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      Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for U.S.-held scientist

      Iran and the U.S. conducted a prisoner exchange Saturday that saw a detained Princeton graduate student released for an Iranian scientist held by America.A breakthrough after months of tensions »

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        Video raises questions over death of migrant teen

    • Mueller witness bragged about access to Clintons secured with illegal campaign cash, says Justice Department
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      Mueller witness bragged about access to Clintons secured with illegal campaign cash, says Justice Department

      An emissary for two wealthy Arab princes boasted to unnamed officials of a Middle Eastern government about his direct access to Hillary and Bill Clinton while funneling more than $3.5 million in illegal campaign contributions to the former secretary of state's 2016 presidential campaign and Democratic fundraising committees, according to a federal indictment announced by the Justice Department this week. Wonderful meeting with Big Lady. Can't wait to tell you all about it,” George Nader allegedly wrote to an official of one of the foreign governments he advises in the Middle East after attending a political fundraiser with Hillary Clinton on April 16, 2016.

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      Indiana judge grants stay of execution for federal inmate

      A convicted murderer set to become the first federal inmate to be executed in 16 years was granted a stay of execution on Thursday by a judge in Indiana. Daniel Lewis Lee, a white supremacist convicted in Arkansas of murdering a family of three, was granted the stay by U.S. District Judge James Patrick Hanlon. Lee's execution had been set for Monday, but a separate ruling by a judge in Washington last month put his execution and that of three other federal inmates on hold.

    • Iranian and American freed in apparent prisoner swap
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      Iranian and American freed in apparent prisoner swap

      An Iranian held in the US and an American held in Iran have been freed, the two sides said Saturday, in an apparent prisoner swap at a time of heightened tensions. Tehran announced the release of Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani from the United States shortly before Washington declared American researcher Xiyue Wang was returning home. "Glad that Professor Massoud Soleimani and Mr. Xiyue Wang will be joining their families shortly," Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted.

      • American graduate student jailed in Iran has been freed
        American graduate student jailed in Iran has been freed
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      • US says Iran protest death toll may surpass 1,000
        US says Iran protest death toll may surpass 1,000
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    • Rep. Duncan Hunter: 'Shortly after the holidays I will resign from Congress'
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      Rep. Duncan Hunter: 'Shortly after the holidays I will resign from Congress'

      WASHINGTON – California Rep. Duncan Hunter announced he would be resigning from Congress "shortly after the holidays" after pleading guilty in federal court earlier this week to misusing campaign funds. Hunter and his wife were indicted on 60 counts of campaign finance violations by federal prosecutors in August 2018. Prosecutors alleged he and Margaret Hunter skirted federal campaign finance laws from 2009 to 2016 by using more than $250,000 in campaign funds to pay for personal vacations, bills, and in Duncan Hunter's case, affairs with three lobbyists, a congressional aide, and one of his staffers.

      • House Ethics Committee Tells Duncan Hunter To Stop Voting In House Due To Guilty Plea
        House Ethics Committee Tells Duncan Hunter To Stop Voting In House Due To Guilty Plea
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      • California congressman Duncan Hunter to quit after holidays
        California congressman Duncan Hunter to quit after holidays
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    • Reddit has said that Russia likely posted leaked UK trade documents as part of a vast covert influence campaign
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      Business Insider

      Reddit has said that Russia likely posted leaked UK trade documents as part of a vast covert influence campaign

      Reddit has said that leaked documents on US-UK trade deal discussions were likely posted on the site as part of a Russian influence campaign. The documents were cited by Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK's opposition Labour party, as evidence that his opponent in the UK general election, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was poised to sell out the NHS in trade negotiations with the US. Researchers earlier in the week said that the accounts that posted the documents on Reddit indicated links to a vast Russian influence campaign uncovered on Facebook dubbed Secondary Infektion.

      • Tory minister says 'we should be concerned' about Russian election interference, but report on Russian interference cannot be published before election
        Tory minister says 'we should be concerned' about Russian election interference, but report on Russian interference cannot be published before election
        The Independent
      • Leaked trade documents cited by Jeremy Corbyn linked to 'Russian disinformation campaign'
        Leaked trade documents cited by Jeremy Corbyn linked to 'Russian disinformation campaign'
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    • Elon Musk cleared of defamation in 'pedo guy' tweet trial
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      Associated Press

      Elon Musk cleared of defamation in 'pedo guy' tweet trial

      Vernon Unsworth, who participated in the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for weeks in a Thailand cave last year, had sought $190 million in damages for the shame and humiliation caused by the man his lawyer called a “billionaire bully." It took less than an hour for an eight-person jury in Los Angeles federal court to reject Unsworth's claim after a four-day trial. Musk said the verdict restored his faith in humanity as he quickly left the court with his security detail.

