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• Poll: Viewers say Biden won the debate

  23-12-2019 23:39 via politico.com
  
  The Dec. 19 event was the first time since the primary debates began that his performance was seen as best.
  
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• Schumer pushes for Ukraine documents in Senate trial

  23-12-2019 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday ramped up his push for the Senate to pursue witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump after newly released emails raised questions about how aid to Ukraine was formally frozen on the same day ofTrump's July call with the Eastern European country's leader.
  
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• Assault in Syria threatens mass displacement

  23-12-2019 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  Dozens of people have been killed by a wave of bombardment in Idlib, Syria, according to the White Helmets, a local volunteer search and rescue group. At least 33 people have died since Friday, the group said on Monday.
  
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• Pete Buttigieg says he's sticking with campaign messaging despite new criticisms

  23-12-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Buttigieg wrapped a trip around central Iowa days after a Democratic primary debate where candidates went after him on fundraising and experience.
  
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• Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial

  23-12-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  America's last prolonged look at Chief Justice John Roberts came 14 years ago, when he told senators during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing that judges should be like baseball umpires, impartially calling balls and strikes.“He's going to look the part, he's going to play the part and he's the last person who wants the part,” said Carter Phillips, who has argued 88 Supreme Court cases, 43 of them in front of Roberts.
  
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• In 2015, A French Submarine Sunk America's Mightiest Warship (An Aircraft Carrier)

  23-12-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Well, in a simulation.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani claims Soros is 'hardly a Jew' in rambling new interview

  23-12-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has stirred anger online by claiming he is "more of a Jew" than 89-year-old Holocaust survivor George Soros.
  
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• Syria regime forces surround Turkish army post in Idlib

  23-12-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Syrian government forces surrounded a Turkish observation post in Idlib province Monday after overrunning nearby areas in a push to take the last opposition bastion, a war monitor said.The Idlib region in northwest Syria has seen an uptick in violence in recent days as regime forces supported by Russian airstrikes have launched a fresh assault to capture one of the largest urban centres in the area.On Monday, regime forces surrounded one of 12 Turkish observation posts in the region, according t
  
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• Police spread Christmas cheer by giving out candy instead of tickets

  23-12-2019 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  Some drivers in Boise, Idaho, have gotten a jolly surprise after seeing flashing blue lights in their rear-view mirrors:police are giving out candy instead of tickets for some minor offenses.
  
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• 8 times suspected 'porch pirates' have been thwarted from stealing holiday packages

  23-12-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Home surveillance systems and clever police officers have been tackling the issue of thieves stealing peoples' holiday packages.
  
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• The Rev. Al Sharpton questions evangelicals supporting Trump

  23-12-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Rev. Al Sharptonon Monday morning defended Christianity Today for its editorial supporting President Trump’s removal from office, while also criticizing the president’s evangelical supporters.
  
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• U.S. halts sending bomb-sniffing dogs to Jordan, Egypt as seven die

  23-12-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. State Department said on Monday it has stopped sending explosive-detecting dogs to Jordan and Egypt over concerns of deaths of deployed dogs from causes like heat stroke and poisoning.The decision came after the State Department's Office ofInspector General identified in September the deaths of two dogs sent to Jordan, the largest recipient of the dogs.Dogs already working in Jordan and Egypt will remain there while U.S. authorities demand measures to improve the animals' conditions and
  
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• House panel urges federal appeals court to compel former White House aide Don McGahn to testify

  23-12-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House Judiciary Committee urged a federal appeals court to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify, despite Trump's impeachment
  
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• No more US sniffer dogs to Egypt, Jordan after deaths

  23-12-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States has temporarily stopped sending bomb detecting sniffer dogs to Jordan and Egypt after several of the animals died due to what US officials say was lack of care."Any death of a canine in the field is an extremely sad event and we will take every measure possible to prevent this from happening in the future," a US State Department official told reporters on Monday.The State Department's own independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) began looking into the well-being of the ani
  
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• Former national security adviser John Bolton says Trump is not 'exerting maximum pressure' on North Korea

  23-12-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  John Bolton said if North Korea makes good on its threat for a provocation, the Trump administration should admit "the policy's failed."
  
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• Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal

  23-12-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two men with close ties to Rudy Giuliani leveraged their political connections to pursue a deal to export natural gas from the U.S. to Ukraine intended to benefit Republican donors and friends of President Donald Trump's family.The plan centered on replacing the head of Ukraine’s state-owned gas company Naftogaz with its No. 2, Andrew Favorov, in hopes that the dual U.S. Ukraine citizen would be more amenable than his boss to the proposal.
  
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• The Air Force Redesigned Santa’s Sleigh for Hypersonic Speed

  23-12-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  No room for Rudolph on this Hypersleigh.
  
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• 9 photos show flooding in Venice that has caused more than $1 billion in damages to the city's homes and historical sites

  23-12-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new wave of high water hit Venice on December 23, piling on to the damage from flooding that has troubled the city throughout the year.
  
