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The Russia allegations were invented by Democrats “as a hoax, as a ruse, as an excuse for losing an election,” he told the Times.

Trump also again took shots at his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, calling it a “terrible thing” and “certainly unnecessary.”

He praised the “loyalty” of Barack Obama’s first Attorney General, Eric Holder, and said he has “great respect” for what Holder did to “totally protect” the President.

Though Trump denied any interest in reopening a Justice Department investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server, he asserted that he has the “absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department.”

Trump is reportedly under scrutiny by Mueller’s team for obstruction of justice. The investigation has to do with his abrupt firing of former FBI Director James Comey after Comey allegedly declined Trump’s request that he swear a loyalty oath and drop an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.<\|endoftext\|>Kirk Cousins got off to a shaky start in 2015. After six games he was struggling with six touchdowns and eight interceptions. In the last two games during that stretch, against the Falcons and Jets, interceptions had been very costly.

He may not have been on the verge of being benched after those losses in Atlanta and the Meadowlands but if he had continued on that course he would not have established himself as the Redskins’ long-term starter. But his performance picked up after the Redskins went down 24-0 against the Bucs and the rest is history.

Cousins hasn’t necessarily locked up the job for the long term yet. The team wants to see more if they are going to give him a big-money deal. If he and the team are going to come to an agreement on a multiyear contract it would help if he had a solid 2016 season.

He should be better in the earlier part of the season for a couple of reasons. For one thing he will spend all of OTAs and all of training camp as the No. 1 quarterback, working with the first team offense. He didn’t get regular work with the starters until after the second preseason game last year.

And Cousins will be facing what appears to be a slightly softer slate of pass defenses in the first part of this year as opposed to last year. Here is the comparison using Football Outsiders’ pass defense DVOA metric (note that when it comes to defensive DVOA lower and negative numbers are better):

A caveat before we dive into this. Pass defenses do change from year to year. The three defensive free agents the Giants signed could greatly improve their pass defense. Or, as we saw with the Redskins often over the years, the free agents could take some time to fit in with the defense (or they may never fit in at all).

With that in mind, it does look like Cousins will be facing a slightly softer slate of pass defenses in September and October. Last year there were two defensives that finished with negative numbers last year; this year there are none. None of the defenses in the first six games this year were in the top 10 last year and only two, the Eagles and Steelers, were even in the top half and they were just barely there.

It will be good for Cousins if he can get off to a strong start but playing well against soft defenses is not really what the Redskins and many fans want to see. They want Cousins to be run through the gauntlet of some tough pass defenses to see what he is really made of. While the Redskins don’t face the Legion of Boom or any other similar “shutdown” units, the going does get significantly tougher from Week 7 on:

Again, this is based on last year and things will not be static. But it gives you a general idea that the going is likely to be tougher for Cousins in the second part of the season. Four of the opponents were in negative numbers in pass defense DVOA and six of them were in the top half of the NFL.

So if Cousins gets off to a sizzling start in 2016, don’t be surprised. If he continues that into the second part of the season then it will be time to be impressed.<\|endoftext\|>YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced indefinite fast to protest against Telangana

Politician Jagan Mohan Reddy says he will begin an indefinite fast tomorrow to protest against the centre's decision to divide Andhra Pradesh by carving out one of its three regions, Telangana, as a new state."Just see the plight of my state," Mr Reddy said, on a day when huge protests were held in the two regions of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, whose 13 districts will comprise Andhra Pradesh according to the new blueprint approved by the cabinet last evening."Is it justifiable to split the state without an assembly resolution? What kind of democracy are we living in when people intentionally choose to ignore the assembly?" he asked.Hyderabad, the prosperous IT city, will be a shared capital for 10 years after which it will belong to Telangana, which factors heavily in the concerns of those fighting the new state."When an engineering student graduates, where will he go to get a job?" asked Mr Reddy, referencing the fear factor that Telangana will make Hyderabad jobs off-limits for outsiders.The 40-year-old leader asked why the decision on Telangana cannot be reversed; after all, he said, the government has just withdrawn a controversial executive order that allowed MPs convicted in criminal cases to remain in office.Mr Reddy heads the YSR Congress, founded and named after his father and former chief minister YSR Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash in 2009. When he was not chosen to replace his father as chief minister, Mr Reddy exited the Congress. He was recently released on bail after spending more than a year in prison on corruption charges. Like other leaders who have censured the centre for dividing Andhra Pradesh, Mr Reddy alleged that the government's decision is motivated entirely by the approaching national elections. After the split, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will have 21 parliamentary seats each. The Congress is likely to be rewarded heavily in Telangana for making it a state. The bifurcation is also expected to help the party to check the potential of Mr Reddy and other parties.<\|endoftext\|>Michel Barnier wants to prevent UK being granted access to single market without it meeting EU obligations, say sources

