Wallace: Cohen's testimony indicates 'criminal exposure' for Trump

Chris Wallace and Martha MacCallum share their analysis on Michael Cohen's testimony.

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Why Did Senate Democrats Refuse to Protect Infants?

A moral catastrophe unfolded on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Monday. Forty-four Democratic senators voted against legislation that would have required doctors to give the same care to infants who survive abortion procedures that they would give to any other infant.One after another, Democratic senators took to the floor to smear the bill as an attack on women’s health care, a baseless criticism that they failed to substantiate. In the process, they revealed their belief that allowing unwanted infants to perish after birth constitutes a form of women’s health care.Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) reintroduced his Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in direct response to Virginia governor Ralph Northam’s endorsement of permitting mothers and doctors to let infants die of neglect. “The infant would be delivered,” Northam said, explaining a hypothetical case in which a woman in labor wanted an abortion. “The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.”This “discussion” is what Democrats voted on Monday to preserve — a discussion not about health-care options for women but about whether or not to extend health care of any kind to newborn infants. With their votes and their speeches, 44 U.S. senators embraced Ralph Northam’s position, which, despite attempting to clarify, he has never retracted.“I want to ask each and every one of my colleagues whether or not we’re okay with infanticide,” Sasse said at the start of floor debate on Monday. “This language is blunt. I recognize that. It is too blunt for many people in this body. But frankly, that is what we’re talking about here today. Infanticide is what [the bill] is actually about.”Though Sasse’s bill failed to pass, it succeeded in forcing Democrats to take a stance on infanticide, and though they refused to do so explicitly, the reality of their disgraceful position was abundantly clear.During floor debate, Senator Tina Smith (D., Minn.) said that the bill “puts Congress in the middle of the important medical decisions that patients and doctors should make together without political interference.”Democratic senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii said it represents the idea that “the moral judgment of right-wing politicians in Washington, D.C., should supersede a medical professional’s judgment and a woman’s decision.”“It makes no sense for Washington politicians who know nothing about these individual circumstances to say they know better than the doctors, patients, the family,” said Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.). “The bill is solely meant to intimidate doctors and restrict patients’ access to care and has nothing, nothing, nothing to do with protecting children.”“This is how our medical system is supposed to work,” Smith added later in her remarks. “Physicians and patients making decisions together based on patients’ individual needs.”Democratic senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois labeled the bill an effort to “bully doctors out of giving reproductive care.” And Jeanne Shaheen (D., N.H.) said the legislation “would interfere with the doctor–patient relationship and impose new obstacles to a woman’s constitutionally protected right to make her own decisions about her reproductive health.”“Conservative politicians should not be telling doctors how they should care for their patients,” Hirono said. “Instead, women, in consultation with their families and doctors, are in the best position to determine their best course of care.”All of these statements take as their premise a fundamental lie about the legislation. No part of the born-alive bill limits abortion access or regulates abortion methods in any way. It involves abortions only to the extent that the infants in question survived them. Nor does the bill mandate any particular kind of care for these infants; it merely requires that these nearly aborted newborns be afforded “the same degree” of care that “any other child born alive at the same gestational age” would receive.But these statements from Democrats are more than mere falsehoods. They expose a sinister reality: There is no daylight between their argument and that of Ralph Northam. They have admitted that they believe that denying medical care to infants can constitute legitimate women’s health care, classified under the untouchable umbrella of “reproductive rights.”That was the ultimate triumph of the attempt to pass the born-alive bill. Though Democrats managed to block the legislation, it forced the moral equivocators of the Democratic party to step out from behind their smokescreens. It demanded that they put their name to a vote permitting doctors to turn a blind eye to dying babies. It compelled them to defend Ralph Northam’s indefensible comments.This — and not because it would impede women’s “reproductive rights” — is why Democrats were so afraid of Ben Sasse’s bill. They knew that nothing in the text restricts access to abortion. But they knew, too, that it would expose them.To support the bill would betray a logical and philosophical inconsistency — Democrats would affirm the dignity and rights of a newborn infant, even as they dehumanize that same life, at the same stage of development, inside its mother’s womb. To oppose the bill would reveal the ghastly, consistent principle of the abortion-rights movement — that a child’s rights depend not on her size or location, but on whether she is wanted by her mother.The Democrats chose consistency, and consistency means infanticide.

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Pennsylvania teen found alive after five family members murdered

A teen whose mother and twin 9-year-old sisters were among five family members killed in their Pennsylvania home was staying at a friend's house at the time of the murders and is safe, officials said on Tuesday. Joshua Campbell, 17, was not at home when his aunt Shana Decree, 45, and her daughter Dominique Decree, 19, are alleged to have murdered five relatives in their apartment in Morrisville, about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Philadelphia, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said. After police found the bodies on Monday, relatives of the victims said they had begged authorities for weeks to check on Shana Decree due to concerns she might have fallen under the influence of a fringe religious group.

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Q&A: What's at stake as India-Pakistan tensions rise?

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan face their worst tension in years over the disputed region of Kashmir, with Islamabad saying they shot down two Indian warplanes Wednesday and captured a pilot. Pakistan, which previously said it captured two pilots, immediately shut down its civilian airspace in response.

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Can CBD Help Your Child?

When a child is sick and conventional medicine isn’t helping, parents understandably often turn to alternative treatments. Recently, that includes cannabidiol, aka CBD, which is a cannabis compou...

