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Ted Cruz and Andrew Yang will suit up in 4-on-4 basketball game for charity

Ted Cruz challenged Andrew Yang to a basketball game as the 2020 Democratic candidate prepares take stage for the third round of primary debates in Houston, Texas.




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Donald Trump walks away from 'elitist' indexing capital gains to inflation

Purchasing a home for $200K in 1999 and selling it today for $600K would result in a capital gain of $400K; under current law $150K of that is taxable, even though $108K of that is solely due to inflation.




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Ted Cruz says Donald Trump's call for China to probe the Bidens was 'NOT' appropriate

Cruz was asked on CBS Face the Nation if Trump should have said China should probe the Biden and said: 'It's not the business of foreign countries to be interfering in our elections.'




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Senator Ted Cruz says President Donald Trump's impeachment trial could last as long as EIGHT weeks

Cruz joins Senator Lindsey Graham in saying that if the Senate votes to call witnesses, reciprocity rules should apply. That means a witness from the defense is matched for every one from the prosecution.




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Doctor at top New York hospital 'self-isolates' over coronavirus fears

NYU Langone ob/gyn Dr. Alan Berger has self-isolated,. the hospital said. The Englewood, New Jersey, doctor is an ally of Ted Cruz, who is also in quarantine after exposure at CPAC.




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Ted Cruz announces he will self-quarantine after shaking hands with coronavirus victim

Ted Cruz has announced he will self-quarantine after he shook hands with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus at the Conservative Political Action Conference 10 days ago.




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Donald Trump loyalist Doug Collins is in self-quarantine and shook hands with president

Georgia rep Doug Collins went to CPAC on Feb. 27 and met the mystery patient zero, he said. He then shook hands with Trump and went to the CDC's Atlanta headquarters last week.




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Barack Obama tweets op-ed by members of his administration criticizing Trump

Former President Barack Obama has seemingly signaled he agrees with 149 of his former African American staffers who have denounced President Donald Trump's 'racism' in an op-ed on Friday.




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Far-right provocateur who was banned from Twitter will run for Congress in Mar-a-Lago district

Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and conspiracy theorist, announced she is launching a congressional bid to become a U.S. representative in the district just north of Miami, Florida.




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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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Donald Trump lashes out at Barack Obama for condemning leaders who 'normalize racist sentiments'

Donald Trump struck back at Barack Obama's condemnation of rhetoric he's used, arguing he's the 'least racist person,' and used an edited quote from a 'Fox & Friends' host to back up his point.  




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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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Barack Obama lost Will Smith film on Richard Williams but signed Denzel Washington to Netflix deal

In Barack Obama's role as a Netflix producer alongside wife Michelle, the former commander-in-chief has successfully landed one major film but failed to win the rights to an even bigger one.




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Democratic presidential wannabes descend on Iowa State Fair for make or break moment

Iowa State Fair has a long history of photo-ops: Donald Trump arriving in a helicopter; Hillary Clinton and a cow; Barack Obama riding bumper cars with Sasha and candidates like Joe Biden politicking.




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Trump says Russia should rejoin G7, claims Putin was booted because he 'outsmarted' Obama

Donald Trump said on the eve of the annual Group of Seven summit that it would be 'appropriate' for Russia to retake its seat at the table with the world's most advanced economies.




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Trump says he wants Russia to rejoin the G7 for 'world peace' and claimsObama 'outsmarted' by Putin

Donald Trump says that Russia should be allowed to rejoin the Group of Seven, even though the nation refused to leave Crimea, so he's able to speak to Vladimir Putin  more directly.




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Trump boasts Israeli Jews love him like 'the second coming of God' as he quotes conspiracy theorist

President Donald Trump on Monday quoted conservative radio host Wayne Allen Root, who has backed numerous conspiracy theories, as saying Israeli Jews revere him like 'the King of Israel.'




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White House tries to walk back Trump's call for Russia to rejoin the G7

The White House on Thursday attempted to scale back Donald Trump's claims that he wants Russia back in the G7 after European leaders said Vladimir Putin is not welcome until he relinquished the Crimean Peninsula.




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Joe Biden shocks New Hampshire crowd by asked them to imagine 'if Obama had been assassinated'

The stark declaration came as part of a meandering discussion at the closing of a town hall meeting on the campus of Dartmouth College, which also featured mentions of school shootings.




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Barack Obama launches new effort to take on 'partisan gerrymandering'

Barack Obama announced a new initiative to help Democrats win in the redistricting process that will begin after the 2020 census, teaming up with his former Attorney General Eric Holder.




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Lindsey Graham: I 'absolutely' want to grill Obama about what he knew on origins of Russia probe

Lindsey Graham wants Barack Obama to give congressional testimony and finally face questions on why his administration didn't inform Trump his 2016 campaign was likely being infiltrated by Russia.




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Inside the Okura Tokyo where Barack Obama and John Lennon have stayed after its £800million revamp 

The original Okura Tokyo opened in 1962 and welcomed all manner of famous faces over the years, including Steve Jobs and Margaret Thatcher too.




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Obama praises Greta Thunberg as 'one of planet's greatest advocates' during meeting in Washington

'With full knowledge that her generation will bear the heaviest burden of climate change, she's unafraid to believe that progress is possible - and fight for real change,' Obama wrote of Thunberg.




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Donald Trump says HE would have a Nobel Peace Prize 'if they gave it out fairly'

Donald Trump on Monday knocked Barack Obama for receiving the Noble Peace Prize and said he would have one of his own 'if they gave it out fairly.'




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Democratic donor Ed Buck will be held behind bars during his trial

At a pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles on Thursday, prosecutors demanded Buck be held behind bars for the duration of the trial, a request which was not challenged by the 65-year-old's attorney.




