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Ted Cruz sites Trump's 'powerful mandate' and vows to work with him

Texas Senator Ted Cruz is hailing the 'powerful mandate for change' that President-elect Donald Trump secured with his election, praising a bitter former primary rival.




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Ted Cruz says El Chapo should pay for Mexico border wall

Cash seized from notorious Mexican drug lords, such as El Chapo, could be used to cover the cost of Donald Trump's border wall under a radical new proposal from Ted Cruz.




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Ted Cruz hits out at Trump's response to North Korea

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wasn't willing to fully endorse President Trump's 'fire and fury' rhetoric, which he used with North Korea last month.




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Ted Cruz likes hardcore porn video on Twitter

The Texas senator, who has previously called pornography a public menace, appeared to 'like' the post late on Monday, but it was redacted around 40 minutes later.




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Ted Cruz says aide 'inadvertently' liked porn video

Senator Ted Cruz said an aide was responsible for the like that caused a pornographic post to briefly appear on his Twitter feed. The post was unliked within 40 minutes.




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Jimmy Kimmel goes after Ted Cruz after Twitter porn like

Jimmy Kimmel led the way on his ABC show, joking that the video of a stepmother walking in on her stepson and another girl having sex was to Cruz's liking because he is a 'family values guy.'




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Ted Cruz after porn like:Adults can do as they wish in bed

Ted Cruz has addressed his past views on bedroom etiquette that resurfaced after his Twitter account 'liked' a pornographic video. 




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Ted Cruz opposes Senate GOP health care plan 'right now'

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is the latest GOP senator to suggest he'll vote no on his party's latest effort to kill Obamacare, the Graham-Cassidy bill.




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Woman criticizes Ted Cruz as they pose together for a photo

A woman identified as Rebecca managed to criticize Sen Ted Cruz as she posed with him for a photo after a flight from Washington, DC, to Texas on Friday.




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Senate Republicans are unsure what to do between now and November - so they're polling THEMSELVES

Senators Ted Cruz and Lamar Alexander are polling their GOP colleagues for ideas as Leader Mitch McConnell resists 'messaging' votes and President Trump dominates agenda




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Sexual assault survivor confronts Ted Cruz outside Kavanaugh vote and blasts dismissive response 

Jessica Morales Rocketto was filmed confronting Senator Ted Cruz Friday asks the Texas Senator, asking if he will listen to sexual assault survivors and vote no to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.




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Election Day exit polls and results: When will we know the midterms outcome?

Election Day 2018 is currently underway in the United States. Here's all about when the polls open and close, when the exit polls and results will be in and the key races to watch.




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Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert poke fun at midterm election results

As the Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and the Republicans held their Senate majority, Jimmy Kimmel joked that 'the big loser this year is all of our Thanksgiving dinners.'




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Ted Cruz urges Senate to make El Chapo pay for Trump’s border wall

Senator Ted Cruz repeated his call to use Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's seized assets to fund the construction of President Trump’s promised wall along the Mexican border.




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Ted Cruz tweets that Chick-fil-A ban from San Antonio Airport 'for being anti-LGBTQ' is 'ridiculous'

Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted about Chick-fil-A ban Friday: 'The citizens of beautiful San Antonio deserve more delicious sandwiches, and fewer rabid attacks against companies.'




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'I was a giant a**hole': Beto O'Rourke apologized to his campaign staff

Beto O'Rourke apologized to the staff of his Texas Senate campaign for being a 'giant a**hole' during the competitive, high-pressure 2018 race.  




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Beto proposes a 'war tax' to help veterans as he struggles to regain his momentum

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke has released the details of his proposed 'war tax' intended to help veterans and discourage 'endless wars.'




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Trump hints at U-turn and support for indexing capital gains to inflation

Indexing involves taking inflation into account by recalculating an asset's original purchase price when someone sells it. That results in less profit and a lower tax burden.




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Police chief slams Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell for 'caring more about NRA than protecting cops'

The chief, emotional during a news conference because one of his officers was gunned down, called on the law makers to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act to prevent further violence.




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GOP Ohio politician blames mass shootings on 'drag queen advocates,' gay marriage

Ohio State Rep. Candice Keller posted on her Facebook on Sunday, just hours after the Dayton massacre, that that gay marriage, failed school policies and 'snowflakes,' were to blame.




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Head of Ohio GOP calls on state lawmaker to resign over 'shocking and utterly unjustifiable' post

Jane Timken (left) said on Monday that the comments posted on Facebook by State Rep. Candice Keller (right) following the mass shooting in Dayton were 'shocking'.




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Dominic Raab urges a 'next level' trade relationship with Canada as he eyes post-Brexit deals

The Foreign Secretary said that the UK was at 'an important historic crossroads' as he sat down with Chrystia Freeland in Toronto at the start of a three-day trade offensive taking in the US.




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Donald Trump stomps on al-Baghdadi's grave in speech to police chiefs

Donald Trump stomped on the grave of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a speech to police chiefs in Chicago on Monday.  'He was a sick and depraved man, and now he's dead,' he said.




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Trump asks Turkey for 'friendly reporter' - prompting Graham to joke: 'There aren't any others left'

A Turkish reporter started off her question to Donald Trump by bashing Barack Obama and the president questioned whether the foreign journalist was actually employed by Turkey.




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Obama appears to hit out at radical plans proposed by Warren and Sanders

The former President made the remarks to a room full of wealthy donors at a Democracy Alliance meeting on Thursday night.




