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• House Votes to Disapprove Steve King's White Supremacy Comments

  15-01-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The House voted 424-1 for the measure Tuesday, a day after King’s fellow Republicans stripped him of his committee assignments."White supremacy and white nationalism are evils," Clyburn of South Carolina said on the House floor ahead of the vote.
  
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• Barr Say He, Not Mueller, May Write the Public Report on Russia Probe

  15-01-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  “I will commit to providing as much information as I can consistent with the regulations” on special counsels, Barr, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department, said Tuesday in the first of two days of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Barr, 68, has been through the confirmation process before and served as attorney general in the 1990s.
  
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• Barr Tells Senators He Might Not Release Mueller Report

  15-01-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  In a Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, Attorney General nominee William Barr declined to promise that he would release Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report to Congress and the public.“My goal and intent is to get as much information out as I can,” Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee, before adding that he was “not going to make a pledge to anyone on this committee” about how he would handle his responsibilities as attorney general.&
  
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• 911 call reveals moments after Jayme was found

  15-01-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities in Wisconsin released audio of the 911 call placed moments after 13-year-old Jayme Closs was found and brought to a neighbor's home in rural Gordon. (Jan. 15)
  
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• Will May Survive Her Brexit Defeat?

  15-01-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The only meaningful unity that the United Kingdom has seen in the past two years has been opposition to the Brexit deal Prime Minister Theresa May negotiated with the European Union.The defeat, as predicted, has prompted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to propose a vote, expected to be held on Wednesday, of no confidence in the government.When future historians consider Brexit, they will surely marvel at May’s obstinate capacity for survival in the face of unending political humiliation.
  
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• Say it ain't snow: 2 winter storms, then an Arctic blast from the 'fractured' polar vortex

  15-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Any hopes we had for a mild end to January appear over. A pair of winter storms will dump snow and ice across the central and eastern U.S. over the next several days.
  
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• 'El Chapo' paid former Mexican president $100 million bribe: trial witness

  15-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Alex Cifuentes, who has described himself as Guzman's onetime right-hand man, discussed the alleged bribe under cross-examination by one of Guzman's lawyers in Brooklyn federal court.Asked if he told authorities in 2016 that Guzman arranged the bribe, he answered, "That's right."Cifuentes testified that he had told U.S. prosecutors Pena Nieto reached out to Guzman first, asking for $250 million.Cifuentes told the prosecutors that the bribe was paid in October 2012, when Pena Nieto was president-
  
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• William Barr's grandson steals spotlight at attorney general confirmation hearing

  15-01-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  While the nation was watching how Attorney General nominee William Barr would answer questions on his record and views on policies, his 8-year-old grandson, Liam, appeared to steal the spotlight.
  
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• Two Republicans Push ‘Border Bonds’ to Let Americans Finance a Wall

  15-01-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Representatives Steven Palazzo of Mississippi and Andy Harris of Maryland, both members of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the Border Bonds for America Act of 2019 -- a law that would allow Americans to buy such securities from the U.S. The funds would be put in a trust fund and used just to built a wall along the nearly 2,000 mile (3,200 kilometer) border.The tactic echoes the Liberty Bond program, which appealed to Americans’ sense of patriotism to raise funds during World
  
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• McDonald's loses 'Big Mac' trademark case to Irish chain Supermac's

  15-01-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  McDonald's Corp has lost its rights to the trademark 'Big Mac' in a European Union case ruling in favour of Ireland-based fast-food chain Supermac's.
  
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• Gunmen kill 14 in Kenya hotel compound attack claimed by Somali Islamists

  15-01-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Eight hours after the assault began at Nairobi's upscale 14 Riverside Drive complex, a burst of gunfire was heard in the area, suggesting the situation was not yet under control.Nairobi is a major expatriate hub, and the compound targeted contained offices of various international companies, in an echo of a deadly 2013 assault on a Nairobi shopping center in the same neighborhood."The main door of the hotel was blown open and there was a human arm in the street severed from the shoulder," said S
  
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• Here’s the Note Coast Guard Members Got on Their First-Ever Day Without Pay

  15-01-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  It's the first time in history that American military service members have not been paid during a shutdown
  
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• The Latest: Dem freshmen seek out McConnell to talk shutdown

  15-01-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the partial government shutdown (all times local):
  
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• How William Barr Tried to Reassure Democrats at His Confirmation Hearing

  15-01-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  As a private lawyer in the twilight of his career, William Barr argued that he can serve as attorney general without fear of consequences.
  
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• The 2019 Heavy Duty Ram’s Cummins Requires An Entire Eight Feet of Diesel-Exhaust-Scrubbing Tech

  15-01-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The Ram HD's improbably long exhaust system alone is something to gawk at.
  
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• Ireland readies 'mega' no-deal Brexit legislation package

  15-01-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Ireland's cabinet on Tuesday began to build upon the no-deal contingency plans it issued last month by seeking to reassure business of the availability of additional transport capacity and patients of the security of medicine supplies.Its preparations will be underpinned by one single emergency Brexit bill incorporating 17 new laws that Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney will, if required, begin moving through parliament in the final week of February."We don't want to have to do this of course,
  
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• AccuWeather: 2 Chances of Snow

  15-01-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Meteorologist Adam Joseph says we'll have a couple of dry and rather bright days before our winter storm threats.
  
