Turkish investigators search Saudi Consulate where journalist last seen
The search was conducted 13 days after Jamal Khashoggi vanished while visiting the facility in Istanbul, and came as expectations mounted among U.S. officials that Saudi Arabia will admit some level of complicity in the death of the journalist, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
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Finance CEOs latest to pull out of Saudi ‘Davos in the Desert’
Global banks and investment firms have been earning large fees from Saudi Arabia — and stood to earn even more if the kingdom made good on plans to privatize its oil industry.
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Fact Checker | Analysis  
Trump sidesteps truth with his go-to moves on ‘60 Minutes’
In his televised interview, the president again proved that his rhetoric is fundamentally based on making statements that are not true and on being as deceptive as his audience will allow.
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Judge throws out Stormy Daniels’s defamation lawsuit against Trump
U.S. District Judge S. James Otero also ordered the adult film actress to pay the president’s legal fees. Daniels’s lawsuit claimed that President Trump defamed her when he suggested her allegation that she was threatened to stay quiet about their relationship was a lie.
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Paul Allen | 1953–2018  
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire investor dies at 65
Mr. Allen was 22 and Bill Gates was 19 when the friends formed a company that became known as Microsoft, unleashing a personal-computer revolution that made both men fabulously wealthy. He left Microsoft in 1983 and invested his billions in sports teams, aerospace ventures and philanthropic efforts.
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We must demand accountability for Saudi Arabia’s behavior
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Who needs Saudi Arabia?
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Prince Jared finds himself in the wrong fairytale
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States are taking action on #MeToo. Why isn’t Congress?
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Trump’s relentless lying is dangerous — and impeachable
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Trump tops $100 million in fundraising for his own reelection
No other president dating back to at least Ronald Reagan had raised as much money as Trump at this point in his first term, according to the Campaign Finance Institute.
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‘Blue wave’ or ‘left-wing mob’? Anti-Trump fervor fuels a new movement aimed squarely at winning elections.
Hundreds of thousands of activists — mostly white, college-educated women — have mobilized since 2016 through protests and, now, midterm campaigns.
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Dust-up with Warren shows that Trump is pulling the strings in the Democratic presidential contest
The Massachusetts senator responded to months of “Pocahontas” gibes from President Trump, but the reaction distracted from more-pressing Democratic needs: keeping the focus on the upcoming midterm elections.
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Washington Archdiocese releases names of 31 priests ‘credibly’ accused of abuse
Four days after Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s exit over abuse criticism, Catholic leaders said the move was necessary for “full transparency.” The cases go back to 1948.
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‘I’ve never registered for any political party’: Mattis responds after Trump calls him a Democrat
The defense secretary said he has never spoken to President Trump about leaving his position, nor did he see the interview in which Trump called called the retired general “sort of a Democrat.”
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Regulations would require drugmakers to disclose prices in TV ads
The Trump administration proposal would require list prices of prescription drugs to be included in television advertisements, as part of its attempt to bring down drug prices.
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‘Hyperalarming’ study shows dramatic loss of insects in pristine American tropical forest
A new report suggests the decline in invertebrate populations is more widespread than scientists realized. Huge numbers of bugs have been lost in a pristine national forest in Puerto Rico, the study found, and the forest’s insect-eating animals have gone missing, too.
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