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Rep. Ilhan Omar deletes the controversial tweets that drew charges of anti-Semitism

Rep. Ilhan Omar apologized for the tweets the next day.

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India builds bunkers to protect families along Pakistan border

On Tuesday evening, Pakistan used heavy caliber weapons to shell 12 to 15 places along the Indian side of the de facto border known as the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the disputed Kashmir region, a spokesman for the Indian defense forces said. The Indian army retaliated with its own shelling of the Pakistani side, he said. There have been frequent exchanges of fire along the actual and de facto borders in recent months, but Tuesday's firing marked a major escalation after India carried out an air strike on what it said was a training camp run by an Islamist militant group in Pakistan.

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End Maduro's regime by blocking its oil supplies to Cuba - Washington Examiner

1. End Maduro's regime by blocking its oil supplies to Cuba  Washington Examiner
2. U.S. Urges New Venezuela Elections. One Obstacle: Russia.  The New York Times
3. Exclusive: Venezuela removed 8 tons of central bank gold last week - legislator  Reuters
4. Can Maduro hold onto power in Venezuela? | The Stream  Al Jazeera English
5. There's nothing humanitarian about politicized aid to Venezuela | TheHill  The Hill
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Kashmir conflict heats up as India, Pakistan claim to down each other's jets

Both countries have ordered air strikes over the last two days, the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have done so, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations. Tensions have been running high since at least 40 Indian paramilitary police died in a Feb. 14 suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir, but the risk of conflict rose dramatically on Tuesday when India launched an air strike on what it said was a militant training base. Pakistan says no one died.

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Univision's Jorge Ramos details detainment, expulsion from Venezuela

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos shared details in TV interviews Tuesday night on how Venezuelan authorities detained his team during an interview Monday.

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Was the media biased against the Covington students?

Conservatives accuse media organizations of trafficking in stereotypes that Trump supporters are bigots. Two recent incidents have strengthened conservatives’ belief that liberal journalists are implacably opposed to Donald Trump and his supporters: the 18 January encounter between a group of Kentucky students and a Native American activist on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and the claims by Jussie Smollett that he had been attacked by hoodlums shouting racist and anti-gay slurs.

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Top strategists split from Bernie Sanders for his 2020 White House run

Prominent consultants Tad Devine, Mark Longabaugh and Julian Mulvey, who played leading roles in Sanders' insurgent 2016 presidential campaign, said they would not work on the Vermont senator's 2020 bid for the Democratic nomination, which was launched last week. "We are leaving because we believe that Senator Sanders deserves to have media consultants who share his creative vision for the campaign," the three said in a joint statement. It also put together the video that Sanders used to launch his 2020 campaign, and advised Sanders on his announcement schedule and rollout, Longabaugh said.

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Why the Case against Cardinal George Pell Doesn’t Stand Up

With the lifting of the trial judge’s order banning coverage of the conviction of Cardinal George Pell this past December on charges of “historical sexual abuse,” the facts can finally be laid out for those willing to consider them. (Disclosure: Cardinal Pell and I are longtime friends.)Victoria police commenced an investigation one year before any complaints had been filed. During that investigation, the police took out newspaper ads seeking information about any untoward behavior with minors at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne —without any hint of such misbehavior having been received by the authorities.Once charges had been laid and Cardinal Pell had returned to Australia from his post at the Vatican, a committal hearing (to determine whether the charges were capable of being tried) was held. The committal-hearing judge threw out several charges but allowed others to go forward — even though she observed that she would not vote to convict on several charges, she thought they should be tried anyway.In Cardinal Pell’s first trial, held under the media-suppression order, the defense dismantled the prosecution’s case while shedding light on the inadequacy of the police investigative process; that trial resulted in a hung jury, which voted 10–2 for acquittal. The foreman and several other members of the jury were in tears when the verdict was read.During the retrial, the defense demonstrated that, in order to sustain the charge that Pell had accosted and sexually abused two choirboys after Mass one Sunday, ten improbable things would have had to have happened and all within ten minutes:• Archbishop Pell abandoned his decades-long practice of greeting congregants outside the cathedral after Mass.• Pell, who was typically accompanied by a master of ceremonies or sacristan when he was vested for Mass, entered the carefully controlled space of the vesting sacristy alone.• The master of ceremonies, charged with helping the archbishop disrobe while removing his own liturgical vestments, had disappeared.• The sacristan, charged with the care of the locked sacristy, had also disappeared.• The sacristan did not go back and forth between the sacristy and the cathedral sanctuary, removing missals and Mass vessels, as was his responsibility and consistent practice.• The altar servers, like the sacristan, simply disappeared, rather than helping the sacristan clear the sanctuary by bringing liturgical vessels and books back to the sacristy.• The priests who concelebrated the Mass with Pell were not in the sacristy disrobing after the ceremony.• At least 40 people did not notice that two choirboys left the post-Mass procession.• Two choirboys entered the sacristy, started gulping altar wine, and were accosted and abused by Archbishop Pell — while the sacristy door was open and the archbishop was in full liturgical vestments.• The abused choirboys then entered the choir room, through two locked doors, without anyone noticing, and participated in a post-Mass rehearsal; no one asked why they had been missing for ten minutes.Before the trial, one of the complainants died, having told his mother that he had never been assaulted. During the trial, there was no corroboration of the surviving complainant’s charges. Other choirboys (now, of course, grown), as well as the choir director and his assistant, the adult members of the choir, the master of ceremonies, and the sacristan all testified, and from their testimony we learn the following: that no one recalled any choirboys bolting from the procession after Mass; that none of those in the immediate vicinity of the alleged abuse noticed anything; that indeed nothing could have happened in a secured space without someone noticing; and that there was neither gossip nor rumor about any such dramatic and vile incident afterward.Notwithstanding this evidence of Cardinal Pell’s innocence (an innocence affirmed by ten of the twelve members of the first trial jury), the second trial jury returned a verdict of 12–0 for conviction. Observers at the trial told me that the trial judge seemed surprised on hearing the verdict. The verdict and the finding of the first, hung jury suggest that, in the media circus surrounding Pell, a fair jury trial was virtually impossible. That point was recently conceded by the attorney general of the State of Victoria, who suggested that the law might be amended to permit bench trials by a judge alone in such cases — an option not afforded George Pell. (Shortly before the media-suppression order was lifted on February 25, the Victoria prosecutors dropped two more charges against Cardinal Pell, of even greater dubiety and dating back some four decades.)Cardinal Pell’s lawyers will of course appeal. The appeal will be heard by a panel of senior judges, who can decide that what is called in Australia an “unsafe verdict” — one that the jury could not rationally have reached on the basis of the evidence — was rendered and that therefore Pell’s conviction is null and void. For Cardinal Pell’s sake, and for the reputation of the justice system in the state of Victoria, one must hope that the appellate judges will do the right thing.

