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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, announced Tuesday that he is running for president in 2020.

Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's running for president in 2020

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, announced Tuesday that he is running for president in 2020.
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2019, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks before welcoming Vice President Mike Pence to speak to Drug Enforcement Administration employees at their headquarters in Arlington, Va. A Justice Department official said Monday, Feb. 18, that Rosenstein is expected to leave his position in the middle of next month. The official was not authorized to discuss the move by name and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Monday night. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Official: Deputy AG Rosenstein expected to depart in March

A Justice Department official says Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave his position in the middle of next month
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld died Tuesday.

Chanel: Iconic couturier Karl Lagerfeld has died

Chanel's iconic couturier, Karl Lagerfeld, whose accomplished designs as well as trademark white ponytail, high starched collars and dark enigmatic glasses dominated high fashion for the last 50 years, has died. He was around 85 years old.
FILE - This illustration released on May 3, 2017 by the Obama Foundation shows plans for the proposed Obama Presidential Center with a museum, rear, in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side. This view looks from the south with a public plaza that extends into the landscape. Odds still favor the eventual construction of Barack Obama's $500 million presidential museum and library in a park along Chicago's lakeshore. A judge hears arguments Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, on a city motion to toss a parks-advocacy group’s lawsuit that argues the project violates laws barring development in lakeside parks. (Obama Foundation via AP, File)

Judge to rule Tuesday in Chicago Obama Library lawsuit

A federal judge is to rule on a request from the city of Chicago to toss a lawsuit that aims to halt President Barack Obama's museum and library from being built in a public park
In this Feb. 16, 2019, photo, veteran Duong Van Dau places flowers at a memorial for North Korean fallen pilots in Bac Giang province, Vietnam. The fourteen headstones of the pilots who died while fighting American bombers alongside the Vietnamese army during the Vietnam war remain as a symbol of Vietnam-North Korea friendship. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Memorial speaks to North Korea's ties to summit host Vietnam
Memorial to North Korean pilots who fought alongside communist forces in Vietnam War speaks to the fraternal relationship the countries share as Hanoi gets ready to host summit between Trump and Kim
In this photo provided by Kasia Gregorczyk, more than a dozen people are trapped on a ride at SeaWorld Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, in San Diego. San Diego police tell FOX5 News that around six gondolas stopped functioning Monday night after a big gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker on "Bayside Skyride." (Kasia Gregorczyk via AP)
Police: More than a dozen people rescued from SeaWorld ride
Police say more than a dozen people trapped on a ride at SeaWorld in San Diego have been rescued
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi shake hands during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (How Hwee Young/Pool Photo via AP)
China, Iran meet amid efforts to preserve nuclear deal
The foreign ministers of China and Iran are meeting amid efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran
FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2019, file photo, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, right, talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, while they line up for a group photo at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. China's economy czar is going to Washington for talks Thursday and Friday aimed at ending a tariff war over Beijing's technology ambitions.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
China's economy czar heading to Washington for trade talks
China's economy czar will go to Washington for talks this week aimed at ending tariff war over Beijing's technology ambitions
A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands atop a building used as a temporary base near the last land still held by Islamic State militants in Baghouz, Syria, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Hundreds of Islamic State militants are surrounded in a tiny area in eastern Syria are refusing to surrender and are trying to negotiate an exit, Syrian activists and a person close to the negotiations said Monday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
UN concerned about some 200 families trapped in IS enclave
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says she is concerned about the condition of some 200 families trapped in the last remaining area held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria
FILE - In this April 6, 2016 file photo, truck drivers stand among trucks on the highway from Brussels to Luxembourg, in Spontin, Belgium. The European Union has reached a tentative agreement on the first specific EU standards for trucks to get polluting CO2 levels down. A Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, agreement between negotiators from the European Parliament and member states says that such emissions will have to be 30 percent down by 2030 compared to today's levels. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
EU gets heavy-duty on pollution: 1st standards for trucks
The European Union has reached a tentative agreement on the first specific EU standards for trucks to get polluting CO2 levels down
Knight Foundation doubling spending to boost local news
The Knight Foundation says it will invest $300 million in local journalism over the next five years
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2018 file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Democrats in Congress are accusing the Education Department of interfering with an investigation by the agency’s independent watchdog. Five lawmakers sent a letter to DeVos on Feb. 19, 2019, staying her deputy pressured the department’s inspector general on Jan. 3 to drop an internal investigation. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Dems say DeVos' deputy tried to influence internal inquiry
Democrats in Congress are accusing the Education Department of interfering with an investigation by the agency's independent watchdog
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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