Trump calls on the DOJ to ramp up its investigations into Alaska’s Senate race.
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Trump → call → race
Israel’s final election results show no clear winner between Netanyahu and his main rival Eisenkot.
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results → show → Netanyahu
And the cruise company that stranded its passengers in Cambodia has a troubled history.
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that → strand → history
Trump pushes to ramp up investigations into Alaska Senate race
The Justice Department has issued at least three dozen new subpoenas and document preservation requests as part of its investigation into the Alaska Senate race, with President Donald Trump pushing his administration to intensify its investigations.
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Trump → push → investigations
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The action comes after the New York Times reported that Democratic candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign was involved in recruiting Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher with no previous political experience, to also run for the seat held by Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.
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campaign → come → Sullivan
The neck-and-neck race, along with a handful of others, will decide whether Republicans retain control of the Senate.
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Republicans → decide → Senate
The subpoenas were sent to Peltola’s Senate campaign offices and those of Dan J. Sullivan.
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subpoenas → send → Sullivan
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy also announced yesterday that he’s ordering an investigation into Peltola’s campaign, which denies involvement in the recruitment effort.
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which → announce → effort
The DOJ had opened a criminal investigation into the race in July.
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DOJ → open → July
The new reporting now gives the president more ammunition for the probe, which revolves around potential violations of federal laws that protect citizens’ rights to free and fair elections.
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that → give → elections
Trump also ordered the department to file a civil lawsuit to try to block the state from certifying election results.
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Trump → order → results
- Find out how candidates are polling in competitive Senate races.
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candidates → find → races
- What are other races to watch in Alaska?
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races → watch → Alaska
See who’s running and how Republicans and Democrats fared in past elections.
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Republicans → see → elections
More politics news:
- The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into California as it continues its effort to prove that an estimated 20,000 noncitizens are on the state’s voter rolls.
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noncitizens → open → rolls
- Pope Leo could become the first pontiff to vote in a U.S. election after requesting an Illinois absentee ballot.
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- Former FBI Director James Comey is expected in court today as he seeks to toss out the third criminal case the Trump administration has brought against him.
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administration → expect → him
Israel’s final election results show no clear leader
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc won 53 seats in Israel’s 120-member Knesset, or parliament, well below the 68 seats it had controlled at its peak in the previous parliament.
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it → show → parliament
The bloc supporting Netanyahu’s main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, won 48 seats.
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bloc → support → seats
Neither secured the 61 seats needed to form a government.
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Neither → secure → government
While the count is complete, the election results still need to be certified and submitted to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who will then choose a candidate who he thinks has the best chance to form a government.
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he → need → government
Parties led by Israel’s Arab minority, meanwhile, made historic gains, winning a combined 19 seats in the Knesset, after Palestinians with Israeli citizenship headed to the polls in record numbers.
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Palestinians → lead → numbers
Both Netanyahu and Eisenkot’s blocs have ruled out the possibility of forming a government with the two main Arab parties.
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blocs → rule → parties
Yet the political parties’ rise as potential kingmakers has brought a complicated dynamic into fresh focus.
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Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ actor, dies at 86
Actor Patrick Stewart dies at age 86
Tributes have poured in for
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Patrick Stewart, the beloved English actor who rose from performing Shakespeare on stage to becoming a globally-recognized movie icon
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who → rise → stage
Stewart died this week at age 86 after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia, his representative said.
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representative → die → disease
His storied career included cultural high points as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in the “Star Trek” franchise and as Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” films.
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career → include → films
Actor Ian McKellen said in a tribute that his dear friend “wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.”
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him → say → case
Though the two met in the 1970s, their bond was solidified when they starred together in “X-Men.”
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they → meet → Men
Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, recalled being “in awe” of Stewart the first time he saw him on the set of the first X-Men, describing him as “brilliant, charming, warm, generous, with a quiet strength and gravitas.”
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he → recall → strength
The Royal Shakespeare Company hailed Stewart as “one of the finest classical Shakespearean actors of his generation.”
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Company → hail → generation
Binance targeted in largest ever crypto heist
The digital currency exchange Binance said it was the target of a $6.3 billion crypto heist, believed to be the largest ever recorded.
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it → target → heist
The company has suspended all deposits and withdrawals while it works with law enforcement to secure its infrastructure and locate stolen funds.
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it → suspend → funds
About $3 billion of crytpo assets that transited through wallets connected to the hackers have so far been identified and frozen, the company said.
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company → transit → hackers
Binance said it will “cover all the losses,” but cautioned that the value of the affected assets, as well as those recovered or frozen, could change.
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Earlier Thursday, prediction markets platform Polymarket briefly halted trading because of a compromise of third-party software.
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Polymarket → halt → software
There were also some unconfirmed reports from users that their wallets had been drained.
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wallets → be → users
Staff Pick: Cruise company had legal troubles before abandoning passengers
Villa Vie, the cruise company that promised sailors a life-long worldwide voyage, boasts a troubled company history in its short existence.
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