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At least 4,500 abuse complaints at migrant children shelters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday.

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Detailed Photos of the 2019 McLaren 720S Spider

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Nuclear Nightmare: India and Pakistan are on the Brink

Whatever happens next rests in the fates of political decisionmakers in India.

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Steven Avery attorney: 'We won!'; court to hear new evidence in 'Making a Murderer' case

Kathleen Zellner, attorney for "Making A Murderer" subject Steven Avery, tweeted "We won!" after the Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision.

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Manafort sentencing hearing rescheduled to March 7: court filing

A federal judge in Virginia rescheduled the sentencing hearing for Paul Manafort, the former chairman of U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, to March 7, according to a court filing on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear why the sentencing hearing was rescheduled from March 8. Manafort was convicted in August of eight charges of bank and tax fraud as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

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Elon Musk could face contempt charge over latest controversial tweet

Tesla boss Elon Musk could be held in contempt if a tweet is found to have violated a settlement deal agreed last year. US stock market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a court in New York to hold the chief executive in contempt for violating a $40m (£30m) settlement he reached five months ago. Now the US financial regulator is alleging that Mr Musk broke the terms of that agreement with a tweet on 19 February which showed an aerial photo of thousands of new Tesla vehicles and said the company would make about 500,000 cars in 2019.

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Attacked and powerless, Venezuela soldiers choose desertion

CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — The simple house on a street ridden with potholes in this town on Colombia's restive border with Venezuela has become a refuge for the newly homeless: 40 Venezuelan soldiers who abandoned their posts and ran for their lives.

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Boeing unveils unmanned combat jet developed in Australia

Boeing Co on Wednesday unveiled an unmanned, fighter-like jet developed in Australia and designed to fly alongside crewed aircraft in combat for a fraction of the cost. The U.S. manufacturer hopes to sell the multi-role aircraft, which is 38 feet long (11.6 meters) and has a 2,000 nautical mile (3,704 kilometer) range, to customers around the world, modifying it as requested. The prototype is Australia's first domestically developed combat aircraft since World War II and Boeing's biggest investment in unmanned systems outside the United States, although the company declined to specify the dollar amount.

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Wells Fargo Sees ‘Possible’ Legal Losses Rising by $500 Million

The higher estimate for “reasonably possible” legal losses -- essentially a worst-case scenario -- shows risks grew as the bank and authorities examined abuses in recent months and discussed potential penalties. The change stems from “a variety of matters,” including probes of its sales to retail customers, Wells Fargo wrote Wednesday in an annual regulatory report.

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All-New 2020 Toyota Corolla First-Drive Review

All-New 2020 Toyota Corolla Adds Sizzle, Still Sensible The redesigned 2020 Toyota Corolla sedan joins the Corolla hatchback (which we’ve already tested), and it is offered for the first time as...

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The Latest: Pompeo urges restraint in India, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Latest on India-Pakistan tensions (all times local):

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Trump and Kim Jong Un might officially end the Korean War. Here's why that could matter.

After 66 years, a peace declaration at the Vietnam summit could lead to negotiations and more normal relations between the two Koreas and America.

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Mother and adult daughter charged with killing 5 relatives

MORRISVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A mother and her adult daughter killed five of their close relatives, including three children, and were found "disoriented" after child welfare authorities arrived for a surprise visit to their trashed apartment outside Philadelphia, police and prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Univision team deported from Venezuela after Maduro interview

The six-person team was held for more than two hours and had their equipment confiscated, Ramos told reporters on Monday evening after arriving back at his Caracas hotel which was surrounded by intelligence agents. Ramos and his team left the hotel on Tuesday morning guarded by personnel from the U.S. and Mexican embassies while intelligence agents escorted them to Caracas' Maiquetia airport. "They didn't give us a reason" for the deportation, Ramos told reporters as he arrived at the terminal.

