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• More sources are confirming Sanders told Warren a woman can't be president, saying they heard it directly from Warren

  13-01-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An inflammatory report about Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may have come from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) herself.Back in 2018, Sanders and Warren had a meeting to discuss their likely presidential runs against each other, during which Sanders said he didn't think a woman could be elected, CNN reported earlier Monday. Sanders immediately slammed the report as "ludicrous," but more sources are now telling BuzzFeed News the comments match what Warren told them after the meeting.Sanders and Warre
  
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• How race hurt Cory Booker — and the rest of 2020's diverse field

  13-01-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The question that Democrats are asking now, on the eve of the first all-white debate of the cycle, is why? Why did two high-profile black senators (Cory Booker and Kamala Harris) drop out before Iowa? Why didn’t Julián Castro, America’s most prominent Latino politician, ever crack 2 percent in the national polls? Why are all four of the remaining front-runners white? Is race the reason?
  
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• McConnell on US-Iran strategy: 'Let's not screw it up'

  13-01-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes a Senate resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran.McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said Monday that the Senate will “soon” debate a measure sponsored by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia.The measure, co-sponsored by two Republicans, would send the wrong message to U.S. allies after the Trump administration killed Iran's top gener
  
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• AG Barr: 'The president clearly had the authority to act' in Soleimani strike

  13-01-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump and his national security advisers have offered shifting accounts of what prompted the decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein set Elon Musk's brother up with a girlfriend in effort to get close to the Tesla founder, sources say

  13-01-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two sources say Jeffrey Epstein set Kimbal Musk, the brother of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, up with a member of his entourage.
  
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• Ex-U.S. Treasury employee pleads guilty to leaks linked to Russia probe

  13-01-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former U.S. Treasury Department employee on Monday pleaded guilty to leaking confidential documents relating to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and others to a reporter from digital media company BuzzFeed.Natalie May Edwards, who was a senior adviser in the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), entered her plea to a single conspiracy charge before U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods in Manhattan.Edwards, 41, admitted that she disclosed so-called suspic
  
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• Microsoft CEO Nadella says saddened by India's citizenship law: BuzzFeed

  13-01-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I think what is happening is sad, primarily as sort of someone who grew up there... I think it's just bad," Nadella told https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-harshly-criticizes-indian-law BuzzFeed at a Microsoft event in Manhattan.Nadella grew up in Hyderabad, a technology hub in India that is home to the biggest Microsoft research and development center outside of the United States.
  
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• St. Louis prosecutor: Racist interests try to force her out

  13-01-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday filed what she called an unprecedented federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing the city, the local police union and others of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her out of office.Gardner, the city's elected prosecutor, also accused “entrenched interests” of intentionally impeding her efforts to reform racist practices that have led to a loss of trust in the criminal justice system.The lawsuit alleges civil rights viola
  
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• Treasury official pleads guilty to charge connected to leaks of Trump-related financial data

  13-01-2020 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  A senior Treasury Department official pleaded guilty Monday in Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy in a case in which prosecutors accused her of disclosing sensitive financial transaction reports related to people tied to President Donald Trump and Russia, including former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
  
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• Ex-US Treasury worker pleads guilty in Russia probe leak

  13-01-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former U.S. Treasury Department senior adviser pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy for leaking confidential banking reports related to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.Natalie Edwards, 41, of Quinton, Virginia, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court, where U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods set sentencing for June 9.Although the conspiracy charge carries a potential penalty of up to five years in prison, Edwards signed a plea deal with prosecutors that recommends a potentia
  
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• Trump use of doctored Pelosi-Schumer photo draws Muslim ire

  13-01-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump circulated a fake image on Monday depicting congressional Democrats’ top-ranked leaders in traditional Muslim attire in front of the Iranian flag, drawing criticism that he was promoting Islamophobic tropes.The manipulated photo retweeted by Trump showed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in Muslim garb with the caption: “The corrupted Dems trying their best to come to the Ayatollah’s rescue #NancyPelosiFakeNews.” Tr
  
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• White House reportedly expects several GOP senators to break ranks and call for witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial

  13-01-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House reportedly believes at least four Republican senators will join Democrats in calling for witnesses.
  
