| 'You're ordering me to stay': Mnuchin threatens to not return before Congress after grilling on Trump's tax returns Posted: 10 Apr 2019 11:40 AM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was confronted with a barrage of questions pertaining to President Donald Trump's tax returns.
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| ‘The View’s’ Meghan McCain Explodes at Sunny Hostin for Defending Julian Assange Posted: 11 Apr 2019 09:09 AM PDT  The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hit The View's Meghan McCain hard on Thursday morning. "The politics of this have always been completely hypocritical on both sides," McCain said, noting that President Obama's attorney general Eric Holder declined to prosecute Assange on the basis that WikiLeaks is essentially a "journalistic" organization. "This is something that a lot of people who have put national security first, and I put myself in that category, have been warning about and warning about and warning about," she continued, "and the only time the Democrats started caring is when it started affecting them politically and when Hillary Clinton's emails were released." Asked what will happen to Assange, McCain replied, "I hope he rots in hell!"Her co-host Sunny Hostin had a markedly different take on the matter, saying that if people "have a problem" with Assange and the secrets he published, then they must also have a problem with the the release of the Pentagon Papers and the Panama Papers, both of which she believes "protected our democracy." She disputed the notion that Obama and Holder "punted" on Assange but rather that they decided the Constitution protected Assange "because our Constitution does protect Julian Assange." "I'm sorry, I've got to push back hard on this," McCain interrupted, to which Hostin said, "Excuse me, you can push back after I'm finished speaking." Once Hostin had concluded her point about how the First Amendment should protect Assange's right to disseminate even stolen material, McCain shot back, "I think what you said was just straight propaganda. They're not First Amendment—he was a cyber terrorist from day one!" "There's a difference, Sunny, in being a whistleblower and being a straight-up hacker," Abby Huntsman said, backing up McCain. "What we found out with Assange is he conspired with Russia to meddle in our 2016 elections. If that's not him committing a crime, I don't know what is." Ultimately, as she did earlier in the week, moderator Whoopi Goldberg had to break up the fight and throw to commercial. "Whatever it is, we got to go," she said. Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here
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| Explainer: What might be blacked out of Mueller's Trump-Russia report? Posted: 11 Apr 2019 04:05 AM PDT  While congressional Democrats have demanded the release of the full report with nothing blacked out, as well as the underlying evidence Mueller collected, Barr has said he will redact four categories of sensitive information. According to a March 24 letter Barr sent to lawmakers, Mueller's nearly 400-page report presents evidence on both sides of the question of whether Trump engaged in obstruction of justice, and while it "does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him." Barr said in his letter that Mueller did not establish that the Trump campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy with Russia. Barr also said that he as attorney general concluded that Mueller's evidence was "not sufficient" to establish that Trump committed criminal obstruction of justice.
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| Photos of the Dodge Challenger and Charger Stars and Stripes Editions Posted: 11 Apr 2019 09:07 AM PDT |
| Ocasio-Cortez says climate change is the cause of the migrant crisis Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:21 PM PDT  'Outnumbered' co-host Melissa Francis reacts to the freshman congresswoman's claims on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'
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| Former Vikings minority owner Irwin Jacobs, wife found dead in murder-suicide Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:02 AM PDT  Former Minnesota Vikings part-owner Irwin Jacobs and his wife Alexandra werefound dead on Wednesday in what police called an apparent murder-suicide,according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune
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| Barr backs off explosive claim about FBI 'spying' on Trump campaign Posted: 10 Apr 2019 10:19 AM PDT  The U.S. attorney general briefly touched off a firestorm during a hearing on Capitol Hill, saying he believes "spying did occur" in the federal investigation into the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia.
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| SpaceX postpones first commercial launch due to strong wind Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:11 PM PDT  SpaceX postponed Wednesday what would have been its first commercial launch with the Falcon Heavy rocket, citing strong wind in the upper atmosphere. The rocket is to carry a Saudi satellite operated by Arabsat, a year after sending founder Elon Musk's red Tesla roadster into orbit as a test. The Falcon Heavy had been scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space center in Florida at 6:36 pm (2236 GMT) and place the six-ton Arabsat-6A satellite into geostationary orbit about 22,500 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the Earth.
