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• Venezuela crisis: 'Kremlin-linked' military contractors arrive to provide security for Maduro

  25-01-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Kremlin-linked military contractors have flown to Venezuela to provide security for Nicolas Maduro, reports say, as the president says he is willing to engage in talks with the opposition.While the US intensified its push to drive the Venezuelan president from power, Russia has vowed to back its South American ally.US secretary of state Mike Pompeo is set to brief the UN Security Council on 26 January after the US and a string of countries in the region said they recognised opposition leader Jua
  
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• Foreign policy hawk Elliott Abrams joins Trump administration as Venezuela envoy

  25-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Elliott Abrams will travel to New York with him Saturday for a meeting of the United Nation's Security Council.
  
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• Trump Bows to Democrats, Temporarily Ends Shutdown Without Wall

  25-01-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Under terms of the agreement, Trump will sign a short-term spending bill through Feb. 15 and Congress will immediately begin negotiating border security legislation.The Senate approved the deal on a voice vote shortly after Trump’s remarks, and the House is planning to take up the measure soon.The president threatened that if a final deal doesn’t include money for a wall, he would either shut down the government again or declare a national emergency that he says would allow him to be
  
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• Why Venezuela military leaders are standing behind Maduro

  25-01-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Even as Venezuelans fill the streets rallying behind opposition leader Juan Guaido and the list of foreign nations recognizing him as the country's rightful president grows, the top members of the all-important military are sending a different message: Forget about it.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi Comments on the State of the Union Date

  25-01-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The House Speaker spoke after Trump declared a temporary end to the government shutdown.
  
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• Fannie-Freddie Release Plan Draws Scrutiny From Democrats

  25-01-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The scrutiny from House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters and Senator Sherrod Brown, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, follows statements from a President Donald Trump-appointed regulator about ending the mortgage giants’ decade-long conservatorships.Joseph Otting, the acting head of the companies’ regulator, told Federal Housing Finance Agency staff at a private meeting last week that Treasury and the White House will soon release a proposal.
  
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• Mueller Reveals ‘Senior’ Trump Campaign Push for Stolen Emails

  25-01-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump isn’t addressed directly in the 24-page indictment of his longtime political ally, but the detailed account of the interaction of his campaign and allies with WikiLeaks raises new questions about whether Trump or his family played a direct role in trying to communicate with the secretive foreign group that has been linked to Russia.The key passage in the indictment relates to a set of DNC emails released on July 22, 2016.
  
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• When will federal workers get paid? Reopening the government not as easy as flipping a light switch

  25-01-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  With the partial shutdown apparently over for now, the Trump administration will have to restart the government. Some areas will take time to reopen.
  
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• Patton Oswalt Gets Into Twitter Spat with Trump Supporter – Then Helps Pay His Medical Bills

  25-01-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  When Patton Oswalt got trolled on Twitter, he chose compassion over "getting even."
  
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• Oil Rises as U.S. Shutdown Ends While Venezuela Tensions Mount

  25-01-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Futures in New York rose 1.1 percent, gaining steam on reports President Donald Trump agreed to a three-week pause in the government shutdown to pursue border-security talks with Democrats.In Caracas, President Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaido, the opposition leader, gave dueling speeches while the United Nations Security Council prepared to meet tomorrow on the crisis.“There’s some optimism now that the government shutdown, at least temporarily, may be behind us," said Brian Kessens,
  
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• Donald Trump caved to Nancy Pelosi on shutdown, now the wall will never be built

  25-01-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  This is undoubtedly the weakest moment of President Trump's tenure. He has handed Nancy Pelosi not one, but two, wins that betray his best interests.
  
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• Putting the Roger Stone Indictment in Context

  25-01-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the interesting consequences of the “drip, drip” release of information as political scandals slowly unfold is that political combatants often end up focusing on each new detail rather than placing it in the context of the larger whole.First, what does the Stone indictment add to the story of Russia, the Trump campaign, and 2016?
  
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• Rep. Ilhan Omar proposes taxing wealthiest Americans up to 90%

  25-01-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Ilhan Omar outlines some of the ways programs like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal could be funded, including taxing the wealthiest Americans up to 90 percent.
  
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• Trump shutdown deal leaves $130 billion bill for $5.7 billion wall

  25-01-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's Rose Garden announcement revealed an agreement to end the shutdown for now, but it tells us little about future of the wall or our economy.
  
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• Donald Trump's teleprompter tells him: '[Talk about Human Trafficking]'

  25-01-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump spent hours Friday working on his shutdown speech – but not all of it.
  
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• Woman Who Left Infant Strapped in Car Seat For Days Sentenced for His Death

  25-01-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A Michigan woman has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison for death of her infant son.
  
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• Mitch McConnell Says Senate Will Pass Bill to End Shutdown

  25-01-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will pass legislation on Friday that’s intended to reopen the government after a record-long 35 day shutdown.
  
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• Spinach recall: Why it's vulnerable to salmonella and other bacteria

  25-01-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Spinach is susceptible to salmonella because It has no peel, often is eaten raw and usually is thrown out before inspectors can track the source.
  
