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• With acquittal expected, Democrat calls for Trump censure

  03-02-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Democratic senator called Monday for the censure of Donald Trump over the Ukraine scandal, saying the US president should be formally chastised even if he is acquitted in his impeachment trial.West Virginia's Joe Manchin said that although the evidence was strong that Trump abused his power to solicit political support from Ukraine, the Republican-dominated Senate was not going to convict him when it votes on Wednesday."I see no path to the 67 votes required to impeach President Trump and have
  
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• AP VoteCast: Iowa Dems split on best challenger for Trump

  03-02-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iowa Democrats are fiercely united by the goal of unseating President Donald Trump, but they were sharply divided Monday over which candidate was best equipped to do so, according to the AP VoteCast survey.Iowa, which hosts the nation's first presidential contest, has played a historic role in defining the field of Democratic frontrunners.Fully 88% said electability was very important for the Democratic nominee, compared with the 66% who said having the best policy ideas is highly important.
  
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• AP VoteCast: Health care, climate are top issues in Iowa

  03-02-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iowa Democrats came to the state’s caucuses Monday with two major issues dominating their thoughts: health care and climate change.More than the economy, immigration or foreign policy, Democrats in the nation’s opening round of presidential primaries were mostly focused on access tomedical treatment and the health of a planet being rapidly warmed by the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities.Democratic voters were largely supportive of government programs that would impro
  
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• Man dragged out of Trump Iowa press conference

  03-02-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man was removed from the “Keep Iowa Great Press Conference” featuring Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. The man yelled that their rhetoric is “killing Jews”.
  
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• McCormack to Remain Australia’s Deputy PM After Ballot

  03-02-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has survived a challenge to his leadership of the government’s junior coalition partner the National Party.McCormack, who has been in the role for two years, defeated challenger Barnaby Joyce by winning support of lawmakers from the rural and regional-based Nationals in a ballot.McCormack, 55, is a former journalist and businessman who led the Nationals during their election campaign last year when they held all their
  
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• Schiff Warns of Acquittal Precedent: Trump ‘Could Offer Alaska to the Russians’

  03-02-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Representative Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) said Monday that “a whole range of utterly unacceptable conduct in a president would now be beyond reach” if the Senate acquits President Trump in his impeachment trial.Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, said during closing arguments in the trial that “Trump could offer Alaska to the Russians in exchange for support in the next election, or decide to move to Mar-a-Lago permanently and let Jared Kushner run the country, delegating
  
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• State Dept. suggests Americans in China stock up on food

  03-02-2020 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  The State Department is recommending US citizens who remain in China take precautionary measures, including "stocking up on food," in the face of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak that has spread worldwide.
  
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• The canceled Iowa poll sounds like it was good news for Elizabeth Warren

  03-02-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) hasn't exactly appeared to light Iowa on fire in recent polls. After surging to the lead last year, she's mostly settled in fourth place behind former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. But there's been hints the recently canceled poll from CNN and The Des Moines Register, which considered the state's gold standard survey, included some good news for Warren.BuzzFeed News reports that journal
  
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• Jill Biden says she no longer considers Graham a friend

  03-02-2020 23:23 via abcnews.go.com
  
  After being questioned about her feelings toward Sen. Lindsey Graham, Jill Biden said his actions were “hurtful.”
  
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• Air Force colonel slated to command base that hosts Air Force One is sentenced in child porn case

  03-02-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Air Force colonel slated to command Joint Base Andrews, home of Air Force One, has been sentenced to five years in prison for child porn.
  
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• U.S. Mulls More Charges Against Giuliani Allies; Trial Date Set

  03-02-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government may file additional charges against Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas and others accused of campaign-finance crimes before the start of their trial Oct. 5, a prosecutor said Monday.Parnas and co-defendant Igor Fruman worked closely with Giuliani in trying to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden, and in ousting the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, the government alleges. Prosecutors had indicated in December that the case could be ex
  
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• Manchin proposes lesser punishment of censure for Trump

  03-02-2020 23:13 via politico.com
  
  "Censure would allow this body to unite across party lines,” the West Virginia Democrat says.
  