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| The Latest: Gillibrand: I've gotten 2020 advice from Clinton Posted: 09 Apr 2019 07:57 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand (all times local):
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| Michael Avenatti Indicted on Charges He Defrauded Paraplegic Client, Others Out of Millions Posted: 11 Apr 2019 11:38 AM PDT  Avenatti tweeted claims that he mishandled client money are "bogus nonsense."
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| U.S. Senate leader McConnell notes Republican worries over Cain serving on Fed Posted: 11 Apr 2019 03:46 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday withheld comment on whether he would support Herman Cain to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, saying that he would wait to see "who is actually nominated." Speaking to reporters in his Senate office, McConnell also was asked about some fellow Republican senators who have said they would not vote to confirm Cain, a former fast food industry executive and presidential candidate, if he is nominated. McConnell responded: "I do think that there are two obviously critical components to making a nomination. ...
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| Bernie Sanders's Bold Health Plan Puts Democrats in a Bind Posted: 10 Apr 2019 11:52 AM PDT  Sanders, an early front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, had initially called for phasing out America's employer-based insurance system in favor of universal government coverage that's free for patients (that is, outside of the higher taxes they'd pay to finance it).
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| American Airlines flight attendant 'mortified' after spilling drinks on the airline's CEO Posted: 10 Apr 2019 09:51 AM PDT ![American Airlines flight attendant 'mortified' after spilling drinks on the airline's CEO]( "American Airlines flight attendant 'mortified' after spilling drinks on the airline's CEO") An American Airlines flight attendant accidentally spilled drinks on a passenger − and that passenger turned out to be American CEO Doug Parker.
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| Woman crashes car after seeing a spider, New York police say Posted: 10 Apr 2019 10:43 PM PDT ![Woman crashes car after seeing a spider, New York police say]( "Woman crashes car after seeing a spider, New York police say") Cairo, New York Police say a woman suffered an injury in the crash. Police believe the incident occurred after she saw a spider in the drivers' area.
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| Woman on 'most wanted list' who taunted police on Facebook arrested after accidentally revealing location Posted: 11 Apr 2019 07:41 AM PDT  Police arrested a woman after she revealed her location on Facebook while seemingly taunting authorities online. Chloe Jones was arrested in Virginia and extradited to Pennsylvania after she posted a comment on a post featuring a âmost wantedâ list with her name on it. The list, posted by the Greene County Sheriffâs Office, said she had failed to make court appearances last month over assault charges. âDo you do pick up or delivery??â she wrote on the departmentâs Facebook post, adding several laughing emojis. Ms Jones began responding to comments from other users, at one point revealing that she was allegedly at the Ruby Memorial Hospital. That discovery led officers to reportedly arresting Ms Jones before transporting the woman back to Greene County. The sheriffâs office was then sure to get the last laugh on social media. The Greene County Sheriffâs Office confirmed her arrest in an updated post, writing, âMs. Chloe Jones and her witty comments are taking a hiatus from our Facebook comments section due to the jail not having internet for her to use.ââThank you to the citizens of Greene County, Monongalia County and many others for your tips that lead to her arrest,â the post read. It remains unclear whether officers located Ms Jones at the Ruby Memorial Hospital.The Greene County Sheriffâs Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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| Hondurans defy Trump to head north for US border Posted: 10 Apr 2019 03:47 PM PDT  A new migrant caravan of around a thousand Hondurans hit out for the United States border on Wednesday in defiance of threats from US President Donald Trump. According to the Red Cross "more than 800, almost a thousand," migrants converged late Tuesday on the town of San Pedro Sula before heading north through Guatemala towards Mexico and the US border. Such groups are a target of Trump, who has vowed to tighten migration policy and build a wall to stop them from entering the United States through Mexico.
