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Report: Despite denials, Trump's national security adviser spoke about sanctions with Russian ambassador
The Week - 10 Feb 2017 06:00
Members of the Trump administration -- including Vice President Mike Pence -- have said Michael Flynn, President Trump's national security adviser, never spoke with the Russian ambassador to the United States before the ...
White House Aide Kellyanne Conway Has Been 'Counseled' After Telling People to 'Buy Ivanka's Stuff'
Time - 10 Feb 2017 04:13
But House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz says that's not enough
Travel ban ruling: 9th Circuit will not reinstate travel ban
CBSNews - 10 Feb 2017 06:21
The 9th Circuit ruled on whether to reinstate the travel ban affecting persons from seven countries, setting up a potential Supreme Court showdown
Sounds Like Donald Trump's A Fan Of This Dem Jobs Bill
The Huffington Post - 10 Feb 2017 05:16
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump liked the sound of a Democratic bill that would punish companies for offshoring jobs, according to a senator who met with the president at the White House on Thursday. The proposal f...
U.S. general: Thousands of additional troops are needed in Afghanistan
The Week - 10 Feb 2017 05:00
On Thursday, Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee several thousand more troops are needed to assist Afghan government forces in their fight against t...
President Trump Phones Iraqi PM About Travel Ban
ABC News - 10 Feb 2017 07:52
US-Iraqi relations have been strained following the executive order.
Sessions' claim about violent crime contradicted by FBI data
CBSNews - 10 Feb 2017 06:54
The new attorney general said Thursday that rising violent crime is a "dangerous, permanent trend"
Inmates break out of jail, grab booze -- and then sneak back in
New York Post - 10 Feb 2017 06:51
But why go back? Inmates have been breaking out of a federal prison in Atlanta for years -- grabbing booze, guns and cell phones -- before sneaking back into the facility unnoticed, a report says. The prisoners have been...
Peru judge orders arrest of ex-president in corruption case
Miami Herald - 10 Feb 2017 05:49
A Peruvian judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of former President Alejandro Toledo on suspicion of taking bribes from a Brazilian construction company at the heart of a region-wide corruption …
Donald Trump, Iraq, Jacqueline Kennedy: Your Friday Briefing
The New York Times - 10 Feb 2017 13:21
Here's what you need to know to start your day.
Freebies, symbols, funding: India's key election features
Miami Herald - 10 Feb 2017 09:32
At 1.3 billion people, India is the world's largest and arguably the most chaotic democracy. Elections are a complicated logistical exercise that blends colorful pageantry with more serious political issues. …
Mexico: Cartel capo killed in shootout with federal forces
Miami Herald - 10 Feb 2017 07:54
Mexican authorities say an alleged regional leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel has been killed in a shootout with federal forces. The Interior Department says via Twitter that Juan …
Trump Agrees to Honor 'One China' Policy
ABC News - 10 Feb 2017 07:52
Relations between the White House and China have been strained in recent weeks.
How Trump lost: Views from all sides
CNN - 10 Feb 2017 04:34
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled unanimously to keep in place a hold on the Trump administration's travel ban. CNN legal analysts and contributors weigh in on the decision. The views expressed here are solely t...
Judges threatened: Feds increase security
CNN - 10 Feb 2017 04:23
Threats against more than one judge involved in legal challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration have prompted federal and local law enforcement agencies to temporarily increase security protec...
The Highlights of the Ruling on Trump's Immigration Order
The New York Times - 10 Feb 2017 05:57
A three-judge panel unanimously upheld the decision to temporarily block President Trump's travel ban. We've annotated the ruling.
Apple Leaks A Surprise About 2017's New MacBook Pro
Forbes - 10 Feb 2017 02:15
Who better to tell us what will be in the 2017 MacBook Pro machines than Apple itself? Lurking inside the latest beta of macOS are three profiles that identify motherboard configurations that do not yet exist in the comm...
German defense minister visits US, calls NATO demands 'fair'
Miami Herald - 10 Feb 2017 20:40
Germany's defense minister agrees with America's call for European NATO members to shoulder more of the burden in the alliance. Minister Ursula von der Leyen said Friday that the Trump …
6.5 magnitude earthquake shakes southern Philippines
Miami Herald - 10 Feb 2017 16:45
A strong earthquake of 6.5 magnitude shook the southern Philippines late Friday, but no major damage was immediately reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about 10 …
Hillary Clinton trolls Trump after appeals court halts travel ban
New York Post - 10 Feb 2017 16:37
Hillary Clinton is an internet troll. The two-time failed presidential candidate took to Twitter to mock President Trump for losing at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled Thursday that the halt to his travel ...
Man accused of killing 13-year-old thought she was pregnant
New York Post - 10 Feb 2017 16:36
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — Court documents show a Virginia Tech student accused of killing a 13-year-old girl said he might have had sex with the girl and was worried she was pregnant. Nineteen-year-old David Eisenhauer is ...
More than half of Trump voters say the nonexistent Bowling Green Massacre is proof Trump's immigration ban is necessary
The Week - 10 Feb 2017 16:35
Over 50 percent of people who voted for President Donald Trump in the 2016 election say that the Bowling Green Massacre -- which never occurred -- is proof that Trump's ban on travelers from seven majority-Muslim countri...