Michael Cohen Says Trump Talked to Him About Hush Money in the White House
President Donald Trump talked to his former personal attorney about hush money payments in the Oval Office, then cut him checks from his personal account and a business account to reimburse him, Michael Cohen told Congress Wednesday. The longtime attorney and self-described fixer for Trump, Cohen pleaded guilty in federal court in November to a campaign finance violatio...
7m Feb 28, 2019
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A Simple Blood Test Is as Effective as a Biopsy in Detecting Lung Cancer Mutations
Biopsies are a necessary burden for people with cancer. Taking a small sample of tissue and sending it through genetic and molecular analysis can help doctors not just diagnose cancer, but also learn more about its inner workings to find the best treatments based on which mutations are feeding the disease. But tissue biopsies are invasive, and depending on where the tum...
6m Feb 28, 2019
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40 Miles From Auschwitz, Poland’s Jewish Community Is Beginning to Thrive
Until she was 13, Marcjanna Kubala thought she was Christian, like nearly every Polish citizen. Then one day after school, she searched her name on Google and found her family tree. Her great-grandmother’s family name didn’t sound Polish, she thought. “Were they German?” Kubala asked her mother. “No,” she replied. “They were Jewish.” Surprised and fascinated, Kubala, w...
13m Feb 28, 2019
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President Trump Leaves Empty-Handed After the Second Summit With Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump cut short his two-day summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, ending the talks early and leaving empty-handed as he returns to Washington facing heavy scrutiny over his former lawyer Michael's Cohen's testimony to Congress. At a press conference in the Vietnamese capital, Trump said talks broke down because Kim demanded that the U.S....
4m Feb 28, 2019
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U.K. Parliament Votes to Hold Theresa May to Her Promise if Her Withdraw Deal Doesn’t Win
(LONDON) — Prime Minister Theresa May insisted Wednesday that Britain will leave the European Union on schedule next month, amid signs that her promise to give Parliament a vote on delaying Brexit was boosting support for her unpopular EU divorce deal. May has bowed to pressure from within her Conservative government and given Parliament the chance to delay Britain's sc...
5m Feb 28, 2019
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Trump and Kim Just Met Again. Here's What the North Korean Leader Wants
Life in Vietnam’s picturesque capital carried on this week as though the eyes of the world weren’t on it. Even the flags flapping from light posts along its tree-lined streets — Vietnam’s Communist star flanked by the U.S. and North Korea — are understated. Not too showy, just large enough to catch the eye with a spot of color while whizzing past on the back of a motorbike...
8m Feb 27, 2019
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Four Years Ago, Putin Critic Boris Nemtsov Was Shot Dead in Moscow. His Daughter Is Still Seeking Justice
Not far from the Kremlin, people lay fresh flowers and candles at the edge of the bridge. It’s the site where Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia’s most prominent critics of Vladimir Putin, was killed exactly four years ago. Just before midnight on Feb. 27, 2015, the 55-year-old Nemtsov was crossing the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge with his girlfriend when he was shot several time...
9m Feb 27, 2019
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Pakistan Shoots Down Indian Warplanes, Says Indian Mortar Shells Killed Six Civilians in Kashmir
(MUZAFARABAD, Pakistan) — Pakistan's air force shot down two Indian warplanes after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir on Wednesday and captured two Indian pilots, one of whom was injured, a military spokesman said. The dramatic escalation came hours after Pakistan said mortar shells fired by Indian troops...
7m Feb 27, 2019
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Confused By Expiration Dates? You’re Not Alone. Here’s What They Really Mean
Most Americans are needlessly tossing out packaged food—not because it’s gone bad, but because they take the date stamped on it far too literally. That’s according to a recent study published in the journal Waste Management, which surveyed more than 1,000 people about the phrases and dates on food packages.
