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• Trump budget calls for deep cuts to social safety net

  23-05-2017 23:44 via rocketnews.com
  
  View photosEric Ueland, Republican Staff Director of the Senate Budget Committee, hands out copies of US President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 23, 2017 (AFP Photo/SAUL LOEB)
  MoreWashington (AFP) – The White House delivered to Congress Tuesday a proposed 2018 budget that would deeply cut programs for the poor and rural America, as well as diplomacy and foreign aid, while boosting defense and border security.
  The plan claims it would he
  
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• The Latest: Acquitted Tulsa cop receiving back pay

  23-05-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on a white Tulsa police officer who was acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man (all times local):
  
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• India Could Dominate The World Of Blockchain

  23-05-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Could the blossoming fintech scene in Andhra Pradesh turn this coastal state in southern India into the next Silicon Valley?
  
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• British police name suicide bomber, threat level raised to critical

  23-05-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  By Michael Holden and Andy BruceMANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - British police on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in an attack on a crowded concert hall in Manchester, and said they were trying to establish whether he had acted alone or with help from others.The man suspected of carrying out Britain's deadliest bombing in nearly 12 years was named as Salman Abedi, aged 22, but police declined to give further details about him.
  
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• Real Police Officer Drops By Girl's Cop-Themed Birthday Party: 'Evie's Face Lit Right Up'

  23-05-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Little Evie Flanagan even offered Officer Chase a doughnut.
  
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• Black Hole Or Supernova? Scientists Spot Galaxy’s Mysterious Bright Spot

  23-05-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  A new bright spot scientists just saw in a powerful galaxy might be a rare type of supernova explosion or it could be a supermassive black hole that just ate a delicious meal.
  
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• Tesla confirms key details surrounding the upcoming Model 3

  23-05-2017 23:01 via rocketnews.com
  
  In just a few weeks, Tesla will begin mass production on the Model 3, the company’s highly anticipated mass market EV. With a entry-level sticker price of just $35,000, the Model 3 will be Tesla’s most affordable vehicle yet and will help hasten the adoption of electric vehicles in the mainstream.
  While we already know a lot about the Model 3, there are many details Tesla has yet to divulge. For instance, just last week a photo of a Model 3 with a wooden trim interior surfaced onlin
  
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• CBO score could roil Senate health care negotiations

  23-05-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  
  The Congressional Budget Office will release its prediction of the effects of the House-passed health care overhaul Wednesday afternoon, potentially stirring up more dissent among Senate Republicans who have spent much of this month attempting to hash out their own health care deal.The CBO will likely deliver a similar verdict for the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as it did for an earlier version of the House bill, which the office said would result in 24 million fewer Americans having health
  
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• Fox News retracts Seth Rich conspiracy story as Hannity vows to press on

  23-05-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  
  A controversial Fox News report about the death of a Democratic National Committee employee last summer — a story that had fueled a conspiracy theory that rocketed across right-wing media, but reportedly embarrassed some of the network’s staffers — was retracted by the network Tuesday afternoon.The report attempted to tie the death of data analyst Seth Rich — who was shot in what Washington police believe was a botched robbery attempt — to the leak of
  
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• Trump arrives in Italy to meet Pope Francis, Italian leaders

  23-05-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump's meeting with the head of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics on Wednesday comes after the pair sparred at a distance on issues including migration, climate change and Islam.Air Force One arrived from Israel at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, where Trump and his wife Melania were greeted by Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano.
  
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• Prosecutors: Investigator tried to get Trump tax details

  23-05-2017 22:12 via rocketnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to Yad Vashem to honor the victims of the holocaust, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
  MoreA private investigator in Louisiana unsuccessfully tried to obtain President Donald Trump’s federal tax information through a government website, and “even sounded proud of what he had done,” authorities said.
  Jordan Hamlett was charged with misrepresenting his Social Security number in the effort, prosecutors said. He
  
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• Suicidal Man 'Unintentionally' Kills Girlfriend With Bullet That First Went Through His Own Head: Cops