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• AP VoteCast: Iowa Democratic voters seek fundamental change

  03-02-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first voters to make their choice in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination are desperate for fundamental change to the political system.Roughly two-thirds of Iowa caucusgoers said supporting a candidate who would transform how the system in Washington works was important to their vote, according to AP VoteCast, a wide-ranging survey of voters who said they planned to take part in Monday’s Democratic caucuses in Iowa.The survey also found that two issues that have been fro
  
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• The truth about the coronavirus

  03-02-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus claimed its first victim outside of China this past weekend, as a 44-year-old man in the Philippines died from the virus that recently originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The number of U.S. cases has grown to eight, and quarantine centers have popped up across the country for travelers who screened positive for the illness. But doctors and other experts say it is the flu that people should be most concerned about, and the data support this. "Panic doesn't help anything," Dr.
  
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• Iran ends cooperation with Ukraine on plane crash probe

  03-02-2020 22:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Iran has halted cooperation with Ukraine in its investigation of a down Ukrainian jetliner last month following the release of an audio clip that suggested Tehran knew its missiles brought down the passenger plane. 
  
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• Manchin Undecided, Proposes Censure of Trump: Impeachment Update

  03-02-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump is set to be acquitted of two impeachment charges in final votes set for Wednesday at 4 p.m. Senators heard lawyers’ closing arguments Monday and now have two days for discussion on the chamber’s floor.Here are the latest developments:Manchin Undecided, Proposes Censure of Trump (4:47 p.m.)Moderate Democrat Joe Manchin said he’s undecided on how he’ll vote. But he also said that because he sees “no path” to a two-thirds Se
  
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• Boeing confirms SEC investigating disclosures around 737 Max

  03-02-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boeing Co. has confirmed that securities regulators are investigating the company in connection with the 737 Max, which was grounded after two deadly crashes.Boeing disclosed the Securities and Exchange Commission investigation in a regulatory filing Friday.The filing provides few details of the probe beyond saying that Boeing is cooperating with government investigations including those by the Justice Department and the SEC.
  
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• Rush Limbaugh reveals advanced lung cancer diagnosis live on radio show

  03-02-2020 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rush Limbaugh, 69, reveals the diagnosis during his radio show on Monday.
  
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• House leader urges action on bill tied to Ohio State scandal

  03-02-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Unhappy with Ohio State's response to allegations of widespread, decades-old sexual abuse by a team doctor, the leader of the Ohio House called Monday for lawmakers to act soon on a stalled proposal to enable the survivors to sue the university under state law.About 350 men alleging sexual misconduct by the late Richard Strauss have sued the school in federal court.Ohio State initially argued those claims are time-barred by law, but it has since committed to a “monetary resolution” f
  
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• 'Scary but we made it': Damaged plane makes emergency landing in Madrid after circling for hours to burn off fuel

  03-02-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Boeing 767 with 136 people on board has safely made an emergency landing in Madrid after circling an airport for four hours with a faulty engine and a burst tyre.The Air Canada flight to Toronto contacted air traffic control about the problems 30 minutes after taking off from the Madrid-Barajas airport in the Spanish capital on Monday.
  
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• 'F------ false:' John Kerry denies NBC News report of him mulling a 2020 bid amid worries of 'Sanders taking down the Democratic Party'

  03-02-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This conversation sounded alarms about whether John Kerry has misgivings about Joe Biden's candidacy and sees Bernie Sanders as the frontrunner.
  
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• October criminal trial date set for Giuliani associates

  03-02-2020 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An October trial date was set Monday for two associates of Rudy Giuliani who are charged with making illegal campaign contributions.Lev Parnas was the only defendant among four men facing trial to be at a Manhattan courthouse when U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken set the Oct. 5 trial date.Parnas was smiling and wearing an American-flag pin in court.
  
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• See congressman quote 'Harry Potter' during impeachment argument

  03-02-2020 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) quoted lines from a "Harry Potter" film to persuade the Senate to vote to convict President Donald Trump.
  
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• Nigeria to receive $308m stolen by ex-dictator: US

  03-02-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nigeria is set to receive around $308 million seized from former military dictator Sani Abacha under a deal backed by the United States and the island of Jersey, US prosecutors said Monday.The sum is the latest to be recovered from the accounts of Abacha, an army officer who ruled Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998 aged 54, which sparked an ongoing search for hundreds of millions of dollars he stole and hid abroad.The repatriation of the money from Jersey, in the English Channel off the c
  
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• Can Democrats win back Obama-Trump voters? Dubuque, Iowa, may offer a clue.