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WH aide slams whistle-blower's letter as he accuses its author of being a 'deep state operative'

Donald Trump's Senior Advisor Stephen Miller compared the Ukrainian saga to a 'little Nancy Drew novel.' Miller told Fox News Sunday that Trump is the real 'whistle-blower.'




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Why Barack Obama refused to endorse Joe Biden is revealed in new book

The 'bromance' between Barack Obama and Joe Biden dissipated in the post-White House years, according to an upcoming book Barack and Joe: The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership.




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Ex-AG Eric Holder says Bill Barr will 'pay a price' and sacrifice credibility in misconduct probe

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, 68, who served during Barack Obama's presidency, said the current one, Barr, risked 'paying a price' and sacrificing his credibility on Tuesday.




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Twitter users go wild over hero dog's 'hunky' handler on GMB

GMB viewers have gone wild over Agent Marshall Mirarchi, from Washington - the handler of ex-secret service dog, Hurricane, who is set to receive the Order of Merit from the PDSA.




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'What is he smoking?' Susan Rice says Kurds' blood is going to be on Donald Trump's hands

'The Kurds were the pointy end of the spear who fought ISIS on our behalf,' Rice said. 'They bled and died ... and we just threw them under the bus in 24 hours.'




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MICHAEL BURLEIGH: Bashar Al Assad - the tyrant who drowned his nation in blood

MICHAEL BURLEIGH: Back in 2012, Barack Obama was unequivocal. He warned that if Bashar Al Assad used chemical weapons on his own people there would be untold consequences.




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Former New Jersey governor Christine Whitman tweets 'Hitler has nothing on Trump'

The comment, posted to Twitter by Christine Whitman on Monday, appeared to be deleted and replaced by a tweet which described the fake video as 'the stuff of dictators'.




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Auto shop sparks outrage with Halloween display Trump scarecrow holding Obama's severed head by rope

Michigan auto shop owner Dave Huff removed the rope and Obama mask Friday and added 'PC-POLICE' tape to the scarecrow with President Donald Trump's mask following the backlash.




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Obama tears into woke culture and purity tests: Former president says 'good people have flaws'

Barack was joined by his wife Michelle on Tuesday at their annual Obama Foundation summit in Chicago, where the former first lady also said: 'I can't make people not afraid of black people.'




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Donald Trump Jr says Twitter and Instagram are 'shadow banning' him and other conservatives

'Twitter and Instagram are removing more and more of my posts from people's timeline,' Donald Trump Jr writes in Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us.




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Donald Trump Jr claims his father can't be racist because he let him hang out with Michael Jackson

Donald Trump Jr's new book touches on his relationship with Michael Jackson while hitting out at his father's rivals, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (inset). Don Jr and his father are seen above.




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Donald Trump Jr. jokes that Mitt Romney is 'my favorite Democrat,' WON'T rule out running for office

Romney, a first-term U.S. senator from Utah, was the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2012. He lost to Barack Obama in a race that President Donald Trump called 'winnable.'




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Yara Shahidi shows some leg in colorful floral number at Glamour Women of the Year Awards

The Grown-ish star recently discussed woke culture and social media activism during a conversation with former president Barack Obama at his Obama Foundation Summit.




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Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick WILL run for 2020 Democratic nomination

Patrick, 63, a close friend and ally of Barack Obama, ruled out a presidential bid earlier this year. His move threatens to upend the already 18-strong field, with Biden and Warren among the frontrunners.




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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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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: Stop bashing Baby Boomers like me. We gave the world so much, OK? 

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The generation now disparaged for not being woke fought for and welcomed: the legalisation of homosexuality and the 1965 Race Relations Act.




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Bernie Sanders hits back at Barack Obama insisting he is 'not tearing down the system'

Obama made the comments in a room full of Democratic donors in Washington on Friday. Sanders responded by saying that his healthcare goals shouldn't be seen as 'tearing down the system'.




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Public servant dubbed 'Muslim spy' by alt right sites was wrongly demoted

Sahar Nowrouzzadeh (pictured), who had worked on the Iran nuclear deal under Barack Obama, was demoted in April 2017 shortly after Trump took office as US President.




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Houston woman who mailed explosives to Barack Obama and Texas governor jailed for 10 years

Julia Ann Poff pleaded guilty in Houston federal court in July to transporting homemade explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate. She was jailed for 10 years yesterday.




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Obama aides left notes in White House offices for Trump staff reading 'You will fail'

We came into the White House-I'll tell you something, every office was filled with Obama books. And we had notes left behind that said "You will fail," "You aren't going to make it",' Grisham said.




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Donald Trump claims Marie Yovanovitch 'didn't want to hang my picture in the embassy'

Former Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday denied Donald Trump's claim that she refused to hang his picture in the U.S. Embassy in Kiev. 




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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg plans to spend $34 million in just ONE week on anti-Trump ads

The ad campaign is slated to run nearly nationwide beginning on Monday, and comes one day after Bloomberg filed paperwork creating a presidential campaign committee.




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Adam Schiff claims Republicans would vote to impeach Barack Obama 'with a fraction of the evidence'

Adam Schiff said Sunday that the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump isn't a partisan issue as he bashes Republicans for putting party ahead of country.




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Barack Obama warned in private conversations that Joe Biden 'doesn't have it'

Barack Obama has privately indicated he doesn't have faith his former vice president could win the Democratic nomination in 2020, Politico reported.




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What a decade it's been! Reuters' best images show joyous occasions and those that shocked us

From Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding to President Barack Obama watching the death of Osama bin Laden in the situation room, the Reuters pictures capture moments which still move us today.