5m Feb 27, 2019
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The Green New Deal’s Supporters Should Take a Crucial Lesson From FDR’s Original New Deal
When a group of young Green New Deal supporters engaged Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Friday in a headline-making confrontation about the ambitious economic and environmental plan, they had one main retort to her skepticism about the program’s feasibility: for a massive problem like climate change, they argued, a massive fix is needed. The program’s expansiveness is one of t...
8m Feb 27, 2019
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The 10 Best Spring Break Movies on Netflix to Stream Right Now
The American tradition of spring break is often seen as a rite of passage among high school and college students. But for those who aren't partaking in the stereotypical ritual of partying in a tropical location for a week, sitting at home watching spring break movies on Netflix may be the next best thing.
7m Feb 27, 2019
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Songs by Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and Others Have Been Banned in Indonesia’s Most Populous Province
A broadcasting commission in Indonesia has placed a ban on more than a dozen English songs that authorities say contain adult and offensive content, the Guardian reports. The airing of popular tunes, which include Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You", Bruno Mars' "Versace on the Floor" and Ariana Grande's "Love Me Harder", will not be allowed during daylight hours, and can only ...
2m Feb 27, 2019
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State Incentives for Attracting Business Were Controversial Long Before Amazon. Here’s What That History Can Teach Us
While it might seem impossible to imagine two more dissimilar locales than Columbia, Miss., in 1930 (pop. 4,800) and Queens, N.Y., in 2019 (pop. 2.4 million), the two represent key points on the same economic and historical continuum: the progression of state and local governments using incentives to attract new businesses and industries.
9m Feb 27, 2019
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Michael Cohen Expected to Claim Lying, Racism and Possibly Criminal Conduct by Trump
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is expected to give a behind-the-scenes account of what he will claim is Trump's lying, racism and cheating, and possibly even criminal conduct, when he testifies publicly before a House committee Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
7m Feb 27, 2019
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A Top U.S. General Told Senators He Sees No Military Threat at Southern Border
(WASHINGTON) — Under pointed questioning from senators, the top U.S. general for homeland defense said Tuesday that he sees no military threat coming from the southern border with Mexico, but his focus is on "very real" threats from China and Russia in the north. Air Force Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense...
4m Feb 27, 2019
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U.S. Appeals Court Clears AT&T’s $81 Billion Purchase of Time Warner
(WASHINGTON) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration's claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competition in the TV industry. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington came in the high-stakes competition case, approving one of the biggest media marriages ever. It...
5m Feb 27, 2019
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Michael Cohen Has Been Disbarred in New York
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was disbarred in New York after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about a plan for a Trump Tower project in Moscow. An appeals court in Manhattan granted a request from a disciplinary panel to remove Cohen’s name from the roll of attorneys allowed to practice in the state. He was admitted ...
2m Feb 27, 2019
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Rescuers Still Searching for the Last Crew Member of Doomed Amazon Cargo Flight
(ANAHUAC, Texas) — Authorities scoured the shallow waters of a southeast Texas bay Monday for clues about what led to the sudden crash of a Boeing 767 cargo plane carrying Amazon packages, and for the body of one of the three people aboard.
2m Feb 26, 2019
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Here's Why Kim Jong Un Took a Train to Vietnam Instead of Flying
Instead of taking a short flight to Vietnam's capital, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rattled through China on his armored train, journeying south from Pyongyang over 2,000 miles to meet President Donald Trump for their second nuclear summit. This was no high-speed rail. On Tuesday, after a reported 60-hour, or two-and-half day trip, the 35-year-old leader of the world...
3m Feb 26, 2019
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Here’s What Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Have Said About Each Other
Every second that Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper appear together onscreen in A Star Is Born — now an Oscar-winning film, thanks to its prize for Best Original Song for "Shallow — their chemistry is obvious. The pop star and actor first met when Gaga was trying out for the role; Cooper, of course, did indeed end up casting her as his leading lady in her big screen debut. ...