      • Jurors from the Elon Musk defamation trial reportedly deliberated for less than a half hour before ruling in his favor: 'It was very clear'
        Jurors from the Elon Musk defamation trial reportedly deliberated for less than a half hour before ruling in his favor: 'It was very clear'
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      • Cave diver testifies he felt 'branded a pedophile' by Elon Musk
        Cave diver testifies he felt 'branded a pedophile' by Elon Musk
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      Popular Mechanics

      13 Mythical Creatures, Ranked

      Did your favorite make the list? From Popular Mechanics

    • Virginia Commission Calls for Repeal of ‘Explicitly Racist’ and ‘Segregationist’ Laws
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      National Review

      Virginia Commission Calls for Repeal of ‘Explicitly Racist’ and ‘Segregationist’ Laws

      A Virginia state commission released a report Thursday calling for the official repeal of “deeply troubling” state laws still on the books that contain “explicitly racist language and segregationist policies. The Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law published a lengthy report saying that the outdated laws should not “remain enshrined in law” despite no longer being in effect. The commission believes that such vestiges of Virginia's segregationist past should no longer have official status,” the report states.

      • Virginia still has dozens of racist and discriminatory laws on its books, report says
        USA TODAY
      • Panel calls for Virginia to purge dozens of old racist laws
        Panel calls for Virginia to purge dozens of old racist laws
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    • Two school shootings a day apart: Wisconsin reckons with impact of armed guards
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      The Guardian

      Two school shootings a day apart: Wisconsin reckons with impact of armed guards

      Shootings a day apart at two high schools in Wisconsin have shaken the state and sparked a renewed debate over how to combat violence in American schools. An Oshkosh police department resource officer shot a 16-year-old student Tuesday after the boy stabbed him in the officer's office at Oshkosh West high school. A day earlier, a resource officer at Waukesha South high school helped clear students out of a classroom after a 17-year-old student pointed a pellet gun at another student's head.

    • Tucker Carlson: ‘In My View’ We Shouldn’t Be Sending Ukraine Any Aid
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      The Daily Beast

      Tucker Carlson: ‘In My View’ We Shouldn’t Be Sending Ukraine Any Aid

      Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has repeatedly said recently that he's rooting for American adversary Russia against Ukraine, now says the United States shouldn't be sending any military aid to Ukraine. In the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing that the House will proceed with articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Carlson welcomed on former Mitch McConnell Chief of Staff Josh Holmes on Thursday night to discuss the Democrats' “rush” to impeachment and where this will end up. The ex-McConnell aide questioned the central charge behind the impeachment inquiry—that the president withheld congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine in an attempt to compel the Ukrainian president to publicly announce an investigation into Trump's domestic political rivals.

      • Grisham: Minor children of any president should be off-limits
        Grisham: Minor children of any president should be off-limits
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      • Chris Wallace says White House does not want to lend credibility to House Democrats' impeachment process
        Chris Wallace says White House does not want to lend credibility to House Democrats' impeachment process
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      Reuters

      Why many Indians cheered police for killing gang rape accused

      Many Indians took to social media on Friday to applaud the police killings of four men accused in the gang rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinarian in the southern city of Hyderabad. Police said the men tried to snatch the weapons of accompanying policemen when they were taken to the scene of the crime to reconstruct events. All four of the accused were killed and two policemen were injured.

    • Bombs Away! The Powerful B-52 Bomber Is Getting Even More Deadly
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      The National Interest

      Bombs Away! The Powerful B-52 Bomber Is Getting Even More Deadly

      Key point: The Pentagon may end up flying the B-52 for 100 years. Sixty-seven years after the U.S. Air Force received its last B-52 from Boeing, the flying branch finally has firmed up plans to fit the heavy bomber with new engines. Air Force magazine in its January 2019 issue took a deep dive into the re-engining effort.

    • Tennessee executes blind death row inmate Lee Hall by electric chair for 1991 murder of girlfriend
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      USA TODAY

      Tennessee executes blind death row inmate Lee Hall by electric chair for 1991 murder of girlfriend

      NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee executed death row inmate Lee Hall in the electric chair Thursday night, marking the fourth time the state has used the method since 2018. Hall, 53, was pronounced dead at 7:26 p.m. CST, according to the Tennessee Department of Correction. Media witnesses described what appeared to be a faint trail of white smoke rising from Hall's head as the lethal current coursed through his body.

