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House expands Russia probe to FBI, Justice use of unconfirmed dossier to snare Trump
Rep. Devin Nunes (right), chairman of the House Permanent Select committee on intelligence, has widened the net in the panel’s investigation into the use of the unconfirmed Russia dossier against Donald Trump. (Associated Press/File) The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has expanded its 2016 election investigation from a starting point of Russian interference to…
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Pope Francis highlights plight of refugees in 2018 New Year’s address
Pope Francis has used his annual World Day of Peace address in the Vatican to “give voice” to the world’s migrants and refugees most in need. Defending migrant rights has become a key theme of his papacy. Pope Francis urged world leaders to do more to help the world’s “weakest and most needy” refugees during…
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New Year’s Holiday to Bring Record Low Temperatures Across US Midwest and East Coast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G841Id-yAw
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Times Square New Year’s Eve rings in 2018 [with record cold]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Idw1_uipk
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New Year’s Eve to usher in record cold for much of US
Photo: Frigid temperatures strike U.S. Samantha Dement-Graham shovels her neighbor’s sidewalk on University Avenue in Dubuque, Iowa, on Friday, December 29, 2017. Blasts of arctic air have brought weather-related deaths, record low temperatures and historic amounts of snowfall to parts of the United States. (CNN) Out with the old, in with the record cold. With much of…
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U.S. is closer to nuclear war with North Korea than ever before, retired Adm. Mike Mullen says
The United States is closer to nuclear war with North Korea than ever before, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. “We’re actually closer, in my view, to a nuclear war with North Korea and in that region than we have ever been,” retired Admiral Mike Mullen said on ABC’s “This…
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Analysis Iran Spends Billions on Proxy Wars Throughout the Mideast. Here’s Where Its Money Is Going
The debate taking place behind closed doors in Tehran seems to have spilled out onto the streets: whether to save the money for the stagnant economy at home The protest wave began, according to Iranian sources, in the city of Mashad, and was originally organized by hard-line clerics – rivals of President Hassan Rohani who…