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Woman brutally mauled to death by her own 2 dogs while playing in front yard

A South Carolina woman died on Thursday night after her two dogs turned on herwhile she was playing with them in the front yard of her Greenville home

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The 9 Best 2019 Cars for Less Than $20,000

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ECB’s Rimsevics Is Back at Work and Headed to Frankfurt

“I will not restrict him, I will let him travel” to Frankfurt, Viorika Jirgena, the prosecutor in charge of his case, said in an interview. The central banker’s case hasn’t been sent to Latvian court yet, since he is still submitting evidence in the pre-trial stage. The Latvian central bank board won’t grant Rimsevics access to documents involving the case or information about commercial banks that are connected to it, with all legal inquires going through his deputy Zoja Razmusa, spokesman Janis Silakalns said in an email.

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Miami-Dade cop caught on tape slapping suspect

Two Miami-Dade Police officers are facing charges after surveillance video appeared to show one sergeant slapping a teenager who was handcuffed and another trying to destroy evidence.

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Southwest Airlines wing scrapes runway during aborted landing in Hartford

A Southwest flight from Orlando to Hartford, Connecticut, ended up diverting to Rhode Island after trying to land three times in high winds.

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Trump-Kim summit: North Korea leader arrives in Vietnam to red carpet reception ahead of talks

Kim Jong-un has rolled into Hanoi in an armoured limousine ahead of talks with Donald Trump in the Vietnamese capital. The North Korean leader had earlier received a red-carpet reception amid tight security following a 65-hour, 2,500-mile journey from Pyongyang in a bulletproof train. After disembarking at Dong Dang rail station, close to Vietnam’s border with China, he walked past a guard of honour before climbing into his personal Mercedes limousine on Tuesday morning.

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Political Scandal Worsens for Canada’s Justin Trudeau - The Wall Street Journal

1. Political Scandal Worsens for Canada’s Justin Trudeau  The Wall Street Journal
2. Jody Wilson-Raybould: Ex-minister increases pressure on Trudeau  BBC News
3. Justin Trudeau on BRINK: Rival vows to ‘RAMP UP PRESSURE’ to OUST Canada PM  Express.co.uk
4. Trudeau’s Ex-Attorney General: ‘Veiled Threats’ Were Made to Drop Case  The New York Times
5. Canada ex-attorney: Government tried to interfere in case  ABC News
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Avocado toast sneakers are now a thing, thanks to Saucony, er, Saucamole - USA TODAY

1. Avocado toast sneakers are now a thing, thanks to Saucony, er, Saucamole  USA TODAY
2. Saucony releases avocado toast sneakers  FOX 4 Now
3. Shoemaker hopes new model will be appetizing to those hungry for style  Hawaii News Now
4. Avocado toast sneakers on sale for $130  INSIDER
5. Avocado Toast Sneakers Are the Most 2019 Thing of 2019 So Far  PureWow
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Something Happened With Johnny Manziel And They're Not Saying What - Deadspin

1. Something Happened With Johnny Manziel And They're Not Saying What  Deadspin
2. SC Timeline: Johnny Manziel's run in the CFL  TSN
3. Manziel released, barred from other CFL teams  ESPN
4. Johnny Manziel gets kicked out of CFL  USA TODAY
5. Johnny Manziel cut from Canadian Football League after violating contract  Fox News
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School Pooper Says Cops Were 'Malicious, Unlawful' - Newser

1. School Pooper Says Cops Were 'Malicious, Unlawful'  Newser
2. Ex-N.J. superintendent who defecated in public says police shouldn't have released mugshot  NBC News
3. School 'pooperintendent's' life 'has been ruined,' attorney says  WND.com
4. Ex-New Jersey 'pooperintendent' sues police for $1 million over mug shot release  WABC-TV
5. ‘Mystery pooper’ school chief who repeatedly defecated on a running track moans his life has been ‘ruined’ aft  The Sun
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Doctor shot by patient in wheelchair in Florida VA hospital, FBI says - NBC News

Doctor shot by patient in wheelchair in Florida VA hospital, FBI says  NBC News

Larry Ray Bon, 59, of Michigan, opened fire with a handgun at West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, the FBI said Wednesday night.

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Trump says he walked away from deal with North Korea over sanctions

The US president says talks ended without an agreement after North Korea asked for full sanctions relief.

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India demands Pakistan release pilot as Kashmir crisis intensifies

Tensions rise over a fighter pilot being held following an exchange of fire over disputed Kashmir.

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Michael Cohen: Ex-lawyer tells Congress Trump directed lies

Michael Cohen says Mr Trump directed plans for a Moscow tower, while denying the fact publicly.

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OneWeb launches mega-constellation pathfinder satellites

A London-based start-up's multi-billion-pound project to take the web everywhere gets off the ground.

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US gun laws: House passes bill expanding background checks

The legislation expands background checks for all gun sales but the Senate is unlikely to approve it.

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Jody Wilson-Raybould: Ex-minister increases pressure on Trudeau

Jody Wilson-Raybould says she faced "sustained" pressure over SNC-Lavalin prosecution.

