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With restraint being the apparent messaging from Washington in recent hours, Iran seems to be sending out its own messaging in that vein.... White House National Security Adviser John Bolton will be in Israel Sunday.... "You expect black people to vote for you" That was a sample of the response that Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg got in South Bend, Indiana Friday.... The murder conviction of a Mississipi man, tried six times in a quadruple murder case from 1996. thrown out by the US Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision Friday... Oregon's Democrat Governor Kate Brown ordering Oregon State Police...

The government of French President Emmanuel Macron is appealing the decision to stop the removal of food and water from quadriplegic hospital patient Vincent Lambert..... In Missouri a judge allowing the states last abortion clinic to remain open while a request for a permanent injunction is considered..... 12 are dead and the shooter killed by police in Virginia Beach, Virginia.... Mohamed Hichem M is the name of the suspect in last Friday's parcel bombing in Lyon, France...... In Morocco Abdessamad Ejjoud is one of three men who pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and is one of 24 men accused...

At the top of the Newsdump the deployment of 1,500 more members of the US military to the Middle East. President Trump describes the deployment as: "relatively small"..... 13 injured after a suspected package bomb was detonated in Lyon, France.... The Yellow Vests march in Paris and other French cities Saturday.... President Trump declaring in essence a national emergency to sell eight billion dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia.... President Trump headed to a financially powerful nation like Saudi Arabia for a state visit.... In spite of her tearful resignation announcement in front of Number 10 Downing Street Friday,...

President Trump spoke with Russia's president Vladimir Putin for 90 minutes on Friday. He tweeted in part that it was a: "long and very good conversation"..... The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports more than 120 airstrikes by Russian and Syrian aircraft Friday.... More protests in Venezuela set for Saturday with those killed and wounded being remembered on Sunday. Protesters will begin to concentrate at various points in the capital city of Caracas at 10 am local time Saturday, also 10 am Eastern time in the US.... North Korea testing short range missiles off its eastern coast Saturday morning..... US...

At the top of the Newsdump under the cover of the Mueller report fallout is the top story. President Trump has talked to the eastern Libyan leader Khalifa Haftar. Trump recognized Haftar as a fighter against terrorism and his efforts to secure Libya's oil.... Turkey arresting two men said to be intelligence operatives for the United Arab Emirates..... US Marshals in Los Angeles arresting a former US Marine alleged to be part of a group that raided North Korea's embassy in Spain two months ago..... More than 60-thousand police mobilized in France Saturday for Week 23 of the Yellow Vests...

In Brooklyn, New York a judge dismissing a court challenge to mandatory measles vaccinations in neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations. There's been a large measles outbreak in the New York area..... The big Newsdump event of the week Thursday with release of a redacted report of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller into matters related to President Trump..... Protest bans in Paris for Yellow Vests demonstrations Saturday with Notre-Dame Cathedral added.... In France Thursday a day to honor firefighters who fought Monday night's blaze at the Notre-Dame Cathedral.... Was the fire at Notre-Dame something other than an accident?..... In Northern Ireland...

At the top of the Newsdump this morning. An Israeli airstrike in Syria overnight..... North Korea's ruler Kim Jong-un says he's open to a third summit meeting with President Donald Trump..... President Trump got some good news on the border situation Friday..... A product recall Friday from toy maker Fisher-Price..... These tweets from the Party of Brexit's leader Fridat. United Kingdom Independence Party leader Gerard Batten offered up this assessment of the situation.....

The British Prime Minister Theresa May now asking the European Union for a delay on Brexit until June 30th..... Wikileaks tweeting that two Ecuadorean government sources are telling them that its founder Julian Assange will be expelled within "hours to days" from Ecuador's Embassy in London and that there is an agreement with the British authorities to arrest Assange...... The final polls are being published ahead of Israel's election on Tuesday..... Week 21 of the Yellow Vests protests in France... The meeting between Italy's Interior Minister-League Party leader Matteo Salvini and France's National Rally leader Marine Le Pen in Paris...

The Battle of Brexit With News, Comment And Analysis... British Prime Minister Theresa May continues to bore into supporters of a real and meaningful exit from the European Union trying to get her plan for "Brexit" rejected three times back up for a fourth vote.... A prosecutor in Nice, France says that 73-year old Yellow Vests protester Genevieve Legay was knocked to the ground unconscious by police last Saturday. Jean-Michel Pretre made the admission Friday and said a formal judicial inquiry has been opened.... "We strongly caution actors external to the Western Hemisphere against deploying military assets to Venezuela......." Tough...

Good Morning. The developments regarding Robert Mueller's investigation will be noted later in this Newsdump summary. But first, the shakeup at a group hostile to supporters of President Trump and a broad range of conservative, religious and libertarian people and organizations continued Friday. The President of the Montgomery, Alabama based Southern Poverty Law Center, Richard Cohen, announced in an email that he's leaving taking responsibility for unspecified "problems"...... The French government's crackdown policies in force this Saturday for Week 19 of the Yellow Vests protests.... British Prime Minister Theresa May releasing a letter to MP's Friday evening specifying her plans...

