Robert Mueller’s testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees dominated the news cycle Wednesday, offering five-plus hours of testimony that marked the former special counsel’s first significant public appearance. But as Mueller testified on Wednesday, the rest of the world continued to turn. Here’s some of what happened: Puerto …
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Author Stephen King knows a thing or two about horrifying, terrifying, chilling, and even creepy subject matter. So, for him to say that something or someone is scarier than his work should make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. In a new video from NowThis News …
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There were many standout moments during the 2019 Democratic debates last night: Sen. Kamala Harris shutting down former Vice President Joe Biden; Rep. Eric Swalwell’s awkward, Real Housewives-esue opening joke about Washington politics; and Sen. Bernie Sanders snapping at Rachel Maddow for (accurately) quoting him on his previous stance on …
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SALEM, ORE. — Massive logging trucks circled the streets around the capitol, flying American flags in their truck beds and blasting horns, as hundreds of right-wing protesters rallied in support of Oregon’s fugitive GOP senators, whose week-long walkout appears to have killed the state’s ambitious cap-and-trade climate legislation. The rally …
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Joe Biden has refused to apologize for remarks in which he praised the “civility” of an arch-segregationist Mississippi senator he used to collaborate with. He has called on the critics of his remarks, in particular 2020 rival Cory Booker, to make amends, instead. “Cory should apologize. He knows better,” Biden …
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“President Trump: 30 Hours,” the ABC News 20/20 special featuring a heavily promoted White House interview by This Week anchor George Stephanopoulos, finally aired in full Sunday night. It was alternately an absurd and harmful exercise. There are lists of five to 10 takeaways from the exchange on various news …
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Former vice president Joe Biden still leads the pack of Democratic contenders for their party’s nomination in a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of likely Iowa caucus participants, but Biden’s opponents are also gaining ground. Twenty-four percent of respondents said they support Biden, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) comes in …
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Senator Elizabeth Warren, played brilliantly as always by Kate McKinnon, stopped bySaturday Night Live’sWeekend Update desk on Saturday night. “You’ve rolled out some ambitious new plans,” host Colin Jost remarked to the candidate. “Yeah, I guess, you know, I’m setting myself apart from other candidates by saying what I’m gonna …
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Since the dawn of the Drug War, federal legislators have stood by, or even applauded, as millions of Americans have racked up convictions for marijuana offenses — with arrests increasing in the latest FBI crime statistics, despite nearly a dozen states having already legalized cannabis. But over the past two …
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Late last month, less than 72 hours after special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report on Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, two listings popped up on Amazon that appeared to make the report available for the general public. There was only one problem: the full report …
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