| All-male GOP committee hires woman to question Kavanaugh accuser
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 Republican members of the Senate Judiciary committee announce a woman will handle the questioning of Kavanaugh accuser, Dr. Ford. Ari Melber breaks down how the move appears to be a method to avoid male senators catching heat for pushing the accuser. Read more
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| Mars orbiter spots silent, dust-covered Opportunity rover as dust storm clears
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 Mars rover Opportunity has been operating on the surface of the Red Planet since 2004, but a dust storm this summer may prove to be the mission's toughest challenges. The enormous storm caked Opportunity in dust and blocked out the sun, its source of energy — and there's no guarantee the batteries aren't dead for good. But now that the skies have cleared, we at least have our first look at the workhorse rover from orbit since it went radio silent. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures fabulous imagery of the planet at a regular rate, but it happened that it passed over Perseverence Valley last week, where Opportunity is currently stationary. In the image you can just make it out as a few pixels raised above the surface. That valley isn't the only place that was hit by the storm — this was no flurry but a full-blown planet-spanning tempest that lasted for months. It isn't the first dust storm Opportunity has weathered by a long shot, but it was probably the worst. The last we heard from the rover was on ...
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| Why Donald Trump might not fire Rod Rosenstein
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 We're now a little more than 36 hours from the face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Since Monday morning -- when rumors spread like wildfire that Rosenstein was on his way to resign to chief of staff John Kelly -- the expectation has been that Trump will can Rosenstein on Thursday.
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