February 12th, 2020

Should the Senate also approve, Virginia will officially become part of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact...

We've long known honey bees shake their behinds to communicate the location of high-value flower patches to one another, a form of signaling that scientists refer to as "waggle dances."...

• Joe Biden's donors are divided over whether the former vice president can raise the necessary amount of cash to persist in the presidential campaign following his weak showing in the New Hampshire primary.
• Panic set in among some of Biden's financiers on Wall Street and in other industries when it became clear Tuesday night that the one-time Democratic front-runner wouldn't score any delegates from the New Hampshire vote.
• Other Biden supporters, however, shrugged off the lackluster showing while they wait and see what happens in the Nevada caucus and the South Carolina primary later in February.

Protester at Bloomberg Rally: “Bloomberg is trying to buy this Election. That is not Democracy! That is plutocracy!” pic.twitter.com/ZrGKQVSDxN

— Benny (@bennyjohnson) February 12, 2020

READ IT HERE: Letter from @HouseJudiciary confirming AG Barr will testify before the Committee on March 31st to address concerns regarding his leadership of the DOJ and the President's improper influence over the Department and our criminal justice system. pic.twitter.com/W5YHly85BL

— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) February 12, 2020

What happened? YOUR Justice Department closed the case because, unlike your pal Roger Stone, my brother didn't lie to Congress, intimidate a witness, and obstruct a federal investigation. https://t.co/KR8wkDxxtF

— John Podesta (@johnpodesta) February 12, 2020

The team inspected three stations: Mario Zucchelli (Italy), Jang Bogo (South Korea), and Inexpressible Island (China). The interagency team carried out the inspections while embarked aboard the Coast Guard Cutter POLAR STAR...

Selina Soule, of Glastonbury High School, Alanna Smith, of Danbury High School, and Chelsea Mitchell, of Canton High School, are represented by the conservative nonprofit organization Alliance Defending Freedom. The organization argues that allowing athletes with male anatomy to compete has deprived their clients of track titles and scholarship opportunities.

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— Ron (@CodeMonkeyZ) February 13, 2020

Past recipients have included former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Price, an Iowa native, worked as political director for Barack Obama's 2012 Iowa campaign and Hillary Clinton's 2016 Iowa campaign. He served as executive director of the Iowa Democratic Party before being elected its chair in July 2017 and reelected in 2018...

...Except - Flynn attorney Sidney Powell says the FBI excluded crucial information from his '302' form - the original draft of which stated that Flynn was honest with the FBI agents who interviewed him (one of whom was Peter Strzok)...

Prosecutors told jurors that Lu purposely intruded in a "calculated" and "planned" manner. She has been in custody since her arrest because her visa to remain in the United States has expired... Prosecutors said she ignored a warning to leave the grounds and returned through a side entrance and continued taking pictures... Lu testified that she was scared when the officers approached her, adding that she didn't know why she was being handcuffed.

Romell Nellis, 40, who was already linked to two bank heists over the past three months, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly knocking over a Roslyn Savings Bank on Saturday and a Wells Fargo Bank on Tuesday, Nassau County police said. He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash in each case, officials said.

Brasher, who quickly rose up the ranks from Alabama’s solicitor general to a federal judgeship, was confirmed in a 52-43 vote in the Senate. His nomination faced criticism from the Alabama NAACP and other groups, who contended that he would be unfair to African Americans after he supported gutting key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Brasher, who was nominated by President Trump for the post in November, was rated qualified by the American Bar Association.