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• U.S.-based investment-grade bond funds extend 2019's weekly inflow streak

  11-04-2019 23:56
  Investors put money to work in corporate credit markets in the latest week, with U.S.-based investment-grade corporate bond funds attracting about $3.47 billion in the week ended onWednesday, the...
  
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• Durham explosion: Surveillance video captures moment of blast

  11-04-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  ABC11 has exclusively obtained surveillance video showing the moment an explosion rocked Durham Wednesday morning, killing one person and leaving 25 others injured.
  
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• Sudan army ousts Bashir, protestors vow further demos

  11-04-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Sudan's army ousted veteran president Omar al-Bashir Thursday, but protestors against his iron-fisted rule denounced a "coup" and thousands rallied outside army headquarters as a night-time curfew kicked in.In a sombre televised address, Defence Minister Awad Ibnouf announced "the toppling of the regime" and said Bashir had been detained in "a secure place", bringing an end to his three decades in power.Thousands of protestors were staging a sit-in for the sixth night running outside Khartoum ar
  
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• Netanyahu looks to form right-wing government after victory

  11-04-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to form a right-wing governing coalition on Thursday after securing victory in a high-stakes Israeli election despite a strong challenge from a centrist alliance.The results from Tuesday's vote came despite corruption allegations against the 69-year-old premier and kept him on course to become Israel's longest-serving prime minister later this year.The allegations are likely to play an important role in coalition negotiations as many analysts expect Netan
  
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• No path for Trump Fed pick Cain as 4 Republicans oppose

  11-04-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Four Senate Republicans were on record Thursday as opposing Donald Trump's planned choice of former pizza executive Herman Cain to join the US Federal Reserve, essentially scuppering his confirmation before the president officially nominates him.Trump has had tense relations with the nation's central bank for months, as he urges a lowering of interest rates and taps unconventional loyalists like Cain to fill empty seats on the Fed Reserve board.The pressure has led Democrats to raise concerns th
  
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• US cop's son arrested in arson of three black churches

  11-04-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The white son of a Louisiana police officer has been arrested and accused of burning down historically black churches in the southern US state, authorities announced Thursday.Holden Matthews is charged with three counts of arson on a religious building for allegedly burning down three rural churches over a 10-day period beginning in late March.Authorities said they were not ready to discuss the motive for the attacks, but a federal hate crimes investigation was ongoing.
  
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• Warren on Amazon's $0 tax bill: Yes, it's legal, and that's the problem

  11-04-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts senator has a plan to make the online retailer pay federal income taxes.
  
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• The Latest: UN chief urges calm after Sudan president ousted

  11-04-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — The latest on developments in Sudan (all times local):
  
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• Going beyond Barr, Trump claims 'illegal spying' on campaign

  11-04-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump seemed gratified Thursday that his attorney general has endorsed a key talking point of the president's supporters: that there was spying on Trump's 2016 campaign. But Trump went a step beyond Attorney General William Barr, accusing the government of committing an illegal, unprecedented act.
  
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• Assange hacking charge limits free speech defense: legal experts

  11-04-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The charge unsealed in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on Thursday said that in 2010 Assange agreed to help Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst then known as Bradley Manning, crack a password to a U.S. government network.At the time, Manning had already given WikiLeaks classified information about U.S. war activities in both Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as Guantanamo Bay detainees, prosecutors said.The scheme would have allowed Manning to log in to the network anonymo
  
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• Trump, in talks with South Korea's Moon, says sanctions on North Korea to stay in place

  11-04-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump and Moon, in the Oval Office, discussed the possibility of Moon having an inter-Korean summit with Kim soon as a way to boost dialogue between the United States and North Korea on denuclearization.North Korea, which has suspended nuclear tests and missile launches, has been pressing for sanctions relief but has not taken meaningful steps toward dismantling its nuclear weapons program.Trump and Kim have met twice, in Hanoi in February and Singapore last June, building good will but failing
  
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• BABY ON BOARD: Flight attendant introduces infant passenger to other travelers

  11-04-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  An infant got restless aboard a plane so a flight attendant offered to introduce the girl to other passengers
  
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• Wanted woman gets caught after taunting cops on Facebook

  11-04-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A wanted Pennsylvania woman was arrested after she taunted local authorities on Facebook by asking if they did "pick up or delivery."
  
