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• Bloomberg Derides Sanders for Remarks Praising Castro

  24-02-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Monday criticized fellow 2020 contender Bernie Sanders over comments Sanders made praising the regime of the late Cuban Communist leader Fidel Castro.“Fidel Castro left a dark legacy of forced labor camps, religious repression, widespread poverty, firing squads, and the murder of thousands of his own people. But sure, Bernie, let’s talk about his literacy program,” Bloomberg wrote in a tweet that included a clip of San
  
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• U.S. still eyeing ways to curb sales to Huawei after Trump's chipmaker comments: sources

  24-02-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An interagency meeting was held on Thursday to discuss national security and China export issues, including proposals to restrict sales of chips to Huawei and a plan to block the sale of jet engines for China's new passenger airplane.While blocking General Electric Cofrom supplying jet engines appeared to be off the table after Trump opposed efforts to stop their sale, sources told Reuters on Monday new restrictions aimed at limiting Huawei's presence in the global telecommunications market were
  
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• Susan Collins breaks with Trump over Grenell

  24-02-2020 23:46 via politico.com
  
  “I would have much preferred that the president nominate acting director Maguire for the post,” the Maine Republican says.
  
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• Coronavirus is not yet a pandemic — but countries should prepare

  24-02-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. now has 53 coronavirus cases, mostly passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
  
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• Eleven-year-old girl with AR-15 rifle enters US statehouse to support concealed gun legislation

  24-02-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An 11-year-old girl has openly carried an AR-15 rifle into a gun legislation hearing in Idaho’s capital.Bailey Nielsen – escorted by her grandfather – visited a House panel at the Idaho Statehouse to support legislation allowing visitors to the state who can legally posses firearms to carry concealed handguns in urban areas.
  
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• Tennessee continues push for executions, setting 2 more

  24-02-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tennessee on Monday set two new execution dates, days after putting to deathits seventh inmate in the past year and a half.The Tennessee Supreme Court ordered an Oct. 8 execution date for Byron Black and a Dec. 3 execution date for Pervis Payne.Black was convicted by a Nashville court of murdering his girlfriend Angela Clay and her daughters Latoya, 9, and Lakesha, 6, at their home in 1988.
  
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• Biden campaign runs South Carolina ad accusing Sanders of trying to undermine Obama's re-election

  24-02-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign team is going after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for reportedly once going after Biden's old boss.The Biden campaign unveiled a new digital ad Monday that's tied to a story published The Atlantic last week that reported Sanders seriously considered launching a primary challenge against former President Barack Obama in 2012. When word got around to the Oval Office, it reportedly sent Obama's re-election campaign team into a panic.Sanders' camp quickly den
  
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• U.S. appeals court rules Trump 'gag rule' on abortion referral can be enforced

  24-02-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday said the Trump administration may enforce a rule labeled by critics as a “gag rule” that could deprive abortion providers of federal funding for family planning.
  
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• President says he fears Bernie Sanders, as Indians label him ‘warmonger, imperialist, gangster’ during lavish Taj Mahal visit

  24-02-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has told reporters Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is the 2020 rival he fears the most during his tour of India, which began with the president receiving a bear hug from Narendra Modi and a lavish welcome from the locals.Prior to visiting the Taj Mahal, the president addressed a “Namaste Trump” rally before a 100,000-strong crowd at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad and praised the country’s economic progress, thriving Bollywood film industry and “very tough&rdq
  
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• An official leading South Korea's battle against COVID-19 says he's a member of a doomsday cult where a virus 'super-spreader' event occurred

  24-02-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "If we have another Daegu in this country, I can't imagine what would happen," a professor said since medical resources are being stretched thin.
  
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• Bloomberg turns his fire, for now, from Trump to Bernie Sanders

  24-02-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Bloomberg launched a series of Twitter attacks on Bernie Sanders on Monday.
  
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• A conservative group with a history of climate change denial has hired a German YouTuber to challenge Greta Thunberg's 'climate crisis'

  24-02-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German YouTuber Naomi Seibt is on a crusade against Greta Thunberg's climate activism, which she rejects as a "dystopian agenda of climate alarmism."
  
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• China Is Trying to Compare the Flu to Coronavirus. That Sounds Like Fake News.

