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Officer makes heartfelt plea to speeders after catching teen driving 100 mph – NBC News

Monday, December 17, 2018

An Ohio officer’s Facebook message to an 18-year-old he clocked going 100 mph on a highway is gaining speed on social media. In an open letter posted on the North Ridgeville Police Department’s Facebook page, an officer wrote in a message intended for the teen that their reckless driving could have killed them or “some innocent person who was minding their own business doing nothing else wrong but being in…

Michael Flynn’s business partner charged with illegally lobbying for Turkey – The Washington Post

Monday, December 17, 2018

Rachel Weiner December 17 at 10:37 AM A former business partner of Michael Flynn is being charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy for attempting to get Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen extradited from the United States. Bijan Kian made his first appearance in Alexandria federal court Monday morning. According to the indictment, Kian conspired with Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin to illegally lobby U.S. government officials…

Russians sought to recruit ‘assets’ through social media, Senate told – CNN

Monday, December 17, 2018

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Giuliani on whether Trump will sit down with Mueller: ‘Good luck — over my dead body’ – Fox News

Monday, December 17, 2018

Video Rudy Giuliani on Michael Cohen’s prison term, Flynn memos President Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen is sentenced to prison; reaction from President Trump’s lead attorney Rudy Giuliani on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani told “Fox News Sunday” that President Trump will sit down one-on-one with Special Counsel Robert Mueller “over my dead body” amid bombshell new revelations in the false statements case against ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn,…

Americans’ message to Washington on the looming shutdown: Don’t – USA TODAY

Monday, December 17, 2018

CLOSE President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had a heated exchange in front of reporters at the White House. USA TODAY President Trump said he would be “proud” to take responsibility for shutting down the government if Congress refused to approve the funding he wants for a wall along the southern border.(Photo: Carolyn Kaster, AP) WASHINGTON — Americans have a clear message to Washington as the government hurtles toward…

Obamacare Court Setback Won’t Kill Law – Bloomberg

Monday, December 17, 2018

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Dems, White House refuse to budge over border wall as Friday shutdown looms – Fox News

Monday, December 17, 2018

Video Trump warns of partial shutdown over border wall funding The Trump administration Sunday reaffirmed the president’s insistence that he would allow a partial shutdown of the federal government if Congress does not provide $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, with senior adviser Stephen Miller calling it a “fundamental issue.” “At stake is the question of whether or not the United States remains a sovereign country,” Miller…

Fox News Analyst Hits Trump’s Latest Tweet With A Blistering Fact-Check – HuffPost

Monday, December 17, 2018

According to Trump, that makes his ex-lawyer a “rat.”

North Korea condemns U.S. sanctions, warns denuclearization is at risk – NBC News

Monday, December 17, 2018

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday condemned the Trump administration for stepping up sanctions and pressure on the nuclear-armed country, warning of a return to “exchanges of fire” and that peace with Pyongyang could be blocked forever. The response came after the U.S. announced on Dec. 10 it had introduced sanctions on three North Korean officials, including a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, for…

Obamacare Court Setback Won’t Kill Law – Bloomberg

Monday, December 17, 2018

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Trump finds himself isolated in shutdown fight | TheHill – The Hill

Monday, December 17, 2018

President TrumpDonald John TrumpBiden, Sanders lead field in Iowa poll The Memo: Cohen fans flames around Trump Memo Comey used to brief Trump on dossier released: report MORE is finding himself increasingly isolated less than a week ahead of a potential government shutdown, as even members of his own party admit that he has backed himself into a corner with his demands for $5 billion in funding for a wall…

ACA ruling creates new anxieties for consumers and the health-care industry – The Washington Post

Monday, December 17, 2018

Amy Goldstein December 16 at 7:45 PM The ruling by a federal judge in Texas striking down the Affordable Care Act has injected a powerful wave of uncertainty about recent changes woven into the U.S. health-care system that touch nearly all Americans and the industry that makes up one-sixth of the economy. The opinion, if upheld on appeal, would upend the health insurance industry, the way doctors and hospitals function,…

Russia’s Pro-Trump Disinformation Campaign Used Every Major Social Media Platform – Slate

Monday, December 17, 2018

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Iowa Poll: Republicans back the President, but welcome challengers – CNN

Monday, December 17, 2018

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Authorities finish searching property of missing Colorado woman Kelsey Berreth’s fiancé – NBC News

Monday, December 17, 2018

Authorities searching the Colorado property of a missing woman’s fiancé said Sunday that investigators completed their work without finding Kelsey Berreth. Berreth, 29, vanished on Thanksgiving in what police in Woodland Park, northwest of Colorado Springs, have described as a suspicious disappearance. She was last seen walking into a Safeway grocery store in Woodland Park. Three days later, her cell phone pinged to a location in Idaho, 800 miles away….

Obamacare Court Setback Won’t Kill Law – Bloomberg

Monday, December 17, 2018

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A Shutdown Looms. Can the G.O.P. Get Lawmakers to Show Up to Vote? – The New York Times

Monday, December 17, 2018

In the absence of any road map, House leaders shuttered the chamber Thursday for a six-day weekend, putting lawmakers in standby mode and scheduling the next votes for Wednesday evening, two days before the shutdown deadline. (Aides cautioned that the schedule could change.) “No one has any idea what the play call is — we don’t know what’s going on,” said Representative Ryan A. Costello, Republican of Pennsylvania, who, because…

New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep – The Washington Post

Monday, December 17, 2018

Some of the Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues. (Jon Elswick/AP) Craig Timberg Tony Romm December 16 at 4:29 PM A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and…