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Gillibrand: 'Outrageous' to blame her and women senators for Franken

"Who is being held accountable for Al Franken's decision to resign?" Gillibrand said Monday. "Women senators, including me. It's outrageous. It's absurd."

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Apple's Intel play and Leo DiCaprio's enduring prestige

Byers Market is a daily newsletter from NBC News senior media reporter Dylan Byers that takes you behind the scenes in Hollywood, Silicon Valley, New York and Washington.

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Rights groups, senators sound alarm over new Trump commission

A trio of letters sent Tuesday voice concern over the administration's new "Commission on Unalienable Rights."

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Li Peng, who oversaw Tiananmen Square massacre as Chinese premier, dies at 91

Li Peng was best known for announcing martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.

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A Warren or Sanders presidency could cost Democrats a Senate seat

Republican governors in Massachusetts and Vermont would have the power to name temporary replacements ahead of a special election.

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Boris Johnson will be next U.K. prime minister

The celebrity politician will take over from Theresa May on Wednesday and will need to tackle the U.K.'s divorce from the European Union.

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Question for Mueller: Why wasn't Trump Jr. interviewed?

The president's son was the only American participant in the infamous Trump Tower meeting not to talk with investigators in the Russia probe.

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Kim Jong Un inspects new submarine, wants North Korea's military bolstered

The North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday that Kim expressed "great satisfaction" with the submarine.

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Democrats want Mueller to tell swing voters what Trump did wrong

Analysis: Dems want to make more swing voters aware that the Mueller report, far from exonerating Trump, contains significant evidence of wrongdoing.

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Much of Venezuela in the dark again after massive blackout

The power in the capital went out after 4 p.m. Monday and immediately backed up traffic as stop lights and the subway stopped working during rush hour.

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South Korea fires warning shots after it says Russia violated its airspace

South Korean military officials said a Russian bomber breached the country's airspace twice in what they said was an "unprecedented" violation.

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Killing of couple in Canada may be linked to missing teens and another death, police say

A burning car belonging to two missing teens and a dead man were found about 300 miles from where a U.S. woman and her Australian boyfriend were found shot dead.

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Abner, 17, says he slept on a trash pile at the Yuma border station

Abner said he gave food to younger migrant kids so they wouldn't go hungry, saw a guard hit a boy, and drank from the sink by cupping his unwashed hands.

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Cristiano Ronaldo won't face criminal charges in Las Vegas rape case

The Clark County District Attorney says that sexual assault claims can't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Facts about Saturn's rings, moons and more

The sixth planet from the sun has spectacular rings and dozens of moons, including one that scientists find especially intriguing.

22/07/2019

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Hundreds of Hemingway look-alikes take part in annual US contest

The Hemingway Days celebrations this year marked what would have been the writer's 120th birthday.

22/07/2019

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Mueller will make the full report his official statement to Congress committees

The former special counsel is set to testify on Wednesday before House Judiciary and Intelligence panels.

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Nearly $5 million worth of gold bars seized at Heathrow Airport

The gold bars weighed in at more than 400 pounds.

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Trump says he might watch a 'little bit' of Mueller testimony

President Trump had previously said he would not watch the former special counsel's public congressional testimony this week, scheduled for Wednesday.

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American family of kidnapped Libyan politician pleads for her return

Seham Sergiwa, a women's rights advocate, was kidnapped from her home in Benghazi on July 17 by Libyan National Army, her relatives say.

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Mueller as muse: Artists get creative with the ex-special counsel and his report

Before his testimony Wednesday, the former FBI chief's silence has intrigued playwrights, graphic novelists and others who have filled in the blanks.

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White House, Democrats close to deal on budget, debt ceiling

The talks, which were being led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are down to technical language issues, a source said.

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Your safari selfies are cute, but they're a road map for poachers

In South Africa alone, around 1,200 rhinos were killed in 2017 — equivalent to approximately three per day. The poachers shoot the animal in the head, tear the horn from the skull, and leave the rhino to die.

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'Not very smart': Trump renews attacks on 'the squad'

At a press conference last week, the four Democratic lawmakers sharply rebuked Trump, calling his rhetoric "the agenda of white nationalists."

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Washington's answer to big tech could be an office mothballed almost 25 years ago

Democratic members of the House are renewing a push to reopen a government office dedicated to providing expertise and analysis on new technologies.

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Wendy Davis to challenge Chip Roy in Texas congressional race

"I'm running for Congress because people's voices are still being silenced," Davis said

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