6m Feb 26, 2019
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India Claims Airstrikes in Pakistan After Deadly Kashmir Attack
(PESHAWAR, Pakistan) — Pakistan says India launched an airstrike on its territory early Tuesday that caused no casualties, while India said it targeted a terrorist training camp in a pre-emptive strike that killed a "very large number" of militants. The overnight raid was the latest escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals since a deadly militant attack in the disput...
6m Feb 26, 2019
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Vice President Pence Announces New Sanctions Against Venezuela’s Maduro in Speech From Colombia
(BOGOTA, Colombia) — The Trump administration on Monday announced new sanctions on allies of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro as it struggles to find new ways to boost his opponent Juan Guaido after an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the economically devastated nation faltered amid strong resistance from security forces who remain loyal to the socialist leader.
6m Feb 26, 2019
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The Nation’s Former Top Banker Thinks Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand Basic Economics
The former head of the Federal Reserve thinks President Donald Trump doesn't understand basic economics, the central banking system or international trade. But she said it in such a way that you might have missed it. In an interview with Marketplace that aired Monday, former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was asked if she thinks Trump "has a grasp of" macroeconomic ...
3m Feb 26, 2019
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U.S. Broadcast Journalists to Be Deported From Venezuela After Upsetting President Nicolas Maduro
A six-person team of journalists will be deported from Venezuela after upsetting President Nicolas Maduro during an interview at the presidential palace in Caracas, Reuters reports. The journalists, who work for American Spanish-language television network Univision, were briefly detained at the presidential palace on Monday after Maduro said he did not like their quest...
2m Feb 26, 2019
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Jill Stein Is Belatedly Paying Off Her 2016 Campaign Fines
Jill Stein has finally paid her fines. Mostly. Stein’s 2016 Green Party presidential campaign committee cut the Federal Election Commission a $41,735.31 check in late December — an effort to resolve the committee’s mounting legal troubles. The payment came days after the Center for Public Integrity reported that Stein’s campaign owed the federal government about ...
2m Feb 26, 2019
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How the U.S. Could Lose a Trump-Kim Summit
Donald Trump has spent decades doling out superlatives. He owns the "tallest" building, has "the best words." He knows technology "better than anyone." As he prepared to leave Washington at the beginning of the week, Trump predicted his summit on Wednesday with North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un will be "tremendous," and he will talk to Kim "about something that, frankly, ...
5m Feb 26, 2019
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These Photos of a Segregated U.S. Navy Unit Were Lost for Decades. They Still Have a Story to Tell
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
7m Feb 26, 2019
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Review: BioWare’s Anthem Is Loads of Fun When You Actually Get to Play
My squad mates and I are fighting through the Temple of the Scar, a treacherous dungeon full of skittering bug-men armed with frightening weapons. Wearing a well-armored Javelin — a suit of Iron Man-style armor — I put myself in the line of fire, protecting my friends as they lay down a return volley. I run forward, my shield equipped, and knock down our foes while a teamm...
6m Feb 26, 2019
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More People Tuned In to This Year’s Oscars – but It Was Still the Second Least-Watched Show Ever
(NEW YORK) — The Oscars ended its four-year streak of dwindling viewership, reaching 29.6 million on Sunday to beat last year's audience by 12 percent, but it still represents the second-smallest audience in the award show's history. The 2018 show had reached only 26.5 million viewers, a figure that set off alarm bells at ABC and the motion picture academy. This year...
2m Feb 26, 2019
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Ariana Grande Is Playing Manchester Arena Show 2 Years After Deadly Bombing
(LONDON) — Ariana Grande is returning to Manchester, two years after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at her concert in the northwest England city. Organizers say Grande will be a headliner at the Manchester Pride Live event on Aug. 25. Chief executive Mark Fletcher said Monday that "we're truly honored to be welcoming Ariana back to the city to help us celebrate LGBT+...