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Nigeria election: Atiku Abubakar rejects Muhammadu Buhari's victory

Atiku Abubakar rejects President Buhari's re-election, calling it a return to "military dictatorship" .

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Cairo station fire: Train crash causes deadly blaze

At least 20 people are killed after a train hits a platform at Ramses Station and explodes in flames.

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Nicaragua releases dozens of prisoners ahead of talks

Dozens of people arrested during months of anti-government protests are released.

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Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed to host a fundraising dinner

The event is part of an effort to raise $1bn for infrastructure projects in the capital Addis Ababa.

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Selma Blair opens up about MS: 'People with disabilities are invisible'

The US actress stepped out at an Oscars party with a cane, four months after her diagnosis.

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Ukraine pulls out of Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Three acts had refused to represent the country at the contest in a political row involving Russia.

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When Kim responded to a foreign reporter

The moment Kim Jong-un answered a question from a foreign reporter at the US-North Korea summit.

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Kim and Trump start second day of talks

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un discuss the day ahead as they begin talks.

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Michael Cohen: Five things he said about Donald Trump

From hacked emails to hush money, the explosive things Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen told Congress.

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India Pakistan: Footage appears to show downed Indian jet

The downing of aircraft marks a significant escalation of the dispute between India and Pakistan.

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What President Bush's dog Sully did next

The former service dog of the late President George HW Bush has a new job with the US Navy.

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Trump and Kim meet for Vietnam summit

The US president and North Korean leader shook hands at the start of their summit in Vietnam.

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Melissa McCarthy's Oscars bunny dress criticised by top designer

The outfit Melissa McCarthy wore to present best costume design is branded "tasteless and insulting".

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Joe's 100th birthday card appeal goes global

Joe Cuba wanted 100 cards for his 100th birthday - but he received a few thousand instead.

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Athens to open up ancient river

Athens city planners aim to uncover an ancient river long hidden underground.

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The 'caravans of love' visiting Spain's empty villages

For the men who remain to farm the land in emptying Spanish villages it can be hard to meet women. The 'caravans of women' are one solution.

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Abhinandan: Who is the Indian pilot captured by Pakistan?

The fighter pilot who has 16 years of experience is from the southern city of Chennai.

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Risks to Mexico journalists remain despite Amlo's promises

Mexico’s president promised to put an end to the murders of journalists, but attacks continue.

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What we've learnt from the Nigerian election

Five lessons from a controversial poll.

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Venezuela crisis: How much aid is getting in?

A large shipment of US humanitarian aid has been refused entry into Venezuela.

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Can Georgian wine win over global drinkers?

As Georgia aims to boost wine exports, can its unique but sometimes challenging bottles find more fans?

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Pakistan and India Inch Toward Military Conflict, 2 Indian Warplanes Downed, Pilots Captured

Pakistan shot down two Indian warplanes Wednesday in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured their pilots, its military said, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in 20 years.   

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Billy Graham’s Grandson Breaks Down the Best ‘Proof of God’

Evangelist Will Graham comes from a well-known family line of famous preachers. His grandfather, the late Rev. Billy Graham, and his dad, Franklin Graham, have both made a monumental impact across the globe. Will Graham is following in their footsteps as he preaches, teaches and carries on the family legacy of spreading the Christian gospel.

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Florida Bar opens investigation into Rep. Gaetz's tweet about Michael Cohen - Fox News

1. Florida Bar opens investigation into Rep. Gaetz's tweet about Michael Cohen  Fox News
2. Florida Bar investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz for Cohen tweet  CNN
3. Matt Gaetz Under Investigation by Florida State Bar Over Michael Cohen Threat  The Daily Beast
4. How the Ideas Industry midwifed Matt Gaetz  Washington Post
5. Cooper to Trump: Who are you calling a liar?  CNN
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Virginia's first lady under fire after handing out cotton to visiting students - Fox News

1. Virginia's first lady under fire after handing out cotton to visiting students  Fox News
2. Virginia first lady criticized for handing cotton to black students on mansion tour  Philly.com
3. Ralph Northam's wife now under fire for slave comment towards black student  New York Post
4. Virginia first lady under fire for handing cotton to African American students on mansion tour  The Washington Post
5. Virginia first lady handed out cotton to African-American children on slave cottage tour, mother says  CNN
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Supreme Court says inmate cannot be executed if dementia means he cannot understand punishment - The Washington Post

1. Supreme Court says inmate cannot be executed if dementia means he cannot understand punishment  The Washington Post
2. Chief Justice John Roberts sides with liberals in death penalty case  CNN
3. Roberts Confirms He’s the New Swing Justice  Slate
4. Chief Justice Roberts joins liberals in court's ruling for death row inmate  NBCNews.com
5. U.S. top court backs killer who forgot crime in death penalty case  Reuters
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GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz says he has 'personally apologized' to Michael Cohen for tweet about affairs - NBC News

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz says he has 'personally apologized' to Michael Cohen for tweet about affairs  NBC News

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz said he 'personally apologized' to Michael Cohen after tweeting Tuesday that his wife was about to learn of the lawyer's alleged trysts.

