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Delaware bill extends gun background check waiting period

DOVER, Del. (AP) - A bill that extends the amount of time for federal officials to conduct background checks on potential gun buyers in Delaware is headed to the state House for a vote.

The House Administration Committee, consisting of the Democratic majority and Republican minority leadership, voted to release ...

Mississippi GOP Chair Threatens To Evict Trump And Cruz Supporters From State Convention

'If the text message is accurate, then I'm saddened'

Build your brand, and they will come

To achieve market scale along the lines of GoPro and Fitbit, effectively working with big retailers is a necessary part of the process. Despite the growth of online channels, more than 90 percent of the $200 billion U.S. consumer electronics sales still comes from brick-and-mortar stores. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Empire State Rout: What's Next For Hillary Clinton?

On "With All Due Respect," Mark Halperin and John Heilemann discuss Hillary Clinton's big New York victory and how she intends to position herself against Bernie sanders and in a general election.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Iran Conducts Space Launch

Iran this week conducted the first launch of a new rocket that the Pentagon views as a key element of Tehran's effort to build long-range missiles.

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Hubbard's defense lawyers asks to delay trial until August

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) - Lawyers for Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard on Wednesday asked a judge to delay Hubbard's ethics trial from May until August.

The Opelika-Auburn News (http://bit.ly/1rlw047 ) reports that defense lawyer Bill Baxley and Lance Bell told a judge Wednesday that they needed more time to go ...

WATCH LIVE: Trump Rally In Berlin, Maryland [LIVESTREAM]

Begins at 7:00 p.m. EST

The Shade Room is back on Facebook, other media startups still "in jail"

The celebrity gossip and news startup The Shade Room is back on Facebook, the startup announced today, albeit under a new moniker. It's previous page, which had racked up over 4 million followers was "facebook.com/theshaderoom" and the new profile is "facebook.com/shaderoominc." The startup said earlier its page had been removed from the Facebook ecosystem without… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Why Trump Could Triumph in Pennsylvania and Lose Most of Its Delegates

In the Keystone State, delegates are on the ballot, too.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Waiting for Brexit

(Steven Hayward) I haven't had time yet to put together my thoughts on the upcoming vote on "Brexit"—the referendum in the U.K. on whether to drop out of the European Union (I say vote Yes on leaving), but for the moment we should take in the useful analysis of the defects of the EU on the old "Yes, Minister" series:

Source: Power Line

In Less Than 90 Seconds, Trump Says He Hates, Loves, and Thanks the Media

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Paul Ryan email blasts causing top Republicans to wonder

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. | House Speaker Paul Ryan has been showering select Republican bigwigs with email messages.

Some recipients said they trashed them immediately in the belief they were simply self-advertisements by Mr. Ryan, who has all but sworn on a stack of bibles that he will not be the "white ...

Haven't You Heard? Ex-Politico Prez Jim VandeHei Will DESTROY Sexy Pics And Exploding Watermelons

Journo exec says trash journalism will be a thing of the past.

Viber defends new end-to-end encryption protocol against criticism

Messaging app Viber rolled out its own end-to-end encryption update yesterday, following in the footsteps of its competitor, WhatsApp, and allowing users to keep their calls and messages private. But researchers are questioning whether Viber's messages are really as secure as the company claims. In a blog post announcing the change, Viber COO Michael Shmilov says that the new feature… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Trump Grounds His Jet Until Registration Is Renewed, FAA Says

Donald Trump's children aren't the only ones who failed to register.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Casey Acknowledges Democrats Have 'Propensity' to Get Nasty

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Gun Test: Inland Mfg.'s New-Production M1 Carbine

The most manufactured rifle of WWII is back as an historically accurate firearm - The "U.S. Carbine, .30 Caliber, M1"

AI is not a threat to humanity, but an Internet of 'Smart' Things may be!