1m Feb 26, 2019
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The Best, Worst and Most Totally Fine Moments of the 2019 Oscars
Depending on who you asked, anticipation for the 91st Annual Academy Awards was either very high or very low: high for those who wanted to see whether the Academy could pull off the night at all after making an incredible string of missteps in an effort to boost ratings, and low for—well, all the people whose lack of interest explains those low ratings. Now that it's all s...
11m Feb 25, 2019
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While the Military Cracks Down on Immigrant Recruits, Advocates Say It's Ignoring a White Nationalism Problem
Civil rights advocates say the arrest of a Coast Guard lieutenant charged with planning a massive domestic terrorist attack show the military has allowed a problem with white nationalism in the ranks to fester while it focused on aggressively vetting immigrants. Since 2017, branches of the U.S.
6m Feb 25, 2019
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Is If Beale Street Could Talk Based on a True Story? The Answer Is Complicated
The Academy Awards category of Best Adapted Screenplay can contain many layers. Some of this year's nominees, like Can You Ever Forgive Me? and BlacKkKlansman, are based on books as well as true stories. That is not the billing, though, for the film adaptation of James Baldwin's novel If Beale Street Could Talk — the love story of Fonny, an African-American man from Harlem...
18m Feb 25, 2019
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Many Americans Are Shocked By Their Tax Returns in 2019. Here’s What You Should Know
As tax season starts to heat up, people with big plans for their tax refunds may be surprised to find they are receiving less money than in years past. The initial batch of tax refunds in the first two weeks of the season declined an average of 8.7% from last year as of Feb. 8, according to a report from the Internal Revenue Service. The average refund around the same t...
8m Feb 25, 2019
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An Autograph Collection as a Window Into a Changing World
In a note in the Feb. 15, 1963, issue, then-TIME publisher Bernhard M. Auer introduced readers to a few particularly dedicated subscribers who had made a habit of sending away their copies of TIME to their respective cover subjects for their autographs. One of those collectors was a 17-year-old from Caracas named Randall Salas. "Randall, who was born in Curaçao and spea...
6m Feb 25, 2019
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Trump Announces a Delay in Tariff Increases on Chinese Goods, Citing ‘Substantial Progress’
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a delay on Sunday night of his intention to increase tariffs on Chinese goods imported into the U.S. Trump announced the delay via Twitter, citing “substantial progress” in trade talks between Washington and Beijing. Trump had been threatening to increase tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. The tweet...
2m Feb 25, 2019
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The Real Culprit Behind Trump’s Border Emergency? Climate Change
President Donald Trump is expected to convene a new panel that will likely undermine the expert consensus that climate change threatens national security. But experts say that move is at odds with his recent declaration of a national emergency at the U.S. border, where thousands of the Central American migrants have arrived after fleeing the effects of climate change. ...
5m Feb 25, 2019
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Rep. Schiff ‘Absolutely’ Ready to Take Trump Administration to Court Over Mueller Report
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says he's "absolutely" ready to take President Trump's administration to court to ensure the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Since Rep. Schiff became the chair of the congressional committee in January, he has championed efforts to investigate the ...
1m Feb 25, 2019
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“No Survivors” After Boeing 767 Cargo Plane, Carrying 3, Crashes Into Texas Bay
A cargo plane crashed into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, shortly before 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, the FAA says. Three people were on board the Boeing 767 jet, which was traveling from Miami to Houston, the FAA said in an email. Chambers County Sheriff Brian C. Hawthorne said at a press conference afterwards that it appeared to be a “crash that nobody would be capable o...
4m Feb 25, 2019
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How an Author Accidentally Solved an Infamous Murder Case While Writing a Book About It
After four years researching one of the most notorious killings in Northern Ireland’s history, New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe made a shocking discovery that may have actually solved the crime. His new book, Say Nothing, claims to unmask the person who fatally shot Jean McConville, a widowed mother of 10, in 1972 during the sectarian conflict known as the Trou...
