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Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who battled Trump in 2016 for the presidential nomination, strongly opposed it. Conservative news outlets have railed against the President on the issue as well, yielding rare critical headlines criticising Mr Trump in outlets that generally sing his praises.

Air strikes pummelled the Afrin enclave before ground forces moved in against the Kurdish YPG militia. Turkish tanks are parked near the Syrian border at Hassa, in Hatay province on January 24, 2018, as part of the operation "Olive Branch", launched a few days ago.

Federer extends his Open-era record to 30 Grand Slam final appearances and is one win from joining Djokovic and Roy Emerson on a record six Australian Open titles. I couldn't tell what was going on with my opponent but I guess I was just focused on my own game and trying to protect the lead. The 21-year-old, who is the youngest Grand Slam men's semi-finalist in eight years, has sparked a wave of tennis fever back in South Korea .

The sports doctor was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison. A judge handed Larry Nassar , charged of abusing multiple gymnasts, a sentence of up to 175 years today . "I wish my robe came with a magic wand so I can wave it over you and heal you ", she said to one victim. Most , if not all of those 150+ women are also suing Nassar, MSU, USA Gymnastics , and the local Twistars Gymnastics Club, which also employed him.

Alabama inmate Vernon Madison's lawyer say executing him in his condition of dementia violates the United States' constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. In prior appeals, Madison's attorneys have argued their client doesn't fully understand why he is being punished because dementia has taken his ability to remember his crime.

Pennsylvania's top Republican lawmakers asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to stop an order by the state's highest court in a gerrymandering case brought by Democrats that threw out the boundaries of its 18 congressional districts and ordered them redrawn within three weeks.

The closure of many government agencies was a striking display of Washington dysfunction, played out on the anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration, and there was more finger-pointing than signs of bipartisan dealmaking. Schumer said he and McConnell have made progress and will continue negotiating. Tens of thousands of federal workers had begun closing down operations for lack of funding on Monday, the first weekday since the shutdown, but essential services such as ...

EPS in next five years is expected to touch 5.56% while EPS growth in past 5 year was 14.60% along with sales growth of 19.20% in the last five years. Analysts on average have given a price target of $36.64 to Newell Brands Inc . The business's quarterly revenue was down 7.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Meehan explained that his use of the word soulmate was "in no way" meant to "suggest a romantic partnership", in a letter sent to his campaign chairman Thursday and first obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer . Meehan's Delaware County-based district, by making it more heavily Democratic, as they try to comply with a state Supreme Court order to draw up fairer congressional maps.

The lawyer, John Dowd, told the paper he created the document to "summarize this extraordinary cooperation", saying that Team Trump had provided "unprecedented" transparency to Mueller's and congressional Russian Federation investigations.

NFL Draft analysts Mel Kiper Jr . and Todd McShay both project Mayfield as a top-15 pick. "It's been absolutely insane busy but that's a good thing", said a tired Mayfield, who received an emailed version of Denver's Senior Bowl playbook before his arrival.

The government had also sought an explanation from the school management. "Last time, it was a government-aided school; this time, it's a private RSS school". In his brief republic day message, Mr. Bhagwat chose not to mention the State government circular. The RSS defended Bhagwat's decision to hoist the flag and said it was incorrect to say that he was defying or disrespecting the government orders.

Winds ease by Tuesday , and temperatures are quite chilly. Expect today's temperature to push into the upper 40s under mostly sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service. One thing that's interesting to note as of late is that computer models are suggesting an area of low pressure will form east of the Carolinas along the cold front, and this low will track northeastward along the front, but off the coast, during the day Monday .

During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Russian hackers compromised the Democratic Party's IT infrastructure and were able to get hold of damning emails, and it's believed that they influenced the election results. Mueller's team has spent the past eight months interviewing members of Trump's campaign and White House staff, and has issued four indictments, with two guilty pleas.

North Korea made a rare call to all Koreans , both at home and overseas, to push for #Unification with South Korea . "Treasury continues to systematically target individuals and entities financing the Kim (Jong-un) regime (in North Korea ) and its weapons programs, including officials complicit in North Korean sanctions evasion schemes", U.S.

After Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters this week that he and his department would do anything in their power to locate the missing text messages sent between Peter Strzok and his mistress Lisa Page, The Department of Justice (DOJ) has found them.

Trump told reporters at the White House that he is "looking forward" to the interview and "would love to do it" as soon as possible. And a drip, drip, drip of information is adding to the cloud that has hung over the White House since questions emerged about who knew what about Russian efforts to sway the election.

However, Kashmir Additional Director General of Police Munir Khan said that the police would reach to a conclusion only after interrogating the lady and verifying all the facts. Shaikh had been earlier interrogated by the Pune Anti-Terrorism Squad in 2015, when it came to notice that she had been radicalised after coming in contact with the ISIS supporters overseas.

Late this afternoon, CityNews reported on Twitter that another woman came to them with allegations that Hehr would made repeated suggestive comments to her and could be "grabby". Hehr confirmed that he will stay on as MP for Calgary-Centre and continue to carry out his duties to his constituents. She said she bent down to shake Hehr's hand.

Many people feel that Australia Day is disrespectful to the country's indigenous people, as it also marks the start of Britain's oppression of those who had been living on the continent for at least 65,000 years previous to the arrival of the British First Fleet.