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• 'It was no secret': Key takeaways from Sondland's testimony

  20-11-2019 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland changed the course of the House impeachment inquiry Wednesday, over the span of several hours front of the House Intelligence Committee with the television cameras rolling for a global audience.
  
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• Sondland pressed on why Trump has blocked witnesses: 'I wish I could answer'

  20-11-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash., took aim at the members of the Trump administration who have refused to testify in the impeachment inquiry.
  
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• Arizona border activist found not guilty of hiding migrants

  20-11-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Arizona jury on Wednesday found a human rights activist not guilty of harboring two migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, after the U.S. government prosecuted him for giving them food, water and shelter in the desert.The Tucson jury took just over two hours to decide that Scott Warren, 37, a geography professor, provided the men with legal humanitarian aid in January 2018 and did not deliberately conceal them from U.S. Border Patrol.A previous jury was unable to decide whethe
  
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• Jonathan Cristol: Trump has seriously miscalculated on South Korea

  20-11-2019 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  According to a congressional aide and an administration official, the Trump administration has requested an approximate 400% increase in the amount South Korea contributes to the maintenance of United States forces in Korea -- the "Special Measures Agreement," CNN reported on Thursday. (Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has refused to confirm this figure, simply saying, "we have asked for a significant increase in the cost-sharing for our deployed troops.") After last year's talks ended with a one
  
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• Fox News asked to retract 'defamatory' Vindman segment

  20-11-2019 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  A lawyer representing Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council's Ukraine expert who testified publicly this week in the impeachment hearings, sent a letter to Fox News on Wednesday asking the network for a retraction.
  
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• Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar in genocide case

  20-11-2019 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will personally defend her government from allegations of genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya -- an unusual twist of fate for a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
  
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• Democratic debates – live: Democrats prepare for fifth debate after key impeachment witness says Trump directed Ukraine 'quid pro quo' in bombshell testimony

  20-11-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gordon Sondland has implicated a number of White House officials who were “in the loop” with Donald Trump's direction to withhold aid to Ukraine in an exchange for a meeting and a public statement announcing an investigation into the president’s political opponents.Mr Sondland, a US ambassador to the EU, affirmed that there was a so-called quid pro quo, dropping a bombshell testimony into another pivotal hearing in the House impeachment inquiry into the president’s allege
  
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• Democratic debates: Democrats prepare for fifth debate after key impeachment witness says Trump directed Ukraine 'quid pro quo' in bombshell testimony

  20-11-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gordon Sondland has implicated a number of White House officials who were “in the loop” with Donald Trump's direction to withhold aid to Ukraine in an exchange for a meeting and a public statement announcing an investigation into the president’s political opponents.The testimony came as Democrats were preparing to hold their fifth debate of 2020 in Atlanta, where they will undoubtedly be asked about the freshly sprung impeachment inquiry that has dominated headlines.
  
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• Former student gets 5 years for fraternity hazing death

  20-11-2019 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  A former Louisiana State University student was sentenced to five years in prison in the 2017 hazing death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver, a court official told CNN.
  
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• Sondland testimony reveals no smoking gun, but no vindication of Trump in impeachment hearing

  20-11-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Even if Gordon Sondland’s damning opening statement set the tone on cable news and social media, much of the rest of his testimony was ambiguous.
  
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• At United Nations, U.S. faces strong opposition to its shift on Israeli settlements

  20-11-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States on Wednesday defended itself at the United Nations against strong opposition from the European Union and other world powers to the Trump administration's declaration that it no longer considers Israeli settlements to be in violation of international law.Monday's announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reversed a four-decade-old U.S. position on Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
  
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• Senators press Amazon over doorbell camera security concerns

  20-11-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A group of Democratic U.S. senators is questioning Amazon about the security of its Ring doorbell cameras following reports that some Ukraine-based employees had access to video footage from customers’ homes.A letter to Amazon Wednesday from Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and four other Democrats said the internet-connected devices may pose national security concerns.News site The Intercept reported in January that Ring employees in the U.S. and Ukraine had access to personal data from cameras a
  
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• Five takeaways from Sondland's damning testimony

  20-11-2019 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland changed the course of the House impeachment inquiry Wednesday, over the span of several hours front of the House Intelligence Committee with the television cameras rolling for a global audience.
  
