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• Giuliani rips special counsel's investigation

  03-05-2018 23:47 via rss.cnn.com
  President Donald Trump's new attorney, Rudy Giuliani, expresses his frustration with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. CNN's Jessica Schneider reports.
  
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• Drug case against U.S. actress Rose McGowan to go ahead

  03-05-2018 23:45
  A Virginia judge ruled on Thursday there was enough evidence to proceed with a felony drug case against actress and anti-sexual-harassment activist Rose McGowan, a prosecutor said.McGowan, one of the first women to accuse Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment or sexual assault, is charged with having cocaine in a wallet she left on a plane at Washington Dulles International Airport in January 2017.Loudoun County General District Court Judge Dean Worcester found there was proba
  
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• Giuliani Skeptical of Wiretap Report: ‘You Can’t Wiretap a Lawyer’

  03-05-2018 23:29 via westernjournal.com
  
  'We’re not suckers.'
  
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• U.S. SEC orders rapper Jay-Z to testify on clothing brand sale

  03-05-2018 23:01
  Music mogul and businessman Jay-Z must explain details of the sale of his clothing line to determine whether it violated federal securities laws, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday.The SEC said it wants to question Jay-Z, originally named Shawn Corey Carter, about the $200 million sale of his Rocawear clothing label in 2007 to the Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
  
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• Former Wilmington Trust executives convicted in U.S. fraud trial

  03-05-2018 22:51
  The verdict by a federal jury in Wilmington, Delaware, came in one of the few criminal cases in which federal prosecutors sought to hold top executives at a well-known financial company accountable for conduct tied to the crisis.The former Wilmington Trust executives are President Robert Harra, Chief Financial Officer David Gibson, Controller Kevyn Rakowski and Chief Credit Officer William North.
  
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• U.S. SEC orders rapper Jay-Z's to testify on clothing brand sale

  03-05-2018 22:50
  Music mogul and businessman Jay-Z must explain details of the sale of his clothing line to determine whether it violated federal securities laws, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday.The SEC said it wants to question Jay-Z, originally named Shawn Corey Carter, about the $200 million sale of his Rocawear clothing label in 2007 to the Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
  
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• Trump’s Besieged CIA Nominee Helped Mother Teresa in the 1980s

  03-05-2018 22:36 via westernjournal.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA helped Mother Teresa call former President Ronald Reagan while stationed overseas in the 1980s. That revelation is part of newly declassified information on Gina Haspel, the career CIA operative who has served as acting director ever since Mike Pompeo’s confirmation as secretary of state. Haspel faces a…
  
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• Report: China Trying To Blind US Pilots

  03-05-2018 22:35 via westernjournal.com
  
  'The most recent incident negatively affected two American service members flying a C-130 transport aircraft.'
  
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• US Judge: Iran Ordered to Pay Billions in 9/11 Payments

  03-05-2018 22:30 via westernjournal.com
  
  The suit was finally allowed to go forward after Congress passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.
  
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• Michigan State University's credit rating cut over sex abuse scandal

  03-05-2018 22:28
  Michigan State University's heightened financial risk in the wake of a sex abuse scandal involving former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar led Moody's Investors Service to cut the school's credit rating to Aa2 from Aa1 on Thursday.The credit rating agency said the downgrade, which affects about $975 million of debt, was prompted by a growing number of lawsuits, federal and state probes, and Michigan legislation that could all hurt the university's finances.Plaintiffs and investigators question
  
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• Newest Mueller Prosecutor Supported, Donated to Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign

  03-05-2018 22:20 via westernjournal.com
  
  The latest addition to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of prosecutors contributed to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, according to federal campaign records. Uzo Asonye, an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, is joining Mueller’s stable of prosecutors to work as local counsel on the case against Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s…
  
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• Severe weather, including tornadoes, threaten 24 million in U.S.: forecasters

  03-05-2018 22:17
  By Suzannah GonzalesCHICAGO (Reuters) - Severe weather including hail, high winds and possible tornadoes threatened more than 24 million people across the central and northeastern United States on Thursday, meteorologists said.The main tornado threat was in parts of Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, Marc Chenard, a National Weather Service meteorologist in College Park, Maryland said in a phone interview.
  
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• Arizona governor signs bill to boost teachers' wages amid strike

  03-05-2018 22:17
  PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's governor signed a budget bill on Thursday that will boost teachers' wages by 20 percent over the next three years, after dozens of the state's school districts canceled classes as part of a strike to demand pay raises.
  