Hello, plenty of news dumping with the events in New Zealand providing additional cover. But first we do go to New Zealand. The suspect in the mass murder appeared in court Saturday with face pixilated by order of a judge..... President Trump issued his first veto Friday..... The main political rival of Israel's incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz of the "Blue and White" Party, was victimized by an Iranian hacking of his cellphone..... An Israeli satellite company ImageSat releasing pictures of 3 Russian SU-25 aircraft in northern Syria..... Massive protests in...

At the top of the newsdump. The Wikileaks source, Chelsea Manning, has been jailed for refusing to testify before a grand jury... In Venezuela the massive power outage affecting most of the country continued into its second day Friday afternoon with at least one death in Caracas attributed to it..... In Algeria Friday what are called the largest protests yet against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.... When it comes to Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May is saying "lets get it done"..... Turkey's Defense Minister says Turkish troops are now patrolling in Idlib province in northern Syria..... The satellite images from North...

Good Morning, at the top of the Newsdump. The Canadian Justice Ministry made its decision Friday to move forward with extradition proceedings against Chinese business executive Meng Wanzhou..... President Trump says he's asked China to remove all tariffs on US agricultural products in light of the progress being made in trade talks.... The Republican Lieutenant Governor in Idaho attacked for her support of Bunkerville Standoff prisoner Todd Engel.... Week 16 of the Yellow Vests protests in France today. The number of protesters was up last weekend. Protests today in Paris and Bordeaux among other places. An international protest of Yellow...

Good Morning. At the top of the Newsdump. The total number of US soldiers remaining in Syria was increased to 400 on Friday. After the initial announcement by the White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Thursday, the media was told 200. But on Friday the number was increased in the information parcelled out to the media..... Two were killed and other wounded Friday when forces loyal to Nicolas Maduro opened fire on civilians trying to keep the border with Brazil open after he ordered it shut down to prevent humanitarian aid coming across. Interim President Juan Guaido made it across...

This weekend marks the three month anniversary of the Yellow Vests protests in France and nationwide protests are planned today with a special protest in Paris tomorrow...... "California will see you in court" is the response from Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom to President Trump's emergency declaration to erect a barrier on the US-Mexico border..... Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld wants to challenge President Trump in 2020. Weld forming an exploratory committee for a candidacy that would oppose the President for the GOP nomination.... Five are dead in a workplace shooting incident in Aurora, Illinois..... General Joseph Votel, commander of US...

At the top of the Newsdump this morning. President Trump is refusing to report to Congress on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October..... Later this month the President's son-in-law Jared Kushner is expected to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin-Salman on his visit to five Arab countries to lay out financial plans... But media attention will be on another meeting at that time, this one in Hanoi, Vietam between the President and North Korea's ruler Kim Jong-un..... A second rape allegation against Virginia's Lt. Governor, Democrat Justin Fairfax.... The private investigator...

Good Morning and at the top of the newsdump.... They say a picture is worth a thousand words and a word and a picture are creating controversy surrounding the Governor of Virginia, Democrat Ralph Northam..... Its Act 12 of the Yellow Vests protests in France as the protests focus on the thousands injured by the police using in most cases "flash bang" rounds.... Opposition protesters taking to the streets of Venezuela on behalf of Interim President Juan Guaido and in favor of new elections in the country today.... Meanwhile, the government of Turkey is being pressured to stop buying gold...

President Trump came out Friday afternoon announcing a deal in relation to the dispute over border security funding. The legislation was passed by Congress and signed by the President Friday evening..... "At the crack of dawn 29 FBI agents arrived at my home with 17 vehicles with lights flashing. They terrorized my wife and my dogs" That's Roger Stone's public response to the pre-dawn raid on his home in Florida in connection with Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation..... Today is the third anniversary of a deadly FBI operation that killed Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum, spokesman for the Oregon Standoff protest........

President Trump says there will be a major announcement at 3pm Eastern time in the US regarding the situation on the nation's southern border and partial government shutdown..... ..the "New York Times" reports that the Democrats have added one billion dollars in "border-related" spending to their budget plan... The President welcomed the right hand man of North Korea's ruler Kim Jong-un at the White House Friday and it was announced that there will be a second summit meeting between Kim and President Trump in weeks.... Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke received an 81 month sentence Friday after his...

Good Morning. Our top Newsdump story comes with President Trump's announcement of a more secure future for some foreigners working in the United States. The President says the H1B visas will be reformed and streamlined offering the foreign workers who are in this country on them a pathway to citizenship..... Civil litigation is affected by the situation as well including the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of LaVoy Finicum, the Oregon Standoff protest spokesman gunned down by an Oregon State trooper in an FBI led operation.... The Act 9 of the Yellow Vests protest underway in France today........