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Eight Republicans side with Dems on background checks for gun sales | TheHill - The Hill

1. Eight Republicans side with Dems on background checks for gun sales | TheHill  The Hill
2. Gun Control Legislation: House Passes Sweeping Bill  NPR
3. House Approves First Major Gun Control Measure In Nearly 25 Years | TIME  TIME
4. Dem gun bill threatens to turn gun owners into criminals  Fox News
5. House passes sweeping gun legislation to expand background checks to cover virtually all sales  Washington Times
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Why being seen as tough on Pakistan helps India's Modi - CNN

1. Why being seen as tough on Pakistan helps India's Modi  CNN
2. Viewpoint: Balakot air strikes raise stakes in India-Pakistan stand-off  BBC News
3. India armed forces IN NUMBERS: How big is India's army? India WAR CHEST REVEALED  Express.co.uk
4. India's air strike on Pakistan: the strategy and the risks  Reuters India
5. After India’s Strike on Pakistan, Both Sides Leave Room for De-escalation  The New York Times
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Previewing Trump's 2nd summit with Kim Jong Un - CBS News

1. Previewing Trump's 2nd summit with Kim Jong Un  CBS News
2. Trump and Kim Jong Un arrive in Vietnam before meeting  CBS Evening News
3. North Korea finding new ways to evade sanctions, secret U.N. report reveals  CBS News
4. Why this North Korea summit will probably turn out like the last one  The Washington Post
5. Ex-CIA Station Chief: In Trump-Kim summit, here's what Trump should ask for  Fox News
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Brexit next steps: How did my MP vote? - BBC News

1. Brexit next steps: How did my MP vote?  BBC News
2. Labour's Brexit amendment has been defeated by an 83 majority  Daily Mail
3. Brexit: Numbers lesson for May and Corbyn  BBC News
4. Labour will win more votes than it loses by backing another referendum  The Guardian
5. The Tories have a historic opportunity to destroy Labour once and for all  Telegraph.co.uk
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Many disabled Walmart greeters are being replaced by 'customer hosts,' causing backlash - USA TODAY

Many disabled Walmart greeters are being replaced by 'customer hosts,' causing backlash  USA TODAY

Walmart is replacing blue-vested people greeters with customer hosts, a move that is affecting many disabled employees.

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U.S. Drops Threat of 25% Tariffs on Chinese Goods in Sign That Accord Is Near - The Wall Street Journal

1. U.S. Drops Threat of 25% Tariffs on Chinese Goods in Sign That Accord Is Near  The Wall Street Journal
2. Trump, Lighthizer dispute may result in 'inadequate' and 'weak' US-China trade deal, expert says  CNBC
3. Lighthizer strikes a tough tone on China trade talks  CNN
4. Trump is headed for a bad trade deal that China won’t honor  The Washington Post
5. We have reached the end game in the trade war | TheHill  The Hill
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HP is still being disrupted by the internet in 2019 - MarketWatch

1. HP is still being disrupted by the internet in 2019  MarketWatch
2. HP Shares Slip After Disappointing Sales Growth  Yahoo Finance
3. HP Sales Rise, but Fall Short of Estimates  The Wall Street Journal
4. HP stock falls farther after executives detail printer-supply issues  MarketWatch
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Why Best Buy Stock Popped Today - Motley Fool

1. Why Best Buy Stock Popped Today  Motley Fool
2. Best Buy's hot streak continues  CNN
3. A very merry Christmas at Best Buy with sales booming  Fox News
4. Best Buy Shares Surge After Surprise Q4 Earnings Beat, Solid 2019 Guidance  TheStreet.com
5. Best Buy sees opportunity in foldable phones and smart home technology  MarketWatch
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Is Samsung's Galaxy S10+ Worth $1000? - CNBC

1. Is Samsung's Galaxy S10+ Worth $1000?  CNBC
2. Samsung Galaxy S10 bitcoin wallet brings cryptocurrency into the mainstream  The Independent
3. Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: One Week Later...  Dom Esposito
4. Samsung has an amazing new Galaxy phone, but it's facing the same problems as the iPhone  CNBC
5. Samsung’s Galaxy S10 doesn’t support one of Android’s most innovative new features  BGR
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When slim is not in: Energizer brings another massive phone to MWC - CNET

1. When slim is not in: Energizer brings another massive phone to MWC  CNET
2. Energizer’s brick of a smartphone uses “world’s most powerful” phone battery  Ars Technica
3. Energizer Power Max P18K Pop - Hands On | MWC 2019  Lowyat TV
4. Energizer 'thick boi' phone gives 50 days of battery life  BBC News
5. The Energizer Power Max P18K Pop phone has a large 18,000mAh battery  Gadget Flow
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Kingdom Hearts 3 Director Confirms DLC in the Works - IGN

1. Kingdom Hearts 3 Director Confirms DLC in the Works  IGN
2. 'Kingdom Hearts 3' DLC on the Way, Tetsuya Nomura Confirms  HYPEBEAST
3. Kingdom Hearts III Critical Mode, Story Expansions Confirmed For 2019  Wccftech
4. 'Kingdom Hearts III' DLC Confirmed, First Expansion Details Revealed  Comicbook.com
5. It looks like there's going to be Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC after all, free and paid  Destructoid
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Feature: Things We'd Love To See In Super Mario Maker 2 On Switch - Nintendo Life

1. Feature: Things We'd Love To See In Super Mario Maker 2 On Switch  Nintendo Life
2. Why Nintendo keeps returning to classics like Pokémon  CNN
3. Nintendo Announces Pokémon Sword And Shield For Switch  Kotaku
4. Pokémon Direct 2.27.2019  Nintendo
5. Here Are The Three New Starters In 'Pokémon Sword' And 'Pokémon Shield'  Forbes
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Who won 'The Masked Singer'? Here's what happened on the season finale - Deseret News

