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- Manafort accused of sharing 2016 election data with Russians
- Saudi woman whose asylum plea went viral might find safety in Australia
- The History of American Teacher Strikes—And Where Los Angeles Fits In
- Syria Kurds say 8 foreign jihadists captured including US teen
- Full transcript of Donald Trump's Oval Office address on border security
- Canadian officials allowed second visit to man detained in China
- May Is Cornered by Parliament as She Fights for Her Brexit Deal
- See the First Photo of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Cotswolds Home
- Chicago Woman with Concealed Carry License Shoots, Kills Would-Be Robber: Police
- As shutdown grinds on, furloughed workers rally
- The Australian Prime Minister Gets Roasted for Major 'Shoegate' Photoshop Fail
- Larry Woodruffe is second man charged in death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes
- Jaguar Land Rover to cut thousands of UK jobs
- U.S. Military Trusted More Than Google, Facebook to Develop AI
- Legal aid fund launched for WikiLeaks founder Assange
- Here’s what NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sees as it orbits Bennu asteroid
- Donald Trump should declare 'emergency' to get the wall built over Democrats' objections
- Claims of rigging as opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi unexpectedly wins Congo election
- 10 Things to Know for Today
- China's passenger car sales fall for first time in years
- Fed Minutes to Reveal Debates Behind Unanimous Decision to Hike
- California surfer survives shark attack
- People Can't Stop Sharing Jokes About Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer Sharing One Podium
- Toyota recalls 1.7 million more vehicles for risk of shrapnel from exploding airbags
- Report: Military officers, relatives tortured in Venezuela
- Congressional Democrats zero in on latest Manafort-Russia revelation
- Fiat Chrysler to pay $515 mn in US 'dieselgate' settlements
- Google's New Policy Chief Weighs Washington Reshuffle
- Investigators Want People With Allegations Against R. Kelly to Come Forward
- Chevron, Occidental invest in CO2 removal technology
- With government mostly shut, Trump repeats his demand for a wall
- Nissan Leaf electric car gets longer range: 40% boost to battery power for Leaf e+
- CNN's Jim Acosta takes heat after showing border fence just might be working
- Increasingly isolated Venezuelan president begins new term
- Lawsuit targets GOP laws reducing Wisconsin governor's power
- Saudi to slash oil exports after price slide: minister
- American Airlines’ Robert Crandall Remembers Herb Kelleher, the Soul of Southwest
- Apple, Qualcomm spar over CEOs' comments on settlement talks
- 'No slamming!': Trump denies 'tantrum' in shutdown talks
- Starbucks plans to install needle-disposal boxes in some bathrooms
- Hear the Lexus RC F Track Edition's V-8 Roar Before Its Debut
Manafort accused of sharing 2016 election data with Russians Posted: 08 Jan 2019 10:14 PM PST |
Saudi woman whose asylum plea went viral might find safety in Australia Posted: 09 Jan 2019 05:59 AM PST |
The History of American Teacher Strikes—And Where Los Angeles Fits In Posted: 10 Jan 2019 02:41 AM PST |
Syria Kurds say 8 foreign jihadists captured including US teen Posted: 09 Jan 2019 06:46 AM PST Syria's Kurds on Wednesday said they had captured eight alleged foreign jihadists including an American teenager in fighting against the Islamic State group. The eight, detained on Sunday and Monday, include a 16-year-old American as well as a German and a Russian, the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) said in a statement. Two are from Uzbekistan. |
Full transcript of Donald Trump's Oval Office address on border security Posted: 08 Jan 2019 09:10 PM PST A transcript of President Donald Trump's Tuesday night address about security along the U.S. southern border, as provided by the White House: My fellow Americans: Tonight, I am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. Every day, Customs and Border Patrol agents encounter thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter our country. We are out of space to hold them, and we have no way to promptly return them back home to their country. America proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants who enrich our society and contribute to our nation. But all Americans are hurt by uncontrolled, illegal migration. It strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages. Among those hardest hit are African Americans and Hispanic Americans. Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across from our southern border. More Americans will die from drugs this year than were killed in the entire Vietnam War. In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with criminal records, including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes, and 4,000 violent killings. Over the years, thousands of Americans have been brutally killed by those who illegally entered our country, and thousands more lives will be lost if we don't act right now. This is a humanitarian crisis - a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul. President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Credit: Reuters Last month, 20,000 migrant children were illegally brought into the United States - a dramatic increase. These children are used as human pawns by vicious coyotes and ruthless gangs. One in three women are sexually assaulted on the dangerous trek up through Mexico. Women and children are the biggest victims, by far, of our broken system. This is the tragic reality of illegal immigration on our southern border. This is the cycle of human suffering that I am determined to end. My administration has presented Congress with a detailed proposal to secure the border and stop the criminal gangs, drug smugglers, and human traffickers. It's a tremendous problem. Our proposal was developed by law enforcement professionals and border agents at the Department of Homeland Security. These are the resources they have requested to properly perform their mission and keep America safe. In fact, safer than ever before. The proposal from Homeland Security includes cutting-edge technology for detecting drugs, weapons, illegal contraband, and many other things. We have requested more agents, immigration judges, and bed space to process the sharp rise in unlawful migration fueled by our very strong economy. Our plan also contains an urgent request for humanitarian assistance and medical support. Furthermore, we have asked Congress to close border security loopholes so that illegal immigrant children can be safely and humanely returned back home. Finally, as part of an overall approach to border security, law enforcement professionals have requested $5.7 billion for a physical barrier. At the request of Democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall. This barrier is absolutely critical to border security. It's also what our professionals at the border want and need. This is just common sense. It was the first prime-time Oval Office address by US President Donald Trump Credit: Bloomberg The border wall would very quickly pay for itself. The cost of illegal drugs exceeds $500 billion a year - vastly more than the $5.7 billion we have requested from Congress. The wall will also be paid for, indirectly, by the great new trade deal we have made with Mexico. Sen. Chuck Schumer - who you will be hearing from later tonight - has repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past, along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was elected President. Democrats in Congress have refused to acknowledge the crisis. And they have refused to provide our brave border agents with the tools they desperately need to protect our families and our nation. The federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only: because Democrats will not fund border security. My administration is doing everything in our power to help those impacted by the situation. But the only solution is for Democrats to pass a spending bill that defends our borders and re-opens the government. This situation could be solved in a 45-minute meeting. I have invited Congressional leadership to the White House tomorrow to get this done. Hopefully, we can rise above partisan politics in order to support national security. Some have suggested a barrier is immoral. Then why do wealthy politicians build walls, fences, and gates around their homes? They don't build walls because they hate the people on the outside, but because they love the people on the inside. The only thing that is immoral is the politicians to do nothing and continue to allow more innocent people to be so horribly victimized. A television monitor in the White House press briefing room broadcasts U.S. President Donald Trump's address on border security Credit: Bloomberg America's heart broke the day after Christmas when a young police officer in California was savagely murdered in cold blood by an illegal alien, who just came across the border. The life of an American hero was stolen by someone who had no right to be in our country. Day after day, precious lives are cut short by those who have violated our borders. In California, an Air Force veteran was raped, murdered, and beaten to death with a hammer by an illegal alien with a long criminal history. In Georgia, an illegal alien was recently charged with murder for killing, beheading, and