  24-02-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Early on in the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, the receptionist at the hotel I was staying at in China asked me if it was true that the United States was experiencing an epidemic of influenza that killed 61,000 people last year...
  
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• Vanessa Bryant files wrongful death suit against helicopter company

  24-02-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The lawsuit alleges Island Express Helicopters put the helicopter in the air when conditions were not safe for flying.
  
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• Turkish shelling kills 9 regime personnel in NW Syria: monitor

  24-02-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish shelling Monday killed nine regime fighters in northwest Syria, where Ankara-backed rebels are fighting off advancing regime forces, a monitor said.Syrian regime forces have since December clawed back parts of the last major opposition bastion of Idlib in violence that has displaced almost a million people.Opposition fighters had already broken back into Nayrab last week after the regime seized it at the start of the month, but then lost it again several hours later.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein: Video resurfaces of convicted rapist calling Bernie Sanders sexist

  24-02-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the news of former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on criminal sex acts and rape dominate headlines, a video circulating Twitter today in which Mr Wesintein calls Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders a “sexist” on MSNBC stands as a reminder that not long ago, he was considered a valuable voice in the world of politics.In a 2016 clip of the MSNBC show “Morning Joe,” Mr Weinstein appears as a guest and is prompted by co-host Joe Scarborough to expla
  
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• NBC News poll: Biden holds narrow lead over Sanders in South Carolina

  24-02-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden performs best among black and moderate voters, while Sanders holds lead with progressives and those under 45
  
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• It's All Politics: The 1 Reason Bernie Sanders Loves the F-35 Stealth Fighter

  24-02-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jobs and money.
  
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• 'Guilty as charged': Chuck Schumer admits he spent nearly $9,000 on cheesescakes

  24-02-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chuck Schumer has managed to keep his Senate Democratic caucus together since becoming its leader. But next time one of his members needs a favor, perhaps they can appeal to his sweet tooth.It turns out the Senate Democratic leader has dropped $9,000 on cheesecakes from a Brooklyn bakery over the years – and he's fully embracing his habit.
  
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• 14 products dermatologists recommend for soothing redness and rosacea

  24-02-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  These products help soothe skin, minimize redness and prevent flare-ups of rosacea.
  
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• Cardi B defends Zaya Wade against anti-trans attacks, urges people to 'try to understand'

  24-02-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Instagram Live the rapper defended Zaya’s coming out, and her young age, saying “the age that you pick it to be, that’s your choice.”
  
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• The coronavirus death toll is still rising, but US interest in the outbreak is plummeting

  24-02-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Serious outbreaks outside of China have been reported in Italy, Iran, and South Korea in the last week.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Was Just Asked by 60 Minutes When He Would Go to War

  24-02-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maybe we are asking the wrong national security questions. Presidential candidates like to talk tough on the campaign trail in order to persuade the American public that they can answer that 3 a.m. phone-call without skipping a beat. It’s time for all of us, journalists, pundits, analysts, and ex-officials, to begin viewing the 3 a.m. call through a wider scope.
  
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• Top member of Trump's coronavirus task force asks Twitter for help accessing map of virus

  24-02-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House apparently needs to increase its IT staff, or at least increase its subscription budget. Acting Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli, who is the top member of President Trump's coronavirus task force, was having trouble accessing an online map produced by Johns Hopkins University of the virus' spread. So, he took to Twitter to ask if anyone else was having trouble with the website.He quickly realized the map was behind a paywall, much to his chagrin. But while Cuccin
  
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• Bloomberg launches attack on Sanders' gun control record, says NRA 'paved the road to Washington' for him

  24-02-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We deserve a president who is not beholden to the gun lobby," Bloomberg said in a series of tweets criticizing Sanders' past votes on gun control.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. wants Afghan president to postpone planned inauguration - sources

  24-02-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States wants Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to defer his second-term inauguration over concerns it could inflame an election feud with his political rival and jeopardize U.S.-led peacemaking efforts, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.Ghani claimed victory last week in a disputed Sept. 28 election and plans to take the oath of office on Thursday, an Afghan official said.The competing claims, neither of which Washington has recognized, threaten a U.S.-led peace process
  
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• 'He was my everything': Vanessa Bryant said she and Kobe had 'hoped to grow old together' in a tearful eulogy to her late husband

  24-02-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kobe Bryant wasn't an NBA legend or celebrity at home. There, he was a "tender" husband and "hands-on" father, Vanessa Bryant shared at a memorial.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Wants a Universal, Federally Financed Childcare Plan

  24-02-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This is an addition to Sander’s current platform of Medicare for All (which would provide publicly funded healthcare to all residents of the United States), the Green New Deal, free admission to public colleges, and the cancellation of all student debt.
  
