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• White House exodus begins, with some leaving in frustration

  04-12-2020 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  White House staffers at all levels are plotting their departures as a growing number of aides to President Donald Trump are abandoning his quest to overturn the 2020 election results -- some in frustration with the building they are leaving behind.
  
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• White House exodus begins as Trump baselessly claims victory

  04-12-2020 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  White House staffers at all levels are plotting their departures as a growing number of aides to President Donald Trump are abandoning his quest to overturn the 2020 election results -- some in frustration with the building they are leaving behind.
  
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• Pardon investigation involves Kushner lawyer, sources say

  04-12-2020 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  The Justice Department bribery-for-a-presidential-pardon investigation, which became public this week, involves the past efforts of well-connected Washington lawyer Abbe Lowell and Republican lobbyist and fundraiser Elliott Broidy in the early days of the Trump White House, sources tell CNN.
  
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• Trump staffers start job hunt in waning days of administration

  04-12-2020 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  A number of staff members at the White House have begun to plan their departure and next career move in the final weeks of the Trump administration. CNN's Jim Acosta explains.
  
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• Nearly 6 million people to be under stay-at-home order in San Francisco Bay Area

  04-12-2020 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Six San Francisco Bay Area governments issued a stay-at-home order Friday ahead of California's statewide mandate, restricting activities in a drastic effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19 as hospitals cope with a surge of patients.
  
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• With Senate majority at stake, some worry President could do more harm than good with Georgia rally

  04-12-2020 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump heads to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for two Republican senators one month ahead of a critical runoff that will determine which party controls the Senate. But Trump's visit comes as he has spent the last several weeks consumed by his own election loss while attacking party officials in the state, casting doubt on its voting process and questioning one of the lawmakers he's urging voters to elect.
  
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• US President's criticism of candidates has raised concerns his interference could do more harm than good in the pivotal races

  04-12-2020 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  • Trump administration must accept new DACA applications, judge orders
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• Trump worries Republicans ahead of Senate runoffs

  04-12-2020 23:47 via cnn.com
  
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  • White House exodus begins
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• Some worry Trump could do more harm than good with Georgia rally after weeks of attacks on local officials

  04-12-2020 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump heads to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for two Republican senators one month ahead of a critical runoff that will determine which party controls the Senate. But Trump's visit comes as he has spent the last several weeks consumed by his own election loss while attacking party officials in the state, casting doubt on its voting process and questioning one of the lawmakers he's urging voters to elect.
  
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• Trump orders a near total withdrawal of US troops from Somalia

  04-12-2020 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has ordered the majority of US troops to leave Somalia "by early 2021," in just the latest major military policy decision being taken in the final days of the Trump administration.
  
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• Krebs responds to Trump lawyer's threat: We'll talk in court

  04-12-2020 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  Former cybersecurity official Chris Krebs responds to Trump campaign attorney Joseph diGenova after he said on "The Howie Carr Show" that Krebs should be shot.
  
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• 'Not a mistake,' says Pelosi of rejecting previous Republican stimulus proposals

  04-12-2020 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday stood by the way she has handled the stimulus negotiations, telling reporters during her weekly news conference that both she and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agree Covid-19 relief should be tied to the government funding bill facing a December 11 deadline.
  
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• France struggles with systemic racism and new security law as protests rock country

  04-12-2020 22:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  France has been roiled for days, with mass protests and collective outrage, over a proposed security law that would criminalize recording or photographing police behavior with “obvious intention to harm their physical and psychological integrity” in the public square.
  
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• Trump's criticism of GOP Senate candidates has Republicans worried ahead of rally

  04-12-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump heads to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for two Republican senators one month ahead of a critical runoff that will determine which party controls the Senate. But Trump's visit comes as he has spent the last several weeks consumed by his own election loss while attacking party officials in the state, casting doubt on its voting process and questioning one of the lawmakers he's urging voters to elect.
  
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• Opinion: Pence to put the seal on Trump's defeat

  04-12-2020 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  While most Americans expect to find out who the next President of the United States will be on election night, the official selection process involving the Electoral College is always a bit more complicated.
  
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• Opinion: Pence is going to put the seal on Trump's defeat

  04-12-2020 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  While most Americans expect to find out who the next President of the United States will be on election night, the official selection process involving the Electoral College is always a bit more complicated.
  