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• Trump lawyer Giuliani claims Holocaust survivor Soros is ‘hardly a Jew’ in rambling interview

  23-12-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has stirred anger online by claiming he is “more of a Jew” than 89-year-old Holocaust survivor George Soros.Speaking to New York Magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi in an interview published Monday, Mr Giuliani, who currently describes himself as President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, claimed the Hungarian-American financier, philanthropist and progressive donor employs FBI agents and “controls” Marie Yovanovitch.
  
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• Mysterious green ooze on Michigan highway came from waste site whose owner is in prison

  23-12-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Right lanes will remain closed until Monday after hexavalent chromium oozed from the walls of a freeway in Michigan on Friday.
  
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• Giuliani says investigators are 'jealous a**holes' and claims Soros is 'hardly a Jew' in rambling new interview

  23-12-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has stirred anger online by claiming he is "more of a Jew" than 89-year-old Holocaust survivor George Soros.Speaking to New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi in an interview published Monday, Mr Giuliani, who currently describes himself as President Donald Trump's personal attorney, claimed the Hungarian-American financier, philanthropist and progressive donor is "hardly a Jew".
  
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• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rails against Trump: 'He has a lot of problems'

  23-12-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed President Trump in a new interview by laying out all the issues she believes he has.
  
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• A nuclear attack would most likely target one of 6 US cities. Simulated images show how a Hiroshima-like explosion would affect each.

  23-12-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York City would have the most fatalities from a nuclear blast. San Francisco would have the least.
  
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• A nuclear attack would most likely target 1 of 6 US cities. Simulated images show how a Hiroshima-like explosion would affect each.

  23-12-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York City would have the most fatalities from a nuclear blast. San Francisco would have the least.
  
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• California Sees Lowest Population Growth in Over a Century as Citizens Migrate to Other States

  23-12-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In recent months, California recorded its lowest level of population growth in over a century, according to data from the state's Department of Finance.The data showed a 0.35% growth rate in the state's population from July 1, 2018 through July 1, 2019. That rate is even lower than the 0.57% growth rate recorded for the same period from 2017 to 2018, the two lowest growth rates in the state since 1900.Moreover, while growth from birth rates and legal immigration continue to swell the population,
  
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• The Trump administration is hiding something

  23-12-2019 20:55 via cnn.com
  
  During the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of President Donald Trump's effort to pressure Ukraine into announcing an investigation of the Bidens, the committee issued 71 subpoenas and requests for information. The Trump administration, in response, produced nothing -- not a single piece of paper.
  
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• Nashville police name suspect in deadly stabbing of NFL quarterback C.J. Beathard's brother

  23-12-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Witnesses say Clayton Beathard and another man were defending a woman when her harasser stabbed them; Steve Harrigan reports.
  
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• Graft, gangs, bad conditions fuel Honduras prison killings

  23-12-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A top security official in Honduras said Monday the Mara Salvatrucha gang ordered prison riots that killed 37 inmates since Friday.Assistant Security Minister Luis Suazo said the gang known as MS-13 staged the bloody riots to force the government to back down from emergency measures decreed last week.“We have information that the MS is behind this and gave the orders to carry out these attacks,” said Suazo.
  
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• Boeing 737 Max fallout: Embattled CEO Dennis Muilenburg out

  23-12-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg, who was criticized for his handling of the 737 Max crisis, resigned effective immediately.
  
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• Cartoon Muslims in India publicity blitz after deadly protest

  23-12-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  India's ruling party launched a video with animated Muslim characters on social media Monday in a publicity blitz aiming to bust "myths" around a new citizenship law that has sparked deadly protests.The law has stoked concerns that Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government wants to marginalise India's Muslim minority.Twenty-five people have died in protests so far, but demonstrations took place Monday in Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi with no violence reported.
  
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• Pence's chief of staff defends Trump's attack on late congressman, notes John Dingell called Trump 'imbecile'

  23-12-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's comments.
  
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• Three suspected burglars shot dead inside Texas home

  23-12-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The wounded survivor was undergoing surgery and unlikely to face criminal charges as he had the legal right to defend his home, Gonzalez told reporters at the scene in Channelview, about 20 miles (30 km) east of Houston."The law allows residents inside their own homes to defend themselves," said Gonzalez, adding that the matter would nonetheless be referred to the grand jury for an inquest."The one with the shotgun was able to shoot at the three males and they were all pronounced dead here at th
  
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• U.S. House says McGahn testimony still 'critical' to impeachment case

  23-12-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. House of Representatives panel told an appeals court on Monday that despite having already voted to impeach President Donald Trump lawmakers still have an urgent need for testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn. In a filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee said the court should rule quickly on the validity of subpoena it issued to McGahn for testimony about Trump's efforts to impede former Special Counsel Rob
  
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• An Idaho couple wed just weeks after the groom's wife died in suspicious circumstances. Now they're wanted for questioning after the bride's 2 kids were reported missing.

  23-12-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joshua Vallow, 7, and his 17-year-old sister Tylee Ryan haven't been seen since September. And now their mom and step-dad are on the run.
  