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| Buttigieg suggests Pence offered him empty praise when he came out Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:12 AM PDT  "People will often be polite to you in person, while advancing policies that harm you and your family," the South Bend, Ind., mayor tweeted.
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| A timeline of key events in rule of Sudan's al-Bashir Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:23 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — After 30 years in power, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was arrested and deposed by the military on Thursday, following nearly four months of protests against his rule. The army has also taken over the country for the next two years and imposed a three-month state of emergency, plunging the nation into new uncertainty.
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| NASA’s Curiosity rover just drilled a new hole on Mars Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:07 PM PDT  The year 2019 started off on a bittersweet note for NASA with the unfortunate demise of the incredibly trusty Opportunity rover on Mars. It was a sad day for the scientific community as a whole, but it wasn't the only rover cruising around on the Red Planet, and NASA's Curiosity rover has continued its stellar work even as it (probably) mourns the loss of its comrade.Now, continuing on its quest to learn more about the Martian landscape, Curiosity has successfully drilled another hole in a new location, securing a sample that the robot will soon analyze.In a new blog post, NASA's Curiosity team reveals the successful drilling attempt at a target that's been nicknamed "Aberlady." The rock is one of many that Curiosity has sampled since it landed on Mars way back in 2012, but the data it provides is no less important."We'll kick off the Sol 2372 plan with a short science block to analyze 2 targets with ChemCam: the inside of the drill hole (Aberlady) and a nearby bedrock target 'Mayar.' We'll also use Navcam to conduct a dust devil observation," the Curiosity team writes. "The next step in our drill campaign is to determine if we collected powdered rock sample and whether it is behaving as expected."This might seem like a normal day for Curiosity, and in many ways it is, but the fact that Curiosity is successfully drilling anything at this point is a testament to NASA ingenuity. You see, Curiosity isn't drilling things in the way that it was originally designed, and after an unexpected failure back in late 2017 NASA engineers were forced to come up with a new way for the rover to use its drill.Originally, Curiosity was designed to brace its drilling instrument against a surface using stabilizing arms before extending the drill bit. Unfortunately, the mechanism that actually extended the drill bit failed and NASA had to invent a new method. After testing various techniques, NASA ultimately commanded Curiosity to physically push the drill bit into its targets with its robotic arm, foregoing the use of the stabilizing posts.As you can see by the hole in the photo above, the new method has proved useful, and Curiosity has been able to continue its work despite the unfortunate failure.
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| Mnuchin Says He Didn’t Recommend ‘Wrong Person’ in Fed’s Powell Posted: 10 Apr 2019 11:37 AM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was right to recommend Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman despite President Donald Trump's frequent criticism of the central bank leader. "I don't feel like I picked the wrong person," Mnuchin said Wednesday in an interview on CNBC. The Fed's interest rate increases in 2018 outraged the president, who went so far as to discuss firing Powell with his advisers late in the year.
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| Hezbollah warns U.S. over sanctions against Iran and allies Posted: 10 Apr 2019 09:23 AM PDT  Lebanon's Hezbollah raised the prospect of retaliation by Iran and its allies over U.S. sanctions, saying on Wednesday that all options were on the table were Washington to take steps that "threaten our nation". Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the heavily armed Iranian-backed Shi'ite group, said the United States' move this week to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization reflected a failure of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Iran and its allies, which include Hezbollah, had so far made do with condemnation in response to the U.S. sanctions, said Nasrallah, before adding that this was "not a permanent and fixed policy".
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| Reports: Alaska Airlines flight forced to land early after 'belligerent' passenger lights cigarette Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:24 AM PDT  An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to land early on Wednesday after a "belligerent" passenger lit a cigarette, according to reports.