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• Opinion: Mike Pence is going to put the seal on Donald Trump's defeat

  04-12-2020 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  While most Americans expect to find out who the next President of the United States will be on election night, the official selection process involving the Electoral College is always a bit more complicated.
  
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• Trump purges Pentagon board and gives seats to loyalists

  04-12-2020 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has purged a Pentagon business advisory board and replaced its members with his former campaign manager and deputy campaign manager, neither of whom have served in the military or have any apparent experience with the defense industry.
  
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• Faroe Islands: Inside the under-sea tunnel network

  04-12-2020 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The under-sea tunnel network cuts journey times between two islands by a half.
  
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• GOP signals it won't confirm this Biden nominee. Here's why

  04-12-2020 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden has faced backlash from Republican senators after nominating Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Here's why.
  
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• UN accused by Israeli group of flouting international law by funding construction in Israeli-controlled areas

  04-12-2020 22:18 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations is being accused of funding illegal infrastructure projects for Palestinians in an area where Israel exercises exclusive functional control as envisioned by current peace agreements.
  
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• Canadian premier issues urgent plea: If you don't think Covid is real, you're an idiot

  04-12-2020 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  As coronavirus cases rise, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister issued an impassioned plea to his constituents, urging them to refrain from gathering over the upcoming Christmas holiday.
  
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• Biden's team following Elvis Presley's footsteps on vaccine

  04-12-2020 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  Before his performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," viewers watched Elvis Presley get his polio vaccine on television. It made headlines and, critically, also helped convince teens and young adults that they needed to be vaccinated to help defeat the deadly disease. Dr. Geeta Nayyar tells CNN's Brianna Keilar why building community trust in a vaccine is critical.
  
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• The median price of a home here is $2.125 million, and real estate is on fire

  04-12-2020 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  With its large, stately million-dollar homes and manicured lawns, Greenwich, Connecticut, has long been a serene enclave that veteran hedge fund managers and financial services executives call home. But after the pandemic hit, a new wave of wealthy New York City residents have flocked to the town seeking added space and a sense of suburban security.
  
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• 'Vaccines do not equal zero Covid' warns WHO – video

  04-12-2020 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  World Health Organization leaders have warned vaccines do not mean the end of the coronavirus pandemic, and renewed their advice to follow guidelines during the Christmas and new year periodUS coronavirus updates - liveVaccine approval differences across UK, Europe and US Continue reading...
  
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• More than 1,000 migrant children in US government custody have tested positive

  04-12-2020 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  More than 1,000 migrant children in US government custody have tested positive for coronavirus since March, according to the federal agency charged with their care.
  
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• China is collecting the world’s DNA and the reason is sinister: Gordon Chang

  04-12-2020 20:37 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) has been collecting people’s DNA for years, and according to Gordon Chang, author of ‘The Coming Collapse of China,’ the country’s sinister motivations should be of great concern to the United States.
  
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• NASA is paying startups for moon rocks. It's not what you think

  04-12-2020 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  How much is a moon rock worth? According to new contracts inked between NASA and four startups, it's somewhere between $1 and $15,000.
  
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• Italy bans midnight Mass at Christmas, bishops support stricter measures

  04-12-2020 20:06 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Italy has managed to fight off the fall resurgence, but health officials worry that "Christmas as usual" will lead to a third wave of cases.
  
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• US House votes to decriminalize marijuana

  04-12-2020 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to end the federal prohibition on cannabis.
  
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• How vaccine approval compares between the UK, Europe and the US

  04-12-2020 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  The regulatory fast-tracking of the Covid vaccine in Britain by MHRA has led some to question its methodsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) in the UK has not had a round of applause from anyone other than the UK’s politicians and the vaccine companies. It gave temporary authorisation to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday and within hours, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) put out a stif
  
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• Coronavirus crisis in the US: scenes from hospitals across America – in pictures

  04-12-2020 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  A look into the battle against Covid-19 in hospitals across the United States Continue reading...
  
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• Village schoolteacher wins $1 million global prize -- and gives half to runners-up

  04-12-2020 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  An Indian schoolteacher has been awarded the 2020 Global Teacher Prize -- and has vowed to give half of the $1 million prize money to the runners-up.
  