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• Sondland Scorches Trumpland: ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’

  20-11-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Olivier Douliery/AFP/GettyBefore his testimony even concluded Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland was in a rush to leave Washington. “Ambassador Sondland had intended to fly back to Brussels to resume his duties at the end of the day, so it would be a great convenience to ... try and wrap up in time that he might be able to make his flight,” asked his lawyer, during a break in the proceedings three hours into the hearing. The request was ignored. Sondl
  
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• Navy plans to strip SEAL's Trident, banish him from elite commando community

  20-11-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Navy plans to review the status of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher whose demotion was reversed last week by President Trump.
  
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• Who's scheduled to publicly testify next in Trump's impeachment hearings

  20-11-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  This week's impeachment hearings will kick off on Tuesday with four officials including Jennifer Williams and Alexander Vindman scheduled to testify.
  
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• Sheriff: School-based deputy had sex with student, arrested

  20-11-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former deputy working at a South Carolina high school had sex with a 17-year-old student in his patrol car while in uniform, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Wednesday.Lott said 40-year-old Jamel Bradley is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct and the investigation into his conduct with other students at Spring Valley High School in Columbia continues.Bradley, a star basketball player at the University of South Carolina at the turn of the century, had been assigned to the sc
  
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• Poll shows support for impeachment has slipped in key swing state as Trump leads 4 top Dem rivals

  20-11-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just 40% of Wisconsin registered voters believe President Trump should be impeached and removed from office, while 53% disagreed.
  
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• Jill Filipovic: Trump and Pompeo threw away any hope for a two-state solution

  20-11-2019 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump just killed off any hope for a peace process between Israeli and Palestinians -- and undermined US interests in the process.
  
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• Prince Andrew departs from public life as he prepares to give evidence to Epstein investigation in US

  20-11-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Duke of York is preparing to give formal evidence to a US criminal investigation into the disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, The Telegraph can disclose. In an unprecedented move, the Duke announced on Wednesday evening that he was stepping back from public life in the wake of a BBC interview over his friendship with Epstein that backfired in spectacular fashion. A well-placed royal source said on Wednesday night that the Queen had summoned the Duke to Buckingham Palace to effectively sack
  
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• White House and Trump campaign officials are reportedly 'freaking out' about Sondland's testimony

  20-11-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House aides and Trump campaign officials were "freaking out" after being "blindsided" by European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland's testimony on Wednesday, which contained allegations of quid pro quo and pointed fingers at the president and other top administration officials, CNN's Jim Acosta reports.The White House had attempted to get an "early peek" at Sondland's remarks during the jittery hours before the impeachment hearing began, due to the perception that he was a "wild card" witne
  
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• Maloney hammers Sondland on changing testimony — and extracts key concession

  20-11-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney chastised Gordon Sondland during the U.S. ambassador to the European Union’s testimony Wednesday.
  
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• Woman fights charges after stepkids see her topless at home

  20-11-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Utah woman charged with a crime after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home is fighting the case that could force her to register as a sex offender, pointing to a court ruling that overturned a topless ban in Colorado and helped fuel a movement.Tilli Buchanan’s attorneys argue that Utah’s law on lewdness involving a child is unfair because it treats men and women differently for baring their chests.Buchanan, 27, said she and her husband had taken off their shirts to keep
  
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• Utah woman fights charge after kids see her topless at home

  20-11-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Utah woman charged with a crime after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home is fighting the case that could force her to register as a sex offender, citing a court ruling that overturned a topless ban in Colorado.Attorneys for Tilli Buchanan argue that the law is unfair because it treats men and women differently for baring their chests.Judge Kara Pettit heard the case Tuesday but said it was “too important of an issue” to decide immediately.
  