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• Kenya Hunts Gunmen in Fatal Hotel Attack Claimed by Al-Qaeda

  15-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The attack on 14 Riverside Drive in Nairobi began with an explosion targeting three vehicles in the parking lot and then a suicide-bombing in the foyer of a Dusit Hotels & Resorts Co. outlet, police Inspector-General Joseph Boinnet said Tuesday in a televised briefing.Al-Shabaab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda based in neighboring Somalia, said it killed 47 people in the attack, according to Radio Andalus, a broadcaster that supports its insurgency.The group didn’t say how it obtained the fi
  
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• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand moves toward launching 2020 presidential campaign

  15-01-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The New York Democrat announced her intentions on CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" ahead of a trip to Iowa this weekend.
  
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• Amid shutdown, Texas governor sidesteps border wall debate

  15-01-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Greg Abbott began a second term as Texas governor Tuesday by promising lower taxes and a school funding overhaul but without mentioning a national policy dispute that weighs heavily on his state: President Donald Trump's demand for a border wall.
  
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• Shot Fired at School Bus Stemmed from Fight Over Cell Phone, Mother Says

  15-01-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are investigating after a Kansas City school bus was shot at while students were on board.
  
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• U.S. House, including Steve King, votes to condemn his racist statements

  15-01-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  King, a Republican who represents a conservative district in Iowa, gave a media interview earlier this month in which he questioned why "white supremacy" is considered offensive.King himself voted in favor of the resolution, which referred to his remarks, because he said his comments were taken out of context and he too condemns white supremacy and racism."The words are likely what I said, but I want to read them to you the way that I likely said it," King said, who then read them aloud.
  
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• Turkey to set up Syria 'security zone' after Trump call

  15-01-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Ankara would set up a "security zone" in northern Syria suggested by US President Donald Trump.Erdogan's comments came a day after he had a telephone conversation with Trump to ease tensions after the US leader threatened to "devastate" the Turkish economy if Ankara attacks Kurdish forces in Syria.
  
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• El Chapo trial: Joaquín Guzman paid former Mexican president $100m bribe, witness claims

  15-01-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, a witness has claimed in court.Alex Cifuentes, who has said he was a close associate of Guzman for years, discussed the alleged bribe as part of the accused Mexcan drug lord’s trial.Mr Pena Nieto, commonly known by his initials EPN, was president of Mexico from December 2012 until November 2018.
  
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• Trump Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Blocked by Court

  15-01-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The ruling comes after a two-week trial in Manhattan that the government sought more than a dozen times to derail.The Supreme Court may have the last word, though the court will have to move quickly to let the Census Bureau meet its June deadline to start printing the questionnaire.Critics of the question -- “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” -- said it was an attempt by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to promote a Trump administration effort to undercount Hispanics and
  
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• May Loses Brexit Vote in Landslide, Faces Confidence Vote

  15-01-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal was rejected by Parliament in a humiliating defeat, her plan for leaving the European Union all but dead.The House of Commons voted 432 versus 202 against the divorce the U.K. government brokered with the European Union.A margin of less than 60 would have given grounds to hope that the deal was salvageable, with the EU poised to engage in ways to make it more palatable.
  
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• FBI debated whether Trump was ‘following directions’ of Russia, transcripts reveal

  15-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Top FBI officials debated whether Donald Trump was “acting at the behest of” Russia and “somehow following directions,” according to newly disclosed transcripts of congressional hearings.James Baker, the FBI’s general counsel in the aftermath of James Comey’s firing as FBI director, told lawmakers senior bureau officials discussed the possibility the US president was working for the Kremlin, according to transcripts obtained by CNN.The other extreme is that th
  
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• House Democrats Reject White House Invitation to Shutdown Talks

  15-01-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats on Tuesday rejected an invitation from the White House to continue negotiations to end the government shutdown.Several moderate House Democrats, who were invited along with nine House Republicans to a luncheon with the president Tuesday, but none accepted the invitation, the White House said.“Today, the president offered both Democrats and Republicans the chance to meet for lunch at the White House.
  
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• The Latest: Canada asks China to spare life of Canadian

  15-01-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on China-Canada tensions (all times local):
  
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• Palestinians launch bid for full UN membership

  15-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The Palestinians will launch a bid to become a full member of the United Nations even though such a move will be blocked by the United States, the Palestinian foreign minister said Tuesday.The Palestinians have the status of non-member observer state at the world body and full membership would amount to international recognition of Palestinian statehood.Any request to become a UN member-state must first be approved by the Security Council, where the United States has veto power, before it is end
  
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• The Latest: King to vote 'yes' on measure rebuking him

  15-01-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa (all times local):
  
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• U.S.-bound Honduran migrant caravan grows as Trump argues for wall

  15-01-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A new U.S.-bound caravan of Honduran migrants grew to nearly 1,000 people as it neared the Guatemalan border on Tuesday, a Honduran official said, while U.S. President Donald Trump seized on news of the group to try to drum up support for a border wall.Honduran Deputy Foreign Minister Nelly Jerez told reporters that there were between 800 and 1,000 people traveling together and headed toward the Agua Caliente border crossing into Guatemala.Central American migrant caravans heading toward the Uni
  
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• Timeline of key events leading up to Brexit vote

  15-01-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events related to Britain's decision to leave the European Union:
  
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• 911 call log reveals details of Jayme Closs' escape from Jake Patterson

  15-01-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  A transcript of the 911 call reveals further details of teen's dramatic escape after 88 days missing.
  
