WASHINGTON — Jeff Sessions, the former senator from Alabama whose tumultuous tenure as President Trump’s attorney general lasted less than two years, plans to announce on Thursday that he will enter the race to reclaim his old seat in 2020, a Republican official said. Mr. Sessions has remained largely out of the public eye, and […]
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When France’s president wants to carry European concerns to the world stage to find solutions for climate change, trade tensions or Iran’s nuclear ambitions, he no longer calls Washington. He flies to Beijing. President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China this week suggests that the United States risks being sidelined on the global stage under President
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Image copyright Getty Images Scientists say they have discovered a biological anomaly that could change how we understand our sense of smell. The study in the journal Neuron shows some people can smell normally, despite missing the part of the brain that is considered to be crucial for smell – the olfactory bulbs. Lacking bulbs
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“I would never have thought of ballet or contemporary. I had no idea what this ‘ballet stuff’ was,” says Iestyn James, 17. He became involved with dance clubs after school and set his sights on becoming a professional street dancer. A full-time BTEC in dance with Rubicon Dance introduced Iestyn, from Cardiff, to new styles
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Image copyright Getty Images Two former employees of Twitter have been charged in the US for spying for Saudi Arabia. The charges, unsealed on Wednesday in San Francisco, allege that Saudi agents sought personal information about known Saudi critics and other Twitter users. Court documents published by the Washington Post named the two as Ahmad
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Caitlyn Jenner is “the great double”, she’s an Olympic decathlon champion and Glamour’s woman of the year. Born Bruce Jenner she struggled with gender dysphoria – a mismatch between someone’s biological sex and their gender identity. Her greatest sporting moment came at the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal where she saw off the Soviet challenge
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A judge ruled Wednesday that Hawaii tax authorities may subpoena Airbnb for records of its hosts as the state investigates whether operators of vacation rentals have been paying their taxes. First Circuit Court Judge Bert Ayabe approved the subpoena after a brief hearing. Airbnb and the state Department of Taxation have already agreed which records
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“Now it’s a little bit more personal for me. If I have a paid post that comes in and I think, ‘O.K., well this can fund x amount of people that are behind bars, that can help free them with simple legal fees that they just can’t afford, then that would be worth it to
The San Francisco 49ers are the NFL’s last undefeated team, while Russell Wilson is making a very strong case for MVP consideration in Seattle. Something in the NFC West is about to give. The 49ers (8-0) have home-field advantage Monday night and have had 10 days to prepare for Seattle (7-2) in the first of
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WASHINGTON — A judicial nominee slated for a Senate confirmation vote on Thursday helped devise an illegal Education Department effort to use private Social Security data to deny debt relief to thousands of students cheated by their for-profit colleges, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times. The plan, outlined by Steven J.
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