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Pence aide calls Trump’s call with Ukraine ‘unusual and inappropriate’
The phone call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart at the center of Congress’ impeachment investigation was “inappropriate,” an aide to Vice President Mike Pence told lawmakers, according to a transcript released on Saturday. Jennifer Williams, a foreign policy aide to Pence who was listening to the call on July 25, testified that
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Buttigieg dominates Iowa field in new CNN poll
The mayor is suddenly major. Amplifying a recent surge, Pete Buttigieg dominated his rivals in a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of likely Iowa caucus voters released Saturday. The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, hit the 25 percent mark – a 16-point climb since September that put him nearly 10 percentage points clear of his
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Navy UFO mystery deepens amid disclosure that ‘unknown individuals’ told officers to erase evidence
The U.S. Navy’s acknowledgment that the 2004 videos of an encounter with a UFO were real has caused much consternation. Now, a new report says two “unknown individuals” told several Naval officers who witnessed the event, known as the USS Nimitz UFO incident, to delete evidence. The report, published in Popular Mechanics, cites interviews with five Navy veterans
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Trump-backed candidate loses Louisiana governor’s race
Louisiana’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards declared victory against Republican rival Eddie Rispone late Saturday — a narrow win that came despite President Trumps’s aggressive support for the GOP challenger. Trump had routed Hillary Clinton in Louisiana by 20 points in 2016. “How sweet it is!” Edwards told a crowd of supporters, adding that he
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Prince Andrew mocked online for calling Jeffrey Epstein’s pedophile attacks ‘unbecoming’
In arguably his most striking gaffe in Saturday’s bizarre BBC interview, Prince Andrew claimed that his onetime pal, pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, “quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming.” The word choice prompted his interviewer to snap back, “Unbecoming? He was a sex offender!” The foot-in-royal-mouth moment came toward the end of his hour-long sitdown
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Top NSC official testified Trump and Sondland spoke some 5 times about Ukraine
Transcripts released Saturday from closed-door testimony in the House impeachment inquiry tie President Trump more closely to the central charge from Democrats: that he held up military aid to Ukraine in exchange for investigations he hoped would discredit the Mueller investigation and Vice President Joe Biden. The revelations come from hundreds of pages of deposition
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Rolling Islanders turn wild rally into shootout win
PHILADELPHIA — The Islanders have played almost flawless hockey for over a month. On Saturday night, they had a perfect response in the third period to keep their dominant run going. Anthony Beauvillier scored twice during New York’s three-goal, third-period rally, and the Islanders beat the Flyers 4-3 in a shootout. Beauvillier and Mathew Barzal
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Last-second 3-pointer hands Knicks heartbreaking defeat
The Knicks still can’t defeat someone other than Kristaps Porzingis. Despite leading almost the whole night, the Knicks were stunned in the final seconds when Charlotte’s Devonte’ Graham drilled a game-winning 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left with Frank Ntilikina flying at him with a hand in his face. The incredible 28-foot shot from straightaway gave
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Rangers’ David Quinn vows more benchings for costly ‘lazy’ play
SUNRISE, Fla. — The look on David Quinn’s face said it all. Well, he said some of it, too. Asked about the early penalties that undercut a bounce-back effort, the Rangers coach just shook his head in disgust. He felt that he shouldn’t have to be explaining away why his team lost, 4-3, to the
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Goodwin: Pelosi has gone full coup coup in Trump impeachment push
Three witnesses, 11 hours of testimony and endless squabbling between Republicans and Democrat Adam Schiff. That’s the bare-bones tally of the first two days of public impeachment hearings. Along the way, patient viewers learned many things, some interesting but none decisive. So we don’t know the final score, but we do know the big loser
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Rutgers and Greg Schiano close to reunion they need more than ever
A horse roamed the sideline. Great players of the 2000s gathered at midfield for an honorary coin toss. The only thing missing Saturday before Rutgers hosted Ohio State — the only thing that could’ve caused half-empty SHI Stadium to truly erupt for the first time in years — was Greg Schiano riding in to save
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Behind the Israel-Islamic Jihad flareup
What’s up with the latest hostilities between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s forces in Gaza? PIJ’s been firing rockets into southern Israel for the last year, but one attack stood out: a rocket fired at Ashdod, a city deeper into Israel than the group had previously managed, and timed to hit just as Prime Minister