3m Feb 25, 2019
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U.S. and Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Will Discuss Plans to Unseat Maduro Following a Violent Weekend
(WASHINGTON) The United States is planning new ways to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to give up power and other means to provide assistance to the people of the economically devastated South American nation after a weekend effort failed to deliver aid. Vice President Mike Pence travels Monday to the Colombian capital to meet with members of a regional coa...
3m Feb 25, 2019
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See All the Winners of the 2019 Oscars
After a long and contentious lead-up to the ceremony, the 91st Academy Awards took place on Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Green Book, a film many critics said played into a white savior narrative, won the Oscar for Best Picture. Bohemian Rhapsody, which also faced its own share of controversy, won four awards—the most of any film. Alfonso Cuarón took h...
3m Feb 25, 2019
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1 Woman Dead, 29 Sickened After Dining at a Michelin-Starred Restaurant in Spain
Public health officials in Valencia, Spain are investigating a Michelin-starred restaurant after 30 patrons reported illnesses, including a 46-year-old woman who died on Sunday. The unidentified woman fell ill after dining at Riff with her husband and son on Saturday, Feb 16. She experienced symptoms of food-poisoning, including vomiting and diarrhea, before succumbing ...
2m Feb 25, 2019
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The Most Memorable Moments in Oscar Hosting History
At the 1989 Academy Awards, Robert Downey Jr. looked on with disgust as Rob Lowe and Snow White (played by Eileen Bowman) fumbled their way through a turgid, off-key parody of “Proud Mary.” Thirty years later, the Academy announced that they were looking to Downey Jr., among others, as a solution to a now infamously hostless Oscars.
9m Feb 24, 2019
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Is it Bad to Sleep with Wet Hair?
If you shower before bed, you’ve probably wondered whether sleeping with damp hair is a problem. Maybe you've heard it could make you sick, or that it can damage your hair or skin. What's the truth? Let’s address the “it can make you sick” myth first. “This idea seems to fit into the old bit of folklore that getting yourself chilled and wet will cause you to come dow...
3m Feb 24, 2019
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Here Are TIME's Predictions for Every Oscar Category
On Feb. 24, the 91st Academy Awards will cap off a strange and contentious season, during which squabbles about the ceremony itself at times distracted from the movies, performers and craftspeople actually up for awards. As the 2019 Oscars approach, it's time to make final predictions as to who will take home the trophies.
11m Feb 24, 2019
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Gingerbread Is a Twisty Take on Old Tales
It would be impossible to discuss Gingerbread, the sixth novel from Helen Oyeyemi--named one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists in 2013--without the mention of fairy tales. Just a few of the new book's familiar elements include enchanted confectionery, talking dolls, rumors of a faraway land inaccessible by conventional means and a character with the redolent name of...
3m Feb 23, 2019
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Why Food Could Be the Best Medicine of All
When Tom Shicowich's toe started feeling numb in 2010, he brushed it off as a temporary ache. At the time, he didn't have health insurance, so he put off going to the doctor. The toe became infected, and he got so sick that he stayed in bed for two days with what he assumed was the flu. When he finally saw a doctor, the physician immediately sent Shicowich to the emergency...
12m Feb 23, 2019
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Trump Administration Moves to Bar Family Planning Clinics From Referring Women for Abortions
(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration on Friday set up new obstacles for women seeking abortions, barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from making abortion referrals. The new policy is certain to be challenged in court. The final rule released Friday by the Health and Human Services Department also would prohibit federally funded family planning clinics fro...
5m Feb 23, 2019
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‘He’s Proclaimed His Innocence.’ Trump Uses Familiar Line on Patriots Owner Robert Kraft
Repeating a line he's used before, President Donald Trump responded to a question about the charges against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft by noting that his longtime friend had denied the accusations against him. "Well, that's very sad. I was very surprised to see it.
2m Feb 23, 2019
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