump's Future

  08-01-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  As Trump prepares to make his first prime-time address, he faces divided government for the first time in his political career.
  
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• Judge Slams U.S. Over ‘Laughable’ Shutdown Delay Request

  08-01-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  In a ruling denying the government’s bid for more time, U.S. District Judge William G. Young said lapses in federal appropriations, like the current one triggered by President Donald Trump’s demand for funding for a border wall with Mexico, aren’t a government "policy" that could theoretically justify staying such a lawsuit."Let us talk plain -- they are simply an abdication by the president and the Congress (which could override a presidential veto) of the duty to govern respo
  
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• 9 facts you should know about the border before Trump addresses the nation

  08-01-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  It would be nice if Donald Trump would stick to the facts in his address to the nation, but that's not likely.
  
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• JetBlue passenger was unarmed, suspected of being intoxicated in airport meltdown

  08-01-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Florida police have since said that the woman who threatened JetBlue staff that she had a gun did not. Meanwhile, the airline told USA TODAY that she appeared intoxicated.
  
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• Venezuela's armed forces declare 'loyalty' to Maduro

  08-01-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's armed forces declared "absolute loyalty" to President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday, just two days before the socialist leader is sworn in for a second term of office.Maduro will be sworn into office on Thursday by the Supreme Court despite the country's laws stating this is the job of parliament.
  
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• This Dream Job Will Pay You $130,000 a Year to Run an Island Inn Off the Coast of San Francisco

  08-01-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  If you’re a firm believer that modern conveniences like Wi-Fi and cell service are overrated, happen to be on the job market, and are looking for a $130,000 annual salary, we’ve got an opportunity for you.
  
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• Former Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval joins MGM Resorts

  08-01-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is joining casino giant MGM Resorts International to help push the company's global expansion efforts, particularly in Japan, and work on state-level public policy related to sports betting.
  
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• The Latest: 2nd suspect charged in Houston girl's death

  08-01-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl in Houston (all times local):
  
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• Build the wall: the pledge defining Trump's presidency

  08-01-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington (AFP) - Building a wall on the border with Mexico has been a central plank of US President Donald Trump's political platform, both as a candidate and since taking office.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan rebukes Trump's top security adviser over Kurds in Syria

  08-01-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Erdogan said John Bolton, who held talks with Turkish officials in Ankara on Tuesday but left without meeting the president, "made a serious mistake" in setting conditions for Turkey's military role after the U.S. pullout.The rebuke highlights the difficulties in implementing Trump's goal of bringing home some 2,000 U.S. troops stationed in Syria.Trump's plan, clouded by mixed messages from the president and his administration, hinges on Turkish cooperation to secure a huge swathe of northeast S
  
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• Government shutdown forces Joshua Tree National Park to close due to maintenance issues

  08-01-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The move comes 17 days after the partial government shutdown sent all but a fraction of Joshua Tree National Park's staff home.
  
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• Australia to 'consider' Saudi woman's asylum plea

  08-01-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Australia said Tuesday it would "carefully consider" the asylum claim of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled alleged abuse from her family and is now in the care of the UN in Bangkok, after she fended off deportation in a gripping, live-tweeted ordeal.Qunun said she planned to seek asylum in Australia, fearing she would be killed if repatriated by Thai immigration officials who stopped her at the airport.Saudi Arabia's human rights record has been under heavy scrutiny since the murder of journal
  
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• U.S. gives farmers more time to apply for aid due to government shutdown

  08-01-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday extended the deadline for farmers hurt by trade wars to apply for aid payments as the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on.The deadline, originally set for Jan. 15, will be delayed for the number of business days that USDA offices are closed, according to the agency.Offices for USDA's Farm Service Agency, where farmers must submit their applications, have been shuttered since Dec. 28.
  
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• Saba Capital's Tail Hedge Master Fund gains 25 percent in 2018

  08-01-2019 20:52
  Saba Capital's Tail Hedge Master Fund, which promises a sort of doomsday insurance through bets that perform well when markets spiral, ended 2018 with a 25 percent gain, a person familiar with the...
  