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator wants to prevent Britain from getting a soft transitional deal that would allow single market access on easy terms once it has left the bloc.

At a closed-door meeting in Brussels, Michel Barnier outlined his negotiating strategy to EU government officials for the first time. Described as technical seminar, the event on Tuesday lasted about three hours, and was attended by experts from 27 EU member states, but not the UK.

According to informed sources, Barnier wants to guard against a Brexit transition that is too comfortable and would allow the UK access to the single market without meeting the EU’s obligations, such as free movement of people and paying into the EU budget.

Donald Tusk blames British voters for expats' EU uncertainty Read more

The British government is seeking a transitional deal with the EU, to prevent a “cliff edge” for companies when Britain’s two-year negotiating period for leaving the bloc comes to an end.

The issue is likely to be a flashpoint in Brexit talks, with Luxembourg’s prime minister, Xavier Bettel, warning he would oppose an interim deal. “Either you’re a member or you’re not a member of the European Union,” he told Agence France-Presse. “There is no in-between status, there is no hybrid status between the two.”

But the discussion in Brussels shows the EU has not ruled out a transition deal. Insiders stress the outcome of Brexit negotiations depends on what the UK pitches for, while stressing access to the single market comes with strings attached: accepting EU rules and the authority of the European court of justice, as well as making payments to the EU budget.

Barnier listed the areas Britain’s exit talks would cover, under article 50. Those talks will include dates and timing of Brexit, the rights of EU citizens living in another member state, the Brexit bill and EU officials’ pensions, borders and what the UK leaving the bloc means for international treaties, such as environmental agreements.

He has not reached conclusions on the EU stance on any of these points. His officials are mapping scenarios to look at the cost of different Brexit options for the UK and the EU.

As expected, Barnier and his team are treating negotiations on a trade deal as separate from the EU exit talks.

Sources informed about the meeting described it as a technical exercise, where no decisions on negotiating postures were taken.

EU leaders are sticking firmly to the mantra of “no negotiations without notification”, insisting talks cannot begin until article 50 is triggered. Theresa May has promised to launch article 50 by the end of next March, but some EU leaders are sceptical about whether the prime minister can stick to this timetable.

The European commission declined to comment after the meeting. One informed source said participants had been sworn to secrecy.<\|endoftext\|>A man who authorities suspect shot at the Sabal Trail pipeline and some of its equipment in Marion County Sunday morning with a high-powered rifle was shot and killed in Citrus County following a police chase.

No law enforcement officers or pipeline contractors were injured.

The man, whose identity was not immediately released, reportedly brandished a weapon at officers after the chase, according to Capt. Dave DeCarlo of the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office.

The incident began at about 9 a.m. Sunday when the Marion County Sheriff's Office received a report of someone shooting at the pipeline and the equipment in the 12500 block of State Road 200 near Dunnellon.

Citrus County deputies then spotted the suspected shooter’s white pickup and tried to stop the vehicle. The driver did not stop, so a pursuit began. Soon, the Florida Highway Patrol joined the chase, which covered about 20 miles, DeCarlo said.

“The pursuit went through Hernando and the Florida Highway Patrol joined in the chase. It went through downtown Inverness on U.S. Highway 41 and ended near East Floral Park Drive in Florida Park,” he said.

A FHP trooper then performed a PIT maneuver that spun the truck before it crashed into an embankment on the east side of U.S. 41. The driver then got out of the truck and threatened officers with a weapon, DeCarlo said.

Officers then shot and killed the man, said DeCarlo.

The stretch of U.S. 41 where the shooting occurred was closed for several hours as law enforcement processed the scene.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was investigating the incident, as is standard in police shootings.

DeCarlo said it was not clear Sunday afternoon if FHP troopers or sheriff’s deputies fired the fatal shot.