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Judges rule bankers turn over Trump's financial records and refuse to stay subpoena for Don McGahn

Capital One and Deutsche Bank must comply with a subpoena from the Intel and Financial Services committees, federal appeals judges ruled in New York. In D.C. there was a second blow.




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Barack Obama and Donald Trump TIE for 'most admired man' in 2019 in Gallup poll

Eighteen percent of the US adults quizzed nominated Donald Trump as the man 'living today in any part of the world' that they admired most, while Obama also received 18 percent.




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Trump lashes out at Obama for claiming he's responsible for creating decade of economic growth

President Donald Trump lashed out at former President Barack Obama for claiming that he's responsible for creating legislation that caused economic booms in both of their administrations.




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Eric Holder tells reporter to 'shut the hell up' about one of Andrew McCabe's federal prosecutors

Former Attorney General Eric Holder blasted a journalist on Wednesday after they commented on a federal prosecutors donations to Barack Obama. In a tweet, Holder said 'shut the hell up.'




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Rod Blagojevich says he's a 'Trumpocrat' and that he regrets endorsing Barack Obama

Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has come out as a 'Trumpocrat' and slammed his party, the Democrats, just days after his prison sentence was commuted by the president.




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Sadiq Khan brands Donald Trump a 'poster boy for racists'

The Mayor said it was 'remarkable' the President was 'amplifying a racist tweet'. It comes after Trump said Khan was a 'national disgrace destroying London'.




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London police accused of ignoring crime epidemic after PR stunt where BMW was dressed up for patrol

The flashy car, an eco-friendly hybrid BMW i8, patrolled the roads near the Met's headquarters yesterday as part of the police's efforts to prove it is obeying the city's new Ultra Low Emission Zone.




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Donald Trump slams Sadiq Khan AGAIN as he retweets post attacking London mayor's height

Strain has been heaped on the relationship between Washington and City Hall in recent months as both men publicly criticise each other's administrations.




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Sadiq Khan's former policing adviser defects to Liberal Democrats over knife crime in London

In a shock switch, Leroy Logan, a former police superintendent, said that he was quitting the Labour Party over the London Mayor's record.




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London mayor Sadiq Khan is berated by Labour members over support for 'Israeli Zionists'

Mr Khan was berated in the street after addressing the Jewish Labour Movement event at the party conference in Brighton on Monday night.




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Sadiq Khan accused of hypocrisy for doubling tube ads for gambling companies 

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been accused of hypocrisy after gambling ads on London Underground trains have doubled since a ban made on all junk food advertisements.




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Piers Morgan takes a swipe at Meghan Markle after beating her in leading Londoners poll

Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan could not hide his glee at placing 21st, just in front of Ms Markle's 22nd - giving the presenter one up over the Duchess, who he has at times been critical of.




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Man who scrapped disastrous 'stay put' advice at Grenfell is appointed London's new fire chief

Andy Roe revoked the 'stay put' policy within minutes of becoming incident commander at the blaze in west London which killed 72 people after residents were told to remain in their homes.




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Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan send support to injured and affected in Streatham terror attack

In a tweet Boris Johnson said his thoughts are with those who were injured in Streatham today. He is expected to return from Chequers to Downing Street this evening to respond to the attack.




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Coronavirus UK: Airport and Tube passenger numbers drop

Brian Woodhead, Customer Service Director of Transport for London, revealed there had been a two percent reduction in passenger numbers across TfL last week (pictured, commuters).




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Sadiq Khan branded 'irresponsible' for hosting London Mayor's Question Time

Sadiq Khan last night hosted People's Question Time at the Battersea Arts Centre in Wandsworth, southwest London, which has a capacity for some 640 people.




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May's local elections London could be POSTPONED from May until the autumn over coronavirus

The Election Commission said it was recommending the poll due to take place in five weeks' time should be delayed on health grounds.




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Coronavirus UK: May local elections postponed for a YEAR

It means thousands of councillors and elected mayors including London's Sadiq Khan - who called for the May 7 poll to go ahead as planned - will spend an extra 12 months in office.




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The lonely streets of London: Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly are among famous spots left empty

Some of London's biggest tourists spots have been left empty as stark aerial images reveal eerie shots of Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus sparsely populated because of the coronavirus.




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Sadiq Khan insists 'we're running maximum Tube service possible'

The Mayor of London claims 'too many people are not staying at home' and again insisted they could not run any more services as he admitted only around half of all trains are now running.




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Ten London public transport workers including EIGHT bus drivers have died of coronavirus

A total of 10 public transport workers in London have now died of coronavirus, Sadiq Khan has confirmed. He revealed more than 25,000 people are still working for Transport for London.




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18 Transport for London workers die from coronavirus as bus driver, 63, says she is 'frightened'

A south London bus driver is urging Transport for London and Sadiq Khan to put drivers' lives 'before profit' as the number of TfL workers dying with Covid-19 rise to 18 today. Lorraine, 63, said she is 'frightened'.




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Coronavirus UK: London transport network running out of cash

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said it would not accept 'unsafe directives being handed down on high' amid claims that rail services will be increased by May 11 or May 18.




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Johanna Konta seals French Open quarter-final spot with straight sets victory over Donna Vekic

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT ROLAND GARROS: Johanna Konta's metamorphosis into a dirt-balling clay court expert continued as she beat Croatia's Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-4 at the French Open.




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Softly spoken coach Dimitri Zavialoff is the secret of Jo Konta's success at the French Open

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: When Jo Konta was looking to revive her career last winter she teamed up with a coach who might be described as the tennis whisperer.