| Mueller interview poses thorny predicament for Trump Posted: 25 Jan 2018 01:55 PM PST ![Mueller interview poses thorny predicament for Trump]( "Mueller interview poses thorny predicament for Trump") In the next several weeks, investigators and prosecutors working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller are hoping to sit down and formally question Mr. Trump as part of their ongoing probe into whether Trump and others conspired with Russia to meddle in the 2016 presidential election and whether Trump engaged in obstruction of justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey. Recommended: What do you know about Donald Trump? It is unclear what evidence has already been compiled proving or disproving the allegations.
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| US response to China’s techo threats: Do what you do well Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:32 PM PST ![US response to China's techo threats: Do what you do well]( "US response to China's techo threats: Do what you do well") It is no trade secret that China sees itself in a global contest with the United States for technological superiority. Scientists in China have created two cloned monkeys, a first in research that might lead to human cloning. President Trump slapped tariffs on imports of solar panels to counter China's subsidy of its solar firms.
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| Are the famously socialist French now embracing an entrepreneurial future? Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:37 AM PST ![Are the famously socialist French now embracing an entrepreneurial future?]( "Are the famously socialist French now embracing an entrepreneurial future?") The cavernous converted train depot of Station F, now the world's largest start-up campus, was under construction well before Emmanuel Macron clinched the French presidency in promise of a bright, entrepreneurial future for the Fifth Republic. In fact, to walk into this space very much feels like stepping back into his campaign headquarters, albeit on a different scale: Station F is the length of the Eiffel Tower, with space for 1,000 start-ups. Recommended: More than Bastille, Bonaparte, and brie: Test your knowledge of France with our quiz!
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| Without threat of prison, Oklahoma wonders how to encourage drug treatment Posted: 25 Jan 2018 08:30 AM PST ![Without threat of prison, Oklahoma wonders how to encourage drug treatment]( "Without threat of prison, Oklahoma wonders how to encourage drug treatment") In 2016, voters here approved a closely fought ballot initiative to reclassify drug possession and minor thefts as misdemeanors. The idea was to steer nonviolent drug offenders who stole for their habit away from prison and into treatment programs. The reform appealed both to voters here alarmed at rising prison costs – Oklahoma's rate of incarceration is second only to Louisiana's – and those who saw locking up nonviolent addicts as futile.
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