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• Republicans Condemn 'Send Her Back' Chants at Trump's Rally. But They're Still Defending President Trump

  18-07-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  'The President didn’t join in any chant like that,' the House Majority Leader noted
  
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• AOC to DHS chief: Border agents shared 'images of my violent rape' in secret Facebook group

  18-07-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan about the whereabouts of Border Patrol agents who threatened her in a secret Facebook group.
  
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• Lindsey Graham on criticism of Trump: 'I don't remember John McCain having to go through this crap'

  18-07-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Graham made the remark when asked about the contrast between how President Donald Trump and former Sen. John McCain treat their political opponents.
  
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• AOC grills acting DHS secretary about CBP Facebook group

  18-07-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan about graphic photos posted in a Facebook group for current and former members of Customs and Border Patrol
  
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• Sheriff's deputy, 1 other killed in north Arkansas shooting

  18-07-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say two people, including a sheriff's deputy, were killed Thursday in a shooting in rural northern Arkansas.Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Stone County Sheriff's deputy Sergeant Mike Stephen, 56, was killed as he was responding to a call in Leslie when a suspect opened fire.Sadler said Stephen arrived around 8:40 a.m. at a house in response to a domestic welfare check call, shortly before other deputies arrived.
  
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• Family speaks out after being accused of stealing at Santa Monica Nike store

  18-07-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  A family claiming racial profiling after being accused of stealing a basketball at a Santa Monica Nike store is speaking out.
  
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• Iran seizes foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf, 12 on vessel, state media reports

  18-07-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Twelve crews members were on the Panamanian-flagged vessel when it was captured near the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Police responding to foul odor find woman dead in New York City apartment

  18-07-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old woman found dead with obvious signs of trauma to her body.
  
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• Rand Paul Fires Back at Jon Stewart on Fox News: He’s ‘Not Using His Brain’

  18-07-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A day after former Daily Show host Jon Stewart and 9/11 responder John Feal came on Fox News and eviscerated him and fellow GOP Sen. Mike Lee for blocking the reauthorization of the 9/11 victims' compensation fund in the Senate, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) appeared on Fox to return fire.And not only did the Kentucky lawmaker toss a lot of insults Stewart’s way, but Paul also claimed he should be lauded as a hero for holding up additional funding for 9/11 victims.“I know Jon Stewart,”
  
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• The U.S. Marines Might Be Souring on Amphibious Assault Ships. Here's Why.

  18-07-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The incoming commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps is backing away from the service’s longstanding requirement for 38 dedicated amphibious assault ships.The move could signal the beginning of a new approach to amphibious warfare for the world’s leading marine force.New commandant Gen. David Berger is “willing to shed some key tenets of the Marines’ amphibious force-planning in recent years – including the demand for 38 amphibious warships to support a two Marine Exped
  
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• Man charged with killing girlfriend, 3 children in Georgia

  18-07-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A man who had a history of domestic violence with his live-in girlfriend killed her and her three young children, including an infant, at a Georgia apartment complex where they lived, police said Thursday. Police found the bodies of 29-year-old Jerrica Spellman and her children, ages 1 month to 3 years old, late Wednesday after getting a call from a concerned family member, Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren said at a news conference. A short time later, police arrested 27-year-old Travane Brando
  
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• Lawyer: El Chapo was whisked away within hours of sentencing

  18-07-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Only hours after receiving a life sentence, convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was forced to make a sudden departure to the highest-security prison in the U.S. to serve the term, his lawyer said Thursday.A government helicopter whisked the narco, notorious for his daring jailbreaks, out of New York City on Wednesday after the sentencing in federal court in Brooklyn, said defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman.For most defendants, there's a lag between sentencing and a decision by t
  
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• 'I Believe in My Work.' How Rep. Ilhan Omar Rose From Refugee to Trump's Top Target

  18-07-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The congresswoman responds to Trump's latest targeted attack.
  
