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• How real is Iran threat? Democrats fear Trump administration using intel to justify conflict

  21-05-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday briefed members of the House and Senate behind closed doors.
  
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• The other Democrat feeling the heat on impeachment

  21-05-2019 23:48 via cnn.com
  Pressure is mounting for House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler to launch impeachment proceedings, but the New York Democrat is weighing dueling loyalties to eager members and to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has urged her caucus to stay the course on investigations and ignore the growing chorus for what would become a bitterly divisive process.
  
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• Saudi Arabia and Israel push US to confront Iran. Trump shouldn't take the bait

  21-05-2019 23:37 via cnn.com
  In February, as a Middle East meeting hosted by the Poles and orchestrated by the Trump administration kicked off, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an ominous tweet, saying that the gathering was to "advance the common interest of war with Iran."
  
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• Congresswoman teaches housing secretary Ben Carson his own job - video

  21-05-2019 23:36 via theguardian.com
  Democratic congresswoman Katie Porter grills the housing and urban development secretary, Ben Carson, on a series of mortgage-related policy questions that he is unable to answer. In an uncomfortable exchange, Porter asks Carson about 'REOs', a basic term related to foreclosure, to which he replies: 'An Oreo ...' Continue reading...
  
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• HUD Secretary Ben Carson mixes up a real estate term and Oreo sandwich cookies

  21-05-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  On Tuesday afternoon, Oreo responded on its official Twitter account. "REO stands for 'Really Excellent OREO (cookie).' Everyone knows that."
  
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• This teen is about to graduate from both high school and Harvard

  21-05-2019 23:31 via cnn.com
  Braxton Moral walked across the stage Sunday at his high school in Ulysses, Kansas, as a newly-minted graduate.
  
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• 'Nowhere for the water to go': Tornadoes, floods hit central US day after 20 tornadoes

  21-05-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A tornado tore through a neighborhood near Tulsa International Airport on Tuesday as a powerful storm triggered flash flooding and washed out roads across parts of Oklahoma.
  
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• Thousands rally across US against abortion bans – in pictures

  21-05-2019 23:03 via theguardian.com
  About 400 events were set to take place across all 50 US states in defense of abortion rights Continue reading...
  
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• U.S. Intel to Congress: No Evidence al Qaeda Is Helping Iran

  21-05-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Kena Betancur/AFP/GettyThe American intelligence community has no evidence that al Qaeda has cooperated with the Iranian government in its recent aggressive moves in the Persian Gulf region, a senior U.S. government official told members of Congress on Tuesday. That finding, which was relayed to The Daily Beast by three sources familiar with the matter, could undercut a potential legal case for going to war with Iran if tensions between Washington and Tehran keep escalating. The assessment was d
  
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• Tornado season has been wild, and more storms are coming

  21-05-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The deadly and destructive 2019 tornado season has been above-average, and shows no signs of letting up.
  
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• Oklahoma reels, Missouri declares state of emergency from storm, floods

  21-05-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Rescue crews using boats pulled at least 50 people from rising water as heavy downpours inundated roads and homes, Oklahoma Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Keli Cain said, although there were no reports of deaths or serious injuries.Only the tops of cars engulfed by water were could be seen in video footage of roadways near Oklahoma City, and some houses were entirely surrounded by floods."It's real dangerous," said Ross Reuter, a spokesman for Canadian County, where 10 people were rescu
  
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• Ben Carson mistakes housing term for 'Oreo'

  21-05-2019 22:46 via cnn.com
  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Tuesday appeared to think that a freshman Democrat was questioning him about Oreo cookies during his congressional testimony, when she was in fact asking him about foreclosure properties.
  
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• Airbus seeks resolution to German arms export row: CEO

  21-05-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Airbus is in discussions to try to find solutions to a row with the German government over a ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia that threatens a border security contract, Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said on Tuesday.The planemaker has warned of legal action against Germany after taking financial charges over the long-delayed border contract between Airbus's defense unit and the Gulf kingdom."We are not yet there," Faury told reporters when asked about possible legal action.
  
