The Senate math is not in Mr. Schumer’s favor. With 47 senators caucusing with the Democrats (including two independents who routinely vote with them), he is still four shy of the 51 votes he would need to force subpoenas for witnesses and documents. While it appears that Ms. Collins and two other Republicans — Senators […]
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“The fact that I do performances nude, in Belgrade and Serbia, means a lot for somebody who is queer and whose body is queer,” he says. Aleks Zain is putting his own twist on a performance piece originally created by Serbia’s most famous artist, Marina Abramovic. Belgrade is where the world’s self-styled “grandmother of performance
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A BBC Arabic investigation has uncovered compelling evidence suggesting the Syrian-Kurdish political leader, Hevrin Khalaf, was executed by a faction of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army. Rebel group Ahrar al-Sharqiya, which fights for the SNA, is accused of her murder, but has told the BBC it is not responsible for the politician’s death. But by
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But the systems used by law enforcement agencies don’t always have the latest algorithms; Pinellas’s, for example, was last overhauled in 2014, although the county has been evaluating other, more recent, products. Idemia declined to comment on it. The gains in quality of the best facial recognition technology in recent years have been astounding. In
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New England Patriots star Julian Edelman was arrested near LA on suspicion of misdemeanor vandalism after allegedly jumping on the hood of someone’s car January 13, 2020, 12:24 AM 1 min read BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — New England Patriots star Julian Edelman was arrested in Southern California on suspicion of misdemeanor vandalism after jumping on
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It remains undetermined whether three of Mr. Trump’s closest allies among House Republicans — Representatives Jim Jordan of Ohio, Doug Collins of Georgia and John Ratcliffe of Texas — will play a role. They had been expected to, at Mr. Trump’s urging, until the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, advised against it, according to people
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A first-term lawmaker whose father was Malta’s president has been chosen to be the country’s prime minister By STEPHEN CALLEJA Associated Press January 12, 2020, 6:46 PM 4 min read VALLETTA, Malta — A first-term lawmaker whose father was Malta’s president was chosen to be the country’s prime minister, replacing Joseph Muscat after weeks of
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Ja’Tavia Tapley scored 14 points, Robbi Ryan and Reili Richardson added 10 each and Arizona State got its second straight upset, beating No. 3 Oregon State 55-47 By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer January 12, 2020, 11:26 PM 3 min read TEMPE, Ariz. — Ja’Tavia Tapley scored 14 points, Robbi Ryan and Reili Richardson added
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday injected fresh instability into final preparations for the Senate’s impeachment trial, suggesting that senators should dismiss the House’s charges of high crimes and misdemeanors against him outright rather than dignifying them with a full tribunal. That unexpected statement, arriving amid a flurry of tweets, not only appeared to put
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Workers could have more difficulty suing large companies for wrongdoing by contractors or franchisees under a rule announced on Sunday by the Labor Department. Under the rule, which will take effect in March, employees of a fast-food franchise like a McDonald’s restaurant, for example, may struggle to win a legal claim against the parent company
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