dismembering his neighbor. In Maryland, MS-13 gang members who arrived in the United States as unaccompanied minors were arrested and charged last year after viciously stabbing and beating a 16-year-old girl. Over the last several years, I've met with dozens of families whose loved ones were stolen by illegal immigration. I've held the hands of the weeping mothers and embraced the grief-stricken fathers. So sad. So terrible. I will never forget the pain in their eyes, the tremble in their voices, and the sadness gripping their souls. How much more American blood must we shed before Congress does its job? To those who refuse to compromise in the name of border security, I would ask: Imagine if it was your child, your husband, or your wife whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken? To every member of Congress: Pass a bill that ends this crisis. To every citizen: Call Congress and tell them to finally, after all of these decades, secure our border. This is a choice between right and wrong, justice and injustice. This is about whether we fulfill our sacred duty to the American citizens we serve. When I took the oath of office, I swore to protect our country. And that is what I will always do, so help me God. Thank you and goodnight. |
Canadian officials allowed second visit to man detained in China Posted: 10 Jan 2019 09:10 AM PST Canadian diplomats in China on Thursday held their second meeting with one of two citizens who were detained last month after the arrest of a senior Chinese executive in Vancouver, the Canadian foreign ministry said. "Today, Canadian consular officials in China visited with Michael Kovrig," the ministry said in a statement that provided no further details. Officials met Michael Spavor, the other man, on Tuesday. |
May Is Cornered by Parliament as She Fights for Her Brexit Deal Posted: 08 Jan 2019 09:00 PM PST The premier has five working days to overcome political opposition to the exit agreement she's negotiated with the European Union before the deal is put to a vote in Parliament on Jan. 15. If the House of Commons defeats her plan, May says Britain will be facing an economically damaging no-deal Brexit in March. The prime minister is stepping up preparations for leaving the EU without an agreement, amid warnings that such an outcome could crash the pound by 25 percent and hit house prices by as much as 30 percent, risking a recession. |
See the First Photo of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Cotswolds Home Posted: 09 Jan 2019 02:12 PM PST |
Chicago Woman with Concealed Carry License Shoots, Kills Would-Be Robber: Police Posted: 09 Jan 2019 09:01 AM PST |
As shutdown grinds on, furloughed workers rally Posted: 09 Jan 2019 10:52 AM PST |
The Australian Prime Minister Gets Roasted for Major 'Shoegate' Photoshop Fail Posted: 09 Jan 2019 08:30 AM PST |
Larry Woodruffe is second man charged in death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes Posted: 09 Jan 2019 06:12 AM PST |
Jaguar Land Rover to cut thousands of UK jobs Posted: 10 Jan 2019 05:45 AM PST |
U.S. Military Trusted More Than Google, Facebook to Develop AI Posted: 10 Jan 2019 07:02 AM PST More than two-thirds of those surveyed said they had either "no confidence" or "not too much confidence" in Facebook developing A.I., a report from the Center for the Governance of AI, part of the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, said. The public was significantly more skeptical about Facebook than other tech companies working on cutting-edge A.I. research, according to the survey. Among technology companies, Microsoft Corp. was the most trusted, with 44 percent of people saying they had either "a great deal of confidence" or "a fair amount of confidence" in its ability to create A.I. that wouldn't pose risks, the survey found. |
Legal aid fund launched for WikiLeaks founder Assange Posted: 10 Jan 2019 09:40 AM PST A British charity helping whistleblowers around the world on Thursday launched a legal aid fund for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, warning his expulsion from Ecuador's embassy in London "may be imminent". The Courage Foundation said Assange's position in the embassy, where he has been living since seeking refuge there in 2012, was "under increasingly serious threat". Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno last month said that "the way has been cleared for Mr Assange to take the decision to leave in near-liberty". |
