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• 17 state attorneys general ask to defend CFPB; cite Trump

  23-01-2017 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys general from 17 states are seeking to defend the U.S. consumer watchdog agency in court amid speculation that President Donald Trump may fire its director.
  
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• AFCON: Algeria and Zimbabwe crash out

  23-01-2017 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  The African Player of the Year will play no further part in this edition of the Africa Cup of Nations.
  
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• Chile meeting with TPP members plus China, South Korea

  23-01-2017 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will continue to pursue bilateral trade deals now that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is off the table after U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, Foreign Minister Herald Munoz told journalists on Monday.
  
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• Ecclestone out, Carey in as Liberty complete F1 deal

  23-01-2017 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bernie Ecclestone's long reign as Formula One's ringmaster came to an end Monday as Liberty Media completed its multi-billion-dollar takeover of motorsport's most prestigious brand. Colorado-based Liberty confirmed in a statement that American Chase Carey had been appointed chairman and chief executive of F1, with Ecclestone moving into an advisory role as "chairman emeritus". Ecclestone, 86, had already signalled the end of his near 40-year reign as head of Formula One in comments to German mag
  
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• Deadly storm batters eastern U.S. with wind and heavy rain

  23-01-2017 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Torrential rain and strong winds threatened to snarl travel and cause more destruction on Monday as a major storm roared up the U.S. East Coast after killing at least 20 people in the South. The weather system, which formed deadly tornadoes in the deep South, is turning colder as it moves northeast, where residents face potential flooding, downed power lines and high tides overnight, said Tim Morrin, the National Weather Service's New York Observation Progra
  
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• Senate debates Trump CIA pick

  23-01-2017 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday debated whether to confirm President Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA, as Democrats raised questions about whether he is transparent in his beliefs about Russia's meddling in the U.S. election and how he feels about torture.
  
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• White House press secretary: 'Our intention is never to lie'

  23-01-2017 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House press secretary Sean Spicer told a roomful of reporters that "our intention is never to lie to you," although sometimes the Trump administration may "disagree with the facts." ...
  
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• 'SNL' writer suspended for tweet about Barron Trump

  23-01-2017 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A "Saturday Night Live" writer has been suspended indefinitely after tweeting a poorly received joke about Donald Trump's 10-year-old youngest son, Barron.
  
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• Trump White House vows to stop China taking South China Sea islands

  23-01-2017 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned would require Washington to "wage war." The comments at a briefing from White House spokesman Sean Spicer signaled a sharp departure from years of cautious U.S. handling of China's assertive pursuit of territ
  
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• Trump can do plenty on his own to unravel Obama health law

  23-01-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump can do plenty on his own to unravel the Obama health care law, but some of those actions would create disruptions that undermine his administration's early promises. Other less sweeping steps could open the way for big changes, but might not get as much notice.
  
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• Woods hopes to shake off rust with busy calendar

  23-01-2017 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tiger Woods said Monday he is confident that his battered 41-year-old body can withstand the rigours of playing in four golf tournaments over the next five weeks. "I have played one time in the last 18 months," American Woods said during a news conference Monday at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. After the Farmers at the Torrey Pines course, Woods will fly off to United Arab Emirates for the Dubai Desert Classic from February 2-5, followed by the Genesis Open at Riviera on February 16-1
  
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• 'Net neutrality' foe Ajit Pai is new FCC head

  23-01-2017 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has picked a fierce critic of the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules to be chief regulator of the nation's airwaves and internet connections.
  
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• Female animators break down cartoon-women stereotypes

  23-01-2017 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For a long time, nearly all of the animation students at the California Institute of the Arts' were men. Today, most of CalArts' more than 250 animation students are women, and one of their goals is to ...
  
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• Latest California storm goes out with a bang

  23-01-2017 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sunshine and rainbows alternated with thunderclaps, downpours, snow and hail on Monday as the last in a trio of storms broke up over California after flooding roads and homes and trapping people in swamped vehicles.
  
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• Stephen Colbert to host Emmys on CBS in September

  23-01-2017 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert will host the annual Emmy Awards telecast, this year to be shown on his home network of CBS.
  