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• CNN Reporter Disrupts White House Prayer Event with Stormy Daniels Segment

  03-05-2018 22:05 via westernjournal.com
  
  During a White House event Thursday commemorating the National Day of Prayer, CNN went live to a reporter who proceeded to discuss the latest developments regarding payments received by adult film star Stormy Daniels from President Donald Trump’s attorney. “CNN’s Kaitlan Collins is at the White House where the president is about to take part…
  
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• Cosby, Polanski expelled from Academy of Motion Pictures

  03-05-2018 22:01
  Television's Bill Cosby and Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski were expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy Awards presenters said in a statement on Thursday, the latest action by the group as Hollywood grapples with allegations of misconduct in the industry.Cosby and Polanski are the first known members expelled for violating a code of conduct that the Academy adopted in December following accusations of sexual harassment or assault within the entertainment
  
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• White House says Trump did not initially know his lawyer paid porn star

  03-05-2018 21:58
  U.S. President Donald Trump did not initially know that his personal lawyer had paid $130,000 to adult-film star Stormy Daniels but later learned about the payment, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Thursday.Trump in April told reporters he did not know about the payment, made by his lawyer Michael Cohen.Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said she had a brief affair with Trump in 2006.
  
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• ‘Why so long?’ Oscars body criticized after expelling sex offenders Polanski & Cosby

  03-05-2018 21:45 via rt.com
  
  Former stars and convicted rapists Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski have been dumped from the prestigious body governing the Oscars. Controversy soon erupted, however, as Cosby is just-convicted but Polanski’s case was 40 years ago.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• “Why so long?”: Oscars body criticized after expelling sex offenders Polanski & Cosby

  03-05-2018 21:45 via rt.com
  
  Former stars and convicted rapists Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski have been dumped from the prestigious body governing the Oscars. Controversy soon erupted, however, as Cosby is just-convicted but Polanski’s case was 40 years ago.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Cosby and Polanski kicked out of prestigious Oscars organization

  03-05-2018 21:45 via rt.com
  
  Convicted rapists and erstwhile Hollywood stars Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski have been booted out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the honorary organization that governs the Oscars awards.
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• Nine dead in crash of U.S. military plane on retirement flight

  03-05-2018 21:34
  Officials said the plane, a Hercules WC-130, was believed to be around 50 years old but was in good mechanical condition, and was making what had been scheduled to be its last flight.The WC-130 is a transport workhorse of the U.S. military.All nine crew members died, Brigadier General Isabelo Rivera, assistant general of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, said in a statement.
  
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• Trump Unveils New Religious Freedom Executive Order on National Day of Prayer

  03-05-2018 20:21 via westernjournal.com
  
  During a National Day of Prayer observance at the White House on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced the creation of a new office in his administration aimed at protecting Americans’ religious liberty. The White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative “will help design new policies that recognize the vital role of faith in our families, our…
  
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• Ex-Valeant executive's lawyers urge jury to reject fraud charge

  03-05-2018 20:15
  A federal prosecutor told jurors in Manhattan on Thursday that a former Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc executive and the former head of mail order pharmacy Philidor Rx Services defrauded Valeant through a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme.Lawyers for the two defendants countered that their clients were working in Valeant's best interest.The opening statements kicked off a trial that could shed light on the relationship between Valeant and the now-defunct Philidor, which drew concern
  
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• Report: Feds Wiretap, Intercept Call from Trump Lawyer to White House

  03-05-2018 20:13 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Do not contact Michael Cohen. It's very possible his phone line has been tapped.'
  
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• Former Fox News Host Eric Bolling Announces New Show

  03-05-2018 20:03 via westernjournal.com
  
  Former Fox News host Eric Bolling will be returning to TV later this year on CRTV, as host of his new show, “America.” CRTV is a subscription-only web TV service. It’s produced by Conservative Review, the digital media company founded by popular conservative radio host Mark Levin. “For more than a decade, I have sparred…
  
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• Bill Cosby's wife slams prosecutor, accusers for husband's guilty verdict

  03-05-2018 19:23
  (Reuters) - Bill Cosby's wife of more than 50 years jumped to his defense on Thursday, blaming his sexual-assault conviction last week on a corrupt prosecutor, a pliant press and a lying accuser that she said led to a false verdict and stirred a lynch mob against him.
  