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• Parents tried to prank their toddler by giving her a banana for Christmas, but she was actually really happy with the gift

  23-12-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Justice Mojica, known by screen name IAMLGNDFRVR on Twitter, and his wife tried to prank their 2-year-old daughter Aria with the fruit.
  
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• Trump impeachment: Pelosi hits back at president's criticism as Schumer sends letter demanding documents from White House

  23-12-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is standing by her vow that the House won't appoint "managers" to deliver articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate until more is known about how his trial will be run."The House cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct," Ms Pelosi tweeted on Monday, adding that Mr Trump "blocked his own witnesses and documents from the House, and from the American people, on phony complaints about the Ho
  
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• The Navy Is Getting 'Robot Wolfpacks,' And America's Enemies Should Be Worried

  23-12-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Versatile, low-cost platforms are changing warfare.
  
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• North Korea Is The One Country No Military Ever Wants To Fight

  23-12-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Millions could die.
  
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• Sarah Sanders ‘Seriously Considering’ Run for Arkansas Governor

  23-12-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Sunday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders continued to fan speculation that she will use her former perch as White House press secretary to jump-start an Arkansas gubernatorial campaign.While speaking at the conservative group Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit, Sanders was asked if she had set her sights on the governor's office."I’m very seriously looking at it right now," Sanders said. "My focus is on making sure we get the president re-elected first in 2020, and we’ll have plenty
  
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• Actor Mark Consuelos restrained and pushed away after confronting son's wrestling opponent

  23-12-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TMZ posted video of “Riverdale” actor Mark Consuelos interrupting a match as an opponent ripped off 16-year-old son Joaquin’s headgear during a Long Island, N.Y., tournament.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani thinks the Southern District of New York might be investigating him because they're jealous

  23-12-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  They're just jealous, that's all.President Trump's personal lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told Intelligencer that if the Southern District of New York is indeed investigating him it's only because the federal district court has declined since he ran the show around 30 years ago. In other words, the attorneys there wish they were racking up thousands of convictions and taking down the mob like he did and are just upset they haven't lived up to his legacy. It's "jealousy," Gi
  
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• Carnival Glory sets sail after repairs from crashing into other cruise ship in Cozumel, Mexico

  23-12-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Carnival Glory set sail from the Port of New Orleans Monday after temporary repairs to the ship.
  
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• Investigators sift through debris at deadly Las Vegas fire

  23-12-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators were going room-by-room Monday at a downtown Las Vegas apartment building where six people were killed and 13 injured in a fire over the weekend to determine what started the blaze.City officials said at a news conference Monday morning that investigators were also looking into claims from some residents that smoke or fire alarms weren't working properly and some residents were using stoves to stay warm because the building didn't have heat.Las Vegas City Councilman Councilman Cedr
  
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• A top fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg offered a donor the chance to 'get on the campaign's radar' in exchange for money

  23-12-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Buttigieg's campaign attempted to distance itself from Park's email, but insisted the offer was nothing more than a standard donor recruiting tactic.
  
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• Israel opposes Turkey-Libya maritime border accord

  23-12-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel opposes an accord signed last month between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean, but the deal was unlikely to lead to a conflict with Turkey, Israel's foreign minister said on Monday.The deal between Ankara and Tripoli carves out a corridor of maritime boundaries between Libya and Turkey, potentially clearing the way for oil and gas exploration there.
  
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• Saudi death sentence wipes MBS's fingerprints in Khashoggi killing

  23-12-2019 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  A Saudi court's announcement that five people have been sentenced to death for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi leaves more unanswered questions than it resolves.
  
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• ‘I never understood wind’: Trump goes on bizarre tirade against wind turbines

  23-12-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President’s nonsensical rambling remarks about ‘windmills’ in segment from weekend speech raised eyebrowsHe says he knows more about Isis than his generals, and claims to understand politicians “better than anybody”. Now there is another subject in which Donald Trump’s expert knowledge surpasses that of everybody else: wind turbines, though he calls them windmills.“I’ve studied it better than anybody I know,” the president asserted in a bizar
  
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• Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell amid impeachment battle: 'I'm the 2nd most despised Republican'

  23-12-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Let's quit the charade," Mitch McConnell said as he slammed the idea that senators won't be partisan on President Trump's impeachment.
  
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• Trump's wildest lines of 2019

  23-12-2019 19:15 via cnn.com
  
  Regardless of your politics, there's no denying that President Donald Trump is uniquely quotable. In his third year in office, the list of extraordinary things the President has said, or tweeted continued to grow. As 2019 comes to an end, Chris Cillizza breaks down Trump's 25 wildest, most head-scratching lines of the year.
  
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• In Slap at Trump, Cuomo Vetoes U.S. Judges Performing Weddings

  23-12-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have allowed federal judges to perform wedding ceremonies because many of them are President Donald Trump’s appointees.“I cannot in good conscience support legislation that would authorize such actions by federal judges who are appointed by this federal administration,” Cuomo, a Democrat, said Friday as he vetoed the bill, which passed the Democratic-controlled legislature overwhelmingly. “President Tr
  
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