  03-02-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dubuque County, an Obama stronghold, flipped to Trump in 2016. Signs suggest a Democratic comeback – though a far-left nominee could jeopardize that.
  
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• After massive spending blitz, Democrat Steyer looking for Iowa boost

  03-02-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential contender Tom Steyer on Monday said he expected to leave Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses "with momentum" that carries him later this month to Nevada and South Carolina, where he has shown more strength in opinion polls.In an interview with Reuters hours ahead of the first votes of the 2020 presidential campaign, the billionaire-turned-activist also said fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg's unorthodox decision to skip the first four voting states meant he had forgone
  
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• A Bernie Sanders Win in Iowa Could Ripple Through Markets

  03-02-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Unlike the cookies used to lure support at the Iowa caucuses, financial-market expectations for what could be a pivotal moment in the race to the White House are only half-baked.The state is the first to choose its preference for a nominee. So the vote could push the dollar down and stir volatility in bonds, strategists say, if the latest polls are right that votes will tip heavily in favor of Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist.Yet his prospects beyond t
  
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• Trump impeachment trial closing arguments: five key takeaways

  03-02-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House managers warned Trump would not change his spots while his defense team said voters should decide his fateClosing arguments in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial were made on Monday, preceding a vote on the articles of impeachment scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. Here are five key takeaways: ‘History will not be kind to Donald Trump’The lead impeachment manager, Adam Schiff, urged senators standing by Trump to consider their own legacies.“History will not be kin
  
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• Iowa caucus - live updates: Biden team admit 'it's not going great' as Sanders and Buttigieg top polls ahead of first 2020 Democrat vote

  03-02-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After months of campaigning, the moment of truth has finally come for Democrats in Iowa, the state that has now officially kicked off the 2020 primary season.With satellite precincts beginning to vote, the main affair will not yield results until Monday evening, after supporters and volunteers for each candidate have their chance to speak up and convince their fellow voters in the somewhat obscure caucus system — which features pleas and speeches, and the potential for several rounds of vo
  
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• Firebrand talk show host Rush Limbaugh says has cancer

  03-02-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Conservative radio firebrand Rush Limbaugh disclosed Monday he has "advanced lung cancer" but vowed to continue with his show as he undergoes treatment."The upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, diagnosis confirmed by two medical institutions back on January 20th," he said.
  
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• Norwegian won't issue $32,000 refund to family that canceled Asian cruise over coronavirus

  03-02-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Maui woman said that when her family tried to cancel their upcoming Asia cruise, Norwegian wouldn't refund any of the $32,000 they'd already paid.
  
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• Iranian national charged by US in multimillion-dollar sanctions-skirting scheme

  03-02-2020 22:16 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  U.S. prosecutors have charged an Iranian national for his alleged role in channeling more than $115 million through the U.S. financial system and lying about his knowledge of international sanctions. 
  
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• Sanders Spent Heavily on Facebook In Days Before Iowa

  03-02-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- As the Iowa caucuses loom, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been plowing cash into an eleventh-hour ad campaign on Facebook Inc. He spent $795,000 advertising on the site from Jan. 26 to Feb 1., more than any of his rivals competing in Monday’s caucuses, according to data from Facebook.That money went towards a fusillade of Facebook ads in which Sanders asks for donations and criticizes the “political establishment.” One ad reads, in part, &
  
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• Staples Center removes public's massive Kobe Bryant memorial

  03-02-2020 22:11 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A massive memorial created by the public outside Staples Center after the death of former Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant is being dismantled, with an official saying some of the items will go to Bryant's widow
  
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• Second monarch butterfly conservationist found dead in Mexico

  03-02-2020 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  The body of a second butterfly conservationist and activist has been found in Mexico, authorities said.
  
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• 'This is unacceptable': Amid coronavirus concerns, Hawaiian Airlines should let crew wear masks, says union

  03-02-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hawaiian Airlines is not allowing flight crews to wear face masks amid concern surrounding the coronavirus, according to its flight attendant union.
  
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• In Iowa, Biden had a bumpy ride to the finish line

  03-02-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden, the long-standing polling leader among Democrats nationally, had a bumpy ride as he made his final pitch to voters in the two weeks leading up to Monday’s Iowa caucuses.
  
