Focus Washington November 2018

Philip Morris International Shares Sold by Asset Planning Services Inc. LA ADV

November 28, 2018 Focus Washington

Asset Planning Services Inc. LA ADV reduced its stake in shares of Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and […]

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U.S. Charges Six Russians for Alleged Online Ad Fraud

November 28, 2018 Focus Washington

The United States has charged six Russian nationals and two Kazakhs for an alleged online fraud involving fake advertising that caused companies to lose tens of millions of dollars, the Justice Department announced late on […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Tuesday Trivia – Animal Rights – Trump and Congress – Pets

November 27, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, November 27, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 38% (Gallup) to 49% (Rasmussen). Without these two […]

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Pentagon: No Active Shooter at Walter Reed Medical Center, Just a Drill

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

The Department of Defense said Tuesday afternoon that there was no active shooter at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and that reports of a shooter at the center were part of an exercise, CNN […]

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Walter Reed Military Hospital in Maryland on Lockdown, Reports of Active Shooter

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Walter Reed medical center in Bethesda, Maryland was put on lockdown Tuesday, with reports of an active shooter situation, Fox News reported. “I am currently at Walter Reed Medical in Bethesda where we’ve been told […]

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Alabama Police Offer Explanation for Shooting Wrong Man

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Alabama police say a black man mistaken for an active shooter during a mall shooting had “heightened the sense of threat” by drawing his own firearm after shots rang out, BBC writes. Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford […]

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Mueller: Manafort Has Lied to FBI, Special Counsel’s Office Since Plea Deal

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied to the FBI and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office “on a variety of subject matters” since his plea deal earlier this year, thereby violating the agreement, Mueller said […]

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French Senate Official Arrested Over Alleged Spying for North Korea

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

A senior French civil servant has been arrested on suspicion of spying for North Korea, a judicial source in Paris has told Agence France-Presse. Benoit Quennedey, the president of the Franco-Korean Friendship Association who has […]

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Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Inaugurate New Pipeline

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

As part of efforts to enhance Saudi-Bahraini cooperation, Bahrain’s King Hamad and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inaugurated on Monday a new pipeline, to be managed between Saudi Aramco and Bahrain’s Bapco, Arab […]

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Google Joins Groups Demanding Refunds of Contributions to Cindy Hyde-Smith Campaign

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Internet company Google is the latest big-name corporation to seek a return of donations to Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., hours ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election, Fox News informed. A Google spokeswoman confirmed to Politico and other news […]

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FP: Putin Pushes Russia-Ukraine Tensions to a Four-Year High

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Russia’s violent escalation of tensions with Ukraine over access to waters near the Crimean peninsula is potentially the most serious challenge to Kiev and the West, especially Washington since Russia annexed Crimea more than four […]

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Conservative Writer Jerome Corsi Rejects Potential Mueller Plea Deal

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Conservative author Jerome Corsi stated on Monday he plans to reject a potential deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller to plead guilty to perjury, Fox News informed. Corsi detailed his plans in an email to […]

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Philip Morris International Shares Sold by Wellington Shields & Co. LLC

November 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Wellington Shields & Co. LLC cut its stake in Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) by 47.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Mississippi – Reaction to House Elections – Climate Change

November 26, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, November 26, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Down 1 from Nov. 16 RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 39% (CBS) to 51% (Rasmussen). Without […]

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Trump Blasts CNN, Suggests State Run Worldwide Network

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday stated in a tweet that the federal government should start its own television network. Trump remarks come shortly after he voiced frustrations with the way CNN has covered his […]

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Democrat who Opposed Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker Could Choose Her After All

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Another Democratic lawmaker who vowed not to support Nancy Pelosi for House speaker is softening his position, Fox News informed. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., was one of the 16 incumbent and incoming House Democrats who signed onto a […]

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Plunge in Clinton Foundation Donations Fuels GOP Scrutiny amid DOJ Probe