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• May criticised for handling of Trident test malfunction report

  23-01-2017 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kylie MacLellan and William James LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday she was briefed about the successful certification of a nuclear submarine as she came under increasing pressure over her handling of reports its unarmed Trident missile misfired. The report triggered fierce criticism about a perceived lack of transparency from May and prompted members of Parliament to demand answers from her defence minister in parliament. CNN, citing a U.S. defence official
  
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• 'Zoolander,' 'Batman v Superman' top Razzie nominations

  23-01-2017 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - "Zoolander," and "Batman v Superman" topped nominations announced Monday for the Razzies, Hollywood's anti-awards celebrating the worst films of 2016.
  
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• Trump says will renegotiate NAFTA at 'appropriate time'

  23-01-2017 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that he would renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement "at the appropriate time."
  
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• Trump meets with leaders of building, sheet metal unions

  23-01-2017 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump met Monday at the White House with leaders of construction, carpenters, plumbers and sheet metal unions, the White House said.
  
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• 'The windows exploded': Storm death toll at 20 in the South

  23-01-2017 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — A tornado warning on television sent Anthony Mitchell, his pregnant wife and their three children scrambling for what little shelter their mobile home could provide. They crouched in a hallway as the twister started taking their home apart piece by piece.
  
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• White House opens door to cooperation with Russian in Syria

  23-01-2017 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday opened the door to cooperating with Russia "or anyone else" to combat the Islamic State group in Syria, suggesting it could reverse a previous refusal to coordinate military action with Moscow as long as it backs the Syrian government.
  
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• Trump's tweets are presidential records, but deletions?

  23-01-2017 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives and Records Administration considers President Donald Trump's tweets as presidential records that need to be preserved for historic purposes, but an archives official said Monday that the agency has yet to say whether his administration will be required to keep altered or deleted tweets.
  
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• Hawaii's Lanai Island dark after windstorm knocks out power

  23-01-2017 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The entire Hawaiian island of Lanai remained without electrical service Monday after strong winds snapped or damaged utility poles over the weekend.
  
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• US sent $221 million to Palestinians in Obama's last hours

  23-01-2017 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say the Obama administration in its waning hours defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that GOP members of Congress had been blocking.
  
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• US stock indexes close slightly lower; oil prices slide

  23-01-2017 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Energy companies led U.S. stock indexes slightly lower Monday as the price of crude oil fell.
  
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• China cracks down on VPNs, making it harder to circumvent Great Firewall

  23-01-2017 22:38 via theguardian.com
  
  A 14-month government ‘cleanup’ of internet access services will make it harder for users to access websites that are usually censored or restrictedChina has begun a crackdown on the use of virtual private networks, or VPNs, making it harder for internet users to circumvent the Great Firewall.The nation’s ministry of industry and information technology announced a 14-month “cleanup” of internet access services, including making it illegal to operate a local VPN serv
  
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• NYC agrees to pay up to $75 million over dismissed summonses

  23-01-2017 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has agreed to pay up to $75 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that accused police officers of writing at least 900,000 summonses for offenses like trespassing, disorderly conduct and urinating in public that were later dismissed because of legal insufficiency.
  
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• What the Women's March was missing

  23-01-2017 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  What do women really want?
  
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• Salena Zito: What the Women's March was missing

  23-01-2017 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  What do women really want?
  
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• Dollar, stocks hit by Trump's protectionist stance

  23-01-2017 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. dollar fell to a seven-week low against a basket of other major currencies on Monday and global stock markets were shaky over investor concerns about protectionist rhetoric by U.S. President Donald Trump. U.S. Treasury yields slipped, with benchmark yields posting their biggest one-day drop in more than two weeks and gold rallied as demand for safe-haven assets was boosted by Trump's stance on trade. On Monday, Trump told U.S. manufacturing executives he would impose a hefty border tax
  
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• Clijsters, Roddick joining International Tennis Hall of Fame

  23-01-2017 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Kim Clijsters and Andy Roddick have been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
  
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• The Latest: Officials say base lockdown done as precaution

  23-01-2017 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a lockdown at an Air Force base in Arizona.
  
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• Trump admin backs off pledge of immediate immigration change

  23-01-2017 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will focus immigration enforcement efforts first on criminal immigrants in the country illegally, his administration said on Monday, offering hope to more than three-quarters of a million young immigrants protected from deportation under the Obama administration.
  
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• Documents show Trump has resigned from 400+ businesses

  23-01-2017 22:03 via money.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump says he has resigned from positions in hundreds of business entities, according to a document provided to CNN by the Trump Organization.
  
