(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. ImageCreditDoug Mills/The New York Times 1. President Trump declared a national emergency to try and build a border wall that Congress refused to give him. “We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border, and we’re going […]
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WASHINGTON — A former Air Force sergeant who defected to Iran did severe damage to American intelligence operations, and is suspected of revealing the names of double agents run by United States military intelligence, some of whom had their cover blown after her defection, according to former counterintelligence officials. Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, the former […]
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(Evan Vucci) February 15 at 5:33 PM Where to begin with Trump’s rambling news conference to announced he was invoking a national emergency to build a border wall? It was chock full of false and misleading claims, many of which we’ve previously highlighted, either in our database of Trump claims or our list of Bottomless […]
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Farquhar underwent surgery after collapsing from a ruptured aneurysm after pitching for the White Sox last season. Former White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar took the next steps in his recovery Friday when he threw his first major league bullpen session since he underwent surgery on a brain hemorrhage. The hemorrhage was caused by a ruptured aneurysm […]
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Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix February 15 at 5:13 PM President Trump has long displayed a soft spot for strongmen. He has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for exerting “strong control over a country” and said Rodrigo Duterte is doing a “great job,” even as the Philippine president was accused of […]
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(Corrects typo in headline) Feb 15 (Reuters) – United Parcel Service Inc: * BOARD INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND * INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND BY 5.5 PERCENT TO $0.96 PER SHARE Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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(Recasts; updates prices, adds quotes by local broker and Fitch) By Aaron Saldanha Feb 15 (Reuters) – Most Latin American currencies firmed on Friday against a dollar softened by dovish comments by the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank while Latin American stocks broadly gained, riding a global wave of optimism on hopes […]
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February 15 at 5:09 PM OSWIECIM, Poland — Under thin sunshine, Vice President Pence stood silently before a specially reinforced wall against which Nazis executed some of the estimated 1.1 million people slaughtered at Auschwitz. The long moment of reflection Friday was part of a somber walking tour of the world’s most infamous former Nazi death […]
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President Trump reeled off a list of his favorite media personalities on Friday when asked who might have influenced his decision to declare a national emergency after Congress refused to give him money for a border wall. Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham — a powerful bloc of conservative voices who have […]
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Lisa Rein Reporter covering federal agencies and the management of government in the Trump administration February 15 at 5:04 PM Federal workers will have to wait indefinitely for their claims of mistreatment to be heard after lawmakers continued to sideline the small agency that hears employment grievances. Two of the three seats on the Merit […]
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Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac may have just taken their last steps in a larger world. Director J.J. Abrams on Friday announced that Star Wars: Episode IX, which is being billed as the conclusion of the franchise’s Skywalker saga, has officially wrapped production. “There is no adequate way to thank this truly magical […]
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Photo: AP Donald Trump may not have gotten his wall on the U.S./Mexico border, but a new bill approved by Congress yesterday may still give him and his administration plenty of means to harass, detain, and deport tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants and migrants. Among the lawmakers who pushed back against the bill, which […]
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After an apology from Sergio Garcia, a non-apology from Matt Kuchar, and an uncooperative Mother Nature on Valentine’s Day, it’s time for everyone to focus again on Tiger Woods. Kidding. Sort of. A weather-delayed first round at Riviera re-starts on Friday morning and the 14-time major champ will be in the Hollywood-area spotlight as he […]
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Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) swung back at President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on Friday over a border wall by announcing plans to introduce a similar resolution for a crisis that scientists around the world warn we are running out of time to address ― climate change. “If Trump can call a national emergency for […]
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Kenny G Explains How Kim Kardashian’s Valentine’s Day Gift From Kanye West Came to Be | Entertainment Tonight arrow-left-mobilearrow leftarrow-right-mobilearrow rightGroup 7Gallery Icon Copy 2Video Play Button Copy 5Hamburger MenuInstagramTwitterYoutubeShare Button7C858890-6955-48EA-B871-66CE1E33590CVideo-Playbutton Copy Skip to main content
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Justin Bieber Is All Smiles While Holding Hands With Wife Hailey in NYC | Entertainment Tonight arrow-left-mobilearrow leftarrow-right-mobilearrow rightGroup 7Gallery Icon Copy 2Video Play Button Copy 5Hamburger MenuInstagramTwitterYoutubeShare Button7C858890-6955-48EA-B871-66CE1E33590CVideo-Playbutton Copy Skip to main content
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Two Men Arrested in Jussie Smollett Case | Entertainment Tonight arrow-left-mobilearrow leftarrow-right-mobilearrow rightGroup 7Gallery Icon Copy 2Video Play Button Copy 5Hamburger MenuInstagramTwitterYoutubeShare Button7C858890-6955-48EA-B871-66CE1E33590CVideo-Playbutton Copy Skip to main content
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Bradley Cooper Says He Will Not Perform ‘Shallow’ as Jackson Maine at the Oscars | Entertainment Tonight arrow-left-mobilearrow leftarrow-right-mobilearrow rightGroup 7Gallery Icon Copy 2Video Play Button Copy 5Hamburger MenuInstagramTwitterYoutubeShare Button7C858890-6955-48EA-B871-66CE1E33590CVideo-Playbutton Copy Skip to main content
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