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• Pew Research Center: Americans Love Trade but Differ on Tariffs
  
  Americans love trade, and Republicans have even gotten on board after some years of skepticism, according to the Pew Research Center.An overwhelming majority of Republicans (81 percent) now believe trade is good for the United States, a steady rise from when former...
• WW2 Vet, Superstar Actor Kirk Douglas Is 102 Today
  
  Actor Kirk Douglas, whose acting career paused as he served on an anti-submarine craft during World War II, is celebrating his 102nd birthday Sunday and will be fêted in the upstate New York town he grew up in, The Daily Gazette reported."He has his limitations, but he's...
• Army Beats Navy for 3rd Straight Time and Trump at Game
  
  Army coach Jeff Monken hopped on top of a wall and pumped his fist toward stoked cadets set to belt out the alma mater. Monken brought the party to locker room and waved an "Army Football" flag as the Black Knights bounced around him.Army ditched its mundane routines and...
• White Nationalist Convicted of Murdering Protester in Charlottesville, Virginia
  
  A white nationalist who drove his car into a crowd protesting against a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year, killing one of the counterdemonstrators, was found guilty on Friday of first-degree murder and nine other counts. The jury deliberated...
• WSJ: American Entrepreneurs Who Left for China, Head Home to Start Again
  
  American entrepreneurs, who left for China, are now heading home -- disillusioned and looking to start all over, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.
• Tax Law Eats Into Pro Athlete Paychecks
  
  Professional athletes may lose tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars due to the alterations made to a tax law earlier this year, MarketWatch reports.
• Remains of Pearl Harbor Sailors Return Home After 77 Years
  
  More than 75 years after nearly 2,400 members of the U.S. military were killed in the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, some who died on Dec. 7, 1941, are finally being laid to rest in cemeteries across the United States.In 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumed...
• Hart Steps Down as Oscars Host Over His Past Anti-Gay Tweets
  
  Just two days after being named host of the Academy Awards, Kevin Hart stepped down following an outcry over past homophobic tweets by the comedian.Capping a swift and dramatic fallout, Hart wrote on Twitter just after midnight Friday that he was withdrawing as Oscars host...
• DHS: 51,856 Apprehended on Mexican Border in Nov.
  
  The highest number of people during the Trump administration were caught illegally entering the United States from Mexico in November, more than 51,000, according to the Washington Examiner.
• Trump 2020 Campaign Selects Three Offices
  
  In one of its earliest moves for an organization just starting to take shape, the 2020 Trump reelection campaign has settled on three main offices, according to Politico.
• Assange Rejects Deal to Leave Ecuadorian Embassy
  
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rejected a deal to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for the first time in six years, because it did not protect him from being extradited to the United States, his lawyer told The Telegraph.
• CNN: McCabe Started Obstruction Probe Before Mueller
  
  The FBI opened an obstruction case against President Donald Trump after he fired FBI Director James Comey, CNN reported Thursday.
• Infant Ibuprofen Recalled at CVS, Family Dollar, Walmart
  
  Infants' liquid ibuprofen sold by CVS, Family Dollar, and Walmart has been recalled after it was discovered some packages had higher concentrations of the medication.
• Roger Stone Won't Testify for Congress Unless It's Public
  
  Political consultant Roger Stone will not testify in front of any committees on Capitol Hill that are investigating Russian collusion unless the hearings are open to the public.
• Trump Praises 'Beautiful Tribute' for Late President Bush
  
  The "beautiful tribute" to the life of former President George H.W. Bush, who was laid to rest Thursday, was praised by President Donald Trump on Thursday.
• Bob Dole: Bush Salute Wasn't Planned
  
  Former Sen. Bob Dole's arm shot up without hesitation when he was helped to stand to salute the casket of late President George H.W. Bush this week, Dole told Fox News on Thursday.
• 'Outraged' Russia Demands Butina's Release
  
  Dismissing the "trumped-up charges" against accused foreign agent Maria Butina, a Russian citizen, Russia has demanded the United States release her.
• Trump to Roll Back Carbon Rule on New Coal Plants
  
  The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back an Obama-era rule requiring new coal plants to slash carbon emissions, a move that could crack open the door in coming years for new plants fired by the fossil fuel.
• Spielberg: Time to Confront the Rise of Hatred
  
  Famed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg urged, in an appearance on "NBC Nightly News" on Wednesday, for people to confront the rise in hateful ideologies.
• California 'Golden State' Serial Killer Trial Could Cost $20 Million
  
  The trial of a former police officer suspected of being a notorious serial killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 80s could cost taxpayers more than $20 million.A Sacramento County official said Wednesday the county has asked the state to help shoulder the costs...
• Two US Marine Aircraft Crash Off Japan
  
  A search is underway for the pilots and those on board after two Marine Corps aircraft went down in the waters off the coast of Japan early Thursday morning local time.
• Bill O'Reilly to Newsmax TV: Trump Must Soothe 'Emotional' Markets
  
  In order to help himself in the next election, President Donald Trump must "reassure" Wall Street to calm down the stock markets, according to Bill O'Reilly on Newsmax TV's "The Wayne Allyn Root Show" on Wednesday night.
• Secret Service Shares Touching Memory of Bush 41
  
  The Secret Service shared a memory of George H.W. Bush shaving his head in solidarity with a boy who was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2013.
• Police: Man with Guns at North Carolina School Had Hit List
  
  Authorities say a Virginia man found with two guns in a North Carolina high school had a handwritten note that appears to be a hit list.
• Comedian Yanked for Joking About Gay Black Man
  
  Joking about a gay black man caused "discomfort" for the audience, leading to the boot during a stand-up set at Columbia University for former "Saturday Night Live" writer and comedian Nimesh Patel.

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