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| Attorney General Barr: Mueller Report Released in the Next Week Posted: 10 Apr 2019 03:30 AM PDT  It is a credit to Attorney General Bill Barr that his testimony yesterday morning before a House Appropriations subcommittee seemed, for the most part, like a nonevent.Ostensibly, the subject of the hearing was the Justice Department's $29.2 billion budget request for fiscal year 2020. But because the hearing was the AG's first appearance on Capitol Hill since his March 24 letter outlining the conclusions of the Mueller report, that topic -- specifically, the frenzied anticipation of Barr's release of a redacted version of the special counsel's report (said to be 300 to 400 pages in length) -- took center stage.Democrats were loaded for bear, but Barr warded off their jabs, explaining the process by which the report is being reviewed and making some news along the way.Here are the major takeaways.The attorney general will release the Mueller report to Congress and the public within the next week. (Note that Congress is scheduled to take its two-week spring break starting Friday).The internal Justice Department review and redaction of the report continues to be a collaboration between the attorney general and the special counsel, and that process has gone smoothly.When the report is released, the redactions will be color-coded so that readers will know the rationale for each excision: grand-jury material, classified information, ongoing investigation, or Justice Department privacy policy (apparently to be invoked on behalf of peripheral figures, not the main players). These categories of redaction were addressed in the attorney general's March 29 letter.Barr will engage with congressional leaders on the redactions to determine whether there may and should be additional disclosure.Once again, the attorney general explained that his March 24 letter was merely a synopsis of the special counsel's bottom-line conclusions (along with an explanation of his own conclusion on the obstruction issue, on which Mueller opted not to make a prosecutorial judgment). Barr did not undertake to "summarize" the Mueller report, and assertions that he provided a misleading summary are unfounded. There will not be a summary of the report; there will be the report -- excised as described above.Special Counsel Mueller was given an opportunity to review the attorney general's letter outlining the report's conclusions but declined to do that. (I suspect that is because the report made those conclusions quite clear -- and, on the matter of obstruction, made it clear that the special counsel presented evidence on both sides of the question but did not draw a conclusion. Mueller, who has known Barr for decades, had no reason to doubt that the conclusions would be accurately rendered.)The Justice Department does not intend to seek a court order permitting disclosure of grand-jury material. As I pointed out in a column last Friday, in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Justice Department took the position that judges have no authority to disclose outside of the exceptions to grand-jury secrecy laid out in Rule 6(e) (Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure). Last Friday, in McKeever v. Barr, the court agreed with the Justice Department. The Rule 6(e) exceptions do not provide for disclosure to Congress. It would thus make no sense to seek a disclosure order.The attorney general added that if House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D., N.Y.) wants to argue that there is a legal basis for disclosure outside of Rule 6(e), he will hear the chairman out. (As I've pointed out, Congress enacted Rule 6(e) and could enact legislation amending it to permit disclosure of grand-jury material to Congress in special-counsel investigations.)Barr said that Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz's inquiry into aspects of the Trump-Russia investigation (including alleged FISA abuse) will be released by June, and perhaps as early as May.Importantly, the attorney general also stated that he is looking into the conduct of the Justice Department and the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation, including what triggered the probe's initiation.Barr said that he had not yet seen the criminal referrals that Representative Devin Nunes (R., Calif.), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, has said House Republicans would be submitting to the Justice Department this week. These referrals are said to focus on the origination of the Trump-Russia investigation, the use of FISA surveillance, obstructing congressional investigations, and leaking classified information. In his testimony today, the attorney general declined to prejudge the referrals; he indicated that, as a matter of course, the Justice Department will review any congressional referral and, if there is a predicate for an investigation, the matter will be investigated.In the meantime, we await the Mueller report's imminent release.
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| The F-4 Phantom: The F-35 of the 1960s and 1970s? Posted: 11 Apr 2019 03:00 AM PDT  Under these circumstances, an F-35 patrolling, say, a no-fly zone might have to approach closer to a hostile aircraft and expose itself to detection and sacrifice its stealth advantage. A faster and more maneuverable fourth-generation jet like an F-15 or Rafale would seem preferable in such a scenario. Of course, that limitation could be solved simply by employing older fourth-generation jets for such air superiority roles, while reserving the F-35s for the deep-penetrating strike roles and intelligence-gathering roles they are optimized for.Conventional wisdom can offer contradictory insights. Are we doomed to forget the past, and thus condemned to repeat it? Or are we always preparing to fight the last war while failing to think ahead about how the next one will be fought?From the standpoint of military strategy, it is at once important to learn from operational experience, without blindly assuming that future conflicts will playout in the same fashion. This brings us to the controversial, thousands of which are set to enter wide-scale service in the three warfighting branches of the U.S. military and at least nine other countries.(This first appeared last year.)