  23-05-2017 22:07 via rocketnews.com
  
  An Alaska man who cops say unintentionally killed his girlfriend as she tried saving him from a suicide attempt now faces murder charges.
  Victor Sibson, 21, turned himself in Friday after a warrant was issued for his arrest in the April 19 death of 22-year-old Brittany-Mae Haag.
  Watch: 9 Years After Suicide Attempt This Man Ran Marathon With Stranger Who Saved Him
  Authorities believe Sibson was most likely sitting down when he attempted to shoot himself in the head using his left hand. Haa
  
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• Sanders and Schumer say Trump’s budget takes a ‘sledgehammer to the middle class’

  23-05-2017 22:05 via rocketnews.com
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., criticized President Trump’s 2018 budget proposal for cuts to domestic programs. Schumer said, “The Trump budget takes a sledgehammer to the middle class and to working-class Americans.”
  The post Sanders and Schumer say Trump’s budget takes a ‘sledgehammer to the middle class’ appeared first on RocketNews |Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• Teen Girl Throws Herself In River For 'Blue Whale' Suicide Challenge

  23-05-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  The girl reportedly jumped into a turbulent river to complete a suicide challenge referred to “Blue Whale.”
  
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• Lawsuit: Mississippi fails to educate black children equally

  23-05-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is denying good schools to African American students in violation of the federal law that enabled the state to rejoin the union after the Civil War, a legal group alleged Tuesday.
  
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• Republicans and Democrats dismiss Trump’s budget as ‘dead on arrival’

  23-05-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House budget director began making his case for the 2018 budget Tuesday, but it met initial skepticism from members of both parties.
  
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• Bahrain police fire on Shiite protest, one reported dead

  23-05-2017 21:45 via rocketnews.com
  
  View photosTop Bahraini Shiite cleric Isa Qassim was stripped of citizenship last year, sparking the sit-in outside his residence in Diraz  (AFP Photo/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)
  MoreDubai (AFP) – Bahraini police opened fire Tuesday on a protest by supporters of a top Shiite cleric, with at least one demonstrator reported dead in the latest unrest to hit the Sunni-ruled Gulf state.
  The Britain-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) announced the “tragic death of a peace
  
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• Manchester terror attack: What we know

  23-05-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Twenty-two people, including children, were killed in a suicide bombing at a pop concert packed with teens in the British city of Manchester late Monday.Here is what we know so far about the terror attack, the deadliest in Britain since 2005.Police said they were called at 10:33 pm (2133 GMT) Monday to reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena during a concert by US pop star Ariana Grande, who is popular with teenagers and pre-teens.
  
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• Poor and disabled big losers in Trump budget; military wins

  23-05-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The poor and the disabled are big losers in President Donald Trump's $4.1 trillion budget proposal while the Pentagon is a big winner.
  
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• Bitcoin Sets Records amid Elevated Risk, Yuan Eyes Upper Bound ahead of FOMC

  23-05-2017 21:13
  The digital currency faces increasing risks despite of its record-setting run; the offshore Yuan is at key resistance level ahead of May FOMC minutes.
  
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• Angry Venezuela protesters take aim at Chavez statues, home

  23-05-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Anti-government protesters in Venezuela have settled on a new target for their frustration: Hugo Chavez.
  
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• Leverage as Velocity

  23-05-2017 21:00
  Many professional traders already know that what you trade isn't as important as 'how' you trade. In this article, we'll look at one of the most important topics to FX Traders: Leverage and Trade Sizes.
  
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• Crude Oil Prices Target Resistance Ahead of OPEC

  23-05-2017 21:00
  Crude oil prices are testing daily resistance on this stretch ahead of Thursday’s OPEC meeting. Here are the updated targets & invalidation levels that matter.
  
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• JPY, Euro, CAD Price Action Setups

  23-05-2017 20:54
  The next 24 hours present a series of potential market drivers of the subjective, Central Bank variety. In this webinar, we look at price action setups in related markets in the effort of devising strategy.
  
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• Christina El Moussa Got the Sweetest Tattoo Honoring Her Kids

  23-05-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Check out her new ink.
  
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• Former CIA chief 'aware of intelligence revealing contact between Russian officials and Trump campaign members'

  23-05-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan has said he is “aware of information and intelligence” that revealed alleged contact between Russia and “US persons” in Donald Trump's campaign team.“I don’t know whether or not such collusion existed, but I know there was a basis of information for [an investigation],” said Mr Brennan referring to classified information he saw regarding alleged links between the Trump campaign and Russia.
  
