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2 Giuliani associates plead not guilty to campaign finance crimes in New York court
ABC News - Aaron Katersky, Christina Carrega and Soo Rin Kim
Two associates of President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, pleaded not guilty to federal campaign finance crimes during a brief …
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Donald Trump
How much more of Donald Trump can Republicans possibly take?
CNN - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
(CNN) — Everyone has a breaking point. It's worth remembering that fact at this moment as congressional Republicans find themselves confronted with a cavalcade of troubling news stories about President
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Artificial Intelligence
AI is helping scholars restore ancient Greek texts on stone tablets
TechCrunch - Devin Coldewey
Machine learning and AI may be deployed on such grand tasks as finding exoplanets and creating photorealistic people, but the same techniques also have some surprising applications in academia: DeepMind
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U.S. Politics
Dems may pursue perjury charges against Sondland: Welch
Fox News - Danielle Wallace
A Democratic congressman involved in the House impeachment investigation said Tuesday that Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, may be at risk of perjury charges as a result of closed-door
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Enters Its Golden Age
Forbes - Joe McKendrick
Look at the latest Gartner Hype Cycle for artificial intelligence, and you will see most AI elements are rounding the hype curve, and have yet to take their stomach-churning plunge into the trough of Talk
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U.S. House of Representatives
Republican lawmakers disrupt Democratic-led Trump impeachment inquiry
Reuters - Richard Cowan, Mark Hosenball, Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting Democrats’ attempts to impeach him, on Wednesday disrupted the U.S. House of Representatives
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Donald Trump
Ambassador's Ukraine testimony leaves Trump struggling to respond
Guardian US - Joanna Walters in New York and Julian Borger in Washington
Donald Trump launched a relatively lackluster attack on Wednesday morning against the impeachment inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine and the devastating testimony on Capitol Hill the previous day the
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Auto Shows
A Local TV Reporter Was Fired For Jumping On Classic Cars During A Live Segment
buzzfeednews.com - Olivia Niland
The Sacramento International Auto Show said the reporter had been fired after the "astonishingly awful" incident. A California TV reporter said he …
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Artificial Intelligence
Arm takes machine learning mainstream with neural processing units
VentureBeat - Dean Takahashi
Arm aims to take machine learning to mainstream and low-end devices with the launch of its new neural processing units (NPUs). The company is unveiling the Ethos-N57 and Ethos-N37 NPUs, which it will to
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Donald Trump
Dramatic deposition rocks Trump's impeachment defense
CNN - Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
(CNN) — Democrats may have just unearthed their smoking gun and the quid pro quo in one fell swoop after the most consequential and dramatic turn yet in their impeachment investigation into President Trump.
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Kurdish female fighters are once again pawns in a bigger political game
The Guardian - Ece Temelkuran
They have fought Isis with unparalleled bravery. But their fate lies in a power struggle between Putin, Trump and Erdoğan In August 2014 Marie Claire published an unusual photo shoot. The women in the
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U.S. Politics
'There is no quid pro quo': Devin Nunes says John Ratcliffe 'destroyed' diplomat in deposition
washingtonexaminer.com - Daniel Chaitin
Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe "destroyed" a key U.S. diplomat during a closed-door deposition, according to a fellow Republican congressman who was …
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Mobile Technology
Artificial leaf turns sunlight, CO2 and water into synthetic gas
newatlas.com - Michael Irving
The humble leaf is an incredible little machine, converting sunlight and carbon dioxide into energy for a plant. Artificial versions could be useful …
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Adam Schiff
Hannity blasts Adam Schiff, says he doesn't want impeachment transcripts public for fear of exposing 'corru...
Fox News - Charles Creitz
Sean Hannity on Tuesday night slammed House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., claiming closed-door Trump impeachment inquiry hearings he is overseeing remain hidden from many Republicans,
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Donald Trump
Trump's tax case will be live-streamed: Is this a roadmap for impeachment?