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Newly released tax documents showing a plunge in Clinton Foundation donations after Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential election defeat have fueled long-standing Republican allegations of possible “pay-to-play” transactions at the organization, amid a Justice Department probe […]

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The Hill: 2019 Is Shaping Up to be the Year of North Korea

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Here’s a sentence I never thought I would put in print: These days, it’s good to be Kim Jong Un, author Harry J. Kazianis writes in an opinion piece for The Hill. The North Korean […]

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Cyber Monday to Test Capabilities of Retailers’ Websites

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. shoppers who missed out on deals this past Black Friday are expected to flock to online sites Cyber Monday, testing the limits for some retailers that have been investing heavily on their e-commerce operations […]

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Iran’s Top Airline Stays Busy Despite U.S. Sanctions

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

On October 29, one week before the U.S. imposed sweeping economic sanctions against Iran, flag carrier Iran Air dispatched 11 international flights. Two weeks later, a U.S. ban on the airline firmly in place, it […]

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Border Patrol Agents Fire Tear Gas at Migrants at U.S.-Mexico Frontier

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Border Patrol agents fired tear gas to repel rock-throwing migrants who tried to storm through a border fence separating California and Mexico on Sunday, the New York Post informs. Some of the migrants, part of […]

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Saudi Arabia Oil Pumping at Record High

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Saudi Arabia raised oil production to an all-time high in November, an industry source said on Monday, as President Donald Trump piled pressure on the kingdom to refrain from production cuts at an OPEC meeting […]

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Russia Reopens Kerch Strait After Standoff with Ukraine

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Russia reopened the Kerch Strait near Crimea to shipping in the early hours of Monday morning after firing on and seizing three Ukrainian naval ships a day earlier, Reuters reported. Russian FSB security service said […]

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Phillip Morris Launches Smoking and Vaping Alternative

November 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Philip Morris International has launched the most advanced version of its innovative, smoke-free product, IQOS in South Africa. The new IQOS 3 and IQOS 3 MULTI have a better design and functionally, offering adult smokers […]

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Gowdy Suggests Videotaping Comey Testimony to Prevent Selective Leaks

November 25, 2018 Focus Washington

House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said Sunday that lawmakers should videotape the closed-door testimony of James Comey as a way to ease the former FBI director’s concern that his remarks would be selectively leaked […]

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Trump Says Migrants Will Stay in Mexico Until Asylum Requests are Individually Processed

November 25, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Saturday stated that migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. will be forced to stay in Mexico until their requests are individually processed. However, an incoming Mexican government official claimed his country […]

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Papadopoulos Request for Delaying Jail Sentence Rejected by Federal Judge

November 25, 2018 Focus Washington

George Papadopoulos request for his prison term to be postponed was rejected by a federal judge on Sunday. According to Politico, U.S. District Court Judge Randy Moss ruled that the former adviser of President Donald […]

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ABB, Siemens’s CEOs to Attend ;In-Kingdom Total Value Add Conference; in Saudi Arabia

November 25, 2018 Focus Washington

ABB and Siemens’s CEOs are traveling to Saudi Arabia to attend a supplier conference, just weeks after they pulled out of an investment event in the country following the death of a journalist. According to […]

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Democrats Push Bill for More Icebreakers to Counter Russia

November 25, 2018 Focus Washington

Democrats are pushing to provide funding for Coast Guard icebreaker ships and include it in a bill that must be completed by Dec. 7 to avoid a partial government shutdown, Russia Business Today reports. Still, the […]

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First Two F-35A Deployable Cabins Delivered by Lockheed Martin and Varley

November 23, 2018 Focus Washington

Australia’s Department of Defence has formally accepted the first two deployable cabins for the ADF’s F-35A fleet from Lockheed Martin Australia and the Newcastle-based fabrication experts Varley Group, Manufacturers Monthly informed. Fifteen of the cabins […]

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