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Michael Cohen delivered plenty of bomb stanley cup sh stanley tumbler ells during his testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill, accusing President Donald Trump of a pattern of deception and criminality. Among those charges are allegations of financial trickery, including lying about his wealth to lower his tax bills and obtain a bank loan.In a Thursday news conference, Mr. Trump said his longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was lying.To be sure, Cohen s testimony may be considered suspect, given he has a record of lying to Congress and media outlets and failed to provide proof for some of stanley mugs his allegations of financial funny business. Yet the allegations may spark renewed congressional interest in Mr. Trump s tax returns and in his business practices. Under questioning from freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cohen claimed Mr Trump had sought to lower his property tax bills by deflating the value of his properties. Cohen alleged the tactic was used at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, New York. House Oversight Committee chair says it appears President Trump committed crimes 08:51 What you do is you deflate the value of the asset then you put in a request to the tax department for deduction, Cohen said during the testimony. Cohen also claimed Mr. Trump Vghj Poll: Most Americans think Trump is trying to obstruct the probe into Russian meddling
CBS From CBS News Andante Higgins: John McCain says he s entertained by Barack Obama s latest comments about accepting public money to finance the general election. He called on Obama to keep his word and not to flip-flop. You know, I m entertained by it becaus stanley termosy e he didn stanley thermos t talk about those kinds of discussions when he committed in writing to taking public financing in the general election if I would. I committed to it, McCain said. But the fact is he s saying one thing and he s doing another. I mean, that s indisputable. The argument began back in January when McCain accused Obama of backing out of a commitment to accept public financing in the general election. Today in Indiana, Obama said he would talk with McCain about the issue, but McCain wasn t having it. He didn t talk about having discussions about third parties and all that when he committed to saying that he would take public financing if the Republican nominee did, McCain responded. He s always talking in his speeches about how we need to keep our word to the American people. Please keep your word to the American people on the commitment you made in writing. McCain said he hasn t changed his position to take public funds, but says he will have to reevaluate if Obama doesn t take pub stanley thermobecher lic funds. Let s suppose that tomorrow, Senator Obama says, No, I m not going to take public financing, McCain said. Then I think it would be July or August before we would

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Rep. Elijah Cummings D-Maryland expressed his sadness Sunday about the recent tensions between police and the African American community, but cautioned political leaders and elected officials from quickly jumping to conclusions or using inflammatory language in the aftermath. I think we have to be careful about whatever we say these days that goes from our leaders to what people put on Facebook ... because I do think people hav stanley cups uk e a tendency to act on certain things, he said on CBS Face the Nation. Still, Cummings noted that the fears of African American men are real, and that white Americans have a hard time understanding just how terrifying that feeling can be. A lot of people don t understand what it s like for African American men and boys to know that at any moment you re going to be pulled over and that your life could end, he said.If Cummings were giving advice to a young black man for how to live his life, he said stanley taza he would tell him to study, work hard--and be careful. I would tell him that he s going to hav stanley quencher e a lot of barriers to get to where he has to go, but that he can make it, he said. And I would tell him to do everything in his power to get a good education, but I would also tell him to be careful in everything he does. The tragedy of the shooting of Philando Castile in Minnesota, Cummings said, is that he was a man who was doing everything right. He said look, you know, I ve got a gun, he was authorized t Mhqy Veterans Affairs Opens New Voter Registration Drives In VA, Obama Supports