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| Trump's Homeland Security purge continues as acting ICE director leaves his post Posted: 10 Apr 2019 01:37 PM PDT  Donald Trump's purge has continued at the Department of Homeland Security with yet another top official's apparent removal being announced this week. Ron Vitiello, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, would be leaving his post by Friday, a department spokesperson confirmed. The longtime border official's nomination to oversee the agency was withdrawn last week as the president and his administration sought to clamp down on an increase in undocumented immigration along the US-Mexico border. Mr Vitiello served in law enforcement for over 30 years and was previously chief of US Border Patrol, as well as a deputy commissioner for US Customs and Border Protection. His ousting arrived just days after it was reported Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen would also be stepping down from her post, as Mr Trump prepares a major overhaul of the department responsible for enforcing US immigration law. "Despite our progress in reforming homeland security for a new age, I have determined that it is the right time for me to step aside," Ms Nielsen wrote in a statement. She added, "I hope that the next Secretary will have the support of Congress and the courts in fixing the laws that have impeded our ability to fully secure America's borders and have contributed to discord in our nation's discourse."The purge among Homeland Security's top echelons could be in part due to an even tougher change in course under Mr Trump, who has reportedly sought to reinstate his controversial — and likely illegal — zero tolerance policy, which began the systematic separation of migrant families along the nation's southern border last year. Ms Nielsen flatly denied the policy's existence during high-profile hearings on Capitol Hill, where she was admonished for following the president's directives and allowing thousands of children to be separated from their families — many of whom were legally seeking asylum. More follows...
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| Dalai Lama hospitalized with chest infection, feeling better Posted: 09 Apr 2019 09:57 PM PDT  NEW DELHI (AP) — The Dalai Lama has been hospitalized in the Indian capital with a chest infection and is feeling better, his spokesman said Wednesday.
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| Sudan: months of protests lead to the ousting of Bashir Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:52 PM PDT  The uprising that resulted in the army's removal of president Omar al-Bashir from power on Thursday started with protests in December over a hike in bread prices. Hundreds take to the streets in central Atbara and other cities on December 19 to protest the government's tripling of bread prices. The protests erupt the same day as the main opposition leader -- ex-prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi who was driven out in Bashir's 1989 coup -- returns from exile.
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| Need a new Wi-Fi router for your apartment? This one’s only $19.99 Posted: 10 Apr 2019 10:10 AM PDT  If you live in a massive house, investing a few hundred dollars in a high-end home Wi-Fi system is a must. But if you live in an apartment, mesh systems are definitely a waste of money. You can enjoy great coverage and fast Wi-Fi speeds at the fraction of the cost of a mesh solution. In fact, the TP-Link TL-WR841N Wireless Router is on sale right now on Amazon for only $19.99!Here's more info from the product page: * Wireless N speed up to 300Mbps ideal applications for video streaming, online gaming VoIP, web browsing and multi-tasking * Two 5dBi antennas greatly increase the wireless robustness and stability. Easy Setup Assistant provides quick & hassle free installation * System requirements is internet explorer 11, firefox 12.0, chrome 20.0, safari 4.0 or other, java enabled browser or cable or dsl modem. Signal rate for 11n up to 300 mbps dynamic, 11g up to 54 mbps dynamic and 11b up to 1 mbps dynamic * Features parental control function managing the internet access of children or employee's computer * IP based bandwidth control allows administrators to determine how much bandwidth is allotted to each PC and internet devices * Fast ethernet ports(10/100 Mbps) allow you to directly connect your wired devices * Backward compatible with 802.11b/g products. TP-LINK Live 24/7 Technical Support * This product is ONLY a router.