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• New Quinnipiac poll shows Biden leading Dems, Trump not getting credit for the economy

  21-05-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  According to the poll, 71% of the voters say that the economy is "good" or "excellent," but only 38% of voters approve of Trump.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren calls comedian to give love life advice: 'We have a plan to get my mom grandkids'

  21-05-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Elizabeth Warren is the only presidential candidate with a plan for comedian Ashley Nicole Black's love life.That's at least according to Black, who wrote on Twitter that she had a chat with the Democratic presidential candidate had called her up — making good on a weekend tweet from Ms Warren offering to help."Guess who's crying and shaking and just talked to Elizabeth Warren on the phone?!?!? We have a plan to get my mom grand kids, it's very comprehensive, and it does involve raising ta
  
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• House Democrats Subpoena Hope Hicks

  21-05-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  PoolThe House Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday it had issued subpoenas for Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson for testimony and documents related to the committee’s ongoing investigation into obstruction of justice and public corruption by President Trump, his associates, and other members of the administration.The committee had previously sent document requests to Hicks, a former communications director for Trump and Donaldson, former chief of staff of White House counsel Don McGahn, in Ma
  
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• Abortion ban protests: Thousands demonstrate against new restrictive laws across America

  21-05-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Massive protests opposing a series of bans against abortions have continued for several days after one of the most stringent abortion laws in the nation was signed into law in Alabama last week. Crowds of demonstrators on Capitol Hill were joined by prominent women’s rights activists and politicians on Tuesday, including 2020 presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand, for a rally titled StopTheBans. “Our democracy only works when the people of this country stand up and demand it,&rdquo
  
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• Theresa May offers vote on second referendum if lawmakers back 'new Brexit deal'

  21-05-2019 21:58 via cnn.com
  UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced yet another attempt to get her serially rejected Brexit plan through Parliament -- and this time she dangled the prospect of a second referendum to get it across the line.
  
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• Airbus prepares counter-punch to new Boeing mid-sized jet

  21-05-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. planemaker Boeing is studying whether to launch a 220-270-seat jet wedged between traditional twin-aisle models like the Airbus A330 or its own 787, and the industry's bread-and-butter single-aisle models like the A320/321 and Boeing 737.Airbus aims to defend that space with its own A330neo at the top end and the best-selling A321neo at the bottom - two models boasting new engines on older airframes."Those programs are both so mature that it gives Airbus pricing flexibility to address this
  
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• The Latest: Merkel, Macron and Putin discuss Iran situation

  21-05-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Persian Gulf region and elsewhere in the Mideast amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local):
  
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• 'Show respect': Iran's FM refuses Trump's offer of talks

  21-05-2019 21:42 via cnn.com
  • Iran stance is straight from Trump's N. Korea playbook
  
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• Iran's FM refuses Trump's offer of talks

  21-05-2019 21:42 via cnn.com
  • Iran stance is straight from Trump's N. Korea playbook
  
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• Iran refuses Trump's offer of talks unless US shows 'respect'

  21-05-2019 21:42 via cnn.com
  Iran's Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has said his country won't negotiate with President Donald Trump unless the US shows Tehran "respect" by honoring its commitments under the disputed nuclear deal.
  
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• Widow sues Boeing over fatal crash. Her demand: One whole day of its 2018 earnings

  21-05-2019 21:36 via cnn.com
  A French widow has filed a lawsuit against US aircraft manufacturer Boeing for $276 million in damages over the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 in March, which killed all 157 people on board -- including her husband.
  
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• Rex Tillerson Secretly Meets With House Foreign Affairs Committee to Talk Trump

  21-05-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Jonathan Ernst/ReutersFormer Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke with the leaders of the House Foreign Affairs committee on Tuesday in a lengthy session that, an aide said, touched on his time working in the Trump administration, the frictions he had with the president’s son in law, and efforts to tackle issues like Russian interference in the 2016 election.Tillerson’s appearance, first reported by The Daily Beast, took place as virtually every other Trumpworld luminary has been s
  
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• HUD Secretary Ben Carson stumped during congressional hearing

  21-05-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The HUD secretary faced a tough hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday.
  
