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• Dominican Republic authorities seek to calm fears following resort-related incidents

  11-06-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  In the past year, sixAmericans have passed away under mysterious circumstances
  
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• Trump threatens to withhold census documents from U.S. Congress

  11-06-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration is threatening to invoke presidential powers to withhold documents on its efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census, unless House Democrats drop threats to hold two top Trump advisers in contempt of Congress.In a letter to House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, President Donald Trump's Justice Department on Tuesday accused the committee of failing to follow constitutional norms by refusing to negotiate over
  
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• National Transportation Safety Board Launches Investigation Into N.Y.C. Helicopter Crash

  11-06-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  They should have a preliminary report in two weeks
  
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• US Catholic bishops convene to confront sex-abuse crisis

  11-06-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  How the bishops confront the problem "will determine in many ways the future vibrancy of the church and whether or not trust in your leadership can be restored," Francesco Cesareo, an academic who chairs a national sex-abuse review board set up by the bishops, said as the four-day gathering began.Key proposals on the agenda call for compassionate pastoral care for abuse victims, a new abuse reporting system, and a larger role for lay experts in holding bishops accountable. Votes on the prop
  
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• House bill would help media companies bargain with Facebook and Google

  11-06-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A House panel held its first hearing Tuesday to consider legislation that would attempt to give news companies great power to negotiate with major social and search platforms like Facebook and Google.
  
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• Pilot Killed in Manhattan Helicopter Crash Wasn't Certified to Fly in Bad Weather

  11-06-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The pilot killed when his helicopter slammed into the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper was not authorized to fly in limited visibility.
  
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• Hong Kong protesters begin night vigil as extradition anger mounts

  11-06-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Tensions rose in Hong Kong late Tuesday as hundreds of protesters began a nighttime vigil outside the city's parliament, just hours before lawmakers debate a divisive plan to allow extraditions to China.The sudden appearance of around 2,000 predominantly young protesters after 11:00 pm (1500 GMT), some carrying tents and supplies, was met by a marked increase in police reinforcements, many of them equipped with riot gear.The financial hub was rocked over the weekend by the largest protest march
  
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• New leak gives us our best look yet at the Pixel 4 design

  11-06-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  With the official unveiling of Google's highly-anticipated Pixel 4 lineup now just a few months away, a number of high-profile leaks have recently shed a bit more light on what we can expect to see out of Google's next-gen smartphone models. And given how impressive Google's Pixel 3 line was, it stands to reason that the Pixel 4 will live up to the hype and will offer a premium user experience positioned to rival the iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy S10 series.Design wise, recent renders have reveale
  
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• Donald Trump says he got another 'beautiful' letter from North Korea's Kim Jong Un

  11-06-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump did not disclose the contents of the letter from Kim, but said it was "beautiful."
  
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• House Dems Authorize New Powers to Take Trump World Figures to Court

  11-06-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos GettyThe House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to give Congress the option to go to court against Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in order to obtain documents related to Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The measure passed the chamber 229 to 191 along party lines. The vote comes as the Department of Justice has just started providing more Mueller-related material to lawmakers following contentio
  
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• Mother of 5 slain children asks for mercy for ex-husband

  11-06-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The mother of five children who were killed by their father stunned a South Carolina courtroom on Tuesday by asking the jury to spare her ex-husband's life.
  
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• House Dems Abandon Bid to Axe Ban on Federal Abortion Funding from Spending Bill

  11-06-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Progressive Democrats have backed down from their push to scrap the decades-old ban on federal funding for abortions in a $190 billion budget bill.The House Rules Committee on Monday night prevented the so-called Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of taxpayer funds for abortions, from being removed from the appropriations bill convering the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services.Currently, the Hyde Amendment bars federal funding for abortions except in circumstances when the mother
  
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• Did Donald Trump Inadvertently Reveal a Secret Mexico Deal?

  11-06-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump may have an agreement with Mexico to commit to more "burden-sharing" on the handling of refugees.
  
