June 2019

U.S. ‘Teen Queen’ Amanda Anisimova Just Matched A Venus Williams Feat At French Open

Sports /

Her name is Amanda Anisimova. If casual tennis fans didn’t know it before, they’ll know it now, after the 17-year-old American stunned defending champ Simona Halep at the French Open quarterfinals on Thursday. Anisimova became the youngest U.S. woman to advance to the semifinal of a Grand Slam since Venus Williams at the 1997 U.S. […]

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Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders: Two Liberals Aiming for the Same Target

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Ms. Warren has also raced, for better or worse, to stake out firm positions on several divisive issues: She has, for instance, called to end the Senate filibuster, to eliminate the Electoral College and to impeach Mr. Trump, edging farther than Mr. Sanders has. But for most of this primary season, Mr. Sanders, with his

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Tech Giants Amass a Lobbying Army for an Epic Washington Battle

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Google is paying two contract lobbyists who worked as lawyers on the Republican staff of the House Judiciary Committee. One of the lawyers, Sean McLaughlin, also served as a deputy assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush. “Having conducted congressional investigations from the inside, Sean is able to counsel clients on how to respond

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The Latest: Cruise ship captain also part of April collision

Travel /

The Latest on the fatal Danube River boating accident in Hungary’s capital (all times local): 15:30 Hungarian prosecutors say that the Ukrainian captain whose river cruise ship was in a deadly collision in Budapest with a Danube sightseeing boat, was also involved in a collision in the Netherlands on April 1. The Budapest Chief Prosecution

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Democrats Take Aim at Silicon Valley. They Take Its Cash, Too.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Top Democrats in Washington and on the 2020 campaign trail are taking technology giants to task, calling them too big, too powerful and too careless about privacy. “The era of self-regulation is over,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared on Monday. But just as Ms. Pelosi was preparing to start an antitrust investigation, some

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