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• National Pet Day: ABC13 anchors and reporters with their pets

  11-04-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  It's National Pet Day and ABC13 anchors and reporters are celebrating their furry friends.
  
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• U.S. Senate leader McConnell notes Republican worries over Cain serving on Fed

  11-04-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday withheld comment on whether he would support Herman Cain to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, saying that he would wait to see "who is actually nominated." Speaking to reporters in his Senate office, McConnell also was asked about some fellow Republican senators who have said they would not vote to confirm Cain, a former fast food industry executive and presidential candidate, if he is nominated. McConnell responded
  
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• Louisiana church fires: Deputy's son arrested as authorities investigate ties to black metal

  11-04-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Holden Matthews, the son of a sheriff's deputy, was in custody in connection with the fires of three predominantly black churches in Louisiana.
  
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• Trump alleges there was 'illegal spying' during his campaign

  11-04-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump seemed gratified Thursday that his attorney general has endorsed a key talking point of the president's supporters: that there was spying on Trump's 2016 campaign. But Trump went a step beyond Attorney General William Barr, accusing the government of committing an illegal, unprecedented act.
  
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• Son of sheriff's deputy charged with burning three Louisiana black churches

  11-04-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Holden Matthews, 21, a white resident of St. Landry Parish, the county where the fires occurred, was charged with three counts of simple arson on religious buildings, each count of which carries a prison sentence of up to 15 years, Louisiana Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning said."We are extremely, unequivocally confident that we have the person who is responsible for these tragic crimes on these three churches,” Browning told a news briefing in Opelousas, Louisiana, about 60 miles (97 km)
  
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• Boeing CEO seeks to reassure 737 Max jet changes will work

  11-04-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The changes have been proven in 96 test flights, the CEO said
  
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• Warren Pushes New Corporate Tax on Profits Above $100 Million

  11-04-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  There would be “no loopholes or exemptions” for the so-called Real Corporate Profits Tax, Warren said.It would be paid on top of what corporations owe under U.S. tax law and apply to profits earned domestically and abroad, preventing companies from shifting profits offshore to avoid the tax.The Massachusetts senator’s plan is part of her initiative to claim the mantle of progressive policy visionary in the large and diverse primary field, and to put meat on the bones of her pop
  
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• U.S. to send 100 agents to Mexico border to cut delays: congresswoman

  11-04-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The slowdowns began late last month after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to close the border if Mexico did not halt a surge of people seeking asylum in the United States.The administration moved several hundred border agents to handle the influx of migrants, triggering long delays for cross-border traffic because of the staffing shortage.As soon as Monday, CBP plans to send officers from the Canadian border and other parts of the country to El Paso, Texas, said Democratic U.S. Representa
  
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• Turmoil again at Mattress Firm? CEO suddenly exits six months after bankruptcy

  11-04-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Two mattress CEOs, including the CEO who led Mattress Firm through bankruptcy, are suddenly jobless in another shakeup for an industry in upheaval.
  
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• The $30 Anker earbuds everyone loves so much are only $22 right now

  11-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Want a pair of premium in-ear headphones but don't want to pay a premium price? The Anker SoundBuds Slim+ Wireless Headphones are exactly what you're looking for on a normal day, when they cost $30 for a pair. But if you use the coupon code AKSLPLUS right now on Amazon during checkout, you're only going to pay $21.99 for these excellent earbuds. That's a fantastic price, but it won't be available for very long.Here's some additional info from the product page:* 【Listen For Longer】U
  
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• Mark Riddell, the test-taker whiz in cheating case, expected to plead guilty in court Friday

  11-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Mark Riddell, the man accused of taking tests for students in an elaborate college admissions scheme, is scheduled to appear Friday in federal court.
  
