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Ben Riley-Smith
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**A brief history of Trump's win declarations over Isil**

Dec 9: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria"

Feb 1: "We will soon have destroyed 100%"

Feb 15: "Eradication... over the next 24 hrs"

Feb 16: "We are pulling back after 100% Caliphate victory!"

Mar 20: Defeat "by tonight"
[Fighting still on-going]
CNN just broadcast the surreal scene of a reporter on Isil front line discussing White House's new "100%" defeat claim while flares and apparent air strikes played out behind him.
More signs of that “100%” victory.
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BREAKING: Mueller report will be ready for release "within a week", attorney general Barr says.

[Unclear how much will be redacted]
Will be a big moment when it drops - is nearly 400 pages long. Currently we've only seen a 4pg summary of key findings.
Barr says that Mueller is helping identify what needs to be redacted and that "explanatory notes" will be provided describing basis for each redaction.
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Opportunity zones are one of the Trump innovations that have largely gone under the radar. A massive capital gains tax break to force cash into struggling areas.

Now over a year since the law was changed, I took a look for our weekend paper recently.
The idea is simple. Identify areas with low investment (usually 1 in 5 living below poverty line). Treasury approves. 8,700+ created to date.

Then offer a tax break so appealing that private funds are convinced to back development projects there they otherwise wouldn’t.
Here’s how it is meant to work (in theory).

The benefits are twofold for investors - tax owed on current capital gains is deferred (or reduced) if put back into the zones.

And any profit on new investments in those areas is capital gains tax free after a decade. That’s massive.
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BREAKING: White House whistleblower reveals 25 officials denied security clearance had decision overturned under Trump.

Reasons for initial denials include foreign influence, drugs and criminality. Two are now senior staff.

Key claims from Tricia Newbold below. Explosive stuff.
Newbold has spent 18 years working in the executive office of the president, serving both Republican and Dem administrations.

She is still working at White House, in position of Adjudications Manager in the Personnel Security Office.
Newbold: "I would not be doing a service to myself, my country, or my children if I sat back knowing that the issues that we have could impact national security."
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