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| Lyft shares hit new low as Uber IPO chatter revs up Posted: 10 Apr 2019 02:54 PM PDT  Shares of recently listed Lyft Inc fell to a fresh low and closed the day down almost 11 percent on Wednesday on news that rival Uber Technologies Inc was close to filing its own initial public offering. In ride-hailing company Lyft's ninth day of trading its shares clocked their lowest closing price since going public on March 29. Reuters reported late Tuesday that rival Uber would seek to sell around $10 billion worth of stock in an IPO, and file the offering with regulators as soon as Thursday.
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| Boeing faces shareholder lawsuit over 737-Max crashes Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:20 AM PDT  Boeing is facing a shareholder lawsuit over accusations that it "put profitability and growth ahead of airplane safety and honesty."
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| Bodies Found in Dominican Republic Believed to be Missing NY Couple, Police Say Posted: 10 Apr 2019 08:54 AM PDT  Dominican Republic authorities believe two unidentified bodies are those of a missing New York couple, according to National Police.
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| Six big leaks from Julian Assange's WikiLeaks over the years Posted: 11 Apr 2019 10:44 AM PDT  Julian Assange is considered a champion of freedom of the press by some, while others see him as a dangerous rogue who threatens national security.
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| Israel's Netanyahu wins re-election, main challenger concedes defeat Posted: 10 Apr 2019 10:36 AM PDT  With more than 99 percent of votes counted - ballots cast by soldiers at military bases will be tallied over the next two days - Netanyahu's conservative Likud party looked likely to muster enough support to control 65 of the Knesset's 120 seats and be named to head the next coalition government. It would be Netanyahu's record fifth term as premier. In a televised statement, Yair Lapid, number two in the centrist Blue and White party led by former general Benny Gantz, said: "We didn't win in this round.
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| Correction: Abortion-Ohio story Posted: 11 Apr 2019 07:59 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a story April 10 about an Ohio bill that would ban abortions after the first detectable heartbeat, The Associated Press erroneously reported one of the states that passed similar legislation. It was North Dakota, not North Carolina.
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| Sudan army ousts Bashir, protestors vow further demos Posted: 11 Apr 2019 02:43 PM PDT  Sudan's army ousted veteran president Omar al-Bashir Thursday, but protestors against his iron-fisted rule denounced a "coup" and thousands rallied outside army headquarters as a night-time curfew kicked in. In a sombre televised address, Defence Minister Awad Ibnouf announced "the toppling of the regime" and said Bashir had been detained in "a secure place", bringing an end to his three decades in power. Thousands of protestors were staging a sit-in for the sixth night running outside Khartoum army headquarters as the military council's curfew began at 10:00 pm (2000 GMT) despite growing international pressure to hand over to civilian rule.
