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Other than Mr Bannon, no member of Mr Trump's inner circle has been called to testify before the grand jury, which was impanelled in August. The reported subpoena of Bannon does not mean he is a target of Mueller's criminal investigation.

Food stamps WILL continue to be distributed . Your mail will be delivered. And in California, state officials don't anticipate disruption of any state programs, even those tied to federal support such as social programs. And who are the political winners and losers? An ABC News-Washington Poll found that 78 percent of Americans viewed the 1995-1996 shutdown as a bad thing .

The event is being staged to celebrate the 70th anniversary of North Korea's military, and despite inconveniently falling on the day before South Korea's Winter Olympics, it has been reported that Kim Jong Un will press ahead with the commemorations.

The shares went up by 19.39% in value last month. Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE: CPE ), stock is trading $15.81 above the 52-week high and has displayed a high EPS growth of -18.00% in last 5 years. The hedge fund run by Vince Maddi held 2.64 million shares of the oil & gas production company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $29.68 million, down from 3.40M at the end of the previous reported quarter.

However, unrealistic standards and expectations ultimately led to his decline to seem more rapid and unusual, to the point where even the Arsenal faithful had stopped supporting the winger. Having bought Cenk Tosun , Theo Walcott will likely partner him in attack with Yannick Bolasie. BREAKING: Theo Walcott has passed medical and agreed personal terms with Everton ahead of transfer from Arsenal .

All long-distance train services in Germany , and many regional services, were cancelled for the rest of Thursday. KLM aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Schiphol airport near Amsterdam , Netherlands April 15, 2015. Flights were grounded, train service was halted and trucks were knocked over by the strong winds. Uprooted trees and branches injured and, in some cases, killed people as Friederike tore through western Europe.

From the redundant to the ridiculous, White House physician U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson took questions from reporters about President Donald Trump's health for almost an hour Tuesday. Asked whether Trump has heart disease, Jackson said he did not. "I can reliably say that if he had some type of mental cognitive issue, he would not have had 30/30 on the test", Dr.

The president's departure comes before a Friday night deadline that could see the federal government shut down if a spending bill isn't passed by both the House and the Senate. Trump says on Twitter Friday: "Government Funding Bill past (sic) last night in the House of Representatives. Now Democrats are needed if it is to pass in the Senate - but they want illegal immigration and weak borders", he tweeted .

A January 17 statement noted that the majority of Capetonians (60 percent) aren't saving enough water to avoid the Day Zero occurrence, causing Mayor de Lille to express frustration and potentially impose penalties against those refusing to adhere to the restrictions.

Also at 12 PM today, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the poll dates for Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018. Counting in all the three States will be held on March 3. Soon after the election dates were declared on Thursday, many political parties were in a sudden rush to complete the pending tasks like the BJP who stated that the list of their candidates will be out in a day or two.

However, Real managed to contain their opponents and turned the screw late on in the game, which culminated in Asensio's late victor to give the reigning La Liga champions the upper hand ahead of the second leg at the Bernabeu on January 24.

Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, an avid photographer, showed up at the GOP news conference to take pictures. Asked if Trump's statements were making it more likely Republicans would be blamed for a shutdown, Republican Senator Jeff Flake, a frequent Trump critic, said simply: "Yes".

In a blog post celebrating the news, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised Chenault's decades-long career with American Express and his expertise in brand building. Over the years, activists such as Reverend Jesse Jackson have put pressure on Facebook to diversify its board. He's also no stranger to Silicon Valley: he now serves as a member of IBM's board.

Thursday in Riverside . David Turpin faces up to 94 years to life in prison if convicted on all charges. The family had purchased toys the children were not allowed to play with and food they were not allowed to eat. The children were denied food, basic hygiene and medical care and were punished for perceived infractions such as washing their hands above the wrist.

He said Thursday that it was "ridiculous" that France and the United Kingdom are linked only "by a single railway". Later, Johnson tweeted a picture of himself and Macron both giving a thumbs-up sign, captioned: "En marche!" The Tory heavyweight took to Twitter during yesterday's meeting to say he was "pleased" Britain and France were "establishing a panel of experts to look at major projects together".

Pyongyang nominated Hyon to head a seven-member advance team to inspect venues for proposed art performances in Seoul and the eastern city of Gangneung in connection with the Olympics, the South's Unification Ministry said. But he said he might be willing to have a face-to face meeting with the North Korean leader. Some experts agreed that based on the missile's trajectory and distance it had the capability to fly as far as Washington D.C.

Its Department of International Relations and Cooperation said international reaction to the Trump remarks served as a united affirmation of the dignity of the people of Africa and the African Diaspora. In a statement, the ministry said Zimbabwe joins other African countries in rejecting this unfortunate characterisation of African people and countries.

Investigators said they suspected that the ninth-grade student had attacked seventh-graders with an axe at a school in the village of Sosnovy Bor on Ulan Ude outskirts in the Buryatia region. The Prosecutor-General's Office in Buryatia said criminal proceedings on charges of attempted murder have been initiated in the case. "According to the investigation, it is established that the attacker acted alone".

China's growing influence over women's tennis moved up a notch on Thursday when the southern metropolis of Shenzhen was announced as the new venue for the season-ending WTA Finals from 2019 to 2028. Shenzhen already hosts a WTA tournament in early January, one of the tune-up tournaments for the Australian Open . Some players complained in reaction that the big money offer from Chinese cities was the deciding factor.

The production plant, located near Hyderabad, was inaugurated in August. Speaking to journalists about the ongoing visit of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , Vijay Gokhale, Secretary in charge of economic relations in the MEA, said Israel proposed to track individual Indian farmers, even as both sides joined hands to use a similar data-driven method to fight cybercrimes.

Relations have deteriorated between longtime allies Egypt and Sudan, with Cairo accusing Khartoum of siding with Ethiopia in the dispute over the dam and reviving a long-standing border dispute. 'I am confident that we will soon overcome these problems, ' the prime minister said. Both leaders also agreed on several bilateral legal instruments including the establishment of an Egyptian industrial zone in Ethiopia.

After pleas from Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles and Aly Raisman and several days of public criticism, USA Gymnastics will no longer hold its training camps at the Karolyi ranch . Maroney, who first shared her story via Twitter, signed a nondisclosure agreement in December 2016, agreeing to stay quiet about the abuse she experienced as part of a $1.25 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, part of which she said would be used for psychological treatment.

Trump reportedly used the word to describe African countries during an Oval Office meeting on Thursday with a bipartisan group of six senators on immigration reform. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told a SC newspaper on Monday that his "memory hasn't evolved" about the White House meeting in which President Donald Trump reportedly referred to African nations as "shithole countries ".

The Freedom Caucus also anxious that the short-term spending bill would give the Senate more time to continue working on passing a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA ) illegal amnesty bill. Many Democrats want it to included authorization of a program created to block deportation of people who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents.

The bill, with the White House's support, is due to be voted on in the House as soon as Thursday afternoon. The Wisconsin Republican and his lieutenants were up against the clock and their own ranks as they scrambled to lock down votes, and that was before President Donald Trump tweeted that a key sweetener for Senate Democrats - a six-year reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program - shouldn't be included in a short-term measure.