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• 1 in 3 GOPers think Trump did something illegal. But ... January 24, 2020 3:08 am
  One in three Republican voters (32%) in a new Pew national poll say that Donald Trump "probably" or "definitely" did something illegal either while running for president or during his first three years in office.
• What happened when Democrat played a clip of Graham in 1999 January 23, 2020 10:07 pm
  Impeachment manager Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) plays a clip of Lindsey Graham (R-SC) from 1999 during the impeachment trial of President Trump.
• More impeachment trial scenes Senate TV cameras won't show January 23, 2020 1:26 am
  Press access to the Senate chamber for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump remains severely restricted, and the only television coverage is through cameras controlled by the Senate itself.
• Warren on Biden's role in impeachment trial: 'I don't think of this in terms of the politics' January 24, 2020 2:48 am
  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Thursday she was not thinking "in terms of the politics" when asked if she was worried discussions of former Vice President Joe Biden in the ongoing impeachment trial were strengthening Biden's presidential bid.
• The GOP's defense of Trump that could shorten the trial becomes a rallying cry January 24, 2020 2:31 am
  A growing number of Republicans are pointing to President Donald Trump's threat to invoke executive privilege in order to make their case against subpoenas sought by Democrats for key witnesses and documents, a development that could bolster Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's goal of a swift end to the impeachment trial.
• Opinion: Trump's lawyers are poised to demolish the Democrats' case January 24, 2020 3:56 am
  A clear constitutional showdown is unfolding in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. House managers continue to curate a narrative in support of their articles of impeachment -- abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. And despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desire for impeachment to be "overwhelming and bipartisan," the Senate trial continues to be anything but.
• GOP senator attacks National Security Council aide who testified in House probe January 24, 2020 3:52 am
  Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn spent hours attacking Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key National Security Council aide who testified before Congress on the Ukraine scandal, on Twitter Thursday, including questioning the Purple Heart recipient's patriotism.
• In building a case that Trump abused power, Schiff ends second day of arguments warning senators of damage the President could still inflict
• Analysis: Democrats use the best witness they have -- Trump January 24, 2020 2:57 am
  Can't get a new witness? Call Donald J. Trump.
• Watch: What GOP senators think about evidence against Trump January 23, 2020 10:25 pm
  CNN's Manu Raju asks Republican senators about the evidence Democrats have presented against President Trump at his impeachment trial.
• The trial: Managers to focus on President's abuse of power January 24, 2020 3:33 am
  It's day two for House Democrats to convince senators that President Donald Trump should be removed from office — and a test for senators who seem to be growing more restless by the hour as the impeachment trial drags on.
• Opinion roundup: Schiff brilliantly crushes Trump defense January 23, 2020 11:35 pm
  CNN Opinion is curating commentators' smartest takes on the second day of President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial. The views expressed below are their own.
• Anderson Cooper: Legal expert asked if Trump will testify January 24, 2020 12:53 am
  CNN legal analyst Laura Coates takes impeachment questions as Democrats reach their halfway point in their case against President Trump. Watch "Full Circle" live weeknights at 6:30 p.m. ET.
• GOP reacts: Republicans call case against Trump repetitive January 24, 2020 3:00 am
  House Democrats haven't yet finished outlining their case to remove President Donald Trump from office, but many Senate Republicans are dismissing the arguments as nothing "new," while others are saying the impeachment managers have become repetitive in their presentation or that they don't believe their arguments have changed any minds so far.
• Adam Schiff: You gotta give Trump credit for this January 23, 2020 9:42 pm
  Impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said, "Well you gotta give Donald Trump credit for this," when referencing a statement from Russian President Vladimir Putin on meddling in the US election.
• Fox News: Instead of airing the Senate impeachment trial, Fox fed viewers pro-Trump opinion in prime time January 23, 2020 9:36 pm
  Executives at Fox News shielded the channel's audience on Wednesday night from the impeachment trial proceedings playing out in the United States Senate, instead choosing to air its regular bloc of opinion programming which is strongly supportive of President Donald Trump.
• Former 'Bachelorette' contestant dead at 29 January 24, 2020 2:30 am
  Tyler Gwozdz, a former contestant on "The Bachelorette," has died at the age of 29, the show's producers said Thursday.
• US declines UK request to extradite American accused in teen's death January 24, 2020 3:50 am
  The United States has declined the United Kingdom's request to extradite American citizen Anne Sacoolas, the wife of an American diplomat, who was charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of a British teenager last August.
• Trump now says he's open to entitlement cuts, including Medicare January 23, 2020 10:34 pm
  President Donald Trump signaled this week that he's open to cutting federal entitlements to reduce the federal deficit, despite previously campaigning on protecting Medicare and Social Security.
• Man finds $27K on side of road, then did this ... January 23, 2020 11:40 pm
  A Michigan man found $27,000 dollars in a case on the side of the road and chose to return it to a Westland Federal Credit Union bank.
