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TOP NEWS
Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected. Days later, the president announced that he was replacing acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire with Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany and an aggressively vocal Trump supporter.
Roger Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
Iran is set to face a new round of fresh sanctions to their already battered economy.
Secretary of State Pompeo said the Taliban would sign a peace deal by the end of this month.
THE ELECTION
THE COMMENT
“She stopped talking about being a fighter and just fought,” said Diane Asadorian Masters, a Boston-based media consultant who worked on Warren’s 2012 Senate race and supports her presidential bid. "I think being the good girl who didn't attack was not a natural fit."
"Look, this is crunch time," Rep. Joaquin Castro, who has endorsed Warren, said after Wednesday's debate. "And Elizabeth Warren is elevating her game."
THE STRANGEST
A small town in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu is home to hundreds of pairs of twins, in a phenomenon that no-one has really been able to explain.
THE AV ROOM