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• Closer to War: U.S. Troops Aboard Amphibious Assault Ship Force Down Iranian Drone

  18-07-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. troops aboard an amphibious assault ship on July 18, 2019 forced down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. president Donald Trump announced.The downing comes just a few weeks after Iranian forces downed an American drone in the same area. The mutual shoot-downs could escalate the already tense situation in the Persian Gulf region.Trump said the unmanned aerial vehicle threatened USS Boxer.Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told The New York Times that Boxer was in international
  
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• Iran foreign minister reported to make nuclear offer; U.S. skeptical

  18-07-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran on Thursday offered to ratify a document prescribing more intrusive inspections of its nuclear program if the United States abandoned its economic sanctions, the Guardian newspaper reported on Thursday, in a proposal that drew U.S. skepticism.Iran could ratify the "Additional Protocol" that gives U.N. inspectors more tools to verify its nuclear program is peaceful immediately if Washington also abandoned the sanctions on Iran, the newspaper quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zar
  
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• Iran makes 'substantial' nuclear offer in return for US lifting sanctions

  18-07-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  * Plan would allow enhanced, permanent nuclear inspections * Foreign minister: ‘It’s not about photo ops. We want substance’Mohammad Javad Zarif at the UN on Thursday. He said: ‘If they [the Trump administration] are putting their money where their mouth is, they are going to do it.’ Photograph: Richard Drew/APIran has offered a deal with the US in which it would formally and permanently accept enhanced inspections of its nuclear programme, in return for the permane
  
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• US has shot down Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz, says Trump

  18-07-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  US  President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a US warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Mr Trump said the USS Boxer took defensive action after the drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down. The president called it the latest "hostile" action by Iran and urged other countries to condemn what he says are Iran's attempts to disrupt the freedom
  
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• California: 'resistance' state has donated more to Trump than to most Democrats in 2020 race

  18-07-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  President has raised $3.2m in California this year, analysis finds – more than Joe Biden and Bernie SandersDonald Trump takes a selfie with a local member of the press as he tours the border wall between the United States and Mexico in Calexico, California, in April. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesResidents of California, the self-fashioned “resistance” state that has sued the Trump administration more than 50 times, has donated more money to the Trump 2020 campaign than
  
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• Howard Kurtz: Trump disavows 'send her back' crowd chant against Omar

  18-07-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on the backlash against President Trump's North Carolina rally crowd chanting against Rep. Ilhan Omar.
  
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• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Were Supposed to Nap After Landing on the Moon, But They Couldn't Wait to Walk

  18-07-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  And other highlights from TIME's original 1969 coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing
  
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• The Latest: Arkansas state police ID sheriff's deputy killed

  18-07-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Arkansas State Police have identified a sheriff's deputy killed in a shooting in northern Arkansas as Sergeant Mike Stephen.State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Stephen responded to a domestic welfare check at a house in Leslie, about 77 miles (124 kilometers) from Little Rock, around 8:40 Thursday morning.Stephen was killed at the scene.
  
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• ‘I am disgusted’: New Yorkers react to Trump telling congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries

  18-07-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  New Yorkers, like much of the country, have some strong opinions about the latest controversy engulfing President Trump.“I am disgusted at the Republicans,” said Randi, of Manhattan. “I can’t believe no one stands up to him. I thought of myself as independent, and I’m forced into being a Democrat.”
  
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• Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif: We Can't "Discount" Possibility of War

  18-07-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  On Thursday, National Interest Editor Jacob Heilbrunn interviewed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif in New York at the Ambassador’s residence on the current state of U.S.-Iran relations. The transcript has been lightly edited for readability.Jacob Heilbrunn: With the American shooting down of an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz today, are we on a path of escalation?Mohammed Javad Zarif: I checked with Tehran, and we do not have any information about having lost a drone tod
  
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• California city set to ban gendered words like 'manhole' and 'manpower'

  18-07-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The City Council in Berkeley, Calif., votes to remove gender-specific words from its municipal code.
  