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• Tariff deal gives momentum to 'Remain-in-Mexico' policy

  11-06-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  In a cramped San Diego courtroom, immigrant mothers cradled restless babies and toddlers as they waited to go before a judge.After a quick exchange, they were whisked back to Mexico where they face months, or possibly years, before their cases play out in the U.S.Hundreds of miles away, a judge in El Paso, Texas, noticed that an infant was fussing and let the child's mother stand up and burp the baby before shipping her and about a dozen others, including six pregnant women, back to the Mexican
  
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• Rep. Omar filed joint tax returns before she married husband

  11-06-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Minnesota campaign finance officials said last week that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar misused campaign funds in violation of state rules.Q: What did Omar do wrong?A: The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said Thursday that Omar and her husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, filed joint tax returns for 2014 and 2015 — before they were actually married and while Omar was legally wed to another man.
  
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• CORRECTION - American Airlines cancels 737 MAX flights through September 3

  11-06-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  In our story dated June 9, para 4, please read that the figure refers to daily flight cancellations.American Airlines has canceled all scheduled flights with Boeing 737 MAX jets through September 3, extending the grounding of its fleet after two crashes involving the same aircraft model killed 346 people.The airline had previously canceled all 737 MAX flights through August 19 as it awaited recertification of the aircraft in the wake of the crashes.
  
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• A furious Jon Stewart tells Congress to support 9/11 first responders: 'It's an embarrassment'

  11-06-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The former host of "The Daily Show" wins praise from members of the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution.
  
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• Lunar Module That's Been Floating Through Space for 50 Years May Have Been Found

  11-06-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Snoopy, which helped make the Moon landing possible, was thought to be lost after it was launched into orbit decades ago.
  
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• For Pride Month, Trump has nothing to be proud of, activists say

  11-06-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Despite making a campaign pledge to protect LGBT Americans, President Trump's administration has taken numerous actions undercutting that promise.
  
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• The Latest: Mom OK with jury decision on ex-husband's fate

  11-06-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A mother whose ex-husband killed their five children says she wouldn't choose to sentence him to death, but she will respect the jury's decision.Defense lawyers called Amber Kyzer to testify Tuesday.Under questioning, Kyzer also described how Jones hit her, spit in her face in front of their young daughter and threatened to chop her up and feed her to pigs during their marriage.
  
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• Facebook invests in renewables with Texas solar project

  11-06-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook is building a massive solar farm in West Texas that's believed to be one of the largest solar projects in the nation and the social media giant's first direct investment in renewable energy.Boston-based renewable energy developer Longroad Energy recently announced it was partnering with Facebook on the $416 million project, just as Facebook is finishing construction of a data center near Albuquerque.
  
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• Maybe we are alone after all: Planets that could sustain alien life much rarer than thought

  11-06-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  So, maybe we are alone after all. The number of planets in the universe that could sustain life is much smaller than had been thought, scientists said.
  
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• Democrats Signal Hope for Passing New North America Trade Accord

  11-06-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday is expected to formally name lawmakers to the working groups that will work with the administration on the labor, environment and pharmaceutical provisions that Democrats are seeking to strengthen.Pelosi has also emphasized the need for strong enforcement mechanisms in the accord that will overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement.Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, the Massachusetts Democrat leading talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer,
  
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• US resident released from Iran custody says it eases tension

  11-06-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  A Lebanese man with permanent U.S. residency who had been imprisoned in Iran for years on charges of espionage said Tuesday that he was subjected to "kidnapping, arbitrary detention and a show trial," adding that his release served to de-escalate tensions between the U.S. and Iran.In his first comments after arriving in his native Lebanon, Nizar Zakka denied reports that his release was part of a wider deal but suggested that it had helped avert further escalation in the region.Zakka's release c
  
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• Joe Biden Is Ahead in the Iowa Polls. But His Rivals Are Ahead on Organizing

  11-06-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden is ahead of other Democrats in Iowa polls, but behind the scenes, he is still playing catch up.
  
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• Debating Net Neutrality: Big-Tech Monopolies Are the Real Problem

  11-06-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The recent debates over Internet-related policymaking in Washington, D.C., increasingly resemble a funhouse world. Issues that are actually important, such as the monopoly market and speech-squelching power of big-tech firms such as Facebook and Twitter, are treated as peripheral. Meanwhile, sideshows, such as the theoretical but never-exercised ability of Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to content providers, are treated as central issues to debate.The House Energy and Commerce
  
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• Trump promises Kim Jong Un protection from CIA spying

  11-06-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The president once again lavished praise on Kim Jong Un while attacking former Vice President Joe Biden.
  
