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Schiff: Ryan Leaving Because Washington Is In ‘Complete Shambles’

Schiff: Ryan Leaving Because Washington Is In ‘Complete Shambles’

USA Paper: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said early Thursday that Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is leaving Congress in part because GOP leadership has reduced Washington to “shambles.”

“I think part of the reason he’s leaving is the way the GOP has run Washington over the last couple over the years, it’s in complete shambles,” Schiff said on CNN’s “New Day.”

The ranking Democrat on the House…

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Trump Tower Condos Value Dropping Faster Than Comparable Properties

Trump Tower Condos Value Dropping Faster Than Comparable Properties

USA Paper: Property values of condominiums in New York City’s Trump Tower are dropping faster than comparable luxury high rises in Manhattan, real estate brokers say.

Prices within the Midtown East Side skyscraper have plummeted by nearly 30 percent per square foot since 2015, while Trump Tower’s competitors in the neighborhood have seen an average of just an 8 percent drop in property value,…

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Parkland Teacher Arrested For Leaving Loaded Gun In A Public Bathroom

Parkland Teacher Arrested For Leaving Loaded Gun In A Public Bathroom

USA Paper: The Parkland, Fla., teacher who volunteered to carry a gun in school after the deadly Feb. 14 massacre was arrested Sunday for leaving his loaded gun in a public bathroom, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday.

Sean Simpson, a chemistry teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, left his loaded Glock 9mm in the bathroom of a Deerfield Beach Pier on Sunday, the Herald stated, citing…

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Haley Attends Pompeo Secretary Of State Confirmation Hearing

Haley Attends Pompeo Secretary Of State Confirmation Hearing

USA Paper: In a show of support, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attended CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s confirmation hearing on Thursday to become secretary of State.

Haley, who has become one of the Trump administration’s most prominent voices on foreign policy, was chatting with staffers and other attendees as she took her seat before the hearing gaveled in.

Pompeo is expected to…

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Rep. Jordan: Action In Syria ‘Should Be Debated In Congress’

Rep. Jordan: Action In Syria ‘Should Be Debated In Congress’

USA Paper: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) stressed on Thursday that military action in Syria “should be debated in Congress,” but acknowledged that Assad’s actions in Syria “deserves some kind of response.”

“It seems to me that you’ve got to have a debate in Congress, that’s what the Constitution clearly spells out. Let’s have that debate,” Jordan told CNN host Chris Cuomo on “New Day” when asked if…

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Trump, GOP Leaders Don't Talk Mueller At Private Dinner

Trump, GOP Leaders Don’t Talk Mueller At Private Dinner

USA Paper: President Trump and Republican congressional leaders didn’t talk about Robert Mueller’s investigation during a private dinner meeting at the White House Wednesday, even as lawmakers worry the special counsel could be fired.

“It didn’t come up,” Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) told reporters on Thursday.

Instead, Trump talked about the legislative agenda for the rest of 2018,…

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Majority of Southerners Disapprove Of Trump's Job Performance

Majority of Southerners Disapprove Of Trump’s Job Performance

USA Paper: A majority of Southerners disapprove of the job President Trump is doing in office, according to a new survey.

An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll finds 51 percent of Southerners disapprove of Trump’s job performance, compared 48 percent who approve.

The poll surveyed voters in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and…

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National Enquirer Parent Company Paid $30k For Rumor About Trump, Ultimately Withheld Story

National Enquirer Parent Company Paid $30k For Rumor About Trump, Ultimately Withheld Story

USA Paper: The parent company of the National Enquirer reportedly paid a former doorman at one of President Trump’s buildings $30,000 for a rumor about Trump.

The publication ultimately spiked the story, according to The Associated Press.

The AP reported that American Media Inc. (AMI) gave Dino Sajudin $30,000 to gain rights “in perpetuity” regarding a rumor the ex-doorman had heard.

If Sajudin…

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Hundreds Of Thousands Sign Up To Protest If Trump Fires Mueller

Hundreds Of Thousands Sign Up To Protest If Trump Fires Mueller

USA Paper: Hundreds of thousands people are vowing to protest if President Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller.