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• Philadelphia moves to fire 13 officers over Facebook posts

  18-07-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The Philadelphia Police Department is suspending 13 officers with intent to fire them following an investigation into offensive and sometimes threatening Facebook posts, the police commissioner announced on Thursday. The department had placed 72 officers on administrative leave in June after a nonprofit group published the results of a two-year review of personal Facebook posts or comments from officers in Philadelphia and seven other U.S. police departments. The team of researchers found office
  
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• Pakistan lost $50 million from airspace restrictions: minister

  18-07-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan's aviation minister on Thursday said that his country suffered loses of over eight billion rupees ($50 million) from airspace restrictions imposed since February which affected hundreds of commercial and cargo flights.Pakistan closed its airspace after an attack by a Pakistan-based militant group in Indian-controlled Kashmir led to clashes between the nuclear-armed powers, adding flight time for passengers and fuel costs for airlines.“Over eight billion rupees worth of losses have
  
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• Trump Says U.S. Warship Shot Down Iranian Drone over Strait of Hormuz

  18-07-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump announced Thursday that a U.S. warship has downed an Iranian drone flying in the Strait of Hormuz.“The Boxer took defensive action against an Iranian drone, which had closed into a near distance, approximately 1000 yards, ignoring multiple calls to stand down, threatening [the] safety of [the] ship and ship’s crew,” Trump told reporters during a White House press conference.The drone was “immediately destroyed,” according to the president.The confron
  
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• Ex-University of Illinois PhD Candidate Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Visiting Chinese Scholar

  18-07-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal jury sentenced the former University of Illinois physics doctoral student who kidnapped and murdered a visiting Chinese scholar to life in prison on Thursday.Brendt Christensen, 29, was found guilty last month during his trial at the U.S. District Court in Peoria, after his own defense team admitted that he was responsible for 26-year-old Yingying Zhang’s death.Though Illinois no longer has capital punishment in state cases, Christensen could have been sentenced to death because
  
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• From the 'Central Park Five' to 'the squad': A dozen times Donald Trump has stoked racial tensions

  18-07-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has stirred controversy for years with incendiary rhetoric directed at people of color, from the "Central Park Five" to 'The Squad."
  
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• Dominican Republic to enhance food and drink inspections after tourist deaths

  18-07-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The Dominican Republic is amping up safety measures, including enhancing food and rink inspections, after a spate of tourist deaths.
  
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• Trump Edges Away From ‘Send Her Back’ Chant That He Helped Spark

  18-07-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump attempted to distance himself from the “send her back” chant targeting a Somalia-born congresswoman that broke out during a campaign rally on Wednesday, following bipartisan admonishment.“I was not happy when I heard that chant,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday. “I disagreed with it.”The chant -- directed at Somalia-born Representative Ilhan Omar, an American citizen from Minnesota -- erupted during the
  
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• Gibraltar, Iran officials hold talks on seized oil tanker

  18-07-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said Thursday he had a "constructive and positive" meeting with Iranian officials in London aimed at defusing tensions around an oil tanker carrying Iranian oil being held in the British territory's waters.In a statement, Picardo's government said the meeting took place on Wednesday and to discuss the continued detention of the Grace One tanker "and to seek to de-escalate all aspects of the issues arising".It did not identify which Iranian officials part
  
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• Morocco: 3 sentenced to death in Scandinavian women slayings

  18-07-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Three men were convicted of terrorism and sentenced to death by a Moroccan court Thursday for the brutal slaying of two Scandinavian women hiking in the Atlas Mountains.Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, were fatally stabbed in December.The main defendants, who asked Allah for forgiveness, were carpenters Jounes Ouzayed and Rashid Afatti, and street merchant Abdessamad Al Joud.
  
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• Poll: 38 Percent of Democrats Say American Dream Is Unattainable for Them

  18-07-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  38 percent of Democrats say they do not believe they will achieve the American dream in their lifetimes, compared to just 11 percent of Republicans, according to a new Gallup poll.Two-thirds of independents said they see the dream as attainable, compared to 31 percent who said they do not. Overall, about 70 percent of Americans feel that American dream could be grasped, the poll reported, while 29 percent disagree.The 38 percent of Democrats who said they did not believe they could achieve the A
  
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• Trump and Hicks spoke with Michael Cohen shortly before he struck hush-money deal with Stormy Daniels, FBI documents show

  18-07-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump, his close aide Hope Hicks and personal lawyer Michael Cohen scrambled after the release of the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape to squash stories of his alleged extramarital affairs, newly unsealed court documents show.
  
