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Elon Musk Loses $5.9 Billion

February 6, 2020 Focus Washington

Elon Musk’s fortune is coming back down to Earth, since after an epic six-day rally, Tesla shares tumbled 17% Wednesday, the most in eight years, cutting the chief executive officer’s fortune by $5.9 billion, Bloomberg […]

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Biden Says Trump Awarding Limbaugh Medal of Freedom is to Maintain ‘Right-Wing Credentials’

February 5, 2020 Focus Washington

Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump for giving conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday, saying it was done so Trump can keep his “right-wing political […]

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Schumer: ‘Giant Asterisk Next to Trump’s Acquittal’

February 5, 2020 Focus Washington

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said that President Donald Trump’s exoneration on two articles of impeachment is “virtually valueless” because Republicans blocked new witnesses from the Senate trial. “Now that our Republican colleagues have rejected […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Everybody Who Touched Impeachment – New Hampshire Update

February 5, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, February 5, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 46%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 42% (Reuters) to 49% (Gallup). Without these extremes, […]

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Buttigieg Claims Early Victory – Again

February 5, 2020 Focus Washington

Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg is claiming early victory for the second time following the release of partial results of the Democratic Caucus in Iowa on Tuesday night. Buttigieg raised eyebrows by claiming victory on Monday […]

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Trump Dismisses Collins Remarks That Impeachment Was a Lesson

February 5, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump allegedly dismissed Republican Sen. Susan Collins’s remark that impeachment had been a lesson for him just a day prior to his expected acquittal. Asked about Collins’s comment during a private lunch with news […]

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Bloomberg Wins First Gubernatorial Endorsement

February 5, 2020 Focus Washington

White House hopeful Michael Bloomberg has snatched his first gubernatorial endorsement announcing on Wednesday that the governor of Rhode Island will support his bid for the Democratic nomination. The campaign of New York City mayor […]

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UK Ministry of Defense to Publish Secret Files on UFOs

February 5, 2020 Focus Washington

For the first time ever, the U.K. will soon publish its UFO sightings and investigations online for all to see. Reports of these other-worldly sightings have been collected by a department in the U.K.’s Ministry […]

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Musk Plans on Opening Tesla Gigafactory in Texas

February 5, 2020 Focus Washington

Tesla CEO Elon Musk put out the possibility of a Tesla “gigafactory” production facility in Texas this week. Musk polled Twitter users with a two-word question: “Giga Texas?” and has received hundreds of thousands of […]

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SpaceX Might IPO Starlink

February 5, 2020 Focus Washington

Although billionaire and tech giant Elon Musk may never make SpaceX a public company, he is considering IPO’ing one of SpaceX’s most profitable subsidiaries, Starlink. “Right now, we are a private company, but Starlink is […]

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Pence Slams Pelosi for Tearing Trump’s Speech, Calls it a ‘New Low’

February 5, 2020 Focus Washington

Mike Pence slammed Nancy Pelosi after she took a copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and tore it apart following his speech on Tuesday evening. The vice president appeared on “Fox & Friends”, where he said […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Iowa, Oh Iowa – New Hampshire Polls: Sanders Ahead

February 4, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, February 4, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 46%Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 43% (CBS) to 49% (Gallup). Without these […]

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China Slams U.S. of Causing Panic Instead of Offering Aid

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

With coronavirus cases in the U.S. on the rise, the government’s response has also been increasing which prompted condemnation from China that America is sparking panic instead of offering aid. According to Newsweek, on Sunday, […]

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Saudi Arabia Blocks Iran From Islamic Grouping’s Meeting

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

Saudi Arabia has barred an Iranian delegation from an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Jeddah on Monday where U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan will be discussed, the Iranian foreign ministry […]

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WSJ: Iowa Caucus Results Delayed by Counting Problems

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

An election debacle unfolded Monday night as the Iowa Democratic Party failed to release the results of the state’s presidential caucuses, saying it had found “inconsistencies in the reporting” as the nation awaited the outcome […]

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Sanders Pledges to Do ‘Very, Very Well’ in Iowa Caucuses

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders made a pledge to his supporters that he would do “very, very well” when the results of the Iowa caucuses finally come in — whenever that may be, The Hill reports. […]

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Trump Goes Head to Head With Congress in Big Speech

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

With the impeachment drive against him ebbing, President Donald Trump will face his Democratic accusers on Tuesday night at a State of the Union speech where he is expected to push his case for another […]

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Buttigieg Says Iowa ‘Shocked The Nation’ in Latest Speech

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is running for president as a candidate of the Democratic party, is claiming that Iowa “had shocked the nation” in a caucus night address which resembled a victory speech regardless of […]

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Hong Kong Records First Virus Death

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

Hong Kong reported its first death from the newly identified coronavirus on Tuesday, the second outside mainland China from an outbreak that has killed more than 420 people, spread around the world and raised fears […]

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Key to Aramco’s Calm January Lies in Hands of Saudi Stock Owners

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

January delivered a hefty slice of volatility for oil and global energy stocks as the spreading coronavirus shocked investors. But in Riyadh, shares in Saudi Aramco followed a different narrative in their first full month […]

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Oil Prices Slide Into Bear Market Following Coronavirus Concern

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

Oil prices slid into bear-market territory on Monday, highlighting investors’ growing concern that China’s deadly coronavirus will hurt the global economy by reducing demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel in an already well-supplied market, […]

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Turkey Launches Strikes on Syria

February 4, 2020 Focus Washington

Turkey launched ground and air attacks on Syrian troops after eight of its military personnel were killed in Syrian shelling in the north of the war-torn country, jeopardizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s fragile security […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Iowa, Oh Iowa – Delegate Rollout – New Hampshire, South Carolina, Washington State

February 3, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, February 3, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 41% (Reuters) to 50% (Rasmussen). Without these extremes, […]

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Ken Bone Announced Support for Andrew Yang: ‘Yang Gang All The Way’

February 3, 2020 Focus Washington

A man whose question at a 2016 presidential debate made him go viral is announcing his endorsement for presidential candidate Andrew Yang in the 2020 Democratic primary. Ken Bone posted a video to Twitter the […]

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Trump Deletes ‘Great State of Kansas’ Tweet, Faces Backlash

February 3, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump posted and then deleted a tweet in which he congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs and the representation of the “Great State of Kansas” following the team’s victory at the Super Bowl in […]

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China Counts Economic Cost of Virus

February 3, 2020 Focus Washington

The economic and diplomatic costs of China’s coronavirus epidemic mounted on Monday with investors knocking $400 billion off the value of stocks and the government accusing the United States of over-reacting to the outbreak and […]

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Huawei, Chinese Chip Makers Keep Factories Humming Despite Virus Outbreak

February 3, 2020 Focus Washington

Some technology firms in China have maintained operations to manufacture parts and products despite government calls in various cities and provinces for companies to halt work to help stop the spread of a new coronavirus, […]

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British Authorities to Toughen Terrorism Rules After London Attack

February 3, 2020 Focus Washington

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out tougher rules on releasing people convicted of terrorism offenses after an Islamist attacker injured two people in a stabbing spree days after he was set free halfway […]

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After Clashing With NPR, Pompeo Defends Press Freedom Abroad

February 3, 2020 Focus Washington

For the past four days, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been calling for authoritarian governments in eastern Europe and Central Asia to ease restrictions on press freedom despite criticism for his own treatment of […]

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Al-Qaeda Claims December Shooting at Florida Naval Base

February 3, 2020 Focus Washington

An audio recording purporting to be from the Islamist militant group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility on Sunday for a fatal shooting in December at a U.S. naval base in Pensacola, […]

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