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• Rep. Carolyn Maloney wins election to chair House Oversight Committee

  20-11-2019 22:49 via politico.com
  
  Rep. Carolyn Maloney will become the first woman to lead the House Oversight Committee, vaulting into a high-stakes role as one of the Democrats' top voices in the caucus' impeachment probe.The New York Democrat was confirmed to the post in a caucus-wide secret ballot vote on Wednesday, where she defeated Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.).Maloney received 133 votes while Connolly received 86.
  
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• Protesters attempt to flee Hong Kong university

  20-11-2019 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Police have called on protesters to resign after they occupied the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. CNN's Anna Coren reports.
  
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• IMF Says Mexico Credit Line May Be Cut From Current $74 Billion

  20-11-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Apple Podcast, Spotify or Pocket Cast.The International Monetary Fund’s board plans to vote on Mexico’s request to renew its flexible credit line, possibly for less than the current $74 billion, before it expires next week.Mexico is interested in reducing the size now that there’s greater certainty around its trade relationship with the U.S., Alej
  
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• Legal analyst: Trump's defenses are almost entirely gone

  20-11-2019 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  In case there was any remaining doubt, US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland's testimony at the impeachment hearings on Wednesday put to rest two mainstays of the Republican battery of defenses for President Donald Trump: That the investigation was not based on firsthand information, and that there was "no quid pro quo."
  
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• This will be the fastest Mini Cooper on the road

  20-11-2019 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Mini Cooper unveiled its fastest street legal model yet at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week.
  
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• China Is Not In Africa For Charity, But To Control Its Resources

  20-11-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chinese imperialism has come to Africa.
  
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• Rep. Omar asks judge for 'compassion' when sentencing man who threatened to kill her

  20-11-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Ilhan Omar wrote that she acknowledges the crimes Frank P. Carlineo pleaded guilty to are “grave” and were a “threat against an entire religion.”
  
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• Climate activist’s remarks downplaying Holocaust spark anger

  20-11-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A prominent British climate change activist sparked anger Wednesday after appearing to downplay the Holocaust in an interview with a German newspaper.Roger Hallam, who co-founded the activist group Extinction Rebellion, told the German newspaper Die Zeit that the Nazis’ murder of 6 million Jews was merely one of many genocides.
  
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• Ancient geoglyphs were found carved in sands of Peru

  20-11-2019 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  Scientists discovered more than 140 ancient designs that were carved in the earth by an ancient people, and they're hoping they might hold clues to the ways they lived, thousands of years in the past.
  
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• Of Course People Have Memes of Gordon Sondland's Impeachment Testimony

  20-11-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. ambassador to the European Union said that he "followed the president's orders" in pressuring Ukraine
  
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• New Zaha Hadid skyscraper opens in China

  20-11-2019 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  A building designed by Zaha Hadid Architects has been opened in Beijing featuring the world's tallest atrium.
  
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• A Lack of Money Will Stop Russia from Building More Stealth Fighters

  20-11-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Or at least enough more to make a big difference.
  
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• Biden just sent out a post-debate email hours before the debate starts

  20-11-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden is getting a little ahead of himself.Hours before the fifth Democratic debate was set to begin, Biden's campaign on Wednesday sent out a fundraising email obviously not intended for release until the debate ended. The message hit inboxes roughly eight hours early."I'm leaving the fifth Democratic debate now," read the very first sentence of this email, sent long before the debate even started. "I hope I made you proud out there and I hope I made it clear to the wo
  
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• In stunning testimony, Sondland ties Trump and top officials to a quid pro quo over Biden investigations

  20-11-2019 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  Read opening statement: Gordon Sondland
  
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• Lawyer for NSC Adviser Vindman Sends Letter to Fox Demanding Retraction of ‘Espionage’ Allegation

  20-11-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A lawyer for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman sent a letter to Fox News on Wednesday demanding the network either retract or issue a correction for a segment of the The Ingraham Angle, in which guest John Yoo, a former top lawyer in the Bush administration, seemed to suggest that Vindman might be guilty of espionage.Vindman, who listened to the July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that forms part of the impeachment probe, testified in House hearings o
  
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• 'Not cool!': SpaceX's satellites are messing with astronomers' observations

  20-11-2019 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  SpaceX has launched at least 120 Starlink satellites into orbit since May. But astronomers say they've already seen their fears of sky obstruction come to fruition.
  