CCSO spokeswoman Heather Yates said, per policy and protocol, the officers involved in the shooting, who will not be identified, will be placed on administrative leave while undergoing evaluations.

The FDLE will take over the investigation, she said.

Newly elected Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast offered this statement about the incident:

“We know that the suspect was armed and extremely dangerous, and pending the examination of the evidence at the scene, we will be able to determine what other weapons he had in his possession at the time of the shooting. Fortunately, none of our Citrus County deputies, Marion County deputies or Florida Highway Patrol troopers were injured as a result of this crime.”

The pipeline is a project of Sabal Trail Transmission, a joint venture between Spectra Energy, NextEra Energy and Duke Energy.

Spectra Energy spokeswoman Andrea Grover said in an email she is aware of the events that occurred in Marion and Citrus counties Sunday morning and no Sabal Trail workers were working at the time of the incident.

“Our top priority is for the safety of the community and our employees,” Grover said in the email. “We are cooperating with law enforcement regarding the data collection of damage to the pipe and equipment.”

Construction of the Sabal Trail pipeline has spurred mass protests in recent months by those who believe the pipeline and its contribution process are harmful to the environment and the Floridian aquifer.

Earlier last week, two protesters were arrested in Marion County after crawling into the pipeline, marking a total of 26 Sabal Trail protest arrests in Florida.

The 515-mile, $3.2 billion project is planned to be in service by this summer. The pipeline is expected to bring about a billion cubic feet of natural gas to the state everyday and will branch into Citrus and Martin counties for existing power plants.

— This report was written by Carlos E. Medina, a correspondent for the Ocala Star-Banner, and Andrew Caplan, a Gainesville Sun staff writer.<\|endoftext\|>The money didn’t look like enough in Bout 7, when a sweaty Mr. Horcher, a 154-pounder from Shermans Dale, Pa., bested Mr. Liguori, of Toms River, N.J. But the thump of the fighters hitting the mat with each body slam echoed through the strobe-lit room and energized the crowd, made up mostly of men. Fighters often stayed on the mat for several minutes using wrestling moves, prompting the crowd to stand up to see who was choking whom. (Hint: the combatant on the bottom was often winning.)

A contingent of fans let out a chant of “Jersey strong!” when local fighters entered the ballroom under pulsating lights. But the 1,100 banquet chairs did not fill up until the final bouts, when fans took a break from the casino floor where cocktail waitresses served free drinks. During the bouts, the handful of women in the crowd mixed some cringes with their cheers.

The Russia allegations were invented by Democrats “as a hoax, as a ruse, as an excuse for losing an election,” he told the Times.

Trump also again took shots at his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, calling it a “terrible thing” and “certainly unnecessary.”

He praised the “loyalty” of Barack Obama’s first Attorney General, Eric Holder, and said he has “great respect” for what Holder did to “totally protect” the President.

Though Trump denied any interest in reopening a Justice Department investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server, he asserted that he has the “absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department.”

Trump is reportedly under scrutiny by Mueller’s team for obstruction of justice. The investigation has to do with his abrupt firing of former FBI Director James Comey after Comey allegedly declined Trump’s request that he swear a loyalty oath and drop an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.<|endoftext|>Kirk Cousins got off to a shaky start in 2015. After six games he was struggling with six touchdowns and eight interceptions. In the last two games during that stretch, against the Falcons and Jets, interceptions had been very costly.

He may not have been on the verge of being benched after those losses in Atlanta and the Meadowlands but if he had continued on that course he would not have established himself as the Redskins’ long-term starter. But his performance picked up after the Redskins went down 24-0 against the Bucs and the rest is history.

Cousins hasn’t necessarily locked up the job for the long term yet. The team wants to see more if they are going to give him a big-money deal. If he and the team are going to come to an agreement on a multiyear contract it would help if he had a solid 2016 season.

He should be better in the earlier part of the season for a couple of reasons. For one thing he will spend all of OTAs and all of training camp as the No. 1 quarterback, working with the first team offense. He didn’t get regular work with the starters until after the second preseason game last year.