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• Roger Stone arrest: Trump confidant faces major indictment as president attempts to reopen government

  25-01-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser Roger Stone has been arrested by the FBI as part of Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible campaign links to Russia.The FBI has charged Mr Stone on seven counts, invcluding witness tampering, obstruction and false statements about his interactions related to the release by WikiLeaks of hacked emails during the 2016 presidential election."I am a fervent supporter of the president," he added, vowing to never testify against the president or
  
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• Flights delayed at 4 major airports due to ‘staffing’ issues as government shutdown ends

  25-01-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Flights at four major airports were delayed at some point Friday because of staffing issues among air traffic control employees.
  
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• Earth's Oldest Known Rock Was Found on the Moon

  25-01-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the moon rocks collected by Apollo 14 actually originated on the Earth.
  
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• 'Life-threatening' Arctic blast to freeze nearly 200 million as Polar Vortex attacks U.S.

  25-01-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Here comes the polar vortex: Next week's cold blast will be "life-threatening," "dangerous," "brutal," and "unprecedented."
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks rise but still end the week lower

  25-01-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Jennifer Lopez posts photo of her perfect abs, and fans clamor to join diet challenge

  25-01-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Jennifer Lopez and beau Alex Rodriguez are doing a 10-day no-carbs, no-sugar challenge.
  
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• The Latest: Russia says US moves in Venezuela 'unacceptable'

  25-01-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• How Donald Trump Lost More Than Just the Shutdown

  25-01-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump lost the fight over the government shutdown by nearly every metric that he himself set.
  
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• Child getting off school bus nearly hit by passing SUV

  25-01-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Police have released dashcam footage showing a driver illegally passing a stopped school bus, nearly hitting a child who had just gotten off.
  
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• U.S. intensifies anti-Maduro push as Russia backs Venezuelan ally

  25-01-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday will urge members of the United Nations Security Council to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate head of state.Washington requested the meeting of the 15-member council after a string of countries threw their weight behind Guaido, who heads Venezuela's congress, and urged Maduro to step down.Russia opposes the request and has accused Washington of backing a coup attempt, placing Venezuela at the heart of a growing geopo
  
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• This Chrome extension blocks distracting sites like Facebook and YouTube

  25-01-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  How much extra work could you get done over the course of a day if you had an assistant looking over your shoulder, shooing you away from the biggest time-sucks of the Internet like Facebook and YouTube? If you'd like to find out, there's a new extension for Google's Chrome Browser that, in a way, can serve as that assistant, knowing that most of us lack the self-control to avoid things like wasting time on Facebook, going on epic Netflix binge-a-thons and watching one cat video on YouTube after
  
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• Roger Stone: Defiant ‘dirty trickster’ vows to fight Mueller and defend Trump to the end

  25-01-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Political strategist Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of Donald Trump, has appeared in court on seven charges in connection with the investigation into Russian election interference.Mr Stone, 66, was arrested on Friday in a pre-dawn raid by heavily armed FBI agents in night-vision goggles at his home in Florida and released on a $250,000 bond after a brief hearing in Fort Lauderdale.A self-described “dirty trickster”, Mr Stone is officially the latest person to be ensnared by the Ru
  
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• High wait times at Atlanta airport 9 days before Super Bowl

  25-01-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — The world's busiest airport is experiencing long wait times to get through security just nine days before it expects 150,000 out-of-town visitors for the Super Bowl.
  
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• The forces behind Venezuela's Maduro-Guaido power struggle

  25-01-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  By declaring himself acting president, Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido sparked a leadership battle with the head of state, Nicolas Maduro.Maduro's most significant domestic backing comes from the military high command, which has repeatedly affirmed its loyalty to him.Of 32 government ministers, nine are from the military and control key portfolios such as defense, interior, agriculture and food, as well as the state oil company PDVSA -- vital in a country that brings in 96 percent of i
  
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• Elizabeth Warren’s Tax Proposal Aims at Assets of Wealthiest Americans

  25-01-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Warren, a Massachusetts senator who recently established an exploratory committee for the 2020 Democratic nomination, said she would use the revenue to rebuild the middle class, potentially by using the money to pay for child care or relieve student debt.The proposal underscores Warren’s economic populist message at the heart of her campaign to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020.A former Harvard law professor, she has written extensively about the shrinking middle class and made enem
  
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• School closures as sub-zero cold chills US Midwest

  25-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Bitter arctic air settled over the US Midwest on Friday, leading to school closures and event cancelations as officials warned of even frostier weather to come next week.The National Weather Service (NWS) forecasted that the chill would last through the weekend in the upper Midwest -- but "dangerously cold" temperatures are expected next week, with scattered heavy snow and strong winds."There is increasing confidence in significant, bitterly cold air arriving in the Northern Plains, Midwest and
  
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• Venezuela's 'interim president' urges military to defect amid promise of possible amnesty for Nicolas Maduro