• Suspected 'Pillowcase Rapist' was building a 'dungeon' beneath his home, officials say January 24, 2020 2:37 am
  Authorities believe a Florida man arrested last weekend is the so-called Pillowcase Rapist and is responsible for a string of notorious South Florida assaults that took place in the 1980s, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
• Two of four FISA warrants against Carter Page declared invalid January 24, 2020 12:57 am
  The Justice Department has declared invalid two of the four surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign associate Carter Page, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said Thursday.
• 'Sopranos' actress testifies in court that Harvey Weinstein raped her January 23, 2020 9:52 pm
  Actress Annabella Sciorra is in court for Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial, setting up what could be the first face-to-face testimony from one of the women who has accused him of sexual assault.
• These tigers spent their entire lives in cages. See first moments of their new life. January 22, 2020 10:24 am
  Over the course of the 18-month "Operation Liberty" rescue mission, 21 tigers and lions were saved from circuses in Guatemala. Now 17 of those big cats will be arriving at a secret sanctuary in South Africa. CNN's David McKenzie reports from Free State, South Africa.
• Justin Trudeau finds himself deep in doughnut drama after photo takes off online January 23, 2020 11:26 am
  A photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a Winnipeg-based doughnut shop has proved to be a lightning rod among pastry-enthusiastic onlookers online.
• New York on track to ban cashless stores January 24, 2020 1:02 am
  New York is on track to ban cashless businesses after the city council voted to join San Francisco and Philadelphia in requiring brick-and-mortar stores to accept cash.
• American firefighters killed in Australia plane crash identified January 24, 2020 3:02 am
  The three Americans who died fighting an Australian bushfire from the air have been identified by their employer, Oregon-based Coulson Aviation.
• 3 months later: Bodies of those killed in Hard Rock Hotel collapse are still there January 23, 2020 5:43 am
  It's been more than three months since the Hard Rock Hotel construction site collapsed in New Orleans. The crumbled building sticks out as an eyesore on the edge of the city's historic French Quarter as Mardi Gras celebrations approach. But what's even more horrific is that the bodies of two workers killed in the collapse have still not been recovered.
• If this Texas student doesn't cut his dreadlocks, he won't get to walk at graduation
• TikTok 'outlet challenge' is causing fires January 23, 2020 9:36 pm
  Authorities in Massachusetts are warning of an electrical "outlet challenge" video on TikTok after three incidents sparked concern, including two in schools.
• Rare Christopher Columbus letter recovered January 23, 2020 8:51 pm
  For the fourth time in four years, federal authorities announced they have recovered a stolen copy of a letter that Christopher Columbus wrote describing his voyage to the Americas.
• Scientists found new species of sharks that walk January 23, 2020 9:21 pm
• Sinatra's gold-seated toilets up for auction January 23, 2020 7:07 pm
  Frank Sinatra fans are set to scoop up furnishings, including gold-seated toilets, from an auction of contents belonging the late crooner's suite at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• Longtime PBS anchor Jim Lehrer dies at 85 January 23, 2020 8:31 pm
  Jim Lehrer, the legendary debate moderator and former anchor of the "NewsHour" television program, died Thursday. He was 85.
• Video shows sea foam flood town January 22, 2020 8:31 pm
  Storm Gloria caused sea foam to engulf roads in the town of Tossa de Mar and left heavy rainfall and flooding all across Spain's Catalonia region.
• Pictures: Coronavirus spreads across the world January 23, 2020 5:37 pm
  The deadly Wuhan coronavirus is spreading through Asia and across the world.
• China bans travel out of 3 cities suffering deadly outbreak January 24, 2020 3:10 am
• See what it was like fleeing Wuhan before virus lockdown January 23, 2020 11:46 pm
  As China announced a partial lockdown of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, the CNN team on the ground had to flee the city in time.
• Wuhan is the latest crisis to face China's Xi, and it's exposing major flaws in his model of control January 24, 2020 2:21 am
  Speaking on the tenth anniversary of the 2003 SARS crisis, Zhong Nanshan, one of the heroes in China's fight against that disease, described its as a "turning point" for the nation.
• Snakes -- the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra -- could be the source of the coronavirus outbreak January 23, 2020 11:32 am
  Snakes -- the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra -- may be the original source of the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter.
• Justin Trudeau's $4 doughnuts cost him dearly January 24, 2020 4:05 am
  Oh, Justin Trudeau, what crisis have you baked up for yourself now?
• Internet rips Trudeau for his doughnuts choice January 23, 2020 11:23 am
  A photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a Winnipeg-based doughnut shop has proved to be a lightning rod among pastry-enthusiastic onlookers online.
• Meet the first openly bisexual Miss USA contestant January 24, 2020 12:58 am
• A man diagnosed with Wuhan coronavirus near Seattle is being treated by a robot January 24, 2020 1:31 am
  The first person diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus in the United States is being treated by a few medical workers and a robot.
• Nadal hits ball girl with shot, apologizes with a kiss January 23, 2020 9:34 pm
• Baby eats ice cream for first time and her reaction went viral January 22, 2020 11:46 pm
  A 9-month-old tries ice cream for the first time, amusing her mother and the Internet. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on this baby's sweet future.
