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Here’s what the Pentagon is getting in Trump’s colossal spending bill

Lance Cpl. Aneshea Yee | U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Marines during a graduation ceremony aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C. Defense Secretary James Mattis, who stood behind Trump during the presser, framed the bill as a needed measure to preserve the lethality of U.S. forces. “Today we …

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106 passengers stranded in Germany

LOIC VENANCE | AFP | Getty Images A TAP Air Portugal plane gets ready to land on November 23, 2017 in Nantes, western France. A Portuguese airline has apologized for keeping more than 100 passengers stranded at Stuttgart airport in southwestern Germany after one of its flights was canceled last-minute …

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China warns US it will defend own interests

Patrik Stalloarz | AFP | Getty Images China’s President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7, 2017. The United States has flouted trade rules with an inquiry into intellectual property …

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Zuckerberg takes steps to calm Facebook employees

For the past week, Mark Zuckerberg has grappled with a backlash from lawmakers, regulators and users over Facebook’s mishandling of data privacy. He has also had to face another restive group: his own employees. The Facebook chief executive has taken multiple steps over the past few days to communicate with …

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China will ‘come back hard’ on tariffs: Former Bush advisor Rutledge

SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images President of China, Xi Jinping. However, not only is there uncertainty surrounding Trump, Xi has basically been named “emperor of China” with his recent re-election as president and the removal of term limits on the office, Rutledge said Friday on “Power Lunch.” That …

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Where John Bolton stands on Iran nuke deal, North Korea, Russia

Getty Images President George W. Bush (R) and Ambassador to the UN John Bolton (L) meet in the Oval Office of the White House December 4, 2006 in Washington, DC. Bush accepted Bolton’s resignation as Ambassador to the United Nations when his term is up in January 2007. “The president …

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UK High Court grants Cambridge Analytica search warrant to ICO

Getty Images Signs for company Cambridge Analytica in the lobby of the building in which they are based on March 21, 2018 in London, England. A British High Court judge has granted an application by the country’s data protection watchdog for a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica’s London offices, the …

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Cambridge Analytica and its role in Kenya 2017 elections

Jack Taylor | Getty Images The U.K. headquarters of Cambridge Analytica on March 20, 2018, in London, England. Cambridge Analytica is in the midst of a dispute after an undercover sting operation caught senior executives boasting about psychological manipulation, entrapment techniques and fake news campaigns. The company’s CEO has been …

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Japanese regulator warns major cryptocurrency exchange for operating without a license, bitcoin falls

Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Zhao Changpeng, chief executive officer of Binance Japan’s Financial Services Agency issued a warning Friday to major cryptocurrency exchange Binance for operating without registration in the country. Hong Kong-based Binance was operating in Japan through the internet without a license for a virtual …

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US warship sails near disputed islands in South China Sea, officials say

U.S. Department of Defense | Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Myers The guided missile destroyer USS Mustin leads the guided missile cruiser USS Antietam, the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Fuyuzuki in a formation at the completion of the MultiSail 2018 …

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