Here’s what NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sees as it orbits Bennu asteroid Posted: 08 Jan 2019 07:04 PM PST It's only been about a week since NASA successfully inserted its OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe into orbit around the large space rock known as Bennu, after initially arriving in early December. The diamond-shaped object will quickly become one of the most closely-studied asteroids ever, but for now NASA wants to learn as much about Bennu's surface as possible, and that means observing it from every angle. In a new video animation that has been stitched together from numerous still shots we get one of our best looks yet at the asteroid. As the probe circles the rock, its powerful lens has captured Bennu from just about every angle, making for a neat little movie. "During the month of December, the spacecraft performed a preliminary survey of Bennu, conducting three flyovers of the asteroid's north pole and one each of its equator and south pole," NASA's OSIRIS-REx team explains. "The data gathered during these flybys allowed the mission team to more precisely estimate Bennu's mass so that the spacecraft could go into orbit around the asteroid." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S29O8dUhFgY OSIRIS-REx has a fairly long road ahead of it before NASA declares the mission a complete success. The spacecraft will remain in orbit around Bennu for at least the next year or so, closely studying it and delivering even more images of its messy surface. During that time, NASA will decide on a spot from which to collect a material sample, eventually touching down on Bennu and retrieving some of its surface material before flying back to Earth. OSIRIS-REx is expected to arrive back on Earth sometime in 2023, at which point eager scientists will have an opportunity to study the sample in great detail. If everything goes according to plan, the mission should teach scientists a great deal about asteroid formation and perhaps even give us a window into the earliest days of our Solar System. |
Posted: 10 Jan 2019 02:53 PM PST |
Claims of rigging as opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi unexpectedly wins Congo election Posted: 09 Jan 2019 07:20 PM PST A rank outsider was declared the winner of Congo's presidential election on Thursday, prompting opposition claims of a plot by the ruling party to prolong its hold on power. Raising fears of violence in one of Africa's most volatile states, the electoral commission defied the findings of local observers by naming Felix Tshisekedi the next president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But the first peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960 will be overshadowed by a result that was widely questioned both inside and outside the country. Although Mr Tshisekedi is a member of the opposition - and as such as secured a stunning victory over the ruling party of Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president - he was not the opposition candidate many expected to win. Congo's Catholic Church, which stationed 40,000 observers at polling stations across the country, had previously told Western diplomats that it believed Martin Fayulu, Mr Tshisekedi's rival within the opposition, was the election's real victor. Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi took to the streets of Kinshasa Credit: BAZ RATNER/ REUTERS Mr Fayulu was swift to denounce the result, calling it "rigged, fabricated and invented." Amid claims that Mr Kabila and Mr Tshisekedi had reached a secret deal to share power, he claimed that he had been denied power by an "electoral coup." "The results have nothing to do with the truth of the ballot box," Mr Fayulu told Radio France Internationale. Suggesting a potential showdown between the Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president, and the West, the French government was quick to cast doubt on the credibility of the count. "We must have clarity on these results, which are the opposite to what we expected," France's foreign minister, Jean-Yves le Drian, said. "The Catholic Church of Congo did its tally and announced completely different results." In a pre-dawn announcement, the electoral commission declared that Mr Tshisekedi had won 38 per cent of the vote, securing 600,000 more ballots than Mr Fayulu, who came second. Opposition candidate, and expected winner, Martin Fayulu denounced the results Credit: JOHN WESSELS/AFP On the face of it, Mr Tshisekedi's victory is a remarkable one. In a country with a history of government kleptocracy and brutal civil war, none of Congo's four previous presidents assumed power at the ballot box. For many Congolese, the idea that an opponent of the ruling party could win a presidential election would also have seemed unimaginable. But Mr Tshisekedi now finds himself battling suspicions as to whether he was really a member of the opposition or a last-minute recruit to President Kabila's ruling People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy. Mr