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• The Latest: Police, protesters face off ahead of debate

  11-06-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Government officials in Hong Kong are bracing for a showdown as protesters and police face off into the early morning hours outside the semiautonomous Chinese territory's legislature ahead of Wednesday's debate over changes allowing extradition to the Chinese mainland.The Hong Kong government says its Legislative Council Complex will suspend some services.The scene outside of the building was tense but calm with the presence of officers in riot gear and protesters.
  
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• Jon Stewart receives standing ovation after speech to congress on 9/11 first responders: 'A stain on this institution'

  11-06-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Jon Stewart has ripped into a nearly empty House Judiciary Committee hearing on re-funding the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, calling Congress’ treatment of the now-ailing first responders to America’s most deadly terrorist attack “utterly unacceptable”.The comedian was flanked by 9/11 responders and victims, including retired New York Police Department bomb-squad detective Louis Alvarez, who is set to begin his 69th round of chemotherapy on Wednesday. Before them sat ju
  
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• U.S. House to vote on power to sue Trump advisers who ignored subpoenas

  11-06-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic lawmakers would gain clear authority to sue Trump administration figures including former White House Counsel Don McGahn to enforce ignored subpoenas under a measure set to come to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.In an escalation of wide-ranging probes of President Donald Trump and his inner circle, Democrats who control the House are expected to approve the measure authorizing House committees to file lawsuits in federal court seeking orders from judges to comp
  
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• The Moon’s largest crater is hiding something, and astronomers don’t know what

  11-06-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Compared to other bodies in our Solar System, Earth's moon isn't particularly huge. However, its relatively small size belies one of its most interesting features, which is a colossal crater measuring over 1,500 miles across. Now, researchers believe the crater, which forms a huge basin on the far side of the Moon near its south pole, is hiding something.In a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers reveal the discovery of a huge mass hiding beneath the crater. An incredi
  
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• Trump says he wants to run against Biden: 'He's the weakest mentally'

  11-06-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  In what could be a preview of the 2020 general election matchup, President Trump unloaded on former Vice President Joe Biden, calling the current Democratic frontrunner a “loser” who has lost a step.
  
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• Planned Parenthood sues U.S. to block rule that may limit abortions

  11-06-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Planned Parenthood and other nonprofits offering family planning services sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to block a new federal rule letting healthcare workers refuse abortions and other services because of religious or moral objections.The two lawsuits filed in Manhattan federal court said enforcing the "conscience" rule would encourage discrimination against women, minorities, the poor, the uninsured, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people by curbing access to legal
  
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• Fourth American reported dead at Dominican Republic resort in past two months

  11-06-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A fourth American tourist has been reported dead at a Dominican Republicresort in the past two months, according to Fox News
  
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• UK PM candidate Stewart says will not vote for Labour move to stop no-deal Brexit

  11-06-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Rory Stewart, one of the candidates vying to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Tuesday he would not vote for a move by opposition Labour lawmakers that would try to prevent a no-deal Brexit by taking control of the parliamentary agenda.Labour said earlier in the day it would try to seize control of the parliamentary agenda on June 25 with that goal in mind by putting forward a motion in parliament on Wednesday.At the launch of his leadership campaign Stewart had indicated he wo
  
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• Trump taunts journalists with supposed one-page Mexico deal

  11-06-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  “This is one page,” Trump said, taking a folded piece of paper out of his blazer pocket and holding it up for cameras to see.
  
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• 'I'm done with him': Nancy Pelosi reacts to Donald Trump's comments she is 'nasty ... horrible person'

  11-06-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a D-Day celebration in Normandy, France was an inappropriate venue for President Donald Trump to hurl insults at her.
  
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• Mexico says to hold talks with China in early July

  11-06-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico will hold "high-level" meetings with Chinese officials in Beijing in early July after a summit of the Group of 20 global powers in Japan, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.Ebrard, who is due to attend the G20 summit in the Japanese city of Osaka in late June, said the meeting with China would be "very important," without giving further details.Mexico had been preparing the meeting for months, added Ebrard, who spoke at a banking event in Mexico City.
  
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• Back to the moon

  11-06-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Over the last half-century several nations have taken potshots at the moon, landing (or in some cases crashing) payloads onto the lunar surface.Artemis (in Greek mythology the twin sister of Apollo) would land a pair of astronauts, one expected to be a woman, on the lunar surface in 2024, ending a 55-year absence for humanity.Explaining why humans must go to the moon was an easier task for President John F. Kennedy in 1962.
  