Salon - Sophia Tesfaye
Former FBI director James Comey did a bit to redeem himself and lift his stature among Donald Trump’s most dug-in resisters when he testified before Congress in 2017 and responded to a Twitter threat the
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News
Republican lawmaker 'destroyed' latest impeachment inquiry witness argument: McCarthy
Fox News - Charles Creitz
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday said a fellow Republican lawmaker deconstructed a key part of the latest Trump impeachment inquiry witness testimony in Tuesday's closed-door
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U.S. Army
White Supremacists Operate Like ISIS—and U.S. Law Lets Them
The Daily Beast - Rita Katz
The recent arrests of Jarrett William Smith, a former U.S. Army soldier who discussed plans to “bomb a major U.S. news network,” and Conor Climo, a …
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Middle East
Putin and Erdogan just did a deal on Syria. The US is the biggest loser.
CNN - Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN
Moscow (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in the southern Russian resort city of Sochi on Tuesday with a shared agenda of shaping the endgame in Syria's
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Donald Trump
Trump exhorts Republicans to 'get tougher' against impeachment inquiry
Reuters - Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Monday exhorted fellow Republicans to get tougher and fight for his presidency, saying the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives wants to impeach him “as as
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News
Johnson threatens to scrap Brexit bill and seek election before Christmas
The Guardian - Peter Walker and Rowena Mason
Boris Johnson has threatened to pull the Brexit legislation and seek an election rather than accept a three-month delay, but hinted he could live with a very short extension from the EU. Speaking in parliament
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Easter
This Christian Rock Record Is Hiding a Secret Commodore 64 Program
VICE - Ernie Smith
It’s not exactly unheard of to hide stuff in the inner “run-out groove” of a vinyl record—a spot in which handwritten messages have appeared for decades, ever since a recording engineer named George Peckham
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News
Trump Dropped His Idea to Hold the G7 at His Own Hotel
The New York Times - Maggie Haberman, Eric Lipton and Katie Rogers
He knew he was inviting criticism by choosing his own luxury golf club in Miami for the site of a gathering of world leaders at the Group of 7 summit in June, President Trump told his aides opposed to
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Trump claims he's the victim of 'phony emoluments clause'
POLITICO
President Donald Trump on Monday claimed he's receiving unfair scrutiny because of the "phony emoluments clause," as he defended his prior decision to host next year's G-7 summit at his Doral resort in
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Opinion
Trump likely saw Pelosi’s overseas trip as a slap in the face. But someone had to do it.
The Washington Post - By Eugene Robinson
Last week’s viral photograph of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pointing her finger at President Trump and reading him the riot act reflected a larger reality: If Trump won’t responsibly lead the nation, Pelosi
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Hillary Clinton
Clinton mocks Trump's Turkey letter with Jimmy Kimmel joke -- but move quickly appears to backfire
Fox News - Gregg Re
Hillary Clinton on Sunday posted a flowery fake letter from President John F. Kennedy to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to mock President Trump's recent, casually worded missive to Turkish President
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U.S. Politics
Synagogue massacre led to string of attack plots, Jewish group says
POLITICO
Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 31, 2018. Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting just days earlier. | Jeff Swensen/Getty Images COLLEGE PARK,
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Politics
Inside Donald Trump’s Last Resort
MSNBC - MSNBC.com
For months foreign leaders have been staying at the president’s namesake properties, seemingly to curry favor. But bringing world leaders to his …
3 days ago
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Justin Amash
Amash: Trump's 'not bringing home the troops'
NBC News - NBCNews.com
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) said President Trump is "just moving [troops] to other parts of the Middle East."
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Sudan
Sudan's lost Jewish community - in pictures
BBC News
A recent call by a minister in Sudan's new government for Jewish people to return to the country and reclaim citizenship has shone a light on a small but once-thriving community. Oral historian Daisy herself
3 days ago
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U.S. Politics
Trump scrapped plan to host G-7 at his resort after pressure from frustrated Republicans
washingtonexaminer.com - Carlin Becker
President Trump reportedly reversed his decision to host next year's G-7 summit at his National Doral Miami resort after pressure from frustrated …
3 days ago

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