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• VIDEO: Man with cerebral palsy mocked, punched in West Chester

  23-05-2017 20:26 via rocketnews.com
  
  3rd World America: My 79 year old mother collects disability social security, mom barely gets by. She and her boyfriend voted for Trump and making America great again. Wont she be surprised when her disability payments are cut and her health insurance rises.
  The post VIDEO: Man with cerebral palsy mocked, punched in West Chester appeared first on RocketNews |Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• Duterte Declares Martial Law, Moves Putin Meeting

  23-05-2017 20:17 via rocketnews.com
  
  The Senate Intelligence Committee has requested documents from two businesses linked to Trump’s former national security advisor.
  MoreRodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, has declared martial law in his country’s South for 60 days.
  Amid clashes in Marawi City between government troops and Maute militants, who are extremist allies of the Islamic State, Duterte imposed martial law on the entire Mindanao island.
  Duterte, best known for his war on drugs that has seen thousands
  
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• Clinton Calls Trump Budget an 'Unimaginable Level of Cruelty'

  23-05-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton slammed President Trump’s federal budget plan while giving a speech at the Children’s Health Fund Annual Benefit.
  
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• The only real way to stop atrocities like the Manchester attack is to end the wars which allow extremism to grow

  23-05-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump leaves the Middle East today, having done his bit to make the region even more divided and mired in conflict than it was before.At the same moment that Donald Trump was condemning the suicide bomber in Manchester as “an evil loser in life”, he was adding to the chaos in which al-Qaeda and Isis have taken root and flourished.It may be a long distance between the massacre in Manchester and the wars in the Middle East, but the connection is there.
  
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• Ethiopia's Tedros wins WHO race, first African to get top job

  23-05-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  
  By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom MilesGENEVA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus won the race to be the next head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, becoming the first African to lead the United Nations agency.The former health minister and foreign minister received more than half the votes in the first round and then won a decisive second-round election, beating Britain's David Nabarro to the job."It's a victory day for Ethiopia and for Africa," Ethiopia's ambassador t
  
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• 12-Year-Old Girl Abducted by Teen Boys In 'Imminent Danger'

  23-05-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  
  McKenzie Wilson went missing from her upstate New York home early in the morning.
  
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• The Latest: Leaders attack lawsuit over schools for blacks

  23-05-2017 19:48 via yahoo.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit alleging that Mississippi is breaking federal law by providing unequal schooling to black students (all times local):
  
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• Melania Trump appears to reject Donald Trump's invitation to hold hands for second day in a row

  23-05-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  
  When he arrived in Italy, Donald Trump might have been hoping for a little bit of La Dolce Vita.The apparent snub came a day after a similar scene at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, rolled out the red carpet for the US leader.On that occasion, Mrs Trump seemed to swat away her husband’s hand with a flick of her wrist.
  
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• Duterte declares martial rule in besieged south Philippines

  23-05-2017 19:29 via rocketnews.com
  
  View photosPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, leaves a plane upon his arrival at government airport Vnukovo II just outside Moscow, Russia, late Monday, May 22, 2017. President Rodrigo Duterte is on his official visit to Russia. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
  MoreMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared the country’s south under martial rule for 60 days and cut short a visit to Moscow on Tuesday after Muslim extremists al
  
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• WHO reform a top priority for Ethiopia's Tedros

  23-05-2017 19:13 via yahoo.com
  
  The first African to head the World Health Organization, Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom, says he aims to replicate his success in turning around his country's healthcare system on the global stage.The 52-year-old's campaign focused on overhauling the UN health agency after its much-criticised handling of the west African Ebola epidemic, and speculation that the United States might cut its funding for the agency."We live in a changing world, and the WHO must be able to change with it," Tedros said in
  
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• Manchester United: Royal Family, Celebrities Show Support for City After Attack

  23-05-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  
  ISIS is taking credit for the attack, which claimed the lives of 22 people.
  
