This first Democratic debates of the 2020 race have arrived, taking place Wednesday and Thursday nights from 9 to 11 p.m., with 10 candidates from the sprawling field of 24 debating each night. Poise, deftness, and the ability to introduce themselves to a nationwide audience — all those things will matter. If you also think […]
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday played down the importance of securing a trade deal with China as he prepared to meet with its president, Xi Jinping, saying he was ready to proceed with additional tariffs if negotiations between the countries failed to get back on track. Mr. Trump said it was “possible” that a
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Apple has bought a struggling self-driving car startup as the iPhone maker continues to explore the potential market for robotic vehicles, despite recently curtailing its work on the technology. The Cupertino, California, company confirmed its acquisition of Drive.ai Wednesday without disclosing the price. A recent filing with California labor regulators disclosed that Drive.ai planned to
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The weather is supposed to heat up this week in France, appropriate since the Women’s World Cup gets hot Friday with the home team meeting the U.S. in a quarterfinal matchup that will be watched eagerly on both sides of the pond. The stadium will be packed, and the TV ratings should be big. The
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“While I pray that the funding Congress has approved makes it to its intended purpose, the best predictor of the future is the past,” Representative Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts and one of four Democrats to vote against the House measure, wrote in a Medium post explaining her vote. The administration’s immigration enforcement agencies, she
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California picked up an important partner its long-running dispute with the Trump administration over vehicle emissions and fuel economy by announcing a deal with Canada to work on pollution reductions. The agreement comes as the state is in a standoff with its own federal government on the same issues, with little hope of resolving the
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Image copyright PA Caledonian Sleeper is to delay the launch of new trains on the Highland service to support another route. The trains – which feature carriages with double beds – are now not expected be introduced until September on the route between London and Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William. Instead, the carriages will be
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Reddit limited access to a forum popular with supporters of President Trump on Wednesday, saying that its users had violated rules prohibiting content that incites violence. Visitors to the subreddit The_Donald were greeted Wednesday with a warning that the section had been “quarantined” and asking if they still wanted to enter. Site administrators said that
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The Hall of Fame quarterback revealed this week that he had sex with an unfamiliar woman who knocked on his hotel room door the night before his New York Jets were to play the favored Baltimore Colts. (See the clip below.) “First time I’ve admitted that,” he said Monday on Howard Stern’s radio show. Namath
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WASHINGTON — A House panel voted on Wednesday to subpoena Kellyanne Conway for her testimony after she failed to show to a hearing at which a special counsel told the committee she should be fired from the White House for her “egregious, repeated, and very public violations” of federal ethics law. The House Oversight and
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