This campaign diary is written by Andrew Kirtzman, a veteran correspondent for WCBS-TV in New York City. Kirtzman is the author of Rudy Giuliani: Emperor Of The City, an account of the former mayor s stormy tenure as the Big Apple s chief executive. He will be writing regularly on the presidential campaign for CBSNews.It s 1am in my hotel lobby, and it s growing crowded in here. An ear-splitting fire alarm has gone off in every room and hallway, jolting guests out of their beds. Now over a hundred of us are gathered in sweatpants and t-shirts in front of the reception desk as management searches for a key or a computer code to shut the thing off. The siren noise is making my head pound.Nice hotels are hard to come by in this state, and I m stuck in the town of Bow, at the lowly Hampton Inn. Unlike the Des Moines Marriott, there are no stanley travel mug camera crews in the lobby, no European reporters riding up and down the elevators. Ron Paul isn t sitting in the restaurant here - ther stanley cup e is none - and Tim Russert has been replaced by a drunk with a beer bottle. At times, the whole clubby atmosphere of the campaign bubble seemed like half the reason to be on the trail - until Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses. At that instant, everyt stanley cup hing changed. This feels less like covering a horserace than witnessing history. Earlier in the evening, I d been to the annual 100 Club Democratic fundraiser in Milford, an event so large that its 3,000 guests filled a dome

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CBS News Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is stanley vaso in trouble over a run-in with his ex-wife, Jenny Sanford. Sanford is the Republican whose career was derailed by an extramarital affair.Sanford is set to appear in court next month to answer a complaint that he trespassed at the home of his ex-wife back in February. The court date is May 9, just two days after a special election for a vacant congressional seat betw stanley mugs een Sanford and his Democratic rival, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of comedian Stephen Colbert. Colbert Busch gets fundraising assist from famous brother The complaint, according to documents obtained Tuesday night by The Associated Press, says Sanford violated the terms of a divorce settlement that says neither he nor his ex-wife can enter the other s home without permission. It says Jenny Sanford caught him leaving her house by a back door, using his cell phone for a flashlight. Jenny Sanford denies leaking the documents and says that the timing of the court date is purely coincidental. But as Stanford tries to make his political comeback, this is not the kind of attention he needs just three weeks before Election Day. There has been no comment from Mark Sanford s camp about the incident. CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford said on CBS This Morning, Think of him, it s late at night, he s leaving his house using his cell phone. Not the stanley cup kind of image you want for your candidate. Watch Jan Crawford Ehki Harris campaign hits Trump on 2020 Taliban deal in response to his criticism of Afghanistan withdrawal
Itrsquo rather lonely being Rep. Brian Baird these days. Your erstwhile allies are trashing you. Your enemies are rejo stanley termoska icing. Your friends can offer little more than gallows humor. A month after Baird, a Democrat from Washi stanley website ngton state, switched his views on Iraq and embraced President Bushrsquo surge strategy, he remains persona non grata in many circles.At home, he is besieged by angry protesters and hostile ads. In the Capitol, many of his colleagues are still smarting over his turnaround, charging that it gave fodder to Republicans and undermined the Democratsrsquo; momentum to force a troop withdrawal. He clearly has been exploited by the administration to advance their position. I think that was very unfortunate and, frankly, misguided, said Rep. Jan Schakowsky D-Ill. . Taking an unpopular stand in politics is rarely simple, and itrsquo; stanley us s even less so when you oppose your own partyrsquo leadership on the most divisive issue of the day.Over the past month, Baird has had to endure a fierce reaction to his change of heart, from the chaos of a rancorous town hall meeting to the seething disapproval of Democratic leaders to the raised eyebrows of his Democratic peers.But he remains unapologetic. I had seen firsthand significant changes on the ground in the region, he said in an interview, and I felt a responsibility to state that, because it seemed like that was a perspective that was

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For years, a movement to limit the number of migrants into the U.S. and end a system that favors family members of legal residents has had to fend off criticism that it s a thinly veiled attempt to return to a whiter America.Then its most prominent supporter suggested to members of Congress in the Oval Office this week that the U.S. needs fewer immigrants from Haiti and Africa and more from places like Norway.President Trump s use of a vulgar term to describe African countries triggered wide stanley uk spread condemnation, and left the small cluster of tough-on-immigration groups whose agenda Trump has embraced scramblin stanley cup g to figure out what to do with the president. They say it s about numbers, merit, security and control, Frank Sharry of the immigrant rights group America s Voice said of organizations that share Trump s desire to reduce both illegal and legal immigration to the U.S. All of t stanley cups uk hose are coded words that mean fewer brown, black and yellow immigrants into a white nation. Activists tough on immigration, who prefer the term restrictionists, argue that the system they espouse mdash; fewer overall migrants, an end to the family-based system that favors relatives of people already legally in the U.S. and a greater emphasis on picking immigrants with skills mdash; is not racially motivated. They note, for example, that immigrants from some African countries have higher rates of education that the U.S.