After more than 60 years since its conceptual inception — and after too many hype-generating moments — AI is yet again making its presence felt in mainstream media. Following a recent WEF report, many perceive AI as a threat to our jobs, while others even go so far to assert that it poses a real threat to humanity itself. What is clear for the time being is that there are many… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Report: 'Hustler' Tycoon to Send Free Porn Magazine to Utah Politicians

Larry Flynt, Hustler publishing tycoon and celebrity Hillary Clinton supporter, plans to send free copies of the explicit magazine to members of the Utah state legislature.

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GOP senator blocks nominee responsible for terrorism fight

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican senator has blocked an effort to confirm President Barack Obama's nominee for a key Treasury post responsible for leading the battle against terrorism and financial crimes.

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas objected on Wednesday when Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio tried to move ahead ...

Senate Confirms New VA Inspector General After Two-Year Vacancy

'Michael Missal is the tip of the spear to restore much-needed transparency and accountability'

Zeitgeist wants to be the Warby Parker of electric bikes

The Zeitgeist electric bike was designed to solve one problem: getting uphill on a bike. That led to other goals, like creating a battery that only had to be charged every two weeks and was hidden within the structure of the bike. This, then, led to favoring design and performance over the cost of the bike. "We want to be the Warby Parker of bikes," said Zeitgeist CEO Kartik Ram.… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

House, Treasury Aides to Huddle on Stalled Puerto Rico Bill

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she is holding out hope for U.S. House action by the end of next week on a bill to help Puerto Rico deal with its $70 billion debt.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Oh Goody—Another Energy Bill!

(Steven Hayward) News out of Washington is that the Senate yesterday passed an energy bill—the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016! Hooray! We're saved at last! (Assuming, that is, it passes the House, too.) I'm sure it will do at least as much as the energy bills of 2005 and 2007—you remember those, don't you? It was the Energy Policy Act of 2005—1,725 pages long—that promised to deliver us "clean coal" and

Source: Power Line

Food Stamp Beneficiaries Dip Below 45 Million for First Time in Nearly Five Years

The number of individuals receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, otherwise known as food stamps, dipped below 45 million for the first time in nearly five years in January, according to data released by the Department of Agriculture.

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The Latest: House overrides veto of Civil War monuments bill

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Latest on the Virginia General Assembly's consideration on Gov. Terry McAuliffe's vetoes and amendments to legislation passed earlier this year (all times local):

1:30 p.m.

Virginia's Republican-controlled House has voted to overturn Gov. Terry McAuliffe's veto of a bill that seeks to prevent local governments ...

Sanders Adviser On Clinton Campaign: 'Left Hand Doesn't Know What The Right Hand Is Doing' [VIDEO]

'If they're going to attack us, we're going to have to respond'

Google Keep gets support for #labels and a new Chrome extension

Keep, Google's note-taking service, is getting an update today that introduces support for hashtag-style labels and an update Chrome extension that will make it easier to save links to sites and add notes right from the browser. None of these updates are revolutionary, but they are definitely welcome additions to a service that is essentially Google's version of Apple's… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Speier: Fetal Tissue Hearing 'Belongs in a Bad Episode of House of Cards'

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After N.Y. Rout, Trump Turns Attention to Republican Holdouts

Ten months ago, Donald Trump spoke for about 45 minutes in the lobby of his flagship Manhattan skyscraper to lay the foundation of what would become the most successful insurgent presidential primary campaign in decades. He singled out undocumented immigrants as rapists, vowed to force Mexico to pay for a border wall and described the nation's leaders as morally corrupt losers.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Weaver: We 'Absolutely' Plan to Fight for Nomination Through the Summer

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Officials: 3 to be charged in Flint water crisis

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's attorney general will announce criminal charges Wednesday against two state regulators and a Flint employee, alleging wrongdoing related to the city's lead-tainted water crisis, according to government officials familiar with the investigation.

The charges - the first levied in a probe that is expected to ...