And Cousins will be facing what appears to be a slightly softer slate of pass defenses in the first part of this year as opposed to last year. Here is the comparison using Football Outsiders’ pass defense DVOA metric (note that when it comes to defensive DVOA lower and negative numbers are better):

A caveat before we dive into this. Pass defenses do change from year to year. The three defensive free agents the Giants signed could greatly improve their pass defense. Or, as we saw with the Redskins often over the years, the free agents could take some time to fit in with the defense (or they may never fit in at all).

With that in mind, it does look like Cousins will be facing a slightly softer slate of pass defenses in September and October. Last year there were two defensives that finished with negative numbers last year; this year there are none. None of the defenses in the first six games this year were in the top 10 last year and only two, the Eagles and Steelers, were even in the top half and they were just barely there.

It will be good for Cousins if he can get off to a strong start but playing well against soft defenses is not really what the Redskins and many fans want to see. They want Cousins to be run through the gauntlet of some tough pass defenses to see what he is really made of. While the Redskins don’t face the Legion of Boom or any other similar “shutdown” units, the going does get significantly tougher from Week 7 on:

Again, this is based on last year and things will not be static. But it gives you a general idea that the going is likely to be tougher for Cousins in the second part of the season. Four of the opponents were in negative numbers in pass defense DVOA and six of them were in the top half of the NFL.

So if Cousins gets off to a sizzling start in 2016, don’t be surprised. If he continues that into the second part of the season then it will be time to be impressed.<|endoftext|>YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced indefinite fast to protest against Telangana

Politician Jagan Mohan Reddy says he will begin an indefinite fast tomorrow to protest against the centre's decision to divide Andhra Pradesh by carving out one of its three regions, Telangana, as a new state."Just see the plight of my state," Mr Reddy said, on a day when huge protests were held in the two regions of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, whose 13 districts will comprise Andhra Pradesh according to the new blueprint approved by the cabinet last evening."Is it justifiable to split the state without an assembly resolution? What kind of democracy are we living in when people intentionally choose to ignore the assembly?" he asked.Hyderabad, the prosperous IT city, will be a shared capital for 10 years after which it will belong to Telangana, which factors heavily in the concerns of those fighting the new state."When an engineering student graduates, where will he go to get a job?" asked Mr Reddy, referencing the fear factor that Telangana will make Hyderabad jobs off-limits for outsiders.The 40-year-old leader asked why the decision on Telangana cannot be reversed; after all, he said, the government has just withdrawn a controversial executive order that allowed MPs convicted in criminal cases to remain in office.Mr Reddy heads the YSR Congress, founded and named after his father and former chief minister YSR Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash in 2009. When he was not chosen to replace his father as chief minister, Mr Reddy exited the Congress. He was recently released on bail after spending more than a year in prison on corruption charges. Like other leaders who have censured the centre for dividing Andhra Pradesh, Mr Reddy alleged that the government's decision is motivated entirely by the approaching national elections. After the split, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will have 21 parliamentary seats each. The Congress is likely to be rewarded heavily in Telangana for making it a state. The bifurcation is also expected to help the party to check the potential of Mr Reddy and other parties.<|endoftext|>Michel Barnier wants to prevent UK being granted access to single market without it meeting EU obligations, say sources

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator wants to prevent Britain from getting a soft transitional deal that would allow single market access on easy terms once it has left the bloc.

At a closed-door meeting in Brussels, Michel Barnier outlined his negotiating strategy to EU government officials for the first time. Described as technical seminar, the event on Tuesday lasted about three hours, and was attended by experts from 27 EU member states, but not the UK.

According to informed sources, Barnier wants to guard against a Brexit transition that is too comfortable and would allow the UK access to the single market without meeting the EU’s obligations, such as free movement of people and paying into the EU budget.

Donald Tusk blames British voters for expats' EU uncertainty Read more

The British government is seeking a transitional deal with the EU, to prevent a “cliff edge” for companies when Britain’s two-year negotiating period for leaving the bloc comes to an end.

The issue is likely to be a flashpoint in Brexit talks, with Luxembourg’s prime minister, Xavier Bettel, warning he would oppose an interim deal. “Either you’re a member or you’re not a member of the European Union,” he told Agence France-Presse. “There is no in-between status, there is no hybrid status between the two.”

But the discussion in Brussels shows the EU has not ruled out a transition deal. Insiders stress the outcome of Brexit negotiations depends on what the UK pitches for, while stressing access to the single market comes with strings attached: accepting EU rules and the authority of the European court of justice, as well as making payments to the EU budget.

