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Antiabortion activists face 15 felony charges over Planned Parenthood videos

Two antiabortion activists whose controversial undercover videos accused Planned Parenthood doctors of selling fetal tissue were charged Tuesday with more than a dozen felonies by California prosecutors. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office filed 15 felony counts against David Daleiden and his alleged co-conspirator, Sandra Merritt, accusing the pair of filming 14 people without consent […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Democratic Senators Ask Jeff Sessions to Explain Preet Bharara Firing

Attorney General Jeff Sessions should explain whether the firing of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had anything to do with Bharara’s reported probe into stock trades by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, three Democratic U.S. senators said Tuesday. Price came under scrutiny during his confirmation hearings for investments he made while serving in Congress

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To fight defamation claim, Trump cites Paula Jones case — which Bill Clinton lost

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is citing Bill Clinton’s famous sexual harassment battle in his effort to block a California woman’s lawsuit claiming Trump lied about groping her in the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007. Problem is, Clinton lost that bid for legal immunity when the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 1997 that the chief

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Claire McCaskill launches probe of opioid manufacturers’ role in epidemic

A Senate Democrat said Tuesday she is launching a wide-ranging investigation into prescription drug makers and their role in an opioid epidemic that is ravaging every corner of the nation. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri said she requested sales and marketing information from the makers of the top-selling, opioid-based painkillers. She also demanded any company

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

WikiLeaks denies ties to Roger Stone, ex-Trump adviser

WikiLeaks rebuffed President Trump’s former campaign adviser Roger Stone this week as he comes under fire for allegations made prior to last year’s election involving his purported ties to the antisecrecy organization and its editor, Julian Assange. Neither WikiLeaks nor its editor spoke with the Republican strategist during last year’s race, a representative for WikiLeaks

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International, USA

Fight to isolate al-Raqqa high on Tillerson’s agenda in Turkey visit

Washington (dpa) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will confer with Turkish leaders on Syria and a host of other issues central to relations between the United States and Turkey when Tillerson travels to Ankara later this week, State Department officials said Monday. Tillerson will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after arriving in

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Middle East, USA

Democrats ramp up calls for Devin Nunes to recuse himself from Russia investigation

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee signaled Tuesday they will not let up on their calls for Chairman Devin Nunes to recuse himself from the panel’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. “Why should I?” said Mr. Nunes, underscoring his determination to see the panel’s investigation

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International, USA

Wall Street’s Fearless Girl Statue To Remain Until 2018

New York’s popular bronze ‘Fearless Girl’ statue will continue to defiantly stare down Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ until 2018, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The city initially permitted the installation of the statue—funded by asset managers State Street Global Advisors—for one week from March 7 to commemorate International Women’s Day. The plaque

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Dick Cheney calls Russian election meddling ‘an act of war’

Russia may have committed an “act of war” by interfering in last year’s White House race, former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday. Mr. Cheney did anything but downplay Russian President Vladimir Putin’s widely-purported role in the November election while speaking this week at the Economic Times’ Global Business Summit 2017 in New Delhi. “There’s

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International, USA

Chris Matthews compares Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump to Uday and Qusay Hussein

MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Monday compared Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s prominent roles in the White House to the power wielded by the late Saddam Hussein’s two eldest sons during his reign in Iraq. “Do you think this bothers the country to have sort of a Romanov royal family running the place?” the “Hardball”

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Middle East, USA

Bill O’Reilly Mocks Congresswoman’s ‘James Brown Wig’

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly mocked a black congresswoman and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying he couldn’t hear a word she said because he was distracted by her “James Brown wig.” O’Reilly made the comments on “Fox and Friends” after watching video footage in which California Democrat Maxine Waters delivered an

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