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• Trump Likely to Delay Decision on Crisis Powers Beyond Speech

  08-01-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The emerging strategy is now seen by some of his allies as the president’s best way to get his wall on the U.S.-Mexico border -- a key campaign promise.It’s unlikely that Trump will use an Oval Office address scheduled for 9 p.m. Washington time to invoke emergency powers.A draft Tuesday morning didn’t include such a declaration, though Trump could change his mind and add it at any time, said two people familiar with the matter.
  
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• The 2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA Is Sleeker, Smarter, and Finally Done Right

  08-01-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The second generation of Benz's swoopy compact four-door is what it always should have been.
  
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• As Trump's timeline for Syria withdrawal slips, U.S. allies are nervous, angry, confused

  08-01-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's advisers are trying to calm jittery U.S. allies amid Trump's Syria withdrawal announcement. But experts say they have lost credibility.
  
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• What is fight over Trump's border wall about?

  08-01-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has partially shut down the US government and is threatening to declare a national emergency as he pressures Congress for money to build a wall on the US-Mexican border to stem a surge in illegal immigrants.Trump, who is to make a national address Tuesday night on the "crisis," says the country is being flooded with drugs and violent gangs.Trump's opponents say he is exaggerating the issue and that a massive wall is inefficient and not worth closing the government for.
  
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• Trump the latest US president to use Oval Office to address nation

  08-01-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump is to address the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday to present his case for building a wall along the southern border with Mexico.
  
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• Sears agrees to consider revised Lampert bid

  08-01-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Sears Holdings Corp agreed on Tuesday to consider a revised takeover bid from Chairman Edward Lampert, temporarily staving off a liquidation.
  
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• Manafort says any misstatements 'unintentional': court filing

  08-01-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Manafort was responding to allegations in December by the U.S. special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election that Manafort had told "multiple discernible lies" to investigators, breaking a plea agreement struck in September.Manafort's lawyers had been given until Monday to decide whether they would challenge the allegations, a move that would require a court hearing to weigh evidence, or simply ask the government to move on to sentencing.The former Trump campai
  
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• What air travelers should know about the government shutdown

  08-01-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — The partial government shutdown is starting to affect air travel.
  
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• Genealogy database, gum help convict DJ in '92 killing

  08-01-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A popular DJ pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping and strangling a schoolteacher in 1992 after being identified as a suspect as a result of DNA a relative had submitted to a genealogy database.
  
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• Mayor Bill de Blasio announces health care coverage for all New York City residents, including illegal immigrants

  08-01-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Plan would guarantee health care to every New York City resident even if they can't afford it; Bryan Llenas explains how the mayor plans to pay for it.
  
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• What to know about national emergencies and their role in US history

  08-01-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  While presidential emergencies often lead to bitter partisan disputes and occasionally wind up in court, they are also relatively common in the U.S.
  
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• Woman with concealed carry license fatally shoots attempted robber: police

  08-01-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities in Illinois say a woman with a concealed carry license fatally
  
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• The Milky Way could hit another galaxy in 2 billion years, sending our solar system flying into space

  08-01-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Our Milky Way galaxy could collide with a nearby galaxy (the Large Magellenic Cloud) in a "spectacular" cosmic collision in about 2 billion years
  
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• The buoyant life and tragic death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes - her funeral is today

  08-01-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The second-grader died in a shooting investigated as a possible hate crime before investigators concluded her death was a case of mistaken identity.
  
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• UK's Brexit vote planned for January 15, no plans to delay EU exit

  08-01-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain plans to hold a vote in parliament on the government's deal to leave the European Union on Jan. 15, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said on Tuesday after a meeting of senior ministers.May again told her cabinet it was not government policy to delay Brexit by extending the so-called Article 50 notice, the spokesman said, adding the idea may have been discussed by EU officials but not by British officials.
  
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• Police respond after JetBlue passenger has a meltdown at airport, claims to have a gun

  08-01-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The airport meltdown, which was captured and shared on social media, shows the woman getting aggressive toward JetBlue staff.
  
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• Correction: Teen-Life Sentence-Clemency story

  08-01-2019 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a story Jan. 7 about the clemency of Cyntoia Brown, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Brown was picked up at a drive-in theater. She was picked up at a Sonic Drive-In fast-food restaurant.
  
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• Supreme Court Gets New Filing in Case Seen Linked to Mueller

  08-01-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A new filing on the high court’s online docket promises an appeal of a lower court ruling that upheld fines against the company for not complying with a grand jury subpoena.It also asks the Supreme Court to let a redacted version of that appeal be made public, according to the court’s docket.The Supreme Court is already considering a request to block the ruling while the case is on appeal.
  
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• Smartphones are paving way for the Antichrist, says Russian church leader

  08-01-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The Russian Orthodox patriarch has warned that the popularity of smartphones is paving the way for the coming of the Antichrist. In an interview on state television for Russian Orthodox Christmas on Monday, Patriarch Kirill warned that the widespread use of gadgets connected to the Internet has opened the possibility for “universal control over humanity”. The “devil acts very wisely” in offering people such a “toy”, he said. "Such control from one place forebo
  
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• Smartphones are paving way for the Antichrist, says head of Russian church

  08-01-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The Russian Orthodox patriarch has warned that the popularity of smartphones is paving the way for the coming of the Antichrist. In an interview on state television for Russian Orthodox Christmas on Monday, Patriarch Kirill warned that the widespread use of gadgets connected to the Internet has opened the possibility for “universal control over humanity”. The “devil acts very wisely” in offering people such a “toy”, he said. "Such control from one place forebo
  
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• Kevin Spacey says sexual assault accuser engaged in 'mutual and consensual flirting'

  08-01-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Kevin Spacey has denied sexually assaulting an 18-year-old in a Nantucket bar in 2016, insisting in court filings that the pair spent an enjoyable night together and engaged in "mutual and consensual flirting". In his first account of the night, Spacey claimed that his accuser, William Little, was friendly and admiring, even bringing over a friend to introduce him. Spacey, 59, appeared in court on Monday on the Massachusetts island to be charged with indecent assault over the incident. He h
  
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• CNN's Don Lemon says Trump's Oval Office address should be aired on a delay

  08-01-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  CNN anchor Don Lemon said President Trump's first prime-time address from the Oval Office should have a delay due to his concern that Trump will promote 'propaganda.' Lemon told his CNN colleague Chris Cuomo that network execs 'have to wonder' whether or not Trump's address should be aired live or if coverage should include a live 'fact-check' component. All the major networks, including CNN have decided to air the address live.
  
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• Family Demands Answers After NJ Man Asks Police for Water, Dies Within 48 Hours

  08-01-2019 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a 27-year-old New Jersey man is demanding answers after a man died hours after asking for help at a police station.
  
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• Cyntoia Brown to be freed after being jailed for murder as a teen

  08-01-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Cyntoia Brown, a Tennessee woman serving a life sentence in prison for murder and robbery, was granted clemency on Monday after high-profile campaigners brought her case to the public's attention, sparking debate about life terms for children. The case garnered widespread attention in the US, despite being over a decade old, and the hashtag #FreeCyntoiaBrown trended on Twitter after celebrities including reality TV-star Kim Kardashian West, singer Rihanna and comedian Amy Schumer advoc
  
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• Erdogan rebukes U.S. security adviser over Kurdish militia comments

  08-01-2019 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Erdogan said John Bolton, who held talks with Turkish officials in Ankara on Tuesday but left without meeting the president, "made a serious mistake" in setting conditions for Turkey's military role after the U.S. pull-out.The rebuke highlights the difficulties in implementing Trump's goal of bringing home some 2,000 U.S. troops stationed in Syria - a plan that hinges on Turkish cooperation to secure a huge swathe of northeast Syria as the United States departs.
  
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• Turkey slams US request for assurances on Syrian Kurds

  08-01-2019 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the U.S. national security adviser of making "a very serious mistake" Tuesday by demanding that Ankara guarantee the safety of Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria before the U.S. withdraws its troops from the war-torn country.
  
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• Boeing flies past Airbus with 2018 aircraft deliveries

  08-01-2019 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing reported record commercial plane deliveries for the second straight year on Tuesday and although short of the company's forecast the figures still beat those of Boeing's European rival Airbus.The US aerospace giant, which has capitalized on rising global demand for air travel, reported deliveries of 806 planes for the year, up from 763 in 2017.In October, Boeing had forecast annual plane deliveries of between 810 and 815.
  
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• Gavin Newsom sets a bold — and costly — agenda for California, staking the future of his party on its success

  08-01-2019 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  New California Gov. Gavin Newsom mounted the stage in Sacramento Monday to take his oath of office and deliver an inaugural address.
  
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