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• Ecuador denounces WikiLeaks-linked plot against Moreno

  11-04-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Ecuador said Thursday that it had identified a WikiLeaks collaborator close to Julian Assange as being involved in a plot with two Russian hackers to destabilize President Lenin Moreno's government.The extraordinary claim by Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo at a press conference in Quito came shortly after Moreno terminated Assange's near seven-year asylum at Ecuador's London embassy, allowing British police to arrest him."For several years now, one of the key members of this WikiLeaks organiz
  
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• Tripoli forces take prisoners as EU demands Libya's Haftar to stop offensive

  11-04-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The fighting between Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) and troops under the internationally-backed Tripoli government has killed at least 56 people and forced 8,000 to flee their homes in the city in the last week, the United Nations said.A Reuters reporter heard occasional heavy gunfire and explosions as the LNA faced off with forces of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj's government around a disused former international airport and the Ain Zara district.After sweeping up from the south,
  
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• Ex-Obama White House counsel caught in Mueller dragnet

  11-04-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A prominent Washington attorney who worked in Barack Obama's White House on Thursday became the first Democrat to face charges from Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling.Greg Craig, 74, was charged with lying to investigators about his lobbying for the Russia-backed government of Ukraine, part of an operation that has already seen charges against three others, including President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
  
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• Heartbeat bill: Ohio governor signs one of the nation's strictest abortion bans

  11-04-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a "heartbeat" abortion ban Thursday afternoon alongside Republican legislative leaders.
  
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• UPDATE 3-Boeing CEO says 737 MAX software update working as designed

  11-04-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing Co's chief executive said on Thursday that a software update designed to prevent disasters like two recent fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX is working, with about two-thirds of the fast-selling jetliner's customers having seen the fix in simulator sessions.In his first public speech since an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed all 157 aboard on March 10, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said additional tests are expected in the coming weeks as the planemaker works to regain the co
  
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• Former White House counsel for Obama charged in Mueller-related case

  11-04-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Gregory Craig was charged with lying to US authorities about his work alongside Paul ManafortFollow the latest in US politics – live Gregory Craig is the first prominent Democrat to face criminal prosecution as a result of Mueller’s investigation. Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/APGregory Craig, a former White House counsel to Barack Obama, has been charged with lying to US authorities about his work alongside Paul Manafort for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. C
  
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• Michael Avenatti indictment: Charges could bring sentence of more than 300 years

  11-04-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced the filing of a 36-count grand jury indictment against Michael Avenatti.
  
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• Revenge of the Battleships: How the U.S. Navy's Warships Got Revenge for Pearl Harbor

  11-04-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Why the Japanese attack failed was even easier to answer. The Japanese underestimated American power and resilience, as they had all through the war, and overestimated their own resolve. Bushido code was not enough against American technology and determination. Japanese gunnery and torpedo efficiency was far below the glorious standards of 1942. Even Japanese seamanship, as evidenced by the collision of Nachi and Mogami, was faulty. Nishimura and Shima did not coordinate their forces—they
  
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• Trump floats idea of third North Korea summit

  11-04-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump said Thursday he is considering a potential third nuclear summit with North Korea's leader."We will be discussing that and potential meetings, further meetings with North Korea and Kim Jong Un," Trump said in the Oval Office at the start of talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.A third summit would follow on Trump's historic breakthrough last year, when he met Kim in Singapore, and a follow-up this February in Hanoi that ended without progress in getting North K
  
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• Julian Assange: the wedge that created a divide among Trump loyalists

  11-04-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The far right see him as a persecuted hero while conservatives portray him as a Kremlin accompliceJulian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested at the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Photograph: RMV/REX/ShutterstockThe charges that led to Julian Assange’s arrest have nothing to do with the 2016 presidential election or the Mueller investigation into Donald Trump’s Russian ties, but the extradition case and Assange’s possible arrival in the US will be electrified by all t
  
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• U.S. charges WikiLeaks' Assange with hacking conspiracy with Manning

  11-04-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Assange, arrested by British police and carried out of Ecaudor's embassy in London, faces up to five years in prison on the American charge, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.Assange's indictment arose from a criminal investigation dating back to former President Barack Obama's administration.It was triggered in part by WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of hundreds of thousands of U.S. military reports about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and American diplomatic communications, a discl
  
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• Feds Charge Greg Craig, Former Obama Lawyer Tied to Manafort Ukraine Report

  11-04-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Mark Wilson/GettyFederal prosecutors have charged President Obama’s former White House counsel with making false statements in connection with his role in disseminating a report commissioned by Paul Manafort. Prosecutors allege that as an attorney in private practice, Greg Craig lied to officials at the Foreign Agents Registration Act unit after the Justice Department launched an investigation into Paul Manafort’s illegal lobbying on behalf of his pro-Russian clients in Ukraine. The
  
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• Michael Avenatti Indicted on Charges He Defrauded Paraplegic Client, Others Out of Millions

  11-04-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Avenatti tweeted claims that he mishandled client money are "bogus nonsense."
  
