D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton called on House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to restore some of her voting rights on the House floor as the 115th Congress convened Tuesday. “This vote is a down payment for full voting rights to the more than 680,000 American citizens residing in the District of Columbia who pay the […]
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USALas Vegas — Qualcomm shared more details about its latest chip, the Snapdragon 835 at a CES 2017 press conference Tuesday. Having initially announced the chip at a technology summit in November, the semiconductor manufacturer is now publicly sharing specs and features for the component. With the Snapdragon 835, Qualcomm is aiming to tackle several
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USARep. Paul D. Ryan easily won re-election as House speaker as the new Congress convened Tuesday – though not before Democrats warned he was off to a bad start. Mr. Ryan won 239 votes to be speaker, putting him second in the line of presidential succession and giving him a full two-year term at the
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USABanjul (dpa) – The chairman of the Gambian electoral commission has fled the country following threats to his life, his nephew said. Alieu Momar Njai had declared Adama Barrow the winner of the December 1 presidential election, but President Yahya Jammeh has refused to relinquish power, challenging the election results in court. Modou Njai told
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InternationalMass murderer Charles Manson was taken from a Central Valley prison in California to a hospital for an undisclosed medical issue, two sources familiar with the situation said. One of the sources said Manson was seriously ill but could not provide specific information. Officials with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation declined to comment, citing
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA House resolution condemning President Obama’s refusal to veto an anti-Israel U.N. measure was introduced Tuesday with the support of 51 Republican cosponsors but no Democrats. Rep. Dennis Ross, Florida Republican, submitted the language moments after the start of the 115th Congress. Sen. Jerry Moran, Kansas Republican, is expected to introduce a companion measure in
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Middle East, USASales of a new, special edition of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” are skyrocketing since a German publisher brought it to market last year. “Mein Kampf,” which translates in English to “my struggle,” is an autobiographical depiction of Hitler’s ideology that served as the bedrock for Nazism. It laid out his hatred for the Jewish faith
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish HistoryWASHINGTON — Members of Congress reportedly cited an 8-year-old ethics investigation into Missouri Rep. Sam Graves, at a closed-door meeting Monday night, as an example of why they needed to rein in their independent ethics watchdog. Graves’ spokesman, Wesley Shaw, declined to say Tuesday how the congressman had voted in the secret ballot Monday, “due
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USAThree Republican senators on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s official capital and move the U.S. Embassy to from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The new legislation, entitled the Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act, was introduced by Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Dean Heller of Nevada and Marco Rubio of Florida. “Jerusalem is
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USANews anchor Megyn Kelly is leaving Fox News to join NBC, where she will have a wide-ranging role. The move was announced Tuesday by NBC News chairman Andy Lack, who personally handled the negotiation to lure Kelly away from the cable channel that has been her professional home for 12 years. “Megyn is an exceptional
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — Before friends and family in a packed chamber, Kamala Harris was sworn in as California’s newest U.S. senator Tuesday morning. She became the first black woman the Golden State has sent to the Senate and the first Indian American to ever serve in the body. Harris, 52, a Democrat, was sworn in by
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USAMIAMI — Haiti’s seemingly unending presidential election is over. Jovenel Moise, a businessman from northern Haiti and political protege of former President Michel Martelly, was declared the winner of the country’s November presidential election Tuesday by the country’s Provisional Electoral Council . He defeated 26 other candidates in an election rerun from the year before
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InternationalIran has received more than $10 billion in sanctions relief from around the world in the form of cash and gold in the past three years, since it signed a preliminary nuclear deal with world powers, The Wall Street Journal has revealed. The large shipments of gold and cash, from oil funds unfrozen in numerous
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International, Middle East, USAEgyptian border forces on Sunday uncovered and destroyed 12 tunnels along the borders of the northern Sinai and Gaza, Egyptian army spokesman Tamer al-Rifae told the Ma”an news agency. It remained unclear exactly how the tunnels were destroyed. Egypt in recent years has been cracking down on the underground tunnels between the Sinai Peninsula and
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