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• China condemns Trudeau's remarks about Canadian's death sentence

  15-01-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Hours later, in an apparent bid to ease tension, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland spoke of the "very important and long-standing ties" between the two nations.The countries have been at odds since early December, when Canadian police arrested Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL], on a U.S. extradition request as part of an investigation into suspected violations of U.S. trade sanctions.Days later, China detained two Canadians on suspicion of end
  
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• McDonald's loses EU trademark for Big Mac after 'David and Goliath' battle with Irish restaurant

  15-01-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  McDonald's has been stripped of its European Union trademark for the Big Mac hamburger in humiliating defeat after a “David and Goliath” legal battle with Supermac’s, an Irish fast food chain. In a landmark judgment with immediate effect, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) said McDonald's has failed to prove “genuine use” of the Big Mac trademark as a burger or restaurant. "Never mind David versus Goliath, this unique landmark decision is akin t
  
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• Government shutdown: Inspections resuming for high-risk food, like seafood, baby formula

  15-01-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  About 150 furloughed workers are being recalled to do the inspections, the FDA said. They're mostly unpaid.
  
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• A Judge Blocked the Census From Asking About Citizenship. Here's Why It Matters

  15-01-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge in New York has blocked the Trump Administration from adding a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census.
  
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• Parliament Rejects May’s Brexit Deal

  15-01-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The Brexit deal painstakingly negotiated by British prime minister Theresa May over the past two years was rejected overwhelmingly by Parliament on Tuesday.The deal, which fell in a 432–202 vote in the House of Commons, represented the only established path forward to prevent a so-called “no-deal” British exit from the European Union, which is set to take place in March and would likely result in massive political and economic upheaval.In response to the historic defeat, Labour
  
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• Parliament strikes down Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal by 230 votes

  15-01-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday.
  
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• Judge blocks Trump question on citizenship in US Census

  15-01-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge in New York on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's administration's bid to reinstate a citizenship question in the US Census.The ruling, seen as a win for Democrats and immigration rights groups, still could be taken up by the US Supreme Court.Rights groups and several US states and cities opposed the move by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to add the question to the 2020 census.
  
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• JPMorgan misses estimates, caused by trading troubles

  15-01-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s fourth-quarter profits badly missed analysts' forecasts on Tuesday, caused by weakness in the bank's bond-trading business.
  
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• Who's behind the egg that broke the Instagram world record?

  15-01-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  By now, you've heard about the egg, which surpassed a photo of Kylie Jenner's daughter, Stormi, on Sunday as the most-liked post on Instagram. But who did the egg? Whose dumb but ultimately successful idea was this?> View this post on Instagram
  >> A post shared by EGG GANG(@world_record_egg) on Jan 4, 2019 at 9:05am PSTHere's what we know so far:## 1\. The egg account holder goes by "Henrietta."Henrietta is, according to a report from BuzzFeed News, a "chicken from the British coun
  
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• Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac all want in on electric cars

  15-01-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Cadillac is General Motors' vanguard brand to develop and build electric vehicles, but Buick and Chevrolet have plans for EVs too.
  
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• UK opposition's Corbyn says Brexit deal could be renogotiated if May's plan rejected

  15-01-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could reopen negotiations with the European Union over the terms of its departure from the bloc, opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday, as he urged lawmakers to reject Prime Minister Theresa May's deal. "I say this to our negotiating partners in the EU: If parliament votes down this deal, then re-opening negotiations should not, and can not, be ruled out," Corbyn told parliament ahead of a vote on May's deal which the government is expected to lo
  
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• Barr draws a line for Trump: ‘I will not be bullied’

  15-01-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's nominee for attorney general promises that he will abide by his sense of what is right and will not be susceptible to pressure from the president or from whatever quarter.
  
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• May tells MPs they have 'duty to deliver' on Brexit vote

  15-01-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday urged MPs to vote in favour of her Brexit deal with the EU, telling them they had a duty to deliver on the 2016 referendum result."I believe we have a duty to deliver on the democratic decision of the British people," she said, warning MPs that the EU would not offer any "alternative deal".
  
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• William Barr defends Robert Mueller and says he won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump as next Attorney General

  15-01-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  William Barr has told Congress that he would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian election meddling from political pressure, despite his past criticism of the inquiry.Donald Trump’s nominee to become the next attorney general was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday during his first day of confirmation hearings.Mr Barr, who was attorney general under President George Bush in the 1990s, also faced questions about an unsolicited, 19-page memo he wro
  
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