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Schiff responds to Trump Lawyer Dershowitz's 'very odd argument'

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House Manager Adam Schiff responded to President Trump's lawyer Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday. Dershowitz said that "If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2uIixtJ

Amazon Christmas sales soar as rivals struggle

Sales were up 20% over the festive season in sharp contrast to weakness at other retailers. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Ubwifk

These Brands Said No to Running Super Bowl Commercials

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By BY TIFFANY HSU from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2tT2fyh

We May Never See John Bolton’s Book

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By BY JAMEEL JAFFER AND RAMYA KRISHNAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3aWu6hs

Republican senator laments starkly partisan nature of the trial.

By BY PATRICIA MAZZEI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/38TGtZS

New York Is Urged to Consider Surge Pricing for Taxis

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By BY BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2GzItup

More American Troops Sustain Brain Injuries From Iran Missile Strike in Iraq

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By BY THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF from NYT World https://ift.tt/2t90lce

Everyone Wants a Piece

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By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2OgG4ZQ

¿HarΓ‘ el papa Francisco un milagro con la deuda de Argentina?

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By BY MARCELO J. GARCÍA from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/2RIDCgw

Alexander asks about the differences in bipartisanship under Nixon and Trump.

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By BY EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2uKxHPa

Day 9 of Trump’s Trial: Tedium and Tea-Leaf Reading

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By BY MICHELLE COTTLE from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/36N2iJq

Fred Silverman, 82, Is Dead; a TV Force When Three Networks Ruled

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By BY NEIL GENZLINGER from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3aT23zv

Fotis Dulos, Connecticut Man Accused of Killing Jennifer Dulos, Is Dead

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By BY MICHAEL GOLD from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2S7xWM8

Senators break for dinner.

By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UerWE3

Navy SEAL Promoted After Choking Green Beret to Death

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The U.S. Navy promoted Chief Petty Officer Tony DeDolph four months after he admitted to choking a Green Beret to death. DeDolph—who will be back in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing—was formally charged in November 2018 with felony murder, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, burglary, hazing, and involuntary manslaughter in the strangulation death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a Special Forces soldier assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group.Melgar was nearing the end of his deployment when he was killed in the West African nation of Mali in June 2017. He was part of an intelligence operation in Mali supporting counterterrorism efforts against al Qaeda’s local affiliate, known as al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.Days after Melgar was strangled, DeDolph, at the time a petty officer first class, was sent back to his base in Virginia Beach under suspicion of murder. Despite that, DeDolph found himself on the promotion list for chief petty officer in August 2017; he was “frocked”

Biden Says He's Getting Old—So His VP Should Be 'Capable of Immediately Being a President'

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'I'm an old guy,' Biden admitted. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/316mHIb

Trial Date Set for Jeffrey Epstein Jail Guards

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Two Manhattan jail guards charged with falsifying records after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell will face trial in June, a federal judge ruled Thursday.Tova Noel, 31, and Michael Thomas, 41, who worked inside Metropolitan Correctional Center’s (MCC) Special Housing Unit, are accused of failing to conduct mandated checks on inmates in the hours before the multi-millionaire sex-offender killed himself in August 2019. Both corrections officers have pleaded not guilty.In Manhattan federal court on Thursday, defense lawyers asked to delay the trial until October—a request U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres promptly denied. Torres set a trial date for June 22, despite the protestations of Noel’s lawyer, Jason Foy, who said the schedule would interfere with his family vacation. The defense attorneys also requested a later date because of what they described as “voluminous” discovery materials, including some they said they hadn’t received. “It’s necessary,” Foy told the court. “Thi

US hits Iran with new sanctions, keeps some waivers in place

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The Trump administration said Thursday that it will continue — at least for now — its policy of not sanctioning foreign companies that work with Iran's civilian nuclear program. Brian Hook, U.S. envoy to Iran, said the U.S. would renew for 60 days sanctions waivers that permit Russian, European and Chinese companies to continue to work on Iran's civilian nuclear facilities without running afoul of U.S. sanctions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2UaFmkk

Trump, trying to head off testimony, says Bolton would have started 'World War Six'

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As pressure mounts on senators to allow John Bolton’s testimony in President Trump’s impeachment trial, the president used Twitter to trash his former national security adviser. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36Cnx04