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• Dick Morris: Despite Media Narrative, Senate Races Leaning Republican

  03-05-2018 19:18 via westernjournal.com
  
  While the national media is rife with speculation that the 2018 midterm elections will be bad news for President Donald Trump, a poll of 250,000 registered voters released by Morning Consult indicates otherwise. In state after state, a plurality of voters say that the Democrat incumbent senator does not deserve re-election and in half the…
  
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• Homeless Man Breaks Into California Governor’s Mansion Because He’s an ‘Open-Door Policy’ Guy

  03-05-2018 19:11 via westernjournal.com
  
  Authorities in California arrested a 51-year-old homeless man last month on suspicion of breaking and entering Gov. Jerry Brown’s Sacramento residence. Suspect Steven Seeley told KCRA reporters that he figured the Democratic governor was “an open-door policy kind of guy.” Following Seeley’s arrest on April 19, he has agreed to multiple jailhouse interviews with media…
  
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• ‘Blaming interns is so 1990s’: Monica Lewinsky blasts Rubio over GOP tax ‘flip-flop’

  03-05-2018 19:03 via rt.com
  
  Monica Lewinsky has thrown a generous amount of shade on Marco Rubio after the Florida Republican hit out at a Politico intern for penning an article accusing the lawmaker of “walking back” his criticisms of the GOP tax bill.
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• U.S. regulator orders Jay-Z to testify on sale of clothing brand

  03-05-2018 18:47
  The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday ordered music mogul and businessman Jay-Z to explain details of the sale of his clothing line to determine whether it violated federal security laws.The regulator wants to question Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter about the $200 million sale of his Rocawear clothing label in 2007 to the Iconix Brand Group, Inc, the SEC said in a statement."The Commission seeks Carter's testimony to inquire about, among other things, Carter's joint ventures with Ico
  
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• Shoe Giant Refuses to Abandon Kanye

  03-05-2018 18:47 via westernjournal.com
  
  Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted said Thursday his company has not had any discussions about ending its affiliation with rapper Kanye West after his controversial comments about slavery. “Kanye has been, and is, a very important part of our strategy and has been a fantastic creator,” Rorsted said in an interview on Bloomberg TV. “I’m not going…
  
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• Boy Scouts Nix the Word ‘Boy,’ Showing They No Longer Believe in Masculinity

  03-05-2018 18:38 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Such radical inclusion is the death of any real diversity, because without real difference, there can be no diversity.'
  
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• Greenhouse gas reaches alarming new record

  03-05-2018 18:26 via rss.cnn.com
  Carbon dioxide (CO2), the No. 1 greenhouse gas leading to man-made global warming, has reached a dubious new milestone.
  
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• How 9,000 Russian posts disrupted booming US energy market (according to GOP lawmakers)

  03-05-2018 18:25 via rt.com
  
  There is no depth low enough that mischievous Russian trolls won’t delve to. With a barrage of 9,097 posts on social media they attempted to disrupt the United States' booming energy market, according to a new US House report.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Cyber-bomb Russia, McCain begs in new book

  03-05-2018 18:14 via rt.com
  
  The US should cyber-attack Russia in retaliation for all its election meddling, John McCain has argued in a new book. The senator has an excellent track record when it comes to peddling pre-emptive strikes based on dubious claims.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• U.S. prosecutors dealt dual setbacks in mortgage bond fraud crackdown

  03-05-2018 18:08
  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned former Jefferies Group mortgage bond trader Jesse Litvak's second criminal conviction for defrauding a customer about bond prices, saying jurors had wrongly been allowed to hear irrelevant evidence.Shortly after the court ruled, a federal jury in Hartford, Connecticut, acquitted former Cantor Fitzgerald bond trader David Demos of charges that he defrauded investors by lying about the price of mortgage bond transactions he handled for t
  
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• Angela Box: Liberals Are Wrong About Everything

  03-05-2018 17:54 via westernjournal.com
  
  '...on the world stage, America has stepped forward to become one of two actual adults in the room once again.'
  
