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Deputy attorney general nominee resists call for special prosecutor in Russia probe

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department official who would oversee the federal investigation into Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election sidestepped calls to appoint a special prosecutor, testifying Tuesday that he didn’t know enough about the probe to make such a pledge. Rod Rosenstein, a top federal prosecutor nominated by President Donald Trump to be deputy […]

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Nominee to be No. 2 at Justice Department says he sees no reason to recuse himself from Russia probe

WASHINGTON — Rod Rosenstein, the nominee to be the second-in-command at the Justice Department, testified Tuesday that he was “not aware” of any reason he would be prohibited from overseeing investigations into Russia’s meddling in the U.S. presidential campaign. The 51-year-old federal prosecutor told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he may have met with Russian

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Hollywood star demands Israel divide Jerusalem, end ‘occupation’

Hollywood A-lister Richard Gere, who portrayed King David in the eponymously titled 1985 film and is perhaps best remembered for his lead roles in An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, and Runaway Bride, is set to land in Israel later on Tuesday. But while the actor”s past visits to the Jewish state received warm

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

4th Native Women in Film Festival Highlights Anti-Pipeline Cause

Winona at an informational meeting about the Enbridge pipelines Sandpiper and Line 3. (Photo: Keri Pickett)[dc]O[/dc]jibwe Nation tribal member Winona LaDuke – Ralph Nader’s vice presidential candidate on the Green Party ticket in 2000 – appeared Feb. 23 at the 4th Native Women in Film Festival, where an anti-pipeline documentary about…

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

UCF fraternity brother accused of putting gun barrel to pledge’s head

ORLANDO, Fla. — A University of Central Florida fraternity has been temporarily suspended after a member was accused of holding a gun barrel to the head of a blindfolded pledge, school documents released this week show. As pledges lay on the floor blindfolded, an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity brother leading them “took out a rifle

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

White House Rejects Comey Wiretapping Reports

Donald Trump’s White House has rejected reports that F.B.I Director James Comey disagrees with Trump’s wiretapping claims against Barack Obama. The New York Times reported at the weekend that Comey had instructed the Department of Justice (DoJ) to publicly disavow the president’s unevidenced accusation that his predecessor had ordered intelligence services to spy on him

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WikiLeaks publishes thousands of what it says are CIA documents

WikiLeaks published thousands of purported CIA documents Tuesday that claim to show intimate details of the agency’s cyberespionage effort, including malware that turns iPhones, Android cell phones and Samsung smart TVs into bugs and spy cams. The release comprises 8,761 documents and files from an isolated, high-security network situated inside the CIA’s Center for Cyber

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Anti-Trump sentiment may turn against Israel, Ya’alon warns

Days after announcing intention to run for PM, ex-defense minister says he fears Israel becoming a GOP issue in Trump age By Eric Cortellessa Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon speaks at Hebrew University, on January 18, 2017 (Miriam Alster/Flash90) WASHINGTON — Days after Moshe Ya’alon announced his intention to form a new political party and

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Middle East, USA

Rand Paul: House GOP health care plan is ‘Obamacare lite,’ ‘will not pass’

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Tuesday said the House GOP’s new health care plan “will not pass” and said a provision hiking premiums for people who go without insurance for a certain period of time is likely unconstitutional. “The House bill that’s been put forward is Obamacare lite. It won’t work. Premiums and prices

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Trump blames wrong president for most Guantanamo ‘back to battlefield’ releases

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — President Donald Trump broke his White House silence on the topic of Guantanamo Tuesday, incorrectly blaming Barack Obama not George W. Bush for the release of more than 100 captives who U.S. intelligence agencies consider recidivists. The president’s tweet, just after 7 a.m., correctly referred to an Obama-era report

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Obamacare 101: What’s in the House Republicans’ replacement plan?

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have finally unveiled legislation to repeal and — just as important — replace the Affordable Care Act. Obamacare is pretty complex. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that what the GOP is proposing in its place has a few knotty details. Here’s a short guide to what’s in the Republican plan

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA