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California Editorial Rdp

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Dec. 12 The Press Democrat on Congress and the president needing to fix FEMA: The Federal Emergency Management Agency continues to mismanage disaster contracting, according to federal auditors. To paraphrase the Roman poet Juvenal, Quis procurabit [...]

Theresa May, Facing the End, Makes a Last-Ditch Appeal for Moderation

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LONDON — It was almost a relief, on Wednesday, to see Theresa May start yelling. The British prime minister’s voice was hoarse and her face was pale, and who could blame her? That morning, a right-wing faction in her own party had triggered [...]

Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in prison

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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing Wednesday in New York City | Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter */ [...]

Ex-Dallas City Council member replaces disgraced councilman

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DALLAS (AP) – A former Dallas City Council member will finish the term of a disgraced ex-councilman who resigned after pleading guilty to accepting bribes in a school buses scandal. Carolyn King Arnold on Tuesday defeated Keyaira (key-AR’-uh) [...]

Strasbourg Shooting Was Terrorism, France Says, as Police Search for Gunman

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Being flagged with an S file — the “S” stands for La Sûreté de l’État, or security of the state — does not mean that the person has been convicted of an offense or is even suspected of one. Instead, it is a way for French security [...]

Auto Industry Innovation Will Wipe out the Weak

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Auto industry innovation is attracting tens of billions of dollars in capital expenditures and top engineering talent as companies worldwide are competing to survive in a world of autonomous and electric vehicles. Traditional automobile giants [...]

2020 contenders scramble in advance of January campaign kickoff

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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg tours the Paulson Electric Company on Dec. 4. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, part of his multicity swing through the state. | Steve Pope/Getty Images 2020 Elections Democratic presidential prospects rush [...]

Nobel laureate returns to Iraq, pledges to work for peace

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BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraqi activist Nadia Murad met her country’s president in Baghdad on Wednesday after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy on behalf of victims of wartime sexual violence. Murad, a member of Iraq’s Yazidi [...]

China Says Detained Canadian Worked for Group That Was Not Legally Registered

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BEIJING — China said Wednesday that a former Canadian diplomat who has been detained in Beijing was employed by an organization that was “not registered in China legally,” citing a law passed in 2016 that has had a chilling effect [...]

What does it take to become Trump’s chief of staff? Jared and Ivanka’s approval.

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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, both advisers to President Donald Trump, tend to favor cosmopolitan political moderates over the kind of hard-core conservative activists who appeal to the president. | Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images white [...]