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• China Comes to the Rescue for Teenage Girl in Controversial Prom Dress

  03-05-2018 17:48 via westernjournal.com
  
  A Utah teen whose prom dress recently stirred up online controversy and accusations of cultural appropriation has received some support from those whose heritage she ostensibly offended. As USA Today reported, 18-year-old Keziah Daum posted images and photos of herself and friends on prom night in a series of tweets that soon sparked widespread backlash.…
  
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• US Green Berets covertly helping Saudi Arabia in Yemen – report

  03-05-2018 17:39 via rt.com
  
  A team of US Army Green Berets have been covertly aiding Saudi Arabian forces in their fight against Yemeni Houthi rebels, according to New York Times sources.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Arizona governor signs bill to boost teachers' wages amid strike

  03-05-2018 17:39
  Arizona's governor signed a budget bill on Thursday that will boost teachers' wages by 20 percent over the next three years, after dozens of the state's school districts canceled classes as part of a strike to demand pay raises.Tens of thousands of Arizona teachers, whose pay is more than $10,000 below the national average of $59,000 per year,have held a week-long walkout that has been the largest teachers' strike in U.S. history and has kept most of state's 1.1 million public school students ou
  
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• 63 Conservative Leaders Unite, Issue Statement on Social Media Censorship

  03-05-2018 17:35 via westernjournal.com
  
  Western Journal publisher Floyd Brown and Liftable Media CEO Patrick Brown are two of 63 conservative leaders who issued a joint statement Wednesday urging fairer and more transparent policies in order to prevent the suppression of conservative voices on various social media platforms. “Social media censorship and online restriction of conservatives and their organizations have…
  
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• Ex-Cantor Fitzgerald bond trader acquitted in U.S. of fraud

  03-05-2018 17:30
  (Reuters) - A former Cantor Fitzgerald trader was acquitted on Thursday of U.S. charges that he defrauded investors by lying about the price of mortgage bond transactions he handled for them after the financial crisis, prosecutors said.
  
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• Black Trump Supporters Double in Number in 1 Week

  03-05-2018 17:26 via westernjournal.com
  
  According to a recent nationwide poll, support for President Donald Trump among black Americans appears to have spiked in just one week. Though a relatively small sample size could mean the April 29 poll is an outlier, it was conducted after rapper Kanye West began making controversial public statements in defense of the president and…
  
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• 56% of US voters want Trump to keep Iran nuke deal as deadline looms

  03-05-2018 17:22 via rt.com
  
  Over half of US voters support the Iran nuclear deal, according to a new poll, as the May 12 deadline for Donald Trump to decide to scramble or save it, approaches.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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• Giuliani: Trump Knew About Stormy Daniels Payment

  03-05-2018 16:54 via westernjournal.com
  
  'Michael would take care of things like this, like I take care of things like this for my clients.'
  
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• Bill Cosby's wife says Andrea Constand lied

  03-05-2018 16:44 via rss.cnn.com
  Bill Cosby's wife claimed in a statement Thursday that her husband's accuser gave false testimony during the trial that ended last week, and demanded an investigation of the district attorney.
  
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• Bill Cosby's wife slams prosecutor, accusers for husband's guilty verdict

  03-05-2018 16:27
  Camille Cosby said her husband, once a beloved actor and comedian known as America's Dad for his role in a popular 1980s TV show, was railroaded by a self-serving system that she said demanded a criminal investigation of his prosecutors.A jury of seven men and five women convicted Cosby, 80, on April 26 of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, 45, in 2004.Cosby's lawyers said they would appeal the verdict.
  
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• Arizona governor signs bill to boost teachers' wages

  03-05-2018 16:08
  (Reuters) - Arizona's governor signed a budget bill on Thursday that will increase teachers' wages by 20 percent over the next three years, after dozens of the state's school districts canceled classes as part of a strike to demand pay raises.
  
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• Expectations grow for North Korea to release three Americans

  03-05-2018 16:06
  CNN said on Thursday that North Korea would imminently release three Americans held as prisoners, as expectations grew thatPyongyang would make the gesture ahead of an unprecedented U.S.-North Korea summit due to take place in coming weeks.CNN, citing an unnamed source, said the groundwork for the move came two months ago when North Korea's foreign minister traveled to Sweden and proposed the idea.Rudy Giuliani, who joined President Donald Trump's legal team last month, told Fox News Channel tha
  
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• Fuel tanker hits power lines: Sparks fly in dramatic crash (VIDEO)

  03-05-2018 16:04 via rt.com
  
  US police have released footage of the moment a truck laden with 12,000 gallons (45,000 liters) of fuel smashed into power lines, causing sparks to fly.The driver has blamed the collision on a freak bird encounter.
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• Is Kanye West a Kremlin agent? Sure, why not, says Russiagate sage

  03-05-2018 15:55 via rt.com
  
  Kanye West is a “witting asset of Russian intelligence,” because alternative theories, that may explain the rapper’s controversial statements, are not nearly as compelling, according to a self-declared intelligence expert.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
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