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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

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The #SchumerShutdown Hashtag Is Getting A Big Boost From Russian Bots
WASHINGTON ― As lawmakers wage a messaging war over who caused the government shutdown, Republicans and the White House are getting a big boost in...
Teen Says MSU Is Still Billing Her Family For Appointments Where Nassar Assaulted Her
The 95th witness to deliver an impact statement at the sentencing hearing for disgraced former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University...
North Korean girl band leader heads delegation to South
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of a hugely popular North Korean girl band crossed the heavily fortified border into South Korea on Sunday as part...

Cabinet split over NHS as Hammond rebukes Johnson for demanding urgent spending boost - Politics live
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 9.07am GMT Open Britain, which is campaigning for a soft Brexit, has also...
Rupert Murdoch’s Sky bid provisionally blocked by regulator
21st Century Fox’s bid to take control of the 61% of Sky it does not already own threatens media plurality, says CMARupert Murdoch’s £11.7bn bid to...
Major cyber-attack on UK a matter of 'when, not if' – security chief
Exclusive: Ciaran Martin says Britain fortunate so far to avoid major, crippling attack The head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned...

Trump must take a stance on whether to allow 700K people brought illegally to the US as children to stay
By escaping the government shutdown drama without losing face, President Donald Trump can claim a short-term victory.
Trump signs a bill to keep the government open until Feb. 8
The Senate is set to have a key vote at noon Monday on a bill to reopen the government and fund it for three weeks, though it's unclear if this plan...
How the shutdown ended -- for now
It took the government shutting down to reinvigorate a little spirit of bipartisanship in the US Senate.

Shutdown ends, shifting focus to next spending bill, ‘dreamers’
White House shutdown strategy: Keep Trump contained
It was an out-of-character role for a president used to commanding and demanding center stage: seen but not publicly heard outside the confines of his...
The Fix: Shutdown winners and losers

Schumer's double-buckle on shutdown infuriates liberals
Liberals say Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats handed President Trump a victory by agreeing to open the government without a deal to protect Dreamers...
Trump signs spending bill to end government shutdown
Congress ended the stalemate after three days of negotiations that resulted in a three-week spending bill — setting up another potential shutdown...
Liberals say Schumer caved to Trump, McConnell
Liberals say Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats handed President Trump a victory by agreeing to open the government without a deal to protect Dreamers...

Acer's Chromebook Spin 11 brings a stylus, 360-degree hinge, and USB-C for an affordable $349
Acer's latest Chromebook, the Spin 11, takes aim at premium rivals like the Google PixelBook with features like USB-C connectivity and even a...
Why parents should worry about Office 365's Immersive Reader dictation feature for students
Beginning in February, Microsoft plans to offer a new feature for young students: Immersive Reader dictation, a new feature within Office 365 apps...
How to protect your PC from the major Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws
A pair of nasty CPU flaws exposed this week have serious ramifications for home computer users. Meltdown and Spectre let attackers access protected...

U.S. General Sees Urgent Need for Recovery in Raqqa
In his first visit to the Syrian city of Raqqa, the U.S. military commander overseeing the war against Islamic State said a campaign must begin to...
France's Macron Woos Big Names Like Facebook and Google
French president Emmanuel Macron planned wined and dined Davos-bound business leaders inside the Palace of Versailles in an effort to shake off the...
Poland's New Nationalist Rulers Are Erasing Lech Walesa From History
The once-Communist state is again a battleground for the soul of Europe as populists try to dismantle the post-Cold War liberal order, fueled by...