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• Researchers say a tiny planet slammed into the Moon a long time ago

  21-05-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Earth's Moon only ever shows us one face. It's locked into its current orientation, with a permanent nearside and farside, but it wasn't until the Apollo missions that scientists were able to see just how different the two sides really are. The nearside, with its sea of dark gray basins standing in contrast to the brilliant white powder that covers the rest of its face, varies dramatically from the farside, which is marked with countless smaller craters in a more uniform distribution.The debate
  
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• New Feature on 2020 Chevrolet and GMC Models Won't Let Car Move Till Driver Fastens Seatbelt

  21-05-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The new tech is called Buckle to Drive, and it rolls out on several Chevrolet and GMC models for 2020 as part of the Teen Driver package.
  
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• 1,000 jobs lost as Jamie Oliver's restaurant empire fails

  21-05-2019 20:52 via cnn.com
  Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's restaurant empire in the United Kingdom is on the brink of collapse.
  
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• French widow sues Boeing for at least $276 million over Ethiopian crash

  21-05-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 in March killed all 157 passengers and crew aboard and followed the death in October of 189 people on a Lion Air 737 MAX which plunged into the ocean off Indonesia in similar circumstances.Dozens of families have sued Boeing over the Lion Air crash, and several lawsuits have been lodged over the Ethiopian crash near the capital Addis Ababa, which led airlines around the world to ground the Boeing 737 MAX.The lawsuit on behalf of Nadege Dubois-Seex, whos
  
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• US fingers Iran on Gulf attacks but eases tone

  21-05-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's administration charged Tuesday it was "quite possible" Iran was responsible for the sabotage of Gulf oil interests but said its robust response had stopped potential attacks on Americans.Top Trump officials appeared to be toning down weeks of fiery warnings to Iran before delivering a classified briefing to the full Congress, where opposition Democrats have accused the administration of hyping intelligence and pushing the United States dangerously close to war.Secretary
  
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• Don McGahn skips House hearing on Mueller report

  21-05-2019 20:47 via cnn.com
  The House Judiciary Committee gaveled in Tuesday to an empty witness chair for the second time this month after former White House counsel Don McGahn did not appear after he was subpoenaed.
  
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• 'Our subpoenas are not optional': Democrats stonewalled again by Donald Trump

  21-05-2019 20:46 via theguardian.com
  The US president blocked former White House counsel Donald McGahn from testifying before Congress about the special counsel’s report on Russian election interference, prompting fresh threats of impeachment. The House judiciary committee held a brief hearing on Tuesday morning in McGahn’s absence, with an empty chair where he was supposed to sit. The committee chairman, Jerry Nadler, said subpoenas were 'not optional' and the committee would hear McGahn's testimony even if it had
  
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• Why vote is moment of truth for nationalists

  21-05-2019 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Italy's Matteo Salvini is gathering an array of right-wing leaders, but can such an awkward alliance work?
  
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• Mississippi governor signs 'heartbeat' abortion ban into law. Here's what you need to know

  21-05-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The ban would be among the strictest in the country, but is expected to quickly be challenged in federal court.
  
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• European elections 2019: A moment of truth for nationalists

  21-05-2019 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Italy's Matteo Salvini is gathering an array of right-wing leaders, but can such an awkward alliance work?
  
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• Election sparks wave of suicide attempts

  21-05-2019 20:43 via cnn.com
  A shock Australian election result has sparked a wave of suicide attempts among refugees held in the Manus Island detention center off Papua New Guinea, activists say.
  
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• American Airlines blames mechanics for 2,200 flight delays, cancellations, warns of summer travel trouble

  21-05-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  American Airlines says a slowdown by mechanics led to nearly 2,200 flight cancellations, delays since February and has intensified.
  