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• Most Americans think Trump's escalation of tensions with Iran was driven by his upcoming impeachment trial

  13-01-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In all, 60% of respondents in Insider polling believed the timing of the strike was somehow connected to impeachment compared to 27.8% who did not.
  
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• White House expects Republican senators to join Democrats in vote to call impeachment witnesses

  13-01-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House thinks the Democrats will have the numbers.White House officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told CBS News that the Trump administration is preparing for enough Republicans to defect and join Democrats in an upcoming vote to call witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial. Only four would need to do so to shift the majority, and the officials identified six lawmakers who might jump ship in this instance.It's no surprise to see the names like Sens. Susan Collins
  
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• President Trump paints his Democratic opponents as pro-Iranian stooges

  13-01-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump on Monday painted his Democratic opponents as pro-Iranian stooges and retweeted a faked picture of two top party leaders in Muslim garb.
  
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• China to be dropped from US currency manipulator list ahead of trade deal signing

  13-01-2020 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  The United States plans to stripped away its designation of China as a currency manipulator days before President Donald Trump and senior Chinese officials are expected to sign an initial trade deal.according to two people familiar with the matter.
  
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• China to be dropped from US currency manipulator list

  13-01-2020 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  The United States plans to stripped away its designation of China as a currency manipulator days before President Donald Trump and senior Chinese officials are expected to sign an initial trade deal.according to two people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Astros fie manager and GM after MLB suspended them over sign-stealing scandal

  13-01-2020 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  Major League Baseball has suspended Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow without pay for one season after an investigation of allegations the team used a hidden camera to steal signs during their 2017 championship season, Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr., announced Monday.
  
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• ‘Moderate’ Michael Bloomberg Is an Authoritarian Nightmare

  13-01-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While discussing the Texas church shooting last week, Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg said that we “just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.”“It may be true — I wasn’t there; I don’t know the facts — that somebody in the congregation had their own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,” Bloomberg said
  
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• Apple is offering the FBI 'no substantive assistance' in unlocking two iPhones related to a shooting case, says Attorney General Barr

  13-01-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr said Apple won't help the FBI unlock two iPhones used in a deadly shooting at a Navy base in Florida last month.
  
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• US asks Apple to unlock iPhones used by Saudi terrorist in Pensacola attack

  13-01-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple will not help authorities to unlock iPhones used by a Saudi Arabian gunman who killed three people and injured eight others in an attack on a US air base that White House officials have declared an act of terrorism, according to US attorney general William Barr.Department of Justice officials announced that the tech giant has turned over iCloud materials but has refused to help give federal investigators access to two phones used by Second Lt Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a member of the Roya
  
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• U.S. troops describe 'miraculous' escape at Iraqi base attacked by Iran

  13-01-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Troops at the Iraqi air base that bore the brunt of Iran's first direct missile attack against U.S. forces said they were shocked by its intensity and grateful to emerge unscathed.
  
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• Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if Iran negotiates with US

  13-01-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has said he “couldn’t care less” if Iran negotiates with the US — despite his own administration suggesting it was working to get the country “to come to the table” amid increasing tensions.The president tweeted about comments made during an interview on Fox News Sunday with National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, in which the White House official said he believed “the maximum pressure campaign is working” and that “Iran
  
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• State Department was reportedly unaware of an 'imminent threat' to 4 US embassies, blowing a hole through Trump's claims

  13-01-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump's statement has also been contradicted by his own administration officials, including Defense Secretary Mark Esper
  
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• Pensacola naval base shooting was 'act of terrorism', US attorney general says

  13-01-2020 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr said last month's shooting at Naval Air Station in Pensacola was "an act of terrorism"
  
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• Trial Likely to Start Jan. 21, Cornyn Says: Impeachment Update

  13-01-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial will begin as soon as this week after Speaker Nancy Pelosi ended a three-week standoff with Republicans over rules for the trial by announcing that the House will prepare to transmit the articles.Here are the latest developments:Trial Likely to Start Jan. 21, Cornyn SaysOpening statements in Trump’s impeachment trial will likely begin next Tuesday, Jan. 21, senior Republican Senator John Cornyn told reporters. “Tu
  
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• Pompeo says Iraqi leaders privately want US troops

  13-01-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged Monday that Iraqi leaders have told him privately they support the US troop presence, despite public appeals for them to leave.The Iraqi parliament last week voted to rescind the invitation to foreign troops after a US strike at the Baghdad airport killed a top general from Iran, which also has wide influence in the country.
  