      • UPDATE 1-Tennessee executes man convicted of 1991 murder of ex-girlfriend
        Reuters
      • Blind man executed in US for killing ex-girlfriend
        Blind man executed in US for killing ex-girlfriend
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    • Bloomberg says ending 'nationwide madness' of gun violence drives his presidential bid
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      Bloomberg says ending 'nationwide madness' of gun violence drives his presidential bid

      Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday he wants to become president to end "the nationwide madness" of U.S. gun violence, calling it evil and saying he would allow its victims to file lawsuits against gun manufacturers.

      • A shortcut on the Bloomberg terminal sent users to the billionaire presidential candidate's website, where a campaign ad autoplayed. It was quickly changed.
        A shortcut on the Bloomberg terminal sent users to the billionaire presidential candidate's website, where a campaign ad autoplayed. It was quickly changed.
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      • Bloomberg on his Democratic rivals: 'Trump will eat 'em up'
        Bloomberg on his Democratic rivals: 'Trump will eat 'em up'
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    • Tesla changed the release dates for the most and least expensive versions of the Cybertruck by a year
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      Tesla changed the release dates for the most and least expensive versions of the Cybertruck by a year

      Tesla has changed the production timelines for the most and least expensive trims of its Cybertruck pickup truck. It said production for the three-motor, all-wheel-drive Cybertruck, which starts at $69,900, would begin in 2021, a year earlier than Tesla first announced. The single-motor, rear-wheel-drive Cybertruck, which starts at $39,900, will enter production in late 2022, a year later than its original timeline, Tesla said.

    • Russian spies used French Alps as 'base camp' for hits on Britain and other countries
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      Russian spies used French Alps as 'base camp' for hits on Britain and other countries

      Fifteen Russian spies, including those accused of the Salisbury nerve agent attack, used the French Alps as a “base camp” to conduct covert operations around Europe over a five-year period, according to reports. The revelations came as Germany expelled two Russian diplomats after prosecutors said there was “sufficient factual evidence” linking Moscow to the killing of a former Chechen rebel commander in central Berlin. According to Le Monde, British, Swiss, French, and US intelligence have drawn up a list of 15 members of the 29155 unit of Russia's GRU military spy agency who all passed through France's Haute-Savoie mountains close to the Swiss and Italian borders.

    • 'Dark money' ties raise questions for GOP Sen. Ernst of Iowa
      Politics
      Associated Press

      'Dark money' ties raise questions for GOP Sen. Ernst of Iowa

      An outside group founded by top political aides to Sen. Joni Ernst has worked closely with the Iowa Republican to raise money and boost her reelection prospects, a degree of overlap that potentially violates the law, documents obtained by The Associated Press show. Iowa Values, a political nonprofit that is supposed to be run independently, was co-founded in 2017 by Ernst's longtime consultant, Jon Kohan. It shares a fundraiser, Claire Holloway Avella, with the Ernst campaign.

    • Brexit Bulletin: Sneak Peek
      World
      Bloomberg

      Brexit Bulletin: Sneak Peek

      One of the key characters in Brexit's next season is already cast. With just a week to go until the U.K. votes in a crucial general election, Bloomberg reporters have taken a close look at two of the very biggest — in all senses of the word. As Tim Ross reports today, one of the key concerns for Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handlers and strategists is keeping their man on the straight and narrow during the electoral run-in.

      • Who won the BBC leaders debate? UK election polls say Boris Johnson narrowly beat Jeremy Corbyn
        Who won the BBC leaders debate? UK election polls say Boris Johnson narrowly beat Jeremy Corbyn
        Evening Standard
      • Michael Gove gives out No 10 phone number and urges people to call Boris Johnson's secretary when quizzed over Andrew Neil interview
        Michael Gove gives out No 10 phone number and urges people to call Boris Johnson's secretary when quizzed over Andrew Neil interview
        Evening Standard
    • Pelosi on Potential Trump Reelection: ‘Civilization as We Know It Today Is at Stake in this Election’
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      National Review

      Pelosi on Potential Trump Reelection: ‘Civilization as We Know It Today Is at Stake in this Election’

      During a CNN town hall Thursday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told an audience that President Trump's reelection would pose an existential threat to civilization, just hours after she announced that the House would move forward with drafting articles of impeachment against Trump. The damage that this administration has done to America — America is a great country, we can sustain — two terms, I don't know,” Pelosi responded to a question from the audience. Civilization as we know it today is at stake in this election.