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• Russian bombers, fighters intercepted off Alaska: US military

  21-05-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  US fighters intercepted six Russian military aircraft in international airspace west of Alaska, and shadowed them until they exited the area, the North American Air Defense Command said Tuesday.The Russian aircraft included two Tu-95 strategic bombers, which were intercepted Monday by two F-22 fighters, the command said.A second group of two Tu-95 bombers and two Su-35 fighters were also intercepted by a pair of F-22 fighters, it said.
  
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• DOJ offers unredacted Mueller report material if House Dems back off Barr threat

  21-05-2019 20:27 via cnn.com
  The Justice Department is trying to stave off an "enforcement action" against Attorney General William Barr this week, making a rare offer to have the House Intelligence Committee review materials from special counsel Robert Mueller's report if House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff agrees to back down.
  
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• AOC renews Trump impeachment calls after McGahn ignores subpoena: 'We have to move forward'

  21-05-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is ramping up pressure on her fellow Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, saying that she and her colleagues have “a duty” to hold the president accountable."We have to move forward on impeachment," Ms Ocasio-Cortez said on Tuesday during an interview with CNN.She continued, paying respect to speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who has so far pushed back on impeachment calls.“I trust the speaker's taking a measured approach to
  
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• Apple’s latest MacBook Pro refresh once again addresses keyboard issues

  21-05-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple doesn't often admit fault, but the quiet launch of a new MacBook Pro model today, alongside an adjustment to the Keyboard Service Program, seems to be the company's way of acknowledging that there's more work to be done to address the butterfly keyboard issues of its laptop line. According to Apple, the keyboard design has been tweaked to reduce double and missed key presses, which users have been complaining about for years.New materials in the switch mechanism of the keyboard are said to
  
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• Time's Up: McDonald's faces 25 new sexual harassment charges

  21-05-2019 20:21 via nbcnews.com
  “These brave McDonald’s workers, some only 16 or 17 years old at the time of the harassment, allege a wide range of unacceptable behavior at McDonald's,” an attorney representing the women said.
  
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• Social media killed the retail store: How millennials have changed our shopping habits

  21-05-2019 20:16 via nbcnews.com
  "Dress for success" doesn’t exist anymore, say consumer experts. “You’re not building wardrobes today. You’re building memories.”
  
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• Hundreds rally at U.S. Supreme Court, calling state abortion bans as step backward

  21-05-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Abortion-rights campaigners, including Democrats seeking their party's 2020 presidential nomination, rallied at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest new restrictions on abortion passed by Republican-dominated legislatures in eight states.Many of the restrictions are intended to draw legal challenges, which religious conservatives hope will lead the nation's top court to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy."We are not going to
  
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• McDonald's investigated over racism and harassment claims in Brazil

  21-05-2019 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Federal prosecutors say complaint presents ‘worrying evidence’ of sexual harassment and discriminationIt was a busy day at a McDonald’s branch in São Paulo. Marcelo says he was struggling to keep up with demand while manning the chips and white meat stations when the shift boss called him a “damned stupid blackie”.Marcelo protested and said he would pursue legal action for racism. The store manager fired him the next day, according to his statement in court d
  
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• California sues Trump administration over $1 billion in rail money

  21-05-2019 20:03 via nbcnews.com
  Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has called the move illegal and says it's political retribution for California's resistance to Trump's immigration policies.
  
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• Mississippi judge who blocked 15-week abortion ban hears arguments on fetal heartbeat law

  21-05-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Mississippi's fetal heartbeat law which bans abortions after approximately six weeks could be blocked or upheld by Judge Carlton Reeves.
  
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• Middle school students accused of adding semen, urine to teachers' food

  21-05-2019 19:57 via nbcnews.com
  The food was getting served to teachers acting as judges for a cooking competition that was part of a "Global Gourmet" class.
  
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• Bomb-laden drone from Yemen rebels targets Saudi airport

  21-05-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi rebels attack a Saudi airport and military base with a bomb-laden drone, an assault acknowledged by the kingdom as Middle East tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
  
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