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• Juncker Slams Tory Pledges to Renegotiate Deal: Brexit Update

  11-06-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A record field of 10 British Conservatives are fighting to replace Theresa May as prime minister, with Brexit the dominant issue.Many are pledging to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement, though the European Union again ruled that out on Tuesday.Jeremy Hunt’s pitch to his colleagues was to warn them that they are in “grave peril” and will risk losing their jobs if the next prime minister fails to get a better deal out of the European Union before the Oct. 31 deadline.
  
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• Biden Hardens China Stance: U.S. Needs to ‘Get Tough’ on Beijing

  11-06-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Former vice president Joe Biden plans to announce a new, hardened stance on China Tuesday, when he will tell Iowans that the country is "a real threat" to U.S. interests."We are in a competition with China. We need to get tough with China," Biden plans to say at a campaign event in Iowa according to prepared remarks, which add that China engages in "cheating" and "abusive behavior" economically.Biden, who chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before becoming Barack Obama's vic
  
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• White House Will Preview Mueller Evidence Before Nadler Review: Admin Officials

  11-06-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Cheriss May/GettyWhen House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) announced on Monday that he had reached an agreement with the Justice Department to view some of the underlying evidence behind Special Counsel’s Robert Mueller’s report. The announcement was hailed as a major breakthrough for the Democratic Party’s oversight efforts. But Nadler may get less than expected. That’s because the Trump White House will work with the Justice Department to decide what
  
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• Was North Korean leader Kim's slain half brother a CIA source?

  11-06-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Kim Jong Nam, the slain half brother of North Korea’s leader, met on several occasions with CIA operatives, the Wall Street Journal reports.
  
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• China criticises foreign interference as Hong Kong braces for further protests over extradition law

  11-06-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Beijing has denounced foreign interference after the US criticised a proposed Hong Kong extradition law that is expected to see thousands of protesters return to the streets tomorrow. On Monday the US State Departrment expressed “grave concern” over the extradition bill, saying it could “undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy” and harm “the territory’s longstanding protections of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values.” A spokesman for th
  
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• Charge every device you have with this 3-in-1 Anker cable for $11

  11-06-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Your iPhone needs a Lightning cable to charge. Your eBook reader needs a microUSB cable to charge. Your laptop needs a USB-C cable to charge. Aren't you sick of carrying around all those different cables? Anker has the perfect solution, and it's called the Anker Powerline II 3-in-1 Cable, Lightning/Type C/Micro USB Cable. As the name suggests, this great cable combines USB-C, microUSB, and Lightning connectors into a single cable with adapters that are connected so you won't lose them. It's wort
  
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• Trump says will soon sit down with Democrats for immigration negotiations

  11-06-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would sit down soon with his Democratic opponents in the U.S. Congress for negotiations over U.S. immigration policy.Speaking to reporters on the White House South Lawn before departing for Iowa for the day, Trump did not explain what specifically he would talk about with the Democrats, amid stark differences over how to handle a surge of illegal immigrants along the U.S. southern border.A spokesman for House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said
  
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• Mexico launches committee to implement US migration deal

  11-06-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico said Tuesday it has launched a committee to implement its deal with the United States on curbing undocumented migration in return for a reprieve from President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador named Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard -- his point man for the negotiations in Washington that produced Friday's deal -- as the top official on the committee.It will also include the military commander for the southern border state of Chiapas and high-level lab
  
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• Everyone Still Loves Our Long-Term Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wagon—for the Most Part

  11-06-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  It's not easy to come up with negative things to say about our E450 wagon, but it can be done.
  
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• People are obsessed with this $25 drugstore anti-aging serum

  11-06-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Well, thanks to beauty giant L'Oreal Paris, we have finally tracked down an anti-aging product with incredible reviews and a $23.94 price tag. 
  
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• Trump Calls Biden a ‘Loser’ While Heading to Iowa for Potential 2020 Preview

  11-06-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The former vice president “is a loser,” the president told reporters as he departed the White House.Iowa will get a preview of a potential 2020 showdown on Tuesday when both Trump and Biden hold events in different parts of the state, which is already being blanketed by Democratic presidential candidates.Trump will visit the Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy project in Council Bluffs to celebrate a promise he delivered on ethanol.
  
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