-born population and may benefit fro Rrbb McCain Aims Towards Right With Palin Choice
CBS From CBS News Maria Gavrilovic: CHICAGO Barack Obama defended Bill Clinton today for not giving him a splashy endorsement, explaining that the former president probably did not want to upstage his wife. I m going to be appearing with Senator Clinton, the former president s wife who was involved in an epic, historic primary with me, and then I m going to be campaigning with stanley cup her on Friday, Obama said today at a press conference, So it s understandable stanley thermoskannen that the former president wouldn t want to upstage what is going to be, I think, a terrific unity event over the next day and a half. Bill Clinton gave his support to Obama yesterday but did so through a spokesman. H stanley vaso illary Clinton explained that her husband is currently in Europe to celebrate Nelson Mandela s birthday and thus could only issue a written statement. Obama offered words of praise for both Clintons today, calling Bill Clinton a brilliant politician and Hillary Clinton a terrific campaigner. I think we can send Senator Clinton anywhere and she ll be effective, he said. Obama also said that he encouraged his large donors to help Clinton retire her campaign debt but said that he will not ask his small donors to do the same. Although he said will not discourage small donors from helping Senator Clinton, he explained that their contributions wouldn t have a big impact in bringing down her debt. I m not going to be individually contacting $15 donors because

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TikTok users could soon find that the popular social media service is either under new ownership or, although it wouldn t happen immedia stanley cups tely, outright banned in the U.S.The Senate late Tuesday passed a broad legislative package that delivers $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies. The bill, which had already been approved in the House, also includes a provision that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S. if the popular platform s Chinese owner doesn t sell its stake within a year.President Joe Biden signed the bill into law on Wednesday. TikTok has attracted unwanted scrutiny not only for the addictiveness of its constantly scrolling videos, but also due to its Chinese owner, ByteDance. That has raised concerns among lawmakers and security experts that the Chinese government could tap TikTok s trove of personal data about millions of U.S. users.Meanwhile, TikTok had aske stanley becher d its users to contact their lawmakers to argue against the bill s passage, an effort that failed to sway opinions in Washington, D.C., noted Eurasia Group director Clayton Allen. It s a low-cost exercise if you have access to the user base, Allen told CBS MoneyWatch. But it seems like it has backfired. In a statement, TikTok said it is unfortunate that lawmakers are using the cover of important foreign and humanitarian assistance to once again jam through a ban bill that would trample the free spe stanley cups ech rights of 170 million Amer Imnd Federal judge blocks abortion ultrasound mandate in Indiana
Under fire, Mike Huckabee countered mounting criticism from GOP presidential rivals Thursday by playing the woe-is-me card - and then hitting back by suggesting they lack substantial agendas of their own. Everything but the kitchen sink is being thrown at me, the Republican leader in Iowa polls complained at nearly every stop. If the only thing some vaso stanley of these candidates have to run on is what s wrong with somebody else, they stanley mug must not have much of a platform to talk about. The former Arkansas governor recently soared from behind the pack of GOP presidential candidates to overtake Mitt Romney in Iowa and now finds himself in an intense battle with the former Massachusetts governor. Fred Thompson, the one-time Tennessee senator trying to turn his soured fortunes around in Iowa, also has assailed Huckabee. At one stop Thursday, Huckabee told an audience that the flood of dishonest and desperate criticisms were akin to candidates taking a hammer to his kneecaps. It s amazing I m still walking, Huckabee quipped to laughter.With Iowa s caucuses coming up on Jan. 3, the race is growing more heated each day. Polls show Huckabee ahead, but his advantage has narrowed over the past week as Romney has cast him as a liberal on taxes and started running TV ads claiming he s soft on crime and immigration. Huckabee lags his top opponents in money and manpower, and wi stanley cup becher nning Iowa is crucial for him to continue his bid for the presidency. He used