1. Who won 'The Masked Singer'? Here's what happened on the season finale  Deseret News
2. T-Pain Wins The Masked Singer as He's Revealed to be Monster  PEOPLE.com
3. And the winner of ‘The Masked Singer’ is…  Yahoo Entertainment
4. 'The Masked Singer' Finale Recap: Season 1 Winner  TVLine
5. The Masked Singer: Who Were the Bee and Peacock?  PEOPLE.com
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Does Jordyn Woods Keep Changing Her Story About the Cheating Scandal? - The Cheat Sheet

1. Does Jordyn Woods Keep Changing Her Story About the Cheating Scandal?  The Cheat Sheet
2. Khloé Kardashian Likes Tweets Slamming Jordyn Woods as Tristan Thompson Likes Her Sexy Photos  PEOPLE.com
3. Kardashians Are Upset Jordyn Woods Is Giving Red Table Talk Interview  Entertainment Tonight
4. Jordyn Woods May or May Not Have Also Hooked up With James Harden, Not That It Matters?  Jezebel
5. Khloe Kardashian Breaks Silence On Jordyn Woods & Tristan Thompson Drama | Hollywoodlife  HollywoodLife
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Disney's new 'Star Wars' theme park coming to a galaxy near you - CNN

1. Disney's new 'Star Wars' theme park coming to a galaxy near you  CNN
2. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be Disneyland’s most interactive experience. Let’s play  Los Angeles Times
3. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge food and beverages revealed  laughingplace
4. Take EW's epic tour of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney's theme parks  Entertainment Weekly News
5. Reporter's Notebook: To Batuu and back  ABC News
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Lady Gaga on Oscar Win & Being “In Love” with Bradley Cooper - Jimmy Kimmel Live

1. Lady Gaga on Oscar Win & Being “In Love” with Bradley Cooper  Jimmy Kimmel Live
2. Lady Gaga Bradley Cooper Romance Theories Are Hurtful  Refinery29
3. Bradley Cooper's ex-wife angry at backlash over Gaga duet comments  CNN
4. Barbra Streisand chose not to introduce 'A Star Is Born' at Oscars  Page Six
5. Taylor Kinney shades Lady Gaga after Bradley Cooper Oscars duet  Fox News
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Dwyane Wade channels Kobe Bryant's 'Mamba Mentality' on game-winner vs. Warriors | NBA Highlights - ESPN

1. Dwyane Wade channels Kobe Bryant's 'Mamba Mentality' on game-winner vs. Warriors | NBA Highlights  ESPN
2. Dwyane Wade hits buzzer-beater to beat Warriors  Yahoo Sports
3. Dwyane Wade's clutch shot ends Warriors' comeback bid | NBA Highlights  ESPN
4. Video: Bam Adebayo Throws Down Nasty Alley-Oop All Over Kevin Durant  Heat Nation
5. Accountability easier for Warriors than solutions right now  NBCSports.com
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Joe Starkey: Kevin Colbert deserves an Academy Award — for Worst Actor - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

1. Joe Starkey: Kevin Colbert deserves an Academy Award — for Worst Actor  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2. Antonio Brown trade to Jets is not looking likely  New York Post
3. Steelers GM -- More teams inquiring about Brown  ESPN
4. Price of Le’Veon Bell transition tag prompted Pittsburgh to pass  NBC Sports
5. Where Antonio Brown trade interest, Steelers depth, free agency philosophy & more stand at Day 1 of the NFL Combine  PennLive
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2019 NFL combine: Josh Jacobs, Jawaan Taylor among winners as RBs, OLs weigh in and get measured - CBS Sports

1. 2019 NFL combine: Josh Jacobs, Jawaan Taylor among winners as RBs, OLs weigh in and get measured  CBS Sports
2. NFL Combine with John Clayton, Matt Taylor, and more!  1070 the Fan
3. The NFL Is Drafting Quarterbacks All Wrong  FiveThirtyEight
4. Pete Prisco's 2019 NFL Mock Draft 2.0: Giants take Dwayne Haskins, Redskins land Kyler Murray, Broncos select Drew Lock  CBS Sports
5. Mike Maccagnan Press Conference at the NFL Combine (2/27)  New York Jets
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Broncos GM John Elway preaches optimism; Sanders, Wolfe to return - The Denver Post

1. Broncos GM John Elway preaches optimism; Sanders, Wolfe to return  The Denver Post
2. Elway prefers Keenum returns, as backup QB  ESPN
3. Broncos will exercise options on Sanders, Wolfe  NFL.com
4. Report: Broncos to meet with the agent of CB Chris Harris Jr. at the Combine  Mile High Report
5. Vic Fangio: It was ‘hard to leave’ Bears, but they’ll ‘do fine’  Chicago Sun-Times
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Breathtaking New NASA Images Show Jupiter's Otherworldy Storms - HuffPost

Breathtaking New NASA Images Show Jupiter's Otherworldy Storms  HuffPost

NASA's Juno spacecraft recently captured the images, which were later color-enhanced.