About 300,000 people have now signed up to march in more than 800 events across the country should Trump fire Mueller, The Guardian reported, citing MoveOn. Approximately 20,000 people have signed up in the past two weeks, the newspaper added.

MoveOn, which launched the drive…

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Majority of Facebook Users ‘Very Concerned’ About Sale, Use Of Personal Data

Majority of Facebook Users ‘Very Concerned’ About Sale, Use Of Personal Data

Tech Paper: A majority of American Facebook users are “very concerned” their data could be sold to outside companies by using the social media platform, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.

Fifty-five percent of respondents said they are “very concerned” about this, while 25 percent said they are “somewhat concerned.” Nineteen percent of those polled said they are either not that worried…

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Corker: Tax Cuts ‘Could Be One Of Worst Votes I’ve Made’

Corker: Tax Cuts ‘Could Be One Of Worst Votes I’ve Made’

USA Paper: Retiring Tennessee Senator Bob Corker (R) said that his vote on the GOP tax law could be one of the worst of his career if estimates that it will add $1.9 trillion to deficits over a decade prove correct.

“If it ends up costing what has been laid out here, it could well be one of the worst votes I’ve made,” he said at a Senate Budget Committee hearing on the Congressional Budget Office…

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Trump Signs Online Sex Trafficking Bill

Trump Signs Online Sex Trafficking Bill

USA Paper: President Trump on Wednesday signed a sex trafficking bill that reduces legal protections for websites that enable sex trafficking.

Joined by lawmakers and victims of sex trafficking, the president praised the legislation and told victims he was signing the bill “in your honor.”

“You have endured what no person on earth should have to endure,” he added.

The legislation, called the…

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Bernie Sanders: Trump Has No Authority To Broaden War In Syria

Bernie Sanders: Trump Has No Authority To Broaden War In Syria

USA Paper: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) asserted on Wednesday that President Trump “has no legal authority” to deepen U.S. military involvement in Syria, and that it is ultimately up to Congress to make that decision.

“President Trump has no legal authority for broadening the war in Syria,” Sanders said in a statement. “It is Congress, not the president, who determines whether our country goes to…

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Mueller Wants Subpoenas For 35 Witnesses For Manafort Trial

Mueller Wants Subpoenas For 35 Witnesses For Manafort Trial

USA Paper: Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday requested 35 sets of subpoenas from a judge for witnesses to appear at the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Bloomberg News reported that Mueller sought the subpoenas from a judge in Alexandria, Va., where Manafort’s trial is set to get underway on July 10.

Mueller asked for blank subpoenas, with the names to be filled in…

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Merkel Tells Putin Not To Exclude Ukraine From Gas Pipeline Route

Merkel Tells Putin Not To Exclude Ukraine From Gas Pipeline Route

International Paper: Angela Merkel has intervened in a row over a gas pipeline due to run from Russia to Germany, telling Vladimir Putin he cannot exclude Ukraine from the transit route.

The German chancellor has set herself up for a confrontation with the Russian president over the Nord Stream 2 project amid concerns Putin is attempting to increase western Europe’s dependency on Russian gas at…

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People Smuggler Who Italians Claim To Have Jailed Is Living Freely In Uganda

People Smuggler Who Italians Claim To Have Jailed Is Living Freely In Uganda

International Paper: One of the world’s most wanted people smugglers, who Italian prosecutors claim to have in jail in Sicily, is living freely in Uganda and spending his substantial earnings in nightclubs, according to multiple witnesses.

Prosecutors in Palermo announced the capture of Medhanie Yehdego Mered in Sudan in June 2016, describing it as “the arrest of the year”. The suspect was…

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EU Threatens To Crack Down On Facebook Over Hate Speech

EU Threatens To Crack Down On Facebook Over Hate Speech

International Paper: A loss of trust in Facebook in the light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal could prompt the EU to scrap its voluntary code of conduct on the removal of online hate speech in favour of legislation and heavy sanctions, the European commission has said.

The EU’s executive arm is examining how to have hateful content removed swiftly by social media platforms, with tough…

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