Kamala Harris' CNN town hall sets viewership record

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US calls for Russian, Chinese nuclear transparency

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Drug lord El Chapo's defence rests after just 30 minutes

For nearly three months, US federal prosecutors have made their case against Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in a Brooklyn courtroom. On Tuesday, his lawyers made theirs... in about a half-hour. The only witness called by the defence was FBI agent Paul Roberts. On the advice of counsel, El Chapo opted not to testify on his own behalf.

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FBI has dozens of probes into Chinese economic spying

The FBI is investigating Chinese economic espionage in nearly all of its 56 field offices around the country, underscoring the depth of the threat to US business, Director Christopher Wray told Congress Tuesday. "China writ large is the most significant counterintelligence threat we face," Wray told the Senate Intelligence Committee in a hearing on foreign threats.

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Midwest cities scramble to keep homeless from dangerous cold

Temperatures plunged as low as minus 26 (negative 32 degrees Celsius) in North Dakota with wind chills as low as minus 62 (negative 52 degrees Celsius) in Minnesota. It was nearly that cold in Wisconsin and Illinois. Governors in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan declared emergencies as the worst of the cold threatened on Wednesday.

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What is the polar vortex and why is it so cold?

The cold front was forecast to hit the Midwest especially hard, with wind chill expected to plummet to minus 50F (minus 46C) in Chicago by Tuesday evening and two feet (60cm) of snow predicted for Wisconsin, according to the National Weather Service.

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Polar vortex freezes US Midwest with snow, dangerously cold air

The Midwest was the hardest-hit region, as temperatures plunged below zero Fahrenheit (minus 18 degrees Celsius). By nightfall the mercury was hovering at 0F in Chicago, 7F (minus 14C) in Detroit and minus 21f (minus 29C) in Minneapolis. The brutal blast known as the polar vortex is a stream of cold air that spins around the stratosphere over the North Pole.

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US slaps oil curbs on Venezuela state oil firm

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Political upheaval in Venezuela: Pentagon won't rule out sending troops to Colombia

President Donald Trump is backing Venezuelan congress leader Juan Guaido, who has proclaimed himself interim president in the opposition's confrontation with President Nicolas Maduro. Colombia, which shares a 1,370-mile (2,200-kilometer) border with Venezuela, is also backing Guaido.

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North Korea 'unlikely' to give up all nuclear weapons: US intel chief

"We continue to assess that North Korea is unlikely to give up all of its nuclear weapons and production capabilities, even as it seeks to negotiate partial denuclearization steps to obtain key US and international concessions," US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said in a report to Congress on threats to the United States.

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Islamic State still has 'thousands' of fighters: US intel chief

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