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• 'Not cool!': SpaceX's satellites are angering astronomers

  20-11-2019 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  SpaceX has launched at least 120 Starlink satellites into orbit since May. But astronomers say they've already seen their fears of sky obstruction come to fruition.
  
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• Macron’s Freelancing on EU Policy Earns a Swift German Rebuke

  20-11-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Emmanuel Macron has spent weeks rubbing European Union allies the wrong way. Germany has finally had enough.Angela Merkel, usually measured, deployed the full power of her words on Wednesday night to say she would exert intense pressure on France to allow two western Balkan nations to begin negotiations to join the EU. This came after Macron had vetoed their accession efforts and moved to make it tougher for the bloc to accept new members.“I want to tell the states of the we
  
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• Democratic congressman unleashes on Gordon Sondland over amended testimony

  20-11-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.) brought the fireworks late during U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland's public impeachment testimony Wednesday.Maloney drew applause from the audience after he got Sondland to admit that hypothetically President Trump would be the one to benefit from an investigation into his domestic rivals, such as former Vice President Joe Biden.> "There we go, that wasn't so hard!" Maloney exclaims, prompting a smattering of applause from public present in the
  
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• Something is happening in Iran. But what?

  20-11-2019 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has claimed victory over the ongoing unrest in the country, state media reported Wednesday, six days after nationwide protests erupted following an abrupt spike in gas prices.
  
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• Russia air raids, regime strikes in Syria kill at least 21: monitor

  20-11-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attacks by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and air raids by his ally Russia killed at least 21 civilians including 10 children in rebel-held Idlib province on Wednesday, a monitoring group said.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in an updated toll, said a ground-to-ground missile fired by regime forces that hit a makeshift camp for the displaced near Qah village close to the border with Turkey killed 15 civilians, including six children, and wounded around 40 others.Elsewhere, "R
  
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• Zimbabwean police beat opposition supporters after rally ban

  20-11-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Zimbabwean riot police fired tear gas and beat opposition supporters on Wednesday after barring a planned address by the main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, AFP journalists said.Hundreds of supporters had gathered outside the Harare headquarters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) after the party was denied permission to hold a rally in the city's Africa Unity Square.Chamisa had been expected to make the address from the office balcony instead, but he later spoke to a few party membe
  
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• CNN anchor: Sondland has guaranteed Trump's impeachment

  20-11-2019 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper and panel discuss the implications of testimony from US Ambassador the the European Union Gordon Sondland during the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
  
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• Trump Leads Top Four Dem Primary Contenders in New Wisconsin Poll

  20-11-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A poll of Wisconsin voters released Wednesday flipped for the first time and found President Trump leading all four Democratic frontrunners, after the same poll in October had the president losing to former vice president Joe Biden and progressive senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.The Marquette University Law School poll, which surveyed 801 Wisconsin residents, found Trump three points over Joe Biden, three points over Bernie Sanders, three points over Elizabeth Warren, and eight poin
  
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• Burisma means Biden? Diplomats say the link escaped them

  20-11-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Back in May, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, mentioned a connection between a Ukrainian gas company and Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, to The New York Times.Giuliani hammered his point relentlessly on cable news and he discussed Biden at a private breakfast with associates and a diplomat.
  
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• Eric Trump uses the impeachment hearing to hawk Trump wine

  20-11-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Things were not looking great for President Trump on Wednesday as the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, testified before the House Intelligence Committee. Even by Fox News' generous assessment, Sondland had all but "[taken] out the bus and [run] it over President Trump, Vice President Pence, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, Rudy Giuliani, Mick Mulvaney."But Eric Trump, not to be discouraged, saw the hearing not as a "bombshell" that all but ensures "articles of impeachment," but a
  
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