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• Former top US Army official's staff said they were running 'personal' errands for him at CVS, report says

  13-01-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He appeared to endorse TRX by wearing a shirt and shorts with a company logo, while exercising on its equipment. He claimed he had no clean clothes.
  
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• Witness recalls panic after children swept to sea in Oregon

  13-01-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joanne Cornelius had just finished taking photos of the breathtaking waves and extreme high tide outside her home on the Oregon coast when a frantic woman pounded on her window and asked her to call 911.The boy's body has not been found, and the U.S. Coast Guard has stopped searching for him.The father, Jeremy Stiles, 47, survived and is recovering from hypothermia at a hospital.
  
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• Trudeau: Plane victims would be alive if not for tensions

  13-01-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the victims of the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by a missile that killed 176 people including 57 Canadians would be alive right now if tensions had not escalated in the region.Trudeau has been careful to avoid blaming U.S. President Donald Trump for the deaths of the passengers after Trump ordered the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top general, in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad.
  
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• State Department security officials weren't notified of 'imminent' threats to US embassies

  13-01-2020 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  State Department officials involved in US embassy security were not made aware of imminent threats to four specific US embassies, two State Department officials tell CNN, further undermining President Donald Trump's claims that the top Iranian general he ordered killed earlier this month posed an imminent threat to the diplomatic outposts.
  
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• Lawyer: Giuliani associate's documents turned over to House

  13-01-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has provided a trove of text messages and photos to the House committee leading the impeachment inquiry.Joseph Bondy, the lawyer for Lev Parnas, tweeted Monday that they had “worked through the night” to provide provide data from two of his client's smartphones to the House Intelligence Committee.The Democrat-led committee subpoenaed Parnas for documents on Oct. 10, the day after news broke that he and busi
  
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• The world is drowning in debt

  13-01-2020 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  The world's already huge debt load smashed the record for the highest debt-to-GDP ratio before 2019 was even over.
  
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• Oil Falls to the Lowest in Over a Month as Gulf Tensions Recede

  13-01-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Oil settled at the lowest level since early December as geopolitical tension in the Middle East eased. Futures in New York fell 1.6% Monday. The threat of an outright war has receded since Tehran fired missiles at U.S.-Iraqi bases last week in retaliation for Washington’s assassination of its top general. In Libya, warring factions have called a cease-fire in their nine-month conflict. But the situation in Iran remains volatile amid protests against the government’s ac
  
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• Elizabeth Warren is 'disappointed' by the talking points being distributed by Bernie Sanders's volunteers

  13-01-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is "disappointed" by the talking points being distributed to volunteers working with the Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., campaign, and she hopes Sanders "reconsiders" using them.
  
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• Feds Say Apple Refuses to Unlock Navy Base Shooter’s iPhones

  13-01-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Top law enforcement officials on Monday took shots at Apple during a press conference about last month’s shooting on a Pensacola, Florida, naval base, which they described as an act of terrorism.Attorney General William Barr and FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich pressured the tech giant to unlock two iPhones belonging to Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani. The Saudi Arabian military trainee opened fire, killing three and injuring eight at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in December. He was part of
  
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• Push to ban assault weapons in Virginia meets resistance

  13-01-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some top Virginia Democratic senators are expressing reservations about plans to ban assault weapons — a key part of the new Democratic majority's gun-control proposals and one that's drawn fierce resistance from gun-rights advocates. “A lot of people don't really understand assault weapons and how complicated the issue really is," said Democratic Sen. John Edwards. Chap Petersen, Creigh Deeds and Lynwood Lewis — who are skeptical of plans to ban assault weapons.
  