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• Teacher wins $1M prize -- and gives half to rivals

  04-12-2020 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  An Indian schoolteacher has been awarded the 2020 Global Teacher Prize -- and has vowed to give half of the $1 million prize money to the runners-up.
  
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• Airline invites fans to bid farewell to its 747s

  04-12-2020 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  Virgin Atlantic is retiring its fleet of 747s by throwing a farewell day for charity. Fans will have an access-all-areas tour of a 747, eat lunch in the Upper Class cabin and quaff Champagne on the coveted upper deck.
  
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• Giuliani's witness draws audible laughter during testimony

  04-12-2020 18:39 via cnn.com
  
  Matthew Travis, a former US election security official, evaluates the unfounded testimony of Melissa Carone, an IT contractor for Dominion Voting Systems, who spoke with Rudy Giuliani at a hearing in Michigan.
  
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• Jewish doctor who treated patient with Nazi tattoos says pandemic has tested his compassion

  04-12-2020 18:21 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Taylor Nichols has faced hate in the emergency room before. He's treated racist patients, and each time the Jewish physician has dipped into his well of compassion to do his job.
  
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• Saudi Arabia says 'significant progress' made toward resolving Qatar dispute

  04-12-2020 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  Saudi Arabia and Qatar have taken "significant" steps toward resolving their three-year dispute, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud said in a virtual diplomatic conference on Friday.
  
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• US House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

  04-12-2020 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  The House of Representatives is poised to pass legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and seek to "address the devastating injustices caused by the War on Drugs."
  
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• US House poised to pass bill decriminalizing marijuana at federal level

  04-12-2020 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  The House of Representatives is poised to pass legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and seek to "address the devastating injustices caused by the War on Drugs."
  
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• The world's first commercial Christmas card is on sale for $25,000

  04-12-2020 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  The world's first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale, depicting a merry scene that scandalized some of 19th-century Britain's more puritanical citizens.
  
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• DOJ's politicization complicates Biden's attorney general search

  04-12-2020 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Building a Cabinet that looks like America is harder than it seems
  • Biden's popular vote margin over Trump tops 7 million
  
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• Biden's effort to depoliticize the DOJ is running into thorny political issues

  04-12-2020 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Building a Cabinet that looks like America is harder than it seems
  • Biden's popular vote margin over Trump tops 7 million
  
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• US faces 'worst-case scenario' in coming months, expert says

  04-12-2020 17:31 via cnn.com
  
  Across the US, preparations are underway to quickly distribute Covid-19 vaccines once authorized, but experts say before that relief occurs, the coming months will be difficult.
  
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• General Suhaila: Afghanistan's famous female surgeon dies at 72

  04-12-2020 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Suhaila Siddiq was a famous surgeon who continued working under the Taliban, and then became a minister.
  
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• World Athletics accused over 'abusive sex testing' of athletes from global south

  04-12-2020 17:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Human Rights Watch says testing regulations are demeaning and target women based on racial stereotypesWorld Athletics, the sport’s global governing body, targets women from countries in the global south for “abusive sex testing” based on arbitrary definitions of femininity and racial stereotypes, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).A report by the rights group, published on Friday, claims female runners are being pushed out of competitive events, which some rely on for their
  
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• China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon

  04-12-2020 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It becomes the second nation to unfurl its banner on the lunar surface, more than 50 years after the US.
  
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• German woman leaves $7.5 million to her neighbors

  04-12-2020 16:30 via cnn.com
  
  Residents of a community in central Germany have unexpectedly inherited property and a stock portfolio worth €6.2 million ($7.5 million), following the death of an elderly neighbor.
  
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• £50 billion in UK banknotes is 'missing.' Nobody has an explanation

  04-12-2020 16:28 via cnn.com
  
  Here's a head-scratcher: The use of cash has been declining for years in Britain, but demand for banknotes is skyrocketing. Nobody is quite sure where the money is going.
  
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• £50 billion in UK banknotes is 'missing'

  04-12-2020 16:28 via cnn.com
  
  Here's a head-scratcher: The use of cash has been declining for years in Britain, but demand for banknotes is skyrocketing. Nobody is quite sure where the money is going.
  
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