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• Hey T-Mobile, this sure looks like a ‘ridiculous’ fee increase

  23-05-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com
  
  T-Mobile CEO John Legere has literally made his career by calling out other companies on their bullshit. The magenta-colored Twitterphile delights in video rants slamming AT&T and Verizon for deceptive billing practices, "line access fees," and "activation fees" that do nothing but pad the bottom line.
  Legere has a great point: badly-named fees are anti-consumer, terrible for your company's image, and awful for the wireless industry as a whole. So why exactly is T-Mobile quietly jacking up t
  
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• EUR/USD Stretches to Fresh Yearly Highs- Levels to Know From Here

  23-05-2017 18:53
  The rally turned just ahead of technical resistance with the immediate long-bias vulnerable. Here are the updated targets & invalidation levels that matter.
  
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• Trump's Saudi embrace, Iran disdain upend Obama's vision: analysts

  23-05-2017 18:52 via yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump's emphatic embrace of Sunni Arab regimes and his vilification of Iran mark a stark departure from the vision of his predecessor Barack Obama in the volatile region, analysts say.Pointedly delivering his first foreign speech in Riyadh on Sunday, Trump praised the six-state Gulf Cooperation Council, specifically Saudi Arabia, for efforts to cut off funding to extremists while lambasting Iran as the "spearhead of terrorism".While the unpredictable Trump completed the visit
  
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• U.S. intelligence chief Coats sidesteps questions on Trump, Russians and Israel

  23-05-2017 18:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats declined to confirm or deny news reports that President Trump reached out directly to him in an effort to undermine an FBI investigation.
  
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• Elon Musk told Donald Trump what to do about the Paris Climate Agreement

  23-05-2017 18:27 via yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration may finally be nearing a decision on whether to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement.  Now we know that visionary businessman Elon Musk, who founded SpaceX, Tesla, and a new, mysterious tunnel-building firm called the Boring Company, is talking to President Donald Trump about what to do regarding this agreement.   Given his role in alternative energy, it's no surprise that Musk is in favor of the 2016 treaty. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk's Boring Company isn't waiting an
  
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• Husky Caught on Surveillance Shoplifting a Loaf of Bread, Then Returning With an Accomplice

  23-05-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Cops said the dog will not be facing any charges.
  
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• World reaction to the deadly attack in Manchester, England

  23-05-2017 18:04 via rocketnews.com
  
  Roy: Let’s see, Gowdy doody was SO persistent when it came to Hillary when there was much less to go on, and she was ultimately exonerated after TWELVE special investigations, and yet, when the orange idiot is basically confessing to high crimes and misdemeanors, he attacks those investigating the vomit faced clown. Partisan much?
  The post World reaction to the deadly attack in Manchester, England appeared first on RocketNews |Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• Martin Luther Was the Donald Trump of 1517

  23-05-2017 18:01 via yahoo.com
  
  If the leader of the reformation could have tweeted the 95 theses, he would have. And he was no slouch at locker room talk, either.
  
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• Manchester in Mourning: Bombing Victims Remembered

  23-05-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  An 8-year-old and a college student are among the 22 people who were killed in the terror attack at Manchester Arena following an Ariana Grande concert.
  
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• Man Wrongly Convicted Of Murder To Be Set Free After 24 Years

  23-05-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Shaurn Thomas was sentenced to life in prison for a murder that occurred when he was just 16.
  
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• Galaxy Note 8 Leak Shows Our Best Look Yet

  23-05-2017 17:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Samsung has already said that it's planning a new Galaxy Note for this year, and now the upcoming phablet might have leaked online.The images show a device with the same dual-curved Infinity Display you'd find on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+.It also appears to come with many of the same sensors as the Galaxy S8.
  
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• Former CIA Director Brennan was aware of 'interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in Trump campaign'

  23-05-2017 17:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Former CIA Director John Brennan testified before the House intelligence committee regarding the Russian campaign meddling probe. "I encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in Trump campaign," Brennan said.
  
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• US Intelligence chief refuses to say whether Trump asked him to push back against Russia investigation

  23-05-2017 17:22 via rocketnews.com
  
  Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats listens to a question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on ‘Worldwide Threats’: AP
  MoreThe Director of National Intelligence has told a Senate committee that he cannot publicly comment on whether Donald Trump asked him to push back against an investigation into possible collusion between Trump campaign advisers and Russia.
  According to reports, Mr Trump asked Dan Coats and Michael Rogers, the director of the National Securit
  
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