So Long, Spitzer, You Were a Good Telescope and Friend

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37GjeCn

Get us out of here, plead foreign students at China virus epicenter

Foreign students stuck in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavurus outbreak, are launching social media campaigns, making phone calls and writing letters urging their governments to get them out as soon as possible. Governments globally are grappling with the challenge of how to get their citizens out of China's Hubei province, where 60 million residents now live under virtual lockdown. Pakistan said that quarantine regulations prevented it from flying out the more than 500 Pakistani students and their families from Wuhan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vxfyol

Biden's campaign is reportedly seeking 'election-night alliances' with candidates who may not survive Iowa

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Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign might be a little worried about Iowa.The first caucuses of the 2020 primary season are coming up in just four days, but Biden by no means has a lock on Iowa. So Biden's campaign is reaching out to lower-polling candidates in hopes of striking "election night alliances" to pick up their supporters if they don't make it past the first caucus ballots, Politico reports.Tom Steyer, the billionaire who's sitting at an average of 3.6 percent in the polls, was reportedly one of the targets of Biden's campaign. An aide to Steyer confirmed his campaign was approached by "multiple candidates," per Politico. Biden's team similarly talked with entrepreneur Andrew Yang's staffers, sources said. And three Biden staffers also "tentatively floated" a deal with a strategist for Sen. Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) campaign, The New York Times reported earlier this week. All the campaigns told Politico they

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Fox News Breaking News Alert PROGRAMMING ALERT: Sen. Rand Paul talks impeachment fight on 'The Story,' 7 pm ET 01/30/20 3:52 PM

3 years ago, Alan Dershowitz said Trump would be a corrupt president. Now he's part of his impeachment defense team.

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In a book, Dershowitz called Trump a "destabilizing and unpredictable candidate" who "embraces fringe conspiracy theories peddled by extremists." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36BEkRb

Sinkholes appear in Cayman Islands after massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake

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Viral footage appears to show sinkholes swallowing large chunks of roads following a string of earthquakes off the coasts of Jamaica and Cuba.A major 7.7 magnitude quake prompted tsunami warnings and building evacuations as far as Miami, several hundred miles from the quake's centre. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2tXIS75

Blue States Are Burying Damning Data About School Funds — Red States Are, Too

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By BY ARY AMERIKANER from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2U6Aywp

To Truly Move On, the Astros Needed Dusty Baker

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By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2O8w30L

As Coronavirus Explodes in China, Countries Struggle to Control Its Spread

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By BY DENISE GRADY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2RZZe7b

Coronavirus Spreads, and the World Pays for China’s Dictatorship

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By BY NICHOLAS KRISTOF from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2t8LoqF

6 Takeaways From Senators’ Questions to Impeachment Lawyers

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By BY EILEEN SULLIVAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2RFaPcV

Everyone’s a Winner in Iowa

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By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2U2MgZ4

Day 8 of Trump’s Trial: Ask Me Anything

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By BY MICHELLE COTTLE from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2GxahiL

A frantic campaign schedule catches up with one senator.

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By BY ALICIA PARLAPIANO from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2uKxnzM

Biden Plans a Counterattack at Trump as Impeachment Tensions Rise

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By BY THOMAS KAPLAN AND KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2vxYxuk

Legal Pads, Photographs and a Podcast: How Senators Are Documenting Impeachment

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By BY EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2O6h7jy

Bashing Bolton, a Senate candidate, Jeff Sessions, plays up his loyalty.

By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2U4jlnr

The Senate breaks for dinner.

By BY PATRICIA MAZZEI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2RC5hQd

US military's Special Operations Command says its newest recruits may have an 'unhealthy sense of entitlement'

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"It didn't happen during our period," a former Delta Force commander told Business Insider. "We really were severe about policing ourselves." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2S1TQjQ

McConnell: Republicans don't have the votes to block witnesses in impeachment trial, reports say

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Mitch McConnell told Republicans that the GOP does not have the votes to block additional witnesses, according to multiple media reports. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37H8Omg

Americans from China virus zone evaluated at military base

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The 195 Americans evacuated from the Chinese city at the center of the new virus outbreak are undergoing three days of testing and monitoring at a California military base to ensure they do not show signs of the illness, officials said Wednesday. The people flown out of China on a plane chartered by the U.S. government have not been quarantined, Dr. Chris Braden of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters after the plane landed at March Air Reserve Base. Authorities said those evacuated, including U.S. consular employees based in the Chinese city of Wuhan and families with children, are technically not required to stay on the base. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RVp4ta