      • Explainer: How impeachment works and why Trump is unlikely to be removed
        Explainer: How impeachment works and why Trump is unlikely to be removed
        Reuters
      • Trump lost battles on 2 fronts this week, embarrassing himself on the global stage while on the brink of impeachment back home
        Business Insider
    • World
      Reuters

      Official documents shed light on Tokyo's role in 'comfort women': Kyodo

      The Imperial Japanese Army asked the government to provide one "comfort woman" for every 70 soldiers, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, citing wartime government documents it had reviewed, shedding a fresh light on Tokyo's involvement in the practice. "Comfort women" is a euphemism for the girls and women - many of them Korean - forced into prostitution at Japanese military brothels. The issue has plagued Japan's ties with South Korea for decades.

    • Should America Fear the Chinese H-20 Stealth Bomber?
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      The National Interest

      Should America Fear the Chinese H-20 Stealth Bomber?

      Key point: The United States is beginning to lose its footing in East Asia. In October 2018, Chinese media announced that the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) would publicly unveil its new H-20 stealth bomber during a parade celebrating the air arm's seventieth anniversary in 2019. Prior news of the H-20's development had been teased using techniques pioneered by viral marketing campaigns for Hollywood movies.

    • Philippines floods force 66,000 from homes
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      AFP

      Philippines floods force 66,000 from homes

      The Philippines' north has been hit by some of its worst flooding in decades, with torrents of muddy runoff forcing 66,000 from their homes and prompting rescues of trapped locals, authorities said Friday. Luzon island, the nation's largest, has been hit by a string of storms that have battered its northern tip while monsoon rains were intensified by the passage of Typhoon Kammuri this week. "This is one of the biggest floods in decades," Rogelio Sending, information officer for Cagayan province in the northeast of Luzon, told AFP.

    • Trump Administration Authorizes 'Cyanide Bombs' to Kill Predators Again, Months After Backlash
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      Time

      Trump Administration Authorizes 'Cyanide Bombs' to Kill Predators Again, Months After Backlash

      The Trump Administration will reauthorize the use of so-called “cyanide bombs” to poison coyotes, foxes and feral dogs that could threaten private livestock. The decision comes four months after halting their authorization amid public backlash. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday it would include new safety requirements to protect humans and pets, such as additional signs and increased distances the distance the “cyanide bombs” must be from homes and roads.

      • US re-authorizes 'cyanide bomb' anti-predator devices
        US re-authorizes 'cyanide bomb' anti-predator devices
        AFP
      • EPA rejects ban on poison bombs against cattle predators
        Associated Press
    • Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin is working with the Federal Reserve to curtail another repo rate crisis, report says
      Business
      Business Insider

      Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin is working with the Federal Reserve to curtail another repo rate crisis, report says

      Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is working with the Federal Reserve to monitor bank reserves and decrease the chances of a rate crisis similar to September's, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Mnuchin told the House of Representatives on Thursday that he and Fed Chair Jerome Powell have met multiple times to discuss the September lending rate spike and liquidity concerns ahead of year-end reserve obligations. The Fed has been pumping billions of dollars into money markets through market repurchase agreement, or repo, operations and Treasury bill purchases after its overnight lending rate spiked in September.

      • The repo market is ‘broken’ and Fed injections are not a lasting solution, market pros warn
        The repo market is ‘broken’ and Fed injections are not a lasting solution, market pros warn
        MarketWatch
      • Repo-market turmoil raises almost existential question about post-crisis Wall Street rules, former Fed official says
        Repo-market turmoil raises almost existential question about post-crisis Wall Street rules, former Fed official says
        MarketWatch
    • Thousands of Las Vegas shooting victims will have to split an $800 million settlement. Now, 2 retired judges have to decide which victims deserve the most.
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      INSIDER

      Thousands of Las Vegas shooting victims will have to split an $800 million settlement. Now, 2 retired judges have to decide which victims deserve the most.

      Two retired judges have been given the gut-wrenching task of divvying up a roughly $800 million settlement among thousands of people who were injured or lost loved ones in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre, USA Today reported Friday. Last month, MGM Resorts International, which owned the Mandalay Bay hotel where the shooting occurred, agreed to pay a settlement of up to $800 million to compensate victims and their families. Just over two years ago, the deadliest mass shooting in US history left 58 people dead after a gunman sprayed bullets into a music festival crowd as he stood on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel.

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