Kabila, who came to power after his father's assassination in 2001, has been accused of using every conceivable method to stay in power. He failed to change the constitution, which required him to stand down in 2016, but repeated delays in holding a new presidential election allowed him to cling on for two more years. Under heavy Western pressure, he finally allowed the election to go ahead. Although he was barred from standing, he anointed his former interior minister, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, as the ruling party's candidate. Joseph Kabila greets some electoral observers after casting his vote, December 30 Credit: LUIS TATO /AFP Dropping hints that Mr Shadary would merely be a cipher, the president also suggested he would run again in 2023, a strategy his critics called "Plan Putin". Yet the plan misfired. The regime was accused of doing everything it could to ensure Mr Shadary's victory. Voting was banned in three pro-opposition provinces, officially because of an Ebola outbreak. Electronic balloting machines in opposition-leaning areas where voting did take place often failed to work. Some voters said they were told by armed soldiers to vote for Mr Shadary or face the consequences. But after voting closed, it was soon whispered that Mr Shadary had fallen well short; in the end he finished an ignominious third. But diplomats and local observers, apparently convinced that Mr Fayulu had won, grew increasingly anxious after the electoral commission missed last Sunday's deadline to announce the result of the vote, which took place on Dec 30. Rumours began to circulate that the ruling party, realising it faced international condemnation and domestic uproar if Mr Shadary was declared the winner, had instead approached Mr Tshisekedi, also said to have been well beaten, with a deal. The speculation only increased after it emerged that Mr Tshisekedi and the ruling party had been having meetings, although aides on Thursday said that the talks had purely been about the logistics of transferring power. Whatever the truth, many Congo watchers will be surprised by the verdict. Mr Fayulu was widely considered the stronger opposition candidate because he had been backed by two prominent and widely popular rivals of the president who had been barred from standing. Other members of the opposition — including Mr Tshisekedi until he changed his mind — had also agreed to withdraw their candidacies and endorse Mr Fayulu, who now has ten working days to submit a legal challenge to the vote. Although no violence has been reported since the result was announced, Mr Fayulu has yet to address his supporters. It is unclear if he will call for protests. Mr Tshisekedi, meanwhile, used his first speech as president-elect to promise to serve all Congolese. He also raised eyebrows by calling President Kabila "an important political partner". It is possible that he could unite the country. Some opposition voters have told reporters they would accept a victory by any candidate who was not from the ruling party. |
Posted: 09 Jan 2019 02:53 AM PST |
China's passenger car sales fall for first time in years Posted: 09 Jan 2019 07:10 AM PST China's annual passenger car sales fell last year for the first time in more than 20 years as the trade war with the US rocked consumer confidence and Beijing reined in car financing channels. Passenger car sales fell to 22.4 million vehicles in 2018, down 5.8 percent from a year earlier, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Wednesday. In December sales plummeted 19.2 percent from a year earlier, the CPCA said. |
Fed Minutes to Reveal Debates Behind Unanimous Decision to Hike Posted: 08 Jan 2019 09:00 PM PST The report may provide important clues about the level of solidarity among officials at the Dec. 18-19 Federal Open Market Committee meeting, when policy makers raised interest rates and forecast further increases despite plunging stocks and pressure from President Donald Trump for a halt. "These minutes will still be relevant because they're going to give us a sense of the debate within the FOMC," said Michelle Meyer, head of U.S. economics at Bank of America Corp. Rate moves are "still a committee decision, and understanding the division of views on the committee is important," she added. |
California surfer survives shark attack Posted: 10 Jan 2019 12:05 AM PST |
People Can't Stop Sharing Jokes About Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer Sharing One Podium Posted: 08 Jan 2019 07:07 PM PST |
Toyota recalls 1.7 million more vehicles for risk of shrapnel from exploding airbags Posted: 09 Jan 2019 08:47 PM PST |
Report: Military officers, relatives tortured in Venezuela Posted: 08 Jan 2019 09:07 PM PST |
