| Conservative revolt over immigration sinks House farm bill Posted: 18 May 2018 01:23 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an embarrassment for House Republican leaders, conservatives on Friday scuttled a bill that combines stricter work and job training requirements for food stamp recipients with a renewal of farm subsidies popular in GOP-leaning farm country.
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| Santa Fe High School shooting survivor: 'I've always felt it would eventually happen here, too' Posted: 18 May 2018 11:30 AM PDT  A young student who survived Friday's shooting at a Texas high school told a
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| Putin, Merkel defend Nord Stream pipeline Posted: 18 May 2018 10:25 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel put on a rare show of unity Friday defending the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, criticised by Ukraine and threatened by US sanctions. The two leaders held their first face-to-face meeting in a year in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi where they also discussed the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine and the Iran nuclear deal.
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| Pakistan-India border gunbattle leaves nine dead Posted: 18 May 2018 07:04 AM PDT  Indian and Pakistani forces exchanged fire across the tense, heavily militarised Kashmir border Friday, leaving eight civilians and an Indian soldier dead, officials said. The heavy weapons fire along a rare stretch of frontier that India and Pakistan do not argue over also left 22 people wounded. It came a day ahead of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kashmir.
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| Iran says China group ready to replace Total on gas deal Posted: 18 May 2018 04:07 AM PDT  Chinese state-owned oil company CNPC will replace Total on a major gas field project in Iran if the French energy giant pulls out over renewed US sanctions against Tehran, Iran's oil minister has said. "Total has said that if it doesn't get an exemption from the United States to continue its work, it will begin to pull out of the deal," Bijan Namdar Zanganeh was quoted as saying by his ministry's Shana news service. Total started the $4.8-billion South Pars 11 project in July 2017, two years after Western powers signed a nuclear deal with Tehran prompting the return of many businesses to Iran.
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| Donald Trump unloads on ‘disgusting’ and ‘illegal’ Robert Mueller investigation to mark one-year anniversary Posted: 18 May 2018 02:19 AM PDT  Donald Trump has marked the one-year anniversary of the special counsel's Russia investigation with a heated early morning tweetstorm calling it "disgusting" and "illegal". In a mocking message on Twitter, the US president wrote: "Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History." He also repeated claims that a "confidential informant" had "spied" on the Trump campaign before the election for the FBI, declaring: "If so, this is bigger than Watergate!" The accusation appears to be linked to a suggestion by the man who commissioned the Christopher Steele dossier on Mr Trump's Russia ties that someone in the campaign became a whistleblower. A string of new details emerged in the US media on Thursday in pieces marking the one-year mark of Robert Mueller's appointment as special counsel. He was tasked with leading the Russian election-meddling investigation after James Comey, the FBI director, was fired by the president. Mr Trump at the time said "I look forward to this matter concluding quickly" and his lawyers briefed that they expected the investigation to be done by Christmas 2017. However the probe has now widened in scope and continues to hang over the presidency as it looks into accusations of Russian collusion, obstruction of justice and Kremlin election interference. The New York Times reported that the FBI's initial investigation into Russian activity before the 2016 presidential election had been code-named "Crossfire Hurricane". The inspiration for the name was the lyrics of a Rolling Stones song: "I was born in a crossfire hurricane, and I howled at the morning driving rain." The paper also reported that the FBI secretly investigated Australia's London ambassador before the vote. He had reportedly been told by a Trump campaign aide that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump's Democratic rival. It remains unclear whether Mr Trump will agree to Mr Mueller's request for an interview as part of the investigation, with talks between the pair's legal teams having gone on for months without conclusion. Rudy Giuliani, recently appointed Mr Trump's personal lawyer, claimed that Mr Mueller has admitted he cannot indict the president, which means bring criminal charges against him. Mr Trump tweeted: Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History...and there is still No Collusion and No Obstruction. The only Collusion was that done by Democrats who were unable to win an Election despite the spending of far more money!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2018 Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI "SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT." Andrew McCarthy says, "There's probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign." If so, this is bigger than Watergate!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2018 Despite the disgusting, illegal and unwarranted Witch Hunt, we have had the most successful first 17 month Administration in U.S. history - by far! Sorry to the Fake News Media and "Haters," but that's the way it is!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2018
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| Lawyer Who Ranted Against Spanish-Speakers Faces Office Eviction, Disciplinary Complaint Posted: 17 May 2018 09:24 PM PDT  Lawyer Aaron Schlossberg is facing serious consequences after video footage
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| Jeff Sessions Uses Exceptional Power Over Immigration Courts To Limit Judges' Authority Posted: 17 May 2018 08:38 PM PDT  Attorney General Jeff Sessions used his office's vast power over immigration
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| Iran signs oil deal with UK group as France's Total exits Posted: 17 May 2018 04:46 PM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that the country has signed an agreement with a British consortium to develop an oil field, just as another major company, France's Total, says it will withdraw from Iran because of renewed U.S. sanctions.
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| Police: Rifle bought by mom used in Illinois school shooting Posted: 17 May 2018 02:43 PM PDT  DIXON, Ill. (AP) — A teenager used a 9mm semi-automatic rifle in firing shots at a northern Illinois high school before he was shot by a school resource officer, police said Thursday.
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