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9 things to know about SpaceX's Crew Dragon launch - WFTV Orlando

1. 9 things to know about SpaceX's Crew Dragon launch  WFTV Orlando
2. How to watch SpaceX, NASA launch Crew Dragon to ISS this weekend  CNET
3. SpaceX readies Crew Dragon spacecraft for first test flight to the space station  NBC News
4. NASA will spend $42 million to better understand space weather  BGR
5. Weather Looks Good for SpaceX's 1st Crew Dragon Test Flight  Space.com
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No agreement after second nuclear summit

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Trump sits down with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam

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Cohen says he has never been to Prague, refuting key Russia collusion claim of Steele dossier

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Pakistan shuts down airspace to all commercial flights

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Would-be Bangladesh hijacker was carrying fake gun: official

A would-be hijacker shot and killed by Bangladesh commandos was carrying a fake gun and told negotiators he wanted to commandeer a Dubai-bound flight because he had troubles with his wife, officials said Monday. The 25-year-old was shot and later died of his wounds after taking a crew member hostage on the Biman Airlines jet, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Chittagong airport late Sunday. Airport manager Wing Commander Sarwar-e-Jaman said the hijacker was "psychologically imbalanced".

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May and Juncker Say Progess Being Made on Deal: Brexit Update

Brexit is dominating the EU-Arab summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to renegotiate her unpopular divorce agreement, as she faces a rebellion at home by members of her own party who want to force her to delay Brexit to avoid a catastrophic no-deal. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and May agreed that they needed to get an agreement on changes to the Brexit agreement in time for a summit of EU leaders on March 21, an EU official said.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it is 'legitimate' for people to not want children because of climate change

Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argues that it is a “legitimate question” to ask whether it’s moral for people to have children with the looming threat of climate change continues to exacerbate global conflicts. “There’s scientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult,” Ms Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram livestream. Ms Ocasio-Cortez, a co-sponsor of the progressive Green New Deal resolution, said the clock is ticking when it comes to reversing the effects of global warming within the estimated 12-year deadline the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported last fall.

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Why Do Some People Wish the Attack on Smollett Happened?

The reactions of many on the left to the case of Jussie Smollett prove two important things: 1. There is little racism in America. 2. The Left -- white and black -- is morally and psychologically impaired.There is no doubt that most Americans on the left, including black Americans, are distraught over the fact that Smollett faked the “racist” attack on him. Apparently leftists, Democratic leaders, and, most depressingly, many of his fellow blacks wish Smollett had been attacked by white racist homophobes.Representative Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.), a white leftist, tweeted, “I hope this was not something that Mr. Smollett did to himself, or created.”Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart told MSNBC there has been “an atmosphere of menace and hate” since Donald Trump was elected president, which made “people want to believe” Smollett’s story. Exactly. Capehart, a black leftist, wanted to believe that racists yelling “This is MAGA country” beat up blacks.Another black leftist who writes hate columns for the Washington Post, Nana Efua Mumford, wrote: “I wanted to believe Smollett. I really did.” Again, exactly. Mumford wanted to believe that racists yelling “This is MAGA country” beat up blacks.Corey Townsend, the social-media editor of The Root, a black-oriented website (founded in 2008 by Harvard black-studies scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.), opened his column on his private doubts that Smollett was attacked as he claimed with the words, “I wanted to be wrong.” Three paragraphs later: “But still, I wanted to be wrong.”This should tell you a great deal about how morally and psychologically sick the Left is. And their reactions prove how little racism there really is in America.Here’s the proof of both these assertions: When American Jews, even most left-wing Jews, heard of the mass killing of Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue, how many were hoping the shooter was truly an anti-Semite, and how many were hoping he was a mentally deranged individual who could have just as easily shot up a church? Or, if a well-known Jew had been beaten at 2 a.m. on a Chicago street, how many American Jews would have wanted the attackers to be Jew-haters, and how many would have wished they were just thugs who wanted money?As a Jew who has been deeply involved in Jewish culture all my life, I am pretty certain the majority of Jews -- certainly liberal and conservative Jews, and even most left-wing Jews -- would have wished that neither the Pittsburgh synagogue nor the theoretical attack on a Chicago street I conjured up were perpetrated by anti-Semites.Why is that? Why do almost all Jews wish attackers of Jews not be anti-Semites, but so many blacks and so many white leftists wish Smollett had been attacked by racists?Because Jews want to believe there is little anti-Semitism in America while most black leftists and most white leftists want to believe there is a lot of racism in America.And why is that? Because the Left and many American blacks are politically and personally dependent on one of the greatest mass libels in history -- namely, that America is a racist country. If just one one of five black Americans woke up tomorrow and announced, “You know, this a great country for anyone, including a black person, to live in, and the truth is the vast majority of white Americans bear no ill will toward blacks (or any other race or ethnicity),” that would end the Democrats’ chances of winning national elections. The Democratic party is dependent on nearly universal black acceptance of the leftist libel of America.And what about the personal? Why do so many black Americans, living in the freest country for all its citizens -- and in the least-racist multiracial, multiethnic country in history -- want to believe America is racist? That is one of the most important questions all Americans need to address at this time.And there is another one, which I posed in my column last week: Does the Left believe its own lies?

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Mike Pence Is Meeting With Venezuela's Opposition Leader to Discuss Ways to Oust Maduro

After a weekend effort failed to deliver aid

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