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In Wichita, Kansas, CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds found four exceptional high school students who are smart, politically active, forward-thinking -- and running for governor. Governor of Kansas. I mean governor Come on, r stanley flask ight Reynolds asked the kids. Why not said Tyler Ruzich. Why not, indeed, because it seems the 19th-century state leaders never thought to include age requirements to run for governor -- or any requirements. Clockwise from top left: Ethan Randleas, Dominic Scavuzzo, Tyler Ruzich and Jack Bergeson. CBS News You could live in Spain. It wouldn t matter, said Jack Bergeson. Last year, when he was 15, Jack filed to run stanley uk as a Democrat. I m going to go and fight for what the people want and I think when you give people a true, honest choice that is very rare in American politics they re more likely to vote for you, he said. Tyler is a Republican. Of course there s a ch stanley cups ance we can win. No matter how big that chance is, what matters is that the four of us have a chance of winning this election, he said. Neal Allen CBS News Neal Allen, a political scientist at Wichita State University, doesn t agree. There s really no chance of one of these kids becoming the governor of Kansa Pvhi Libby Gets Initial Win In Leak Case
5247156The war in Afghanistan is fundamental to the defense of our people, President Obama said Monday, addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars conference stanley mug in Phoenix, Ariz. -- but the fight will not be easy. The insurgency in Afghanistan didn t just happen overnight. And we won t defeat it overnight, the president said. But we must never forget. This is not a war of choice. This is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9-11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans. The president said he is increasing financial support for both the military and veterans, but that waste will need to b stanley termosy e rooted out of the system. He announced a new competition, challenging all 57 regional Veterans Affairs offices to come up with the most efficient ways to harness information technologies and breakthrough the bureaucracy. And then we re goin vaso stanley g to fund the best ideas and put them into action, the president said. All with a simple missionmdash;cut those backlogs, slash those wait times and deliver your benefits sooner. The president s chief performance officer, chief technology officer and chief information officer will work with VA Secretary Shinseki to reform the system.Mr. Obama said his increased investments will also help the military fight all challenges, like 18th-century-style piracy and 21st century cyber threats.

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The attorney for Judge Brett Kavan stanley tumblers augh says that notes taken during therapy sessions with Kavanaugh s accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as well as results from a lie detector test have not yet been turned over ahead of Thursday s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Beth Wilkinson told CBS This Morning on Wednesday that information would be very important to corroborate claims that the Supreme Court nominee sexually assaulted Ford in high school. They announced that there were stanley cup notes and there had been a lie detector test but as I under stanley cup quencher stand it, they did not turn any of those over to the Senate committee even though they were requested so the information that would have shown what she said at the very first time when she revealed these allegations have not been turned over to the Senate, Wilkinson said.After stepping forward with her story,Ford in an interview with the Washington Post, said she told no one about the incident with Kavanaugh until 2012, when she discussed it during a couples therapy session. The professor said she was being treated for long-term effects of the encounter which she described as a rape attempt. Wilkinson added, That s very important because apparently in those notes, there s a differing story about how many people were present at the party, there s no mention of Judge Kavanaugh, and so all that information would be very important to determine whether there s any corroboration of this allegati Vitd Trump says he has a short list for chief of staff position