  25-01-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela’s self-proclaimed “interim president” has appealed to the country’s military to abandon President Nicolas Maduro and join his side, asking citizens to “extend a hand of friendship” to soldiers to convince them to defect. Juan Guaido, the 35-year-old head of the opposition-controlled national assembly, called for massive protests next week at an open-air press conference in Caracas, interrupted by frequent cheers of “presidente”. Hours bef
  
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• Trump announces deal to reopen US government

  25-01-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal with opposition Democrats to temporarily reopen the US federal government, shut down for a record five weeks by a bitter row over funding for a US-Mexico border wall."We have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government," Trump said.US lawmakers and the White House were under intense pressure to resolve the impasse, as hundreds of thousands of federal workers headed into a second month without paychecks, and the political
  
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• Government shutdown: Trump announces deal to end closure in rambling address as US airports hit by major delays

  25-01-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has announced a short-term deal to reopen the federal government without allocating funds for his promised US-Mexico border wall.The president spoke at the White House Rose Garden and said a deal had been made with congressional leadership to reopen the government for three weeks.The announcement came as hundreds of flights were grounded or delayed at New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia airports.
  
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• Students Plan Sit-In to Support Denver Teachers Amid Potential Strike

  25-01-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Some students in Denver are planning a sit-in to support teachers amid a potential strike.
  
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• Missing 3-year-old boy found in North Carolina

  25-01-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Missing 3-year-old boy found alive is recovering in the hospital.
  
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• 9 movies and shows to watch on Netflix before they’re removed in February

  25-01-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  February looks like it's going to be something of a mixed bag for Netflix. There's still plenty of content set to drop in the coming weeks, but the number of returning original series is slightly low. On the other hand, hardly anything will be removed from the streaming service next month, so at least there's that.This is the first time in quite a while that I've been unable to fill out my list of ten shows and movies you should add to your queue before they vanish, but it was a stretch to even
  
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• Gaza man dies at rally; Palestinian teen killed in West Bank

  25-01-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man in Gaza as thousands took part Friday in a protest along the border, fueled in part by Hamas' rejection of Qatari cash aid after what the militant group says were Israeli delays in transferring the funds.
  
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• The Latest: Russia willing to mediate in Venezuela

  25-01-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• Trump Agrees to Three-Week Spending Bill Without Wall Funding to End Shutdown

  25-01-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump announced Friday afternoon that he will sign a stop-gap spending bill to fund the government through February 15, ending the longest government shutdown in history, which has left some 800,000 federal workers without paychecks.Trump’s concession — the stop-gap measure will not provide the $5.7 billion in border-wall funding that he’d demanded, precipitating the shutdown in the first place — will allow a congressional committee with representatives of both
  
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• Resignation over photos puts pressure on Florida governor

  25-01-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's push to bridge partisan and racial divides following his narrow election last year is being tested by the revelation that one of his top hires had dressed up in blackface and mocked Hurricane Katrina victims.
  
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• Lavrov denounces 'destructive' US policy on Venezuela

  25-01-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denounced Friday the United States' "destructive policy" on Venezuela, after Washington backed the opposition leader over President Nicolas Maduro."The (US) policy concerning Venezuela, as with many other countries, is destructive in my opinion, " Lavrov said during a press conference in Rabat with Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita after meeting King Mohamed VI.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will press UN Security Council members to recognise Juan Guai
  
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• Venezuela opposition leader cranks up pressure on Maduro

  25-01-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's opposition leader stepped up his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro on Friday, calling for a "major demonstration" and rejecting an offer of talks with the socialist leader.National Assembly head Juan Guaido, who proclaimed himself acting president during a huge street rally on Wednesday, said he wouldn't attend a "fake dialogue" on a crisis that has left 26 dead this week in clashes between anti-Maduro activists and security forces.
  
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• Ex-Trump advisor Stone indicted in Mueller probe

  25-01-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Roger Stone, a longtime advisor to Donald Trump, was arrested Friday on charges relating to the investigation into possible collusion between the president's election campaign and Russia.Stone was taken into custody by heavily armed police in a predawn raid at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after an indictment was unsealed in Washington by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
  
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• Trump’s Risk Deepens After Mueller Arrests Longtime Ally Stone

  25-01-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  After WikiLeaks released stolen Democratic National Committee emails on July 22, 2016, “a senior Trump Campaign official was directed to contact STONE about any additional releases and what other damaging information Organization 1 had regarding the Clinton Campaign.STONE thereafter told the Trump Campaign about potential future releases of damaging material by Organization 1,” the indictment said.
  
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• U.S. pensions seen moving $12 billion to bonds from stocks: Wells Fargo

  25-01-2019 19:55
  U.S. pension funds are projected to shift $12 billion into bonds from stocks in a rebalancing of their investments at the end of January, amid a rebound in the stock market following a sharp sell-off...
  
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• The oldest Earth rock ever found was actually brought back from the Moon

  25-01-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA astronauts who visited the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission hauled back a whole bunch of material from its surface. At the time, they believed they were bringing Moon rocks and dust so that scientists could learn more about Earth's friendly little neighbor, but as it turns out they were actually bringing some Earth material back to where it originated.In a new study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, researchers reveal that one of the chunks of rock brought back by Apollo 14
  
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