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• Australia-bound flight lands in Honolulu with dead passenger

  13-01-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Air Canada flight bound for Australia diverted to Honolulu over the weekend because of a dead passenger.Passenger Christopher Woodgate, 38, was pronounced dead when the flight landed in Honolulu on Saturday, said Kira Paiva-Kimura, an administrative services officer for the Honolulu medical examiner's office.The flight from Vancouver was headed for Brisbane, Australia, when it diverted to Honolulu because of a medical emergency, said Peter Fitzpatrick, an Air Canada spokesman.
  
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• A meteor that struck Australia brought indestructible stardust more ancient than the sun. It's the oldest solid material ever found on Earth.

  13-01-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In 1969, a meteorite broke into pieces above Murchison, Australia. The fragments contain grains of stardust up to 7 billion years old.
  
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• Factbox: Trump impeachment - what happens next?

  13-01-2020 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will discuss next steps with rank-and-file Democrats at a morning caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol.The same lawmakers, who represent the House majority, voted along party lines on Dec. 18 to impeach Trump over his dealings with Ukraine.Pelosi has already directed House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler to be ready to bring forward a resolution that would formally transmit the charges against Trump to the Senate.
  
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• Trump readies impeachment defense with eye on scoring political wins

  13-01-2020 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  • Giuliani associate turns over thousands of pages to impeachment investigators
  • WH wants Senate trial rules to include ability to dismiss charges
  
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• Earth's oldest material has only been here for 50 years

  13-01-2020 21:07 via cnn.com
  
  Fifty years ago, a meteorite fell to Earth and landed in Australia, carrying stardust that formed between five to seven billion years ago. That makes it the oldest solid material ever discovered on Earth.
  
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• New Jersey kosher market shooters planned another attack, possibly on Jews: prosecutor

  13-01-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  David Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50, fatally shot a police officer and then three civilians in a kosher market on Dec. 10 in Jersey City, across the Hudson River from New York City, in what authorities called an act of domestic terrorism.An FBI investigation including a review of their internet search history showed they had run a Google search prior to the attack for "Bayonne Jewish Community Center," about three miles from the kosher market, said Matthew Reilly, a spokesman for Craig C
  
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• Defense secretary says no specific evidence Iran was plotting to attack 4 U.S. embassies

  13-01-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies, an assertion made by President Trump in justifying the killing of Iran’s most famous general.
  
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• South Korea Wants Its Helicopter Carriers to Carry the F-35

  13-01-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A big deal.
  
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• Innocence claim in 1976 rape may continue in appeals court

  13-01-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorneys for a North Carolina man who says he’s innocent of a 1976 rape are planning to request a hearing before the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel refused to reopen the case.The Charlotte Observer reported that the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals voted 2-1 last week to uphold earlier federal and North Carolina court rulings in the case of Ronnie Long.Long’s attorneys from Duke University’s Wrongful Convictions Clinic, including clinic co-director J
  
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• U.S. calls shooting by Saudi officer in Florida 'act of terrorism'

  13-01-2020 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fatal shooting of three Americans by a Saudi Air Force officer at a Florida naval base last month was "an act of terrorism," U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday, adding that 21 Saudi military trainees will be pulled out of the United States following an investigation into the incident. The attack brought fresh complications to U.S.-Saudi relations at a time of heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, Saudi Arabia's regional rival.
  
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• Pensacola Air Force base shooting was 'act of terrorism', US attorney general says

  13-01-2020 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr said last month's shooting at Naval Air Station in Pensacola was "an act of terrorism"
  
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• MLB suspends Astros manager and GM over sign-stealing scandal

  13-01-2020 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  Major League Baseball has suspended Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow without pay for one season after an investigation of allegations the team used a hidden camera to steal signs during their 2017 championship season, Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr., announced Monday.
  
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• Iranian official tells Trump not to 'dishonor' Persian language by tweeting in Farsi

  13-01-2020 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has kept up the social media component of his maximum-pressure campaign against Iran.
  
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