Democratic polls suggest that support for the political status quo is dropping even among white men in the South, a core Republican constituency.About 61 per cent of Southern white men are now dissatisfied with the direction of the country, up from 50 per cent last July, according to new research from the Democratic National Committee that was provided to U.S. News and the Bulletin.The survey also found that, nationally, 48 per cent of self-identified conservative men are dissatisfied with the country s direction, up from 41 per cent last July. Democratic analysts say it s part of an overall souring of the nation s mood in part stanley nz because of the unpopularity of the Iraq war and declining confidence in President Bush, and it could spell trouble for the Republican presidential nominee in the 2008 elections if the trends continue.By Kenneth stanley cup T. Walsh ponent--t stanley canada ype-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-bfd0a6a2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-bfd0a6a2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-bfd0a6a2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio does not believe a pregnant woman with the Zika virus should be able to get an abortion despite concerns about microcephaly and birth defects resulting from the virus, he said Saturday. I understand a lot of peo stanley cups ple disagree with my view - but I believe that all human life is worthy of protection of our laws, the senator and former 2016 hopeful said in an interview with Politico. And when you present it in the context of Zika or any prenatal condition, it s a difficult question and a hard one. But if I m going to err, I m going to err on the side of life. Florida, Rubio s home state, has been hardest hit in America thus far by the mosquito-borne disease that is known to cause severe microcephaly and other birth defects. It s also one of the first places where the virus has been transmitted locally, with 16 known cases in the stanley vaso Miami area. More than 1 stanley cup ,800 cases have been reported in the U.S. thus far, largely from travel to foreign countries where the virus is prevalent. Rubio acknowledged that Zika does pose a significant risk of birth defects, but said that does not affect his position on abortion. Obviously, microcephaly is a terrible prenatal condition that kids are born with. And when they are, it s a lifetime of difficulties, he said. So I get it. I m not pretending to you that that s an easy question you asked me. But I m pro-life. And I m strongly pro-life. I believe all human life should be protected by Rtim Gore Joins Venture Capital Firm
Getty Images CBS News While the general election is just beginning, a new poll shows a very close contest shaping up in two critical states.President Obama and his presumed Republican challenger Mitt Romney are essentially tied in Florida and Ohio, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. In Florida, Romney takes 44 percent to Mr. Obama s 43 percent, while in Ohio, Mr. Obama wins 44 percent and Romney wins 42 percent. termo stanley In Pennsylvania, meanwhile -- another swing state -- Mr. Obama has a distinct lead with 47 percent support to Romney s 39 percent.No presi stanley quencher dential candidate since 1960 has won the White House without carrying two of these three states, polled by Quinnipiac from April 25 - May 1. While Mr. Obama is doing slightly better overall in stanley portugal those three states, Romney appears to have gained some ground -- a month ago, the president had bigger leads in Florida and Ohio. And on the critical issue of the economy, Romney may have an edge.Voters in Florida say Romney would do a better job fixing the economy, 49 percent to 40 percent. Similarly, 47 percent of Ohio voters say Romney would do a better job, compared to 43 percent who say Mr. Obama would. In Pennsylvania, voters are split: 44 percent say Mr. Obama would do a better job handling the economy while 43 percent pick Romney.While at least two thirds of voters in all three states say the economy is still in a recession, at least 51 percent in e

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Many Republicans are adopting a wait-and-see approach to their partyrsquo proposed health care bill, while most Democrats oppose it.Together that gives the current bill 12 percent support nationwide, with almost four times as many -- 47 percent -- saying it is too soon to say.The House Republicans voting no on the health care billA closer look at the latest CBS News NationTracker survey suggests heading into this week that its backers still have work to do to convince the public it will help them. Americans are wondering, will the new bill help or stanley cup hurt me Public support for the bill is connected to whether people think the bill will help or hurt them personally. President Trump issues warning to GOP on health care 02:56 Nationwide, only 18 percent believe the bill will make things better for them personally. Most are taking a wait-and-see stanley cups uk view of the bill, saying it is too soon to say whether they support or oppose it. Twice as many people -- 37 percent -- say the bill will make things worse for them perso stanley cup nally, and the majority of them oppose the bill. People who think they will be worse off under the new bill tend to be lower-income and more likely to struggle with unexpected medical bills. Nearly four in ten of them say that if they receiv Idzk Climate Bill Faces Long Odds in the Senate