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• Trump says there was 'illegal spying' on his campaign after Barr backs off explosive claim

  11-04-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  One day after William Barr’s clarified his assertion that he believes the FBI was “spying” on the Trump campaign, the president said he agreed with his attorney general's initial remarks.
  
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• Assange lawyer accuses Washington of 'persecution'

  11-04-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrested in London on a US extradition request, is the target of "political persecution," the man coordinating his defence said Thursday."There is evident political persecution which started precisely with the massive publication by WikiLeaks in 2010 of cables and very serious information" which Assange had published, including a trove of classified Pentagon documents detailing alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq," said Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzon."
  
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• Why the Charge Against Julian Assange Makes No Mention of Espionage or 2016 Russian Hacking

  11-04-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The charge in the indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange shortly after his arrest doesn't speak to Russian hacking or broader issues.
  
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• Trump Goes From ‘I Love WikiLeaks’ to ‘I Know Nothing About WikiLeaks’

  11-04-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  "I love WikiLeaks," he said more than once as the group posted emails stolen by Russian operatives from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s Gmail account.Once Trump won the presidency, though, the praise gave way to condemnation by top administration officials.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez defends Omar amid 9/11 controversy: GOP is 'happy to weaponize her faith'

  11-04-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “Here’s 1 fact: @IlhanMN is a cosponsor of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. She‘s done more for 9/11 families than the GOP who won’t even support healthcare for 1st responders.”
  
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• Wanted woman's Facebook taunts help police track her down

  11-04-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — A wanted Pennsylvania woman who taunted a sheriff's department online by asking if they "do pick up or delivery" has gotten a response: They do both, and she's in custody.
  
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• Houston Weather: A few showers today, thunderstorms move in Saturday

  11-04-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Scattered showers will be around this afternoon. Another round of strong thunderstorms is possible Saturday.
  
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• Top Democrats Blast Barr for Trump Campaign ‘Spying’ Comments

  11-04-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  "Your testimony raises questions about your independence, appears to perpetuate a partisan narrative designed to undermine the work of the special counsel, and serves to legitimize President Trump’s dangerous attacks on the Department of Justice and the FBI," the Democrats said in a letter to Barr on Thursday.
  
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• A Celebrity Beauty Blogger, a Paraplegic, and a Mystery Client: Here Are the People Michael Avenatti Stole From, Feds Say

  11-04-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Spencer Platt/GettyCelebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California on 36 counts, including fraud, tax dodging, and embezzlement. The latest charges come about two weeks after federal prosecutors in New York and California accused Avenatti of trying to extort millions from Nike, Inc., and of stealing from clients and forging tax returns to defraud a bank.Avenatti has denied the charges, tweeting on Thursday, “I intend to fully fight all charges and
  
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• Buttigieg Sees Polling Jump Among 2020 Democrats in Early States

  11-04-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A Monmouth University Poll of Iowa Democratic voters released Thursday shows Biden, who is expected to enter the race later this month, with the support of 27 percent of those who say they’re likely to attend the state’s caucuses in February 2020.Biden is followed by Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, at 16 percent.
  
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• Imagine This: North Korea with 100 Nuclear Warheads

  11-04-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  For its report, RAND war-gamed a North Korean attack on Seoul's wealthy Gangnam district. "Roughly half the size of Manhattan, Gangnam—a district of Seoul—is a major economic center and home to many large companies, such as Google and IBM. With some of the most expensive real estate in the country, the district is also considered the most affluent in all of South Korea. Consequences of a single DPRK nuclear attack on Gangnam would be severe."By 2020 North Korea could possess as many
  
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• Leader of Sudan coup on US sanction list for Darfur genocide

  11-04-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's defense minister, who led the overthrow Thursday of autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir, has had his assets blocked by the U.S. Treasury since 2007 for supporting and managing militias accused of carrying out genocide in the country's Darfur conflict.
  
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• The Latest: Schumer says attorney general loses credibility

  11-04-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Attorney General William Barr, Congress and the Russia probe (all times local):
  
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