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| Samsung’s Galaxy A80 has one of the wildest all-screen designs we’ve ever seen Posted: 10 Apr 2019 08:15 AM PDT  After the initial wave of iPhone X copycats, Android smartphone makers realized there are other ways to make all-screen phones without replicating the notch. Chinese companies came up with smartphone designs that featured a slide-out selfie camera or a sliding rear panel that allowed them to remove the camera from the top bezels. Others added an extra display that served the same purpose, with the second screen to be used in selfie mode.Samsung stayed out of the notch race and avoided slider phones, instead unveiling the Infinity-O screen with its hole-punch camera design that can be found on the Galaxy S10 series, and more affordable Galaxy A phones. Fast-forward to April, and Samsung now has its own slider design, and it's even crazier than we expected.Samsung's new Galaxy A80, which was officially revealed on Wednesday morning, doesn't only feature a slide-out all-screen design, but it also packs a rotating camera, which means the same triple-lens shooter doubles both as the main camera and the selfie cam, depending on how you use it.Previous slider designs from Chinese handset vendors featured standalone rear and front cameras. To bring up the selfie camera, you'd either have to slide up the rear panel or activate the slide-out selfie camera by switching over to selfies in the camera app. With the A80, the rear camera will rotate towards the front for selfie cam duty whenever you need it. You can see just how seamless the transition is in this GIF:Samsung says the Galaxy A80 is a phone created for the people engaged in "the Era of Live." When users select the selfie camera, the three cameras will pop up and rotate automatically, Samsung explained in a press release.The camera module features a 48-megapixel primary lens, as well as a 3D Depth sensor and an 8-megapixel ultra wide-angle lens. That 3D depth sensor will not deliver 3D face recognition support, however. Other features include a massive 6.7-inch Full HD display with on-screen fingerprint sensor, octa-core processor, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, 3,700 mAh battery with 25W super fast charging support, and Android 9.0 Pie.Make no mistake, the phone may feature a screen as big as the Galaxy S10 5G, but this isn't a flagship. That said, it won't be cheap for a mid-range phone either, as it'll cost €649 in Europe when it launches later this year.Because of the mechanism that slides the camera upwards, Samsung apparently had to ditch a few features you might expect from Android devices. For example, there's no microSD slot on this phone, and there's no headphone jack. The Galaxy A80 will launch on May 29th in several regions, including Europe, Asia, and Australia, and will be available in three colors: Angel Gold, Ghost White and Phantom Black.
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| How to file an extension on taxes Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:35 AM PDT  Most taxpayers have until April 15 to file their taxes. But you can file for a six-month extension if you need more time.
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| Twitter CEO reveals secret to running two companies: daily meditation and eating just one meal a day Posted: 10 Apr 2019 09:04 AM PDT  Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey has revealed he takes daily ice baths and eats only one meal a day in an in-depth interview about his extreme fitness routine. Appearing on a fitness podcast, the billionaire said the "biggest impact" on his mental health has been meditation but said he also does weekend-long fasts to give him the focus and energy to run two companies. The 42-year-old has been meditating for 20 years and spends an hour each morning and evening on the spiritual practice, he told the Ben Greenfield fitness podcast. He has came under fire last year for attending a 10-day meditation retreat in Burma with Twitter users accusing him of ignoring the country's human rights abuses. He later said he needed to "learn more". Mr Dorsey, who co-founded the platform Twitter and mobile payments company Square, said his daily routine includes fasting for 22 hours a day and walking the five mile commute to his office. I did my meditation at Dhamma Mahimã in Pyin Oo Lwin. This is my room. Basic. During the 10 days: no devices, reading, writing, physical excercise, music, intoxicants, meat, talking, or even eye contact with others. It's free: everything is given to meditators by charity. pic.twitter.com/OhJqXKInD3— jack (@jack) December 9, 2018 The daily walk allows him to spend time thinking or listening to podcasts. "I might look a little bit more like I'm jogging than I'm walking... I try to get as much sunlight as possible and then I begin the day 9," he said. The tech chief said skipping breakfast and lunch frees up his day and makes him more productive. His dinner usually consists of meat or fish accompanied with a salad or green vegetables, followed by some fruit or dark chocolate. "During the day, I feel so much more focused... the time back from breakfast and lunch allowed me to focus more on what my day is," he said, adding that it allows him to sleep better. Mr Dorsey said he thought he was hallucinating when he first began fasting Credit: Reuters Mr Dorsey also said he uses a sauna and ice bath for "mental clarity" every evening. He sits in a barrel sauna set at 220F degrees (104C) for 15 minutes followed by three minutes in an ice bath set at 37F degrees (2C). Rather than easing up on himself on weekends, Mr Dorsey said he has trialled 48-hour fasts from Friday to Sunday evening during which he only drinks water. "The first time I did it, like day three, I felt like I was hallucinating. It was a weird state to be in. But as I did it the next two times, it just became so apparent to me how much of our days are centered around meals and how - the experience I had was when I was fasting for much longer, how time really slowed down," he said. Profile | Jack Dorsey Earlier this week it also emerged that Mr Dorsey was received a total salary of just $1.40 from Twitter last year, a nod to its former 140-character per tweet limit. "As a testament to his commitment to and belief in Twitter's long-term value creation potential, our CEO, Jack Dorsey, declined all compensation and benefits for 2015, 2016 and 2017, and in 2018 he declined all compensation and benefits other than a salary of $1.40," a section of the company's filing stated. However, Mr Dorsey owns 2.3 per cent of the company's stock. He also made an estimated $80 million (£61 million) after taxes from selling 1.7 million shares in his second company Square, according to Forbes.
