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Donald Trump’s Nominations Game Finally Backfired – The New Republic

Donald Trump’s Nominations Game Finally Backfired  The New Republic

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‘I’m Done.’ Knicks Superfan Spike Lee Says He’s Sitting Out the Rest of the Season Amid MSG Spat

(NEW YORK) — Spike Lee still has his courtside seat, though the New York Knicks had to tell their superfan to find another way to get there. Lee said he won’t be sitting there the rest of this season, anyway.

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Turkey, Russia face off in Syria as fighting escalates, plane shot down

Turkey shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday over northwest Syria, where fighting has intensified in recent days, bringing Turkish and Russian forces close to direct conflict in the battle over the last swathe of Syria still held by

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Exclusive: EU fumes at Turk migration ‘blackmail’, mulls more money for Ankara

European Union ambassadors voiced outrage at a meeting this week over what they see as an attempt by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to “blackmail” the bloc by allowing migrants to mass at Greece’s border, diplomatic sources said.

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Turkey’s green light for migrants alienates European allies

By opening Turkey’s borders to Europe to potentially millions of migrants, President Tayyip Erdogan risks alienating the same Western partners whose support he counts on to host refugees in Turkey and prevent a further influx from Syria.

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U.S. cuts rates over coronavirus; G7 pledges action but no quick fix

The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Tuesday in an emergency move to shield the world’s largest economy from the impact of the coronavirus, as Group of Seven finance officials pledged unspecified “appropriate” policy moves.

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France reports fourth coronavirus death, requisitions masks

A fourth person has died due to coronavirus infection in France, and President Emmanuel Macron warned the health crisis could last several months.

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Finally dark mode arrives to soothe your 3am WhatsApps

Facebook -owned WhatsApp is finally giving users’ eyes a break by rolling out a dark mode setting to the messaging app — years after some other tech giants figured out how to offer a “dimmer pixels” switch. The messaging giant

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Likud campaign chief credits get out the vote data app for huge gains

Yair Revivo says Elector gave 20,000 Likud activists info to ‘fish’ potential supporter from their homes and get them to the polls, giving party extra 4-5 seats

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Supreme Court debates presidential power to fire heads of agencies

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether to make it easier for the president to fire the head of the agency that enforces federal consumer financial laws, a decision that could ultimately impact a vast range of

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