China virus evacuations begin as death toll rises at outbreak epicenter

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The health commission for Hubei said on Thursday that deaths in the province from the new coronavirus had risen by 37 to 162, while a further 1,032 cases had been detected. Although the majority of cases have been in Hubei, cases have been detected elsewhere in China and in at least 15 other countries. The World Health Organization's (WHO) Emergency Committee is set to reconvene behind closed doors in Geneva later on Thursday to decide whether the rapid spread of the virus now constitutes a global emergency. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GxSGHs

Syrian troops enter key rebel-held town amid airstrikes

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Syrian government forces Tuesday entered a key rebel-held town in the country's northwest after surrounding it on three sides, sending thousands of people fleeing to safety in areas farther north, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The push into the town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib province came as Syrian forces were also advancing against insurgent positions west of the city of Aleppo, according to state media and opposition activists. The town of Maaret al-Numan, which has been in rebel hands since 2012, sits on the highway linking Damascus with Aleppo. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3aHXWpU

Bolton, who may hold impeachment bombshell, has a history of settling scores

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John Bolton has many times before been at the center of a maelstrom that is in good part of his own making. And each time, he has somehow emerged eager for more.  from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37vz4Qe

Lev Parnas’ Lawyer Set To Attend Senate Impeachment Trial

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Lev Parnas’ attorney Joseph Bondy is set to attend the Senate impeachment trial tomorrow during the first day of the question-answer period. His co-counsel Stephanie Schuman is also expected to appear, The Daily Beast has learned.“Like many other New York constituents, Mr. Bondy reached out and asked for gallery tickets, and we said yes,” said Justin Goodman, a spokesperson for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate Minority Leader.Bondy told The Daily Beast Tuesday that his client was also trying to attend tomorrow’s proceedings in the Senate trial but would be unlikely to be able to enter the chamber because he wears an ankle monitor. Senate rules bar individuals from bringing any electronics into the chamber during the trial. Tuesday evening, U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken indeed modified Parnas' pretrial release to allow him to travel to Washington, but denied the removal of his monitor.Lev Parnas Dishes on Kushner, Maduro, and SorosParnas, a Florida businessman, worked with

Mexican president after Trump's border wall comments: 'We don't want to fight' with U.S.

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Mexican President AndrΓ©s Manuel LΓ³pez Obrador said on Wednesday, “We don’t want to fight,” responding to reports that President Trump on Tuesday repeated his claim that Mexico is paying for a border wall. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GyaJxh

GOP Rep. Doug Collins calls statement from his own party 'fake news'

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Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) is using President Trump's top insult against his own party.Collins, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee who's seen a heightened profile during Trump's impeachment process, confirmed Wednesday he'll be running to oust Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) later this year. But when his own party attacked him for "put[ting] two Senate seats, multiple House seats, and Georgia's 16 electoral votes in play," well, Collins decided to say that's all "fake news."The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which fundraises for GOP Senate candidates, issued a statement Wednesday saying it would support Loeffler in 2020's special election. In response, Collins tweeted that the NRSC is simply a "Washington-based group" whose head is beholden to bylaws that "require him to support all incumbents, even unelected ones."> Don't be ridiculous, this is FAKE NEWS coming from the head of a Washingt

Brexit: French petition launched for Briton denied citizenship

Carpenter Mark Lawrence has lived in France for 27 years but authorities say he does not earn enough. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2RWmFyn

Coronavirus: Australian scientists first to recreate virus outside China

Australian scientists say it is a "significant breakthrough" in efforts to contain the new coronavirus. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2GxPHyY

Trump's Middle East peace plan: Smiles and sorrow on the ground

President Donald Trump calls the strategy a win-win opportunity for both sides - but is it? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2U2y8yY

Impeachment Briefing: John Roberts’s Role

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By BY NOAH WEILAND from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37EO920

Researchers Are Racing to Make a Coronavirus Vaccine. Will It Help?

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By BY KNVUL SHEIKH AND KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/36v1pF2

How to Prevent Coronavirus? Wash Your Hands

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By BY ELISABETH ROSENTHAL from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/318i7sL

How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses?

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By BY JAMES GORMAN from NYT Science https://ift.tt/36yJ4ad

Ordinary or ‘Enemy’? How Jay Powell Is Positioning the Fed in a Fraught Era

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By BY JEANNA SMIALEK from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2GwQNed

Bolton Book Puts New Focus on Trump’s Actions in Turkey and China Cases

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By BY ERIC LIPTON AND ALAN RAPPEPORT from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aMgBkF