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Reporter/Producer for covering Capitol Hill and the White House. grad, fan. Email me at benjamin.r.siegel(a)

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Joined December 2008
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    15 hours ago

    Bogdan Bogdanovic BANGARANG for the win

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  2. 4 hours ago

    Amos Oz, Israeli Author and Peace Advocate, Dies at 79 via

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    20 hours ago

    That is in the ballpark of what he spent per mayoral race. Presidential races run closer to $1 bill these days.

    CNBC reports Mike Bloomberg is willing to spend $100 million+ if he runs for president:
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    19 hours ago

    Really? Kylian Mbappé was the first teenager since Pelé to score in a World Cup Final. And his team lifted the trophy. Alexander Ovechkin? Mookie Betts? Nick Foles?

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    For the third time, is AP Male Athlete of the year as selected by AP members and editors. Even without a title, 2018 a big year as he opened his 'I Promise' school and furthered using his voice as an activist. :
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    Dec 27

    New Year’s Eve, Havana, 1958, as shown in “The Godfather: Part II”—“I know it was you, Fredo”:

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    Dec 27

    Democrats are in the same place they were 30 hours ago: they don’t want a wall. But they’re a day closer to taking the house majority.

    Have the Democrats finally realized that we desperately need Border Security and a Wall on the Southern Border. Need to stop Drugs, Human Trafficking,Gang Members & Criminals from coming into our Country. Do the Dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are Democrats?
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  7. Dec 26

    The remarkable — and secret — first presidential visit to troops fighting overseas

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  8. Dec 26

    AP: Stocks rocketed on Wednesday in Wall Street's best day in 10 years, snapping a stomach-churning, four-day losing streak and giving some post-Christmas hope to a market that has been battered this December.

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  9. Dec 26

    POTUS travel to Iraq on Christmas: - Air Force One was wheels up at 12:06 am ET on Dec. 26. - POTUS landed at 11:16 am ET/ 7:16 pm local time at Al Asad Air Base. - For security, they had to close the window shades and shut off the lights on AF1 during the flight.

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  10. Dec 26

    AP: The office of Iraq's prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, is not saying whether he has accepted President Donald Trump's invitation to visit Washington.

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    Dec 26

    President Trump became obsessed with security in Afghanistan after watching a 60 Minutes report. He "ranted" about how unstable it is, the complete loss of control & how expensive it is to run helicopter taxis to avert the Taliban, a former senior WH official tells me

    Trump tells pool he had other visits to region planned but had to cancel “for security b/c people were finding out. Pretty sad when you spend $7T in the Middle East & going in has to be under this massive cover with planes all over & all of the greatest equipment in the world...”
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  12. Dec 26

    Negotiations to end partial government shutdown at a standstill - ABC News - via

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    Dec 26

    Trump to soldiers deployed in Iraq: "When you think about it, you’re fighting for borders in other countries! And they don’t want to fight, the Democrats, for the border of our country. It doesn’t make a lot of sense."

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    Dec 26

    White House official tells me this was not a last minute trip — was in the works for 6 weeks. Trump and Melania would have left from Florida if not for the shutdown.

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  15. Dec 26

    President Trump spoke to troops gathered at Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq for about 20 minutes, per reporters traveling with the president. He also met with the US ambassador to Iraq, met with commanders, and visited troops in the dining hall.

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  16. Dec 26

    The Days of Secret Military Operations May Soon Be Over. Does That Matter? via

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  17. Dec 26

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  18. Dec 26

    POTUS makes first visit to a war zone, continuing long tradition of presidential visits to troops overseas during the holiday season.

    President Trump and the First Lady traveled to Iraq late on Christmas night to visit with our troops and Senior Military leadership to thank them for their service, their success, and their sacrifice and to wish them a Merry Christmas.
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    Dec 26

    Liverpool thrash Newcastle 4-0 to extend lead at top

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  20. Dec 26

    After meeting with Schumer for government funding negotiations last week, Kushner (and Ivanka) now in Florida on vacation: via

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