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• Chicago could see biggest snow of the season as winter storm targets Midwest, Northeast

  24-02-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A winter storm will bring snow to portions of the Plains, Midwest and Northeast this week, likely disrupting travel and closing schools.
  
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• Trump Admin. Considers Booting Chinese Reporters in Response to ‘Egregious’ Expulsion of WSJ Journalists: Report

  24-02-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration is considering whether to expel Chinese journalists in response to China's own expulsion of three Wall Street Journal reporters, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.A meeting will be held at the White House on Monday to discuss the administration's options. The meeting will be led by deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger, who himself was a Journal reporter based in Beijing.According to Bloomberg, administration officials are debating whether to expel up
  
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• Bernie Sanders Won't Speak at AIPAC. Could That Hurt His Presidential Quest?

  24-02-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the Palestinian people. I remain concerned about the platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights. For that reason I will not attend their conference,” tweeted Sanders.
  
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• Russia Unveils Laika, Its Next-Gen Nuclear Attack Submarine

  24-02-2020 22:06 via popularmechanics.com
  
  It looks like an exotic sea creature.
  
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• Iran Prepares to Suffer the Wrath of the Coronavirus

  24-02-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran has sought to deny that the coronavirus is spreading within its borders. Now, the Middle East is facing a new type of crisis—one that could further exacerbate tension in the region.
  
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• Cardiology director says there's one heart measure Sanders could disclose but isn't

  24-02-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Exclusive: By releasing one simple indicator of his heart health, Sanders could address lingering questions, the president of the American College of Cardiology says.
  
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• Cardiology director says there's one heart measure Sanders could disclose but hasn't

  24-02-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Exclusive: By releasing one simple indicator of his heart health, Sanders could address lingering questions, the president of the American College of Cardiology says.
  
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• Secretary of State Pompeo appeared to coordinate with Giuliani on Ukraine, new documents show

  24-02-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A trove of documents released on Friday by the State Department to American Oversight make clear that Rudy Giuliani — who was acting as Trump’s personal attorney — pressed American diplomats to consider the information he’d unearthed in Kyiv about corruption. Though the documents released amount to fewer than a dozen pages of emails, they nevertheless show aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unambiguously receptive to Giuliani’s overtures.
  
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• Praise, cheering crowds for Trump in India love fest

  24-02-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Emerging in a stadium to the strains of the Village People's "Macho Man" as 100,000 people cheered, US President Donald Trump looked like he was at a campaign rally in America's Midwest.Five months after being feted by 50,000 people with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a mass rally in Houston, Trump revelled in pomp and pageantry once more as Modi went all-out to welcome him in his home state of Gujarat.A huge crowd packed Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday, dancing to a mixtape of song
  
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• Girl, 11, brings AR-15 to Idaho gun hearing

  24-02-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An 11-year-old girl holding a loaded AR-15 assault weapon appeared at a gun legislation hearing in Idaho on Monday with her grandfather, who is supporting legislation that would allow visitors to Idaho who can legally possess firearms to carry a concealed handgun within city limits.
  