Members of a special legislative committee that has been considering whether Gov. John G. Rowland should be impeached asked its lawyer to draft an article of impeachment Friday because he has not cooperated with their probe.The decision was prompted when a lawyer for Rowland refused to testify before the House Select Committee of Inquiry, which has been trying to obtain the personal financial records of the governor and his wife.Th stanley mug ere still would be many steps before Rowland might actually be impeached. The article could be pres stanley cup ented to the committee some time next week. A committee co-chairman said the panel then could vote merely to accept it, to recommend it to the House, to delay action stanley water bottle or to reject it. The attorney, William Dow, asked the committee to quash a subpoena seeking Rowland s financial documents. The panel turned him down and instructed its lawyer to draw up the impeachment article.Earlier in the day, before the committee made its decision, Rowland told reporters drawing up all the information that legislators have been seeking has been a monumental task. You know how hard it would be to reconstruct documents over the last 10 years for everything you ve ever spent or bought or purchased, Rowland said.But the committee said it should not be so difficult. What we have sought many many months is direct and simple, said Rep. John Wayne Fox, D-Stamford, co-chairman of the inquiry committee. It s information we feel a

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Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas maintains his lead over the other Republican presidential candidates in Iowa, a key early-nominating state, according to a new Fox News Poll.The poll, conducted Jan. 407, shows Cruz with 27 percent support among likely Republican caucus-goers. Donald Trump receives 23 percent support, while Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida wins 15 percent. With just a few weeks to go before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, the rest of the candidates are in the single digits. Nearly a third of likely caucus-goers said they could never back Trump, while just 7 percent said so about Cruz.Mitt Romney: Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen Quiz: How well do you know Chris Christie A separate Fox News poll shows Trump with a wide lead in New Hampshire, which holds its primary contest on Feb. 9. Trump earns 33 percent among New Hampshire Republican primary voters, while Rubio comes in second with 15 percent and Cruz takes third with 12 percent. The rest of the candidates remain in the single digits, in spite of efforts from some of the Republicans, su stanley cups uk ch as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, to gain more traction in the Granite State. The poll also suggests voters have largely made up their minds: stanley cup 56 percent of New Hampshire GOP primary voters said they re certain they ll back their preferred candidate, up from 44 per stanley water bottle cent who said so in mid-November. Among Trump supporters, 79 percent said they are certain about their choice. Meanwhile, a Fox New Utyb ICYMI: Here s what you missed on Sunday s Face the Nation , January 12, 2020
Archibald Cox and Sam Dash, two leading figures from the Watergate drama, both died o stanley cup price n Saturday. Cox was 92. Dash was 79.Cox s refusal to curtail his Watergate investigation after being ordered to do so by the White House cost him his job, and opened the way for President Nixon s impeachment.Cox, whose principled stand against what he termed exaggerated claims of executive privilege guaranteed him a place in the history of Watergate, died peacefully on Saturday, said his daughter, Phyllis Cox. He was 92. stanley cup Cox died at his home in Brooksville, Maine, his daughter said.Dash, the former chief counsel of the Senate Select Committee on Watergate, became known across the nation for his televised, penetrating interrogations into President Nixon s secret taping system. Dash, who had been hospitalized since January, died at the Washington Hospital Center at the age of 79, according to family members.Cox, a longtime Harvard law professor, had also been an adviser to President John F. Kennedy and served him as U.S. solicitor general.In May 1973, Cox was asked to head the special prosecution force investigating charges Republican party operatives had broken into the Democratic campaign headquarters at the Watergate Hotel prior to stanley mug the 1972 presidential election.Nixon ordered Cox fired in October 1973 for his continued efforts to obtain tape recordings made at the White House, important evidence in the investigation of the Watergate break-in an