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• US probes National Security Adviser calls with Russian envoy

  23-01-2017 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  US investigators are scrutinizing late December calls between Mike Flynn, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, and Russia's ambassador to the US as part of a broader counterintelligence investigation of Russian activities in the US, law enforcement and intelligence officials told CNN.
  
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• Opinion: Killing TPP is bad for Americans, great for China

  23-01-2017 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  It's now clear that the election of Donald Trump will dramatically alter the shape of the world's economy for the foreseeable future. But based on his executive action to withdraw from the negotiating process of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), this reshaping will not be for the benefit of US workers and citizens.
  
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• Opinion: Bad for Americans, great for China

  23-01-2017 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  It's now clear that the election of Donald Trump will dramatically alter the shape of the world's economy for the foreseeable future. But based on his executive action to withdraw from the negotiating process of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), this reshaping will not be for the benefit of US workers and citizens.
  
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• JEFFREY H. BERGSTRAND: Killing TPP is bad news for Americans, but great for China

  23-01-2017 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  It's now clear that the election of Donald Trump will dramatically alter the shape of the world's economy for the foreseeable future. But based on his executive action to withdraw from the negotiating process of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), this reshaping will not be for the benefit of US workers and citizens.
  
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• Press secretary says his intention is 'never to lie'

  23-01-2017 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's first week as President begins with confirmation votes, executive actions and the first official White House briefing.
  
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• Executive orders: What Trump can't do

  23-01-2017 21:22 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump dives into the business of policy Monday, signing executive actions that remove the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership, enacting a federal employee hiring freeze (except for the military), and reinstating the "Mexico City policy" on abortion funding.
  
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• 'Zoolander 2' leads Razzie nominations

  23-01-2017 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  Awards season is in full swing and now we know Hollywood's best of the worst for 2016.
  
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• Trump is right -- more women should have voted

  23-01-2017 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  As millions of women -- and men -- marched on Saturday to protest Donald Trump's election,the new President himself was wondering what many others were: Where were these people on November 8, 2016?
  
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• S.E. CUPP: Trump is right -- more women should have voted

  23-01-2017 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  As millions of women -- and men -- marched on Saturday to protest Donald Trump's election,the new President himself was wondering what many others were: Where were these people on November 8, 2016?
  
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• Caught napping: Baseball hitting, pitching sapped by jet lag

  23-01-2017 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Researchers say they've documented an unseen drag on major league baseball players that can wipe out home field advantage, make pitchers give up more home runs, and take some punch out of a team's bats. ...
  
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• Marking Roe anniversary, abortion foes pin hopes on Trump

  23-01-2017 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Abortion opponents expressed optimism Monday that Donald Trump's early months in office would advance their cause as hundreds converged on the Kansas Statehouse to mark the 1973 Supreme Court decision ...
  
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• U.S. says will prevent China taking over territory in international waters

  23-01-2017 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea. "I think the U.S. is going to make sure that we protect our interests there," White House spokesman Sean Spicer told a news briefing. "It’s a question of if those islands are in fact in international waters and not part of China proper, then yeah, we’re going to make sure that we defend internationa
  
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• The Latest: Trump to visit Pentagon to discuss IS effort

  23-01-2017 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 3 p.m. President Donald Trump will visit the Department of Defense Friday to review the anti-Islamic State policy. White House press secretary Sean ...
  
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• Opinion: Trump's TPP move is misdirection

  23-01-2017 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump is likely to portray withdrawing from the Trans Pacific Partnership as a bold stroke, and his not-constrained-by-facts White House is sure to tout it as the greatest economic move made by an occupant of the Oval Office in modern history. But, looking more closely, the decision reflects mostly a political reality, combined with a healthy helping of cynical economic misdirection.
  
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• Fashion cheers Chiuri's magical Dior haute couture debut

  23-01-2017 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If there were any doubters that Maria Grazia Chiuri was right for Dior there can be none now after a breathtaking debut haute couture collection blew away critics on Monday. One dreamlike ball gown after another trailed through the enchanted woodland maze she created for the show complete with a wish tree draped with charms and lights.
  
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• The Latest: Democrats seek delay on Sessions vote

  23-01-2017 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on activities in Congress (All times EST):
  
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