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• German far-right party laments isolation by rivals, media

  24-02-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The far-right Alternative for Germany called Monday for rivals to scale back their criticism of the party, saying the blackballing it is being subjected to could harm democracy in the country.The party, known by its German acronym AfD, almost failed to clear the 5% threshold in Sunday's regional election in Hamburg after coming under sustained fire from mainstream parties and the media in recent weeks.AfD has been accused of stoking the kind of anti-migrant sentiment that drove a 43-year-old Ger
  
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• 'D.C. Sniper' Malvo can seek parole after change in Virginia law

  24-02-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lee Boyd Malvo, who was 17 when he took part in the deadly 2002 "D.C. Sniper" shooting spree in the Washington area, will get a chance to seek parole in Virginia following a change in state law enacted on Monday, preempting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the matter.The change, signed by Democratic Governor Ralph Northam, allows people like Malvo, now 35, who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for offenses committed before age 18 to ask for release after 20 years.M
  
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• US economy faces long-lasting damage from trade war: Fed official

  24-02-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The trade conflict of the past two years likely left a mark on the US economy, even with the recent agreement to defuse the situation, a Federal Reserve official said Monday.The outbreak of the new coronavirus in China adds another risk factor to the outlook, which otherwise seemed poised to provide steady growth, said Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve's regional bank in Cleveland.With the partial agreement signed with China to call a truce in the dispute with Beijing -- despite l
  
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• Sanders's praise of Fidel Castro scrutinized after '60 Minutes' interview: 'Disgusting'

  24-02-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The hashtag #FidelCastro trended over the weekend into Monday after Bernie Sanders said during a "60 Minutes" interview that "it's unfair to simply say everything is bad" about the late Cuban president.
  
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• Legal immigration will decline by 30 percent next year due to Trump policies, report projects

  24-02-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration's efforts to curb immigration look like they're working, The New York Times reports.A report released Monday by the National Foundation for American Policy projects policies like Trump's recently-expanded travel ban or the public charge rule preventing immigrants who may rely on welfare assistance from entering the country will alter legal immigration to the U.S. for quite some time. But change may also be noticeable rather quickly. Legal immigration had already declined
  
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• Daredevil Dies in Failed Homemade Rocket Launch to Prove Earth Is Flat

  24-02-2020 21:29 via popularmechanics.com
  
  Guinness World Record holder "Mad" Mike Hughes was 64.
  
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• RESULTS: Bernie Sanders wins the Nevada caucus, see the full vote count and delegate race here

  24-02-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sanders has now won the popular vote in the first three primary contests and holds his biggest lead yet in the diverse state of Nevada.
  
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• Idaho's governor says he's hoping to speed up the extradition of doomsday mom Lori Vallow so she can face charges connected to her 2 missing kids

  24-02-2020 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lori Vallow, who's two children have been missing since September, was arrested on charges related to their disappearance last week.
  
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• New Virginia sentencing law ends high court's DC sniper case

  24-02-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lee Boyd Malvo, the Washington, D.C., area sniper, and Virginia agreed Monday to dismiss a pending Supreme Court case after the state changed criminal sentencing law for juveniles.Under the new law, signed by Gov. Ralph Northam earlier in the day, people serving life terms for crimes they committed before they turned 18 can be considered for parole after serving at least 20 years.The two sides agreed that Malvo's life term would remain in effect, though he will have a chance at parole early in 2
  
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• As Fears of a Pandemic Mount, WHO Says World Is Not Ready

  24-02-2020 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIJING -- As new cases of the coronavirus spiked on two continents, the World Health Organization warned Monday that the world was not ready for a major outbreak, even as it praised China's aggressive efforts to wrest the epidemic under control.After two weeks on the ground in China, a team sent by the WHO concluded that the draconian measures China imposed a month ago may have saved hundreds of thousands of people from infection. Such measures -- sealing off cities, shutting down businesses an
  
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• As Trump Barricades the Border, Legal Immigration Is Beginning to Plunge

  24-02-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's immigration policies -- like travel bans and visa restrictions or refugee caps and asylum changes -- have begun to deliver on a long-standing goal: Legal immigration has fallen more than 11% and a steeper drop is looming.While Trump highlights the construction of a border wall to stress his war on illegal immigration, it is through policy changes, not physical barriers, that his administration has been able to seal the United States. Two more measures took
  
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• Republicans raise U.S. drug supply concerns after coronavirus outbreak

  24-02-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans raised concerns this week about the security of the U.S. drug supply chain in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in China, where a significant portion of the ingredients used to make prescription drugs is manufactured.The outbreak highlights "severe, longstanding, and unresolved vulnerabilities in our capacity to produce life-saving pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices for our own citizens," Missouri Senator Josh Hawley wrote in a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  
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