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Google's YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids

Google's YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids

05/09/2019

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After Dorian's destruction in Bahamas, relief efforts start trickling in

"The logistics are really unlike anything we've experienced before," said the executive director of an organization that provides meals to victims.

05/09/2019

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Pentagon taking over $400 million in funding for military projects in Puerto Rico for the wall

The DOD is taking money from 127 projects in 23 states and three territories to build Trump's long-promised wall along the southern border.

05/09/2019

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Top House Democrat says Trump appointee accused of harassing diplomats should be fired

A watchdog report said Moley's senior adviser called some employees "Obama holdovers" or "traitors," and accused some of being part of the "Deep State."

05/09/2019

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House panel subpoenas documents linked to Trump's alleged pardon offers

The move follows reports the president told DHS officials that he would offer them pardons if they broke federal law while carrying out his immigration agenda.

04/09/2019

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8chan founder: Current owner will 'lie' during congressional testimony

Watkins is scheduled to answer questions Thursday morning as part of a closed-door session with the House Homeland Security Committee.

04/09/2019

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India gets set for historic moon landing

A successful landing would make India the fourth nation to put a spacecraft on the moon and the first to put a craft at the lunar south pole.

04/09/2019

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Rep. Steve King: I drank from the toilet-fountain hybrid at border facility and it was 'pretty good'

King said he "went into that cell where it was reported that they were advised they had to drink out of the toilet" and that drink was "pretty good."

04/09/2019

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Big tech meets with U.S. security officials to talk 2020 election

The meeting comes five months before the first 2020 votes are cast in the Democratic primary and 14 months before the November election.

04/09/2019

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Conservative activist Jacob Wohl charged with illegal sale of securities

Wohl allegedly tried to sell unqualified securities to one of his financial companies, Montgomery Assets, in July and August of 2016.

04/09/2019

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Twitter halts feature that enabled hack of CEO Jack Dorsey's account

The step is temporary but necessary to protect accounts, the company said in a series of tweets.

04/09/2019

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Why does Trump's hurricane map look different than others?

The president has claimed for days Hurricane Dorian was projected to hit Alabama. Forecasters said it was not.

04/09/2019

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U.K. Parliament approves first stage of bill to halt no-deal Brexit, dealing blow to PM

"The country must now decide whether the leader of the opposition or I go to those negotiations in Brussels," Boris Johnson said.

04/09/2019

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AOC and GOP Rep. Crenshaw duel online over background checks

'You are a member of Congress," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. "Why are you 'lending' guns to people unsupervised who can't pass a basic background check?"

04/09/2019

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Lyft fails to protect passengers against sexual assault, harassment, lawsuit claims

"There have been many sexual assaults much worse than the ones suffered by plaintiffs ... where victims have been attacked and traumatized," the lawsuit alleges.

04/09/2019

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Trump dims lights on Obama-era light bulb energy regulations

Environmental groups said the actions will raise utility bills and increase the production by greenhouse-gas emitting power plants.

04/09/2019

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Here's how Trump could escape 'emoluments' claims he's profiting as president

Analysis: Ethics watchdogs and Democrats decried VP Pence's stay at the golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland.

04/09/2019

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'Little ones' separated from parents at border felt mental stress, says report

Kids separated from parents under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy in 2018 showed a particularly high number of mental health challenges.

04/09/2019

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Around the world, disruption is beating out stability

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

04/09/2019

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'Bring it on': Stormy Daniels says she's ready to testify at House hush-money hearings

The Judiciary Committee plans to launch an investigation into alleged Trump payments to two women ahead of the 2016 election.

04/09/2019

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U.S. woman arrested after trying to smuggle a six-day-old baby in hand luggage

Jennifer Erin Talbot was arrested after attempting to hide the six-day old baby in her hand-luggage, immigration authorities said.

04/09/2019

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Pence distances Trump from uproar over VP's stay at president's Irish golf club

The statement was the third time this week the VP or his team have addressed the issue, which ignited widespread criticism.

04/09/2019

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Hong Kong's Carrie Lam withdraws extradition bill

The controversial extradition bill that prompted mass demonstrations in June has been withdrawn, but protesters have other demands.

04/09/2019

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Iran to release seven crew members of detained British tanker

The Stena Impero was detained by Tehran on July 19, two weeks after Britain detained an Iranian tanker off the territory of Gibraltar

04/09/2019

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Booker's history with DeVos is under scrutiny

While other candidates pile on the education secretary in campaign speeches, Cory Booker is defending his past ties to her organization.

04/09/2019

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Pentagon is moving $3.6 billion in military funding to build Trump's wall

Officials said money planned for military construction projects will instead be spent on a wall on the southern border.

04/09/2019