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| Former White House counsel for Obama charged in Mueller-related case Posted: 11 Apr 2019 12:45 PM PDT  Gregory Craig was charged with lying to US authorities about his work alongside Paul Manafort * Follow the latest in US politics – liveGregory Craig is the first prominent Democrat to face criminal prosecution as a result of Mueller's investigation. Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/APGregory Craig, a former White House counsel to Barack Obama, has been charged with lying to US authorities about his work alongside Paul Manafort for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine.Craig, 74, was indicted by a grand jury in Washington on Thursday following an investigation that grew out of Robert Mueller's inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He has denied wrongdoing.He is the first prominent Democrat to face criminal prosecution as a result of Mueller's investigation, which led to the conviction of Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, for a series of financial crimes.Craig is charged with giving false information to the justice department officials who regulate work in the US by lobbyists, lawyers and other representatives of foreigners under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (Fara). He is also charged with concealing details of his work from the same officials.Attorneys for Craig said in a statement that the charges were unfair and that prosecutors had chosen to omit evidence that was favourable to him."Mr Craig had no interest in misleading the Fara unit because he had not done anything that required his registration," the attorneys said. "That is what this trial will be all about."Sign up for the US morning briefingCraig worked in 2012 for Ukraine's ministry of justice while he was a partner at the prestigious law firm Skadden Arps. Manafort, a veteran Republican operative, meanwhile worked as a consultant to Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's pro-Kremlin president, who was later ousted.A team at Skadden produced a report to help the Yanukovych government defend its prosecution of a former Ukrainian prime minister, which critics said had been politically motivated. Craig also coordinated public relations work to boost the government's image.Craig wanted to avoid registering as a foreign agent in order to protect his ability to work in the US government in the future, according to the indictment, and so Skadden could avoid disclosing the $4m it was secretly receiving for its work from a wealthy Yanukovych backer.When Skadden was asked by the Fara unit for information on its Ukraine work, the firm submitted a response signed by Craig that failed to disclose Craig's contacts with US media on behalf of Ukraine as part of a public relations strategy.Skadden Arps reached an agreement with the justice department in January this year to avoid prosecution. The deal forced the law firm to turn over the more than $4.5m it was paid by Ukraine and to register as a foreign agent retroactively. Craig has since left the firm.Prosecutors said on Thursday that, if convicted, Craig faced sentences of up to five years' imprisonment for each charge. He could also be fined up to $100,000 and $250,000 for the respective charges.Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, were later charged by the US with money laundering in relation to their payment for work in Ukraine. Manafort was convicted and Gates pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
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| Amazon, Microsoft chosen to compete for Pentagon cloud computing contract Posted: 10 Apr 2019 09:20 PM PDT  Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp have been selected to continue competing for Pentagon cloud computing services as part of a contract that could be worth some $10 billion, the U.S. Department of Defense said on Wednesday. The contract is part of a broad modernization of Pentagon information technology systems.
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| Amnesty calls for Sudan's Bashir to be handed to ICC Posted: 11 Apr 2019 10:00 AM PDT  Ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir should be handed over to the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International said after the army overthrew his three-decade iron rule on Thursday. The London-based human rights organisation also urged the military authorities to ensure that new emergency laws do not undermine civil liberties. "Bashir is wanted for some of the most odious human rights violations of our generation, and we need to finally see him held accountable," Amnesty secretary general Kumi Naidoo said in a statement.
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