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• Rush Limbaugh announces cancer diagnosis

  03-02-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio host and political commentator, announced on air Monday that he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
  
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• Andrew Yang Is the Most Likable 2020 Democrat

  03-02-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Des Moines, Iowa — Even as he warns that the Robot Apocalypse is rapidly descending upon us, Andrew Yang wants his fellow Americans to know that it’s still okay to laugh.While speaking to voters in the rural Iowa town of Grundy Center on Friday, Yang painted a bleak picture, arguing that Donald Trump is not the cause of America’s problems, but the symptom of an economy that has left too many working-class Americans behind.“The numbers tell a very clear and direct story,&r
  
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• Schiff's parting shot: 'History will not be kind' to Trump

  03-02-2020 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  • If you thought Trump was wild before, just wait
  • Opinion: The penalty Trump should get if the Senate acquits
  • Analysis: Next 3 days may reshape US politics
  
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• Hong Kong’s Striking Hospital Workers Pose New Threat to Beijing

  03-02-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it's going next.Hundreds of Hong Kong medical workers started striking Monday to demand that leader Carrie Lam immediately close the city’s border with the mainland to prevent the spread of a deadly coronavirus.Yet the strike also revealed a longer term threat to her administration, as well as to her bosses in Beijing: It shows the growing strength of pro-democracy unions formed in recent months
  
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• Winter weather is back: Snowstorm wallops West, heads for central, eastern U.S.

  03-02-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A potent winter storm that dumped heavy snow on the Rockies Monday will crawl toward the central and eastern U.S. this week, weather forecasts say.
  
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• Iowa casts America's first votes in 2020 presidential race

  03-02-2020 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  • Winner may not get most votes initially
  • Analysis: 6 things to watch for tonight
  
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• Trump impeachment trial: Democrats warn Trump 'will do it again' if acquitted

  03-02-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Adam Schiff: ‘History will not be kind to Donald Trump’* Closing arguments after Republicans refused to call witnesses* Impeachment trial: live coverageWarning that “history will not be kind to Donald Trump,” the Democratic representative Adam Schiff mounted an impassioned closing argument in the Senate impeachment trial on Monday, urging the chamber to hold the president to account.The House impeachment managers, who are prosecuting Trump, pleaded with Senate Republica
  
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• Airbus bribery scandal triggers new probes worldwide

  03-02-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fallout from the Airbusbribery scandal reverberated around the world on Monday as the head of one of its top buyers temporarily stood down and investigations were launched in countries aggrieved at being dragged into the increasingly political row.Airbus agreed on Friday to pay a record $4 billion in fines after reaching a plea bargain with prosecutors in Britain, France and United States over alleged bribery and corruption stretching back at least 15 years.Now, it is bracing for a rocky period
  
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• Rush Limbaugh has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer

  03-02-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rush Limbaugh has announced he's been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.The conservative radio host shared the news on his show Monday afternoon on what he called "one of the most difficult days in recent memory for me," telling listeners he was diagnosed last month and that "there are going to be days that I'm not going to be able to be here" as he undergoes treatment, per Mediaite. It was for this reason Limbaugh said he decided to announce the news publicly, even though he explained he didn
  
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• Republicans pray Trump shuns impeachment in SOTU

  03-02-2020 21:47 via politico.com
  
  “Everyone should just know that Trump will be Trump," says GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer.
  
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• Inside Kim and Kanye's stunning LA mansion

  03-02-2020 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West have opened the doors of their California mansion to Architectural Digest magazine, which defines it as a "wildly idiosyncratic family refuge in suburban Los Angeles."
  
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• 1st US patient with new virus leaves hospital, is recovering

  03-02-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man who became the first U.S. patient infected with the new virus from China has left the hospital and said in a statement that he is getting better and looking forward to life returning to normal, according to a statement from the man provided to The Associated Press on Monday.The 35-year-old man thanked his doctors, nurses and other staff at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Seattle, according to the statement from the uniden
  
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• Rush Limbaugh diagnosed with advanced lung cancer

  03-02-2020 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  Rush Limbaugh, the most prominent political radio host in the United States, said Monday that he is beginning treatment for lung cancer.
  
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