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• Crowd at Trump rally yells 'Send her back' amid continuing attacks on Democratic congresswomen

  18-07-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump played to voters' grievances, drawing a chant from the crowd of "Send her back! Send her back!"
  
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• Texas woman pleads guilty in shooting deaths of two daughters

  18-07-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A Texas woman was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to shooting and killing her two young daughters in 2017.
  
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• White House says Trump didn't let the 'send her back' chant go on very long, will try to stop it in the future

  18-07-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The problem with the progressive Democrat 'Squad' is that the four congresswomen continually run down America with problematic and dangerous language, says White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley.
  
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• Rep. Mark Green says Democrats don't have their facts straight on conditions at migrant detention facilities

  18-07-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan faces heated questioning from House Democrats on border facilities; reaction from Congressman Mark Green, Republican member of the House Oversight Committee.
  
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• Trump disavows 'send her back' rally chant, many Republicans alarmed

  18-07-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump tried to distance himself on Thursday from supporters' chants of "send her back" at a rally where he blasted Somalia-born U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, as Republicans worry the incendiary mantra could set the tone for the 2020 campaign.Omar, a Democrat, shot back that Trump was "spewing fascist ideology," and Republicans expressed alarm that the inflammatory chant, building off of provocative tweets and statements by Trump, might become a theme of his 2020 re-election ca
  
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• Satellite images ‘show US military buildup in Saudi Arabia’ amid Iran tensions

  18-07-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is preparing to send hundreds of troops to Saudi Arabia where satellite images appear to show a build up of American forces on the ground. Up to 500 soldiers are to be sent to the Prince Sultan Airbase in the desert to the east of the capital Riyadh, two officials told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity. Preparations are also reportedly underway for a large missile installation from which Patriot surface-to-air missiles can be launched to protect the base from incoming thr
  
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• From Russia, No Love for EU's New Chief and her Hawkish Stance

  18-07-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Ursula von der Leyen won’t be getting a bear hug from the Kremlin.Russia’s top diplomat was asked during a visit to Germany about the incoming president of the European Commission and her “strict” view of his country. His frosty response was that the decision by the European Union’s leaders and Parliament was one “we simply acknowledge.”“Show me anyone who isn’t critical of Russia nowadays,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
  
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• DHS chief says migrants are buying babies to cross border as 'family unit'

  18-07-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting Department of Homeland Security McAleenan testifies on Capitol Hill that a 51-year-old man bought a 6-month-old baby for $80 in Guatemala to pose as a family unit to get into the U.S.
  
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• Argentina acts against Hezbollah, blamed for terror attacks

  18-07-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Argentina's government on Thursday branded Hezbollah a terrorist organization and froze its assets, 25 years to the day after a bombing blamed on the Lebanese-based group destroyed a Jewish community center in Argentina's capital, killing 85 people.The nation's Financial Information Unit took the action a day after President Mauricio Macri's government created a list of terrorist organizations to help coordinate actions with other nations and as the nation held memorial services for victims of t
  
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• Trump says looking closely at Amazon's bid on $10 billion Pentagon contract

  18-07-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration was looking closely at Amazon.com's bid on a $10 billion cloud contract with the Defense Department after getting complaints from other tech companies.Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp were selected in April to continue competing for the Pentagon cloud computing services that is part of a broad modernization of Pentagon information technology systems.The selection left Oracle Corp and IBM Corp out of the competition for the contract
  
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• Iran Guards seize 'foreign tanker' accused of smuggling fuel

  18-07-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they had detained a "foreign tanker" and its 12 crew for allegedly smuggling fuel, the latest incident in a tense standoff in the Gulf.The announcement came after Tehran said it had come to the aid of a foreign tanker after receiving a distress call, but made no mention of the vessel being seized.The Guards did not confirm whether the vessel they had detained Sunday in the highly sensitive Strait of Hormuz was the same ship as that mentioned Tuesday by t
  
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