• 'Cats' box office disaster tanks Universal's profit January 23, 2020 8:06 pm
  Universal took a pretty big hit last quarter largely because of the box office disaster that was "Cats."
• Former Wells Fargo CEO fined $17.5 million January 23, 2020 9:24 pm
  Former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf on Thursday agreed to a lifetime ban from the banking industry and a $17 million fine for his role in leading the bank through its massive fake accounts scandal.
• The big differences between 4G and 5G January 17, 2020 3:10 pm
  The development of ridesharing apps, such as Uber and Lyft, was made possible by 4G. With 5G, ridesharing cars could one day navigate themselves — no human driver required.
• GrubHub has a solution to its delivery problems: Takeout January 23, 2020 6:54 pm
  GrubHub is getting crushed by competition, so it's fighting back with a new service that targets diners who want to pick up their food instead of having it delivered to them.
• Trump exploits opioid epidemic while Dems sit on the sidelines January 24, 2020 1:40 am
  Every Democratic candidate for president has a plan to address the overdose crisis, but you might not know that from watching the debates. The topic was not addressed at all last week in the last debate before the Iowa caucus, and the only candidate to even mention the issue in December's debate, Andrew Yang, didn't make it to the stage that night.
• 'American Dirt' has an American problem January 23, 2020 9:10 pm
  "This story changed the way I see what it means to be a migrant in a whole new way," tweeted Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday about her latest book club selection, the novel "American Dirt." The book is about the Mexican migrant experience and was written by Jeanine Cummins, who reaped a seven-figure advance and a movie deal even before being chosen by Oprah.
• At Auschwitz, battle against anti-Semitism rages on January 23, 2020 9:58 pm
  The world converged on Jerusalem this week to observe the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp -- and with a collective determination to battle anti-Semitism in its many forms. At the same time, the gathering exposed a number of old and festering political wounds, which threatened to weaken the impact of it.
• Soldiers' 'headache' could mean brain trauma January 23, 2020 2:05 am
  In Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, President Donald Trump faced pointed questions about the disparity between his initial remarks that no US service members had been injured in the Iranian missile strike on Al-Assad Air Base in Northern Iraq and more recent reports that troops were being treated for those injuries in Kuwait and at Landstuhl hospital in Germany.
• Canada, take a page from Harry and Meghan January 22, 2020 7:38 pm
  Stung by the tabloids, alienated from family and weary of royal responsibility, Harry and Meghan have come to Canada to start a new life. They seek privacy, security and, perhaps, a new identity.
• Senators may suffer from cell phone withdrawal January 23, 2020 3:51 am
  This week US senators are faced with an unexpected -- and not especially welcome -- digital detox. As the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump progresses, they have been required to comply with a set of trial rules that include no coffee (no kidding!), no talking, and no cellphones or other electronic devices in the Senate chamber.
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• US to restrict travel by pregnant foreigners January 24, 2020 1:10 am
  The Trump administration will implement a new policy Friday to make it more difficult for foreign nationals to travel to give birth on US soil to ensure their children become American citizens, a practice commonly known as "birth tourism."
• The rich are pulling cash out of Swiss banks January 23, 2020 10:07 am
  Banks are meant to hold cash. But in Switzerland, some rich savers are looking for alternatives.
• Landmark ruling on Rohignya genocide January 23, 2020 11:38 am
  The top court of the United Nations has ordered Myanmar to prevent acts of genocide against the country's persecuted Rohingya minority and to stop destroying evidence, in a landmark case at The Hague.
• Israel's Prime Minister and opposition leader will visit White House to discuss 'prospect of peace' next week January 24, 2020 12:23 am
  Vice President Mike Pence announced Thursday that Israel's Prime Minister and opposition leader will visit the White House next week to discuss "regional issues as well as the prospect of peace."
• Michelle Carter, convicted in texting suicide case, released from prison January 23, 2020 4:25 pm
  Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for persuading her boyfriend to kill himself, is expected to be released from prison Thursday, months ahead of schedule due to good behavior.
• Baltimore Police Department faces criticism for low staffing January 24, 2020 3:24 am
  A federal judge addressed the Baltimore Police Department's low staffing in court in response to a consent decree issued in 2017 mandating improved training and new recruitment policies.
• Two pipe bombs found in Pennsylvania township this week January 24, 2020 12:27 am
  Two homemade pipe bombs were found in a Pennsylvania township this week, police said.
• Gay civil rights leader may finally be pardoned 67 years after he was arrested for having sex with men January 23, 2020 12:11 pm
  Ten years before the March on Washington in 1963, Bayard Rustin was arrested.
• Houses built in impossible places January 23, 2020 11:05 pm
  Architecture can flirt with nature in expressive yet subtle ways. The idea is, often, to harmonize, not dominate, the landscapes.
• Artificial 'gills' for humans could become a reality August 15, 2019 12:22 pm
  Breathing underwater, without the help of voluminous equipment, seems as unrealistic as flying overseas must have before the first non-stop transatlantic flight.