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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: New Polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, North Carolina

October 14, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, October 14, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Up 1 from Friday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 41% (Reuters, Politico) to 49% (Rasmussen). Without […]

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Trump Sees ‘Consensus’ on Imposing New Sanctions on Turkey

October 14, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Sunday said Washington has the support needed in order to slap new sanctions against Turkey over its swift incursion into northern Syria, Fox News informed. Although the President did not provide […]

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Bernie Sanders Blasts Elizabeth Warren Calling her ‘Capitalist’

October 14, 2019 Focus Washington

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders – the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist whose standing in the 2020 primary has become threatened by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s surge in the Democratic primary with progressive voters – is seeking to […]

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Apple told Apple TV+ Creators to Avoid Portraying China in a ‘Poor Light’

October 14, 2019 Focus Washington

As Apple faces pushback over its decision to remove a Hong Kong protest tracking app from the App Store, a new report from BuzzFeed News says that Apple’s efforts also extend to Apple TV+. According […]

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Syrian Troops Enter Kurdish Fight against Turkish Forces

October 14, 2019 Focus Washington

Syrian troops have begun sweeping into Kurdish-held territory on a collision course with Turkish forces and their allies, a day after the beleaguered Kurds agreed to hand over key cities to Damascus in exchange for […]

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DB: The Three Keys to Trump’s Coming Coup

October 14, 2019 Focus Washington

The endgame came clear this week, and let’s not kid ourselves. If they can get away with it, Donald Trump and the Republican Party are going to stage a coup to nullify the Constitution and […]

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Riyadh Denies Involvement in Iran Tanker Attack

October 14, 2019 Focus Washington

Saudi Arabia said it had no involvement in Friday’s attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea that caused a spike of more than 2% in crude prices, Bloomberg reported. “We don’t engage […]

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Khamenei Wants Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to Develop Advanced Weapons

October 14, 2019 Focus Washington

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards on Sunday to develop more advanced and modern weapons, amid increasingly tense disputes with the United States and Gulf Arab states, Reuters reported. Tensions in […]

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Brexit Deal Still Possible, UK’s Johnson Claims

October 13, 2019 Focus Washington

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his cabinet on Sunday a last-minute Brexit deal was still possible but there was significant work to be done to reach one, as intensive talks with the European Union […]

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Hunter Biden Disputes Trump Attacks of His Work

October 13, 2019 Focus Washington

Hunter Biden, the son of former U.S. vice president Joe Biden, for the first time on Sunday defended his work in Ukraine and China, after sustained criticism from President Donald Trump that has embroiled the […]

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Russia Says U.S. is Using Financial Levers to Undermine UN’s Work

October 13, 2019 Focus Washington

Washington is trying to stonewall the United Nations’ work not only by creating visa hurdles for delegations’ members but also by ignoring its commitments on contributions to the organization’s budget, the Russian Foreign Ministry said […]

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Trump Defends his Syria Decision

October 13, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on late Saturday explained his decision to remove U.S. forces from northern Syria ahead of a Turkish military operation, saying “it’s time” to bring the troops home. “We have to bring our […]

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Trump Confirms Guiliani Stays as his Lawyer

October 13, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Saturday confirmed that Rudy Giuliani will stay as his lawyer. The comments come after rumors appeared in Washington that the President dropped Giuliani over a federal investigation into his activities. Trump […]

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Delta Airlines with All-Women Crew Takes 120 Girls to NASA Headquarters

October 12, 2019 Focus Washington

A plane flown by women recently transported 120 girls to NASA headquarters as part of the International Girls in Aviation Day, meant to inspire females into going to science and engineering. According to CNN, the […]

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Trump says White House Will Take a Look into Case of Green Beret Charged with Murder of Afghan BombMaker

October 12, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Saturday stated that the White House was reviewing the case of a Green Beret who has been charged with murder in the death of an alleged Afghan bomb-maker. “The case of […]

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Kamala Harris to Donald Trump Jr.: ‘You Wouldn’t Know a Joke if One Raised You’

October 12, 2019 Focus Washington

Democratic Senator Kamala Harris roasted Donald Trump Jr. late Friday after the president’s son in a tweet made fun of her laughing at her own joke, The Hill reports. “You wouldn’t know a joke if […]

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Elon Musk: NASA Can Share SpaceX’s IP With Literally Anybody, ‘No Charge’

October 12, 2019 Focus Washington

During a press conference with NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk publicly stated that the agency can share SpaceX’s intellectual property with whomever it wants. Bridenstine and Musk met at SpaceX […]

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U.S. Special Forces in Syria Under Artillery Fire by Turkish Army

October 12, 2019 Focus Washington

U.S. Special Forces troops that are still stationed in Syria were under artillery fire from Turkey late Friday as the country began an offensive against Kurdish armed groups. “U.S. troops in the vicinity of Kobani […]

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White House Again by Mistake Sends Ukraine Talking Points to Democrats

October 11, 2019 Focus Washington

The White House by mistake sent Democrats a list of talking points related to ex-Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s Friday House deposition. This is the second time in a month that the White House sent its […]

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Trump Accuses Pelosi of ‘Hating’ US over Impeachment Process

October 11, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump said during a campaign rally in Louisiana Friday that Speaker Nancy Pelosi “hates the United States of America” because of her impeachment inquiry against him. “I used to think she loved the […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Dems Less Likely to Vote For Sanders Because of Health – Trump, Warren Lead Trump by 10 – Biden Tops Warren

October 11, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, October 11, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 41% (Politico, Reuters) to 47% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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Traders, Vessel Operators Reject Venezuelan Oil

October 11, 2019 Focus Washington

According to Reuters, more vessel operators and energy firms are shunning Venezuelan oil and the tankers that have carried it, according to brokers and traders familiar with the matter. Unipec, the trading arm of China’s […]

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China Trade Talks Restart as Washington Explores Escalation Options

October 11, 2019 Focus Washington

American and Chinese officials met for the 13th round of trade negotiations on Thursday amid growing expectations of a limited deal that could ease tensions and address some of President Donald Trump’s concerns about China’s […]

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Trump’s New National Security Adviser Plans to Return NSC to Traditional Coordinating Role

October 11, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, said on Thursday he plans to reduce the size of the National Security Council by about a third in coming months and limit the NSC’s role […]

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Turkey Opens Ground Assault on Syria’s Kurds

October 11, 2019 Focus Washington

Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war, Reuters […]

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Taiwan Rejects China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Offer

October 11, 2019 Focus Washington

Taiwan’s president rejected on Thursday a “one country, two systems” formula that Beijing has suggested could be used to unify the island and the mainland, saying such an arrangement had set Hong Kong “on the […]

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Former Ukraine Envoy to Testify in Trump Impeachment Probe

October 11, 2019 Focus Washington

The White House’s promise to stonewall a congressional impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump will get an early test on Friday, when the former ambassador to Ukraine is scheduled to testify to House of Representatives […]

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

October 11, 2019 Focus Washington

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts with Eritrea, Reuters reported. Ethiopia and Eritrea, longtime foes who fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, […]

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Trump Distances from Arrested Giuliani Associates

October 10, 2019 Focus Washington

Two associates of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudi Giuliani have been arrested on campaign finance charges. On Thursday, Trump claimed that he does not know them even though he said that he might have […]

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Apple Removes App Used to Track Hong Kong Police, CEO Defends Move

October 10, 2019 Focus Washington

Tensions in Hong Kong continue to rise as the protesters that are apple users have lost an app that tracks police movements after the tech giant received criticism by a Chinese newspaper. Apple’s Chief Executive […]

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