Congressional Democrats zero in on latest Manafort-Russia revelation Posted: 09 Jan 2019 03:30 PM PST On Tuesday, portions of a court filing by lawyers for convicted former Trump campaign head Paul Manafort were inadvertently made public. Patrick Boland, a spokesman for Representative Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee's new Democratic chairman, noted that Schiff had described the revelation as "stunning" to the Washington Post and told Reuters that Schiff planned to dig into questions the court filing had raised. The office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has charged Manafort and Kilimnik in its investigation of Russian interference in the election and whether Trump campaign members coordinated with Moscow officials. |
Fiat Chrysler to pay $515 mn in US 'dieselgate' settlements Posted: 10 Jan 2019 09:39 AM PST Fiat Chrysler has agreed to a $515 million US settlement on charges it installed "defeat devices" on cars to evade emissions tests, the US Justice Department announced Thursday. The auto giant will recall and repair more than 100,000 diesel vehicles sold in the United States at a cost of about $185 million. The remaining funds will go to civil fines and mitigation payments to the United States and the state of California. |
Google's New Policy Chief Weighs Washington Reshuffle Posted: 09 Jan 2019 04:48 PM PST Karan Bhatia, who joined in June, is reassessing the roles of existing staff, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private matters. This may hasten the departure of Google's longtime Washington director, former Representative Susan Molinari, according to one of the people. Molinari, a Republican who joined Alphabet Inc.'s Google in 2012, was slated to transition to an advisory role this month, opening up her position as head of policy for the Americas. |
Investigators Want People With Allegations Against R. Kelly to Come Forward Posted: 09 Jan 2019 02:21 PM PST |
Chevron, Occidental invest in CO2 removal technology Posted: 09 Jan 2019 05:50 AM PST |
With government mostly shut, Trump repeats his demand for a wall Posted: 08 Jan 2019 07:01 PM PST |
Nissan Leaf electric car gets longer range: 40% boost to battery power for Leaf e+ Posted: 09 Jan 2019 04:53 AM PST |
CNN's Jim Acosta takes heat after showing border fence just might be working Posted: 10 Jan 2019 01:09 PM PST CNN's Jim Acosta was mocked across social media for posting a video that was meant to downplay President Trump's claims of a border crisis, but ended up supporting his argument that border barriers improve security. Acosta is in Texas awaiting Trump's border visit. While Acosta often clashes with the president and his aides, pundits suggested he did the president a favor this time. |
Increasingly isolated Venezuelan president begins new term Posted: 10 Jan 2019 02:23 PM PST Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro began a new term on Thursday with the economy in ruins and his regime more isolated than ever as regional leaders declared his re-election illegitimate and shunned his inauguration. The 56-year-old socialist leader was sworn in by Supreme Court president Maikel Moreno as an audience of hundreds, including a handful of South American leftist leaders and Venezuela's military top brass, cheered and applauded. "I swear on behalf of the people of Venezuelan ... I swear on my life," Maduro said solemnly as he took the oath of office for a second six-year term. |
Lawsuit targets GOP laws reducing Wisconsin governor's power Posted: 10 Jan 2019 11:58 AM PST |
Saudi to slash oil exports after price slide: minister Posted: 09 Jan 2019 08:27 AM PST OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia will slash its oil exports in January by 10 percent compared to November, its energy minister said Wednesday as producers move to shore up tumbling prices. Khalid al-Falih said the kingdom, the world's top crude supplier, would cut its exports to 7.2 million barrels per day in January, down from 8.0 million bpd in November. OPEC and its allies decided last month to cut their overall output by 1.2 million bpd starting in January, to boost prices hit by a supply glut and fears demand could plummet. |
American Airlines’ Robert Crandall Remembers Herb Kelleher, the Soul of Southwest Posted: 10 Jan 2019 02:45 AM PST |
Apple, Qualcomm spar over CEOs' comments on settlement talks Posted: 09 Jan 2019 11:24 AM PST |
'No slamming!': Trump denies 'tantrum' in shutdown talks Posted: 10 Jan 2019 06:20 AM PST |
Starbucks plans to install needle-disposal boxes in some bathrooms Posted: 10 Jan 2019 02:00 AM PST |
Hear the Lexus RC F Track Edition's V-8 Roar Before Its Debut Posted: 09 Jan 2019 01:47 PM PST |
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