Barnier listed the areas Britain’s exit talks would cover, under article 50. Those talks will include dates and timing of Brexit, the rights of EU citizens living in another member state, the Brexit bill and EU officials’ pensions, borders and what the UK leaving the bloc means for international treaties, such as environmental agreements.

He has not reached conclusions on the EU stance on any of these points. His officials are mapping scenarios to look at the cost of different Brexit options for the UK and the EU.

As expected, Barnier and his team are treating negotiations on a trade deal as separate from the EU exit talks.

Sources informed about the meeting described it as a technical exercise, where no decisions on negotiating postures were taken.

EU leaders are sticking firmly to the mantra of “no negotiations without notification”, insisting talks cannot begin until article 50 is triggered. Theresa May has promised to launch article 50 by the end of next March, but some EU leaders are sceptical about whether the prime minister can stick to this timetable.

The European commission declined to comment after the meeting. One informed source said participants had been sworn to secrecy.<|endoftext|>A man who authorities suspect shot at the Sabal Trail pipeline and some of its equipment in Marion County Sunday morning with a high-powered rifle was shot and killed in Citrus County following a police chase.

No law enforcement officers or pipeline contractors were injured.

The man, whose identity was not immediately released, reportedly brandished a weapon at officers after the chase, according to Capt. Dave DeCarlo of the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office.

The incident began at about 9 a.m. Sunday when the Marion County Sheriff's Office received a report of someone shooting at the pipeline and the equipment in the 12500 block of State Road 200 near Dunnellon.

Citrus County deputies then spotted the suspected shooter’s white pickup and tried to stop the vehicle. The driver did not stop, so a pursuit began. Soon, the Florida Highway Patrol joined the chase, which covered about 20 miles, DeCarlo said.

“The pursuit went through Hernando and the Florida Highway Patrol joined in the chase. It went through downtown Inverness on U.S. Highway 41 and ended near East Floral Park Drive in Florida Park,” he said.

A FHP trooper then performed a PIT maneuver that spun the truck before it crashed into an embankment on the east side of U.S. 41. The driver then got out of the truck and threatened officers with a weapon, DeCarlo said.

Officers then shot and killed the man, said DeCarlo.

The stretch of U.S. 41 where the shooting occurred was closed for several hours as law enforcement processed the scene.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was investigating the incident, as is standard in police shootings.

DeCarlo said it was not clear Sunday afternoon if FHP troopers or sheriff’s deputies fired the fatal shot.

CCSO spokeswoman Heather Yates said, per policy and protocol, the officers involved in the shooting, who will not be identified, will be placed on administrative leave while undergoing evaluations.

The FDLE will take over the investigation, she said.

Newly elected Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast offered this statement about the incident:

“We know that the suspect was armed and extremely dangerous, and pending the examination of the evidence at the scene, we will be able to determine what other weapons he had in his possession at the time of the shooting. Fortunately, none of our Citrus County deputies, Marion County deputies or Florida Highway Patrol troopers were injured as a result of this crime.”

The pipeline is a project of Sabal Trail Transmission, a joint venture between Spectra Energy, NextEra Energy and Duke Energy.

Spectra Energy spokeswoman Andrea Grover said in an email she is aware of the events that occurred in Marion and Citrus counties Sunday morning and no Sabal Trail workers were working at the time of the incident.

“Our top priority is for the safety of the community and our employees,” Grover said in the email. “We are cooperating with law enforcement regarding the data collection of damage to the pipe and equipment.”

Construction of the Sabal Trail pipeline has spurred mass protests in recent months by those who believe the pipeline and its contribution process are harmful to the environment and the Floridian aquifer.

Earlier last week, two protesters were arrested in Marion County after crawling into the pipeline, marking a total of 26 Sabal Trail protest arrests in Florida.

The 515-mile, $3.2 billion project is planned to be in service by this summer. The pipeline is expected to bring about a billion cubic feet of natural gas to the state everyday and will branch into Citrus and Martin counties for existing power plants.

— This report was written by Carlos E. Medina, a correspondent for the Ocala Star-Banner, and Andrew Caplan, a Gainesville Sun staff writer.<|endoftext|>The money didn’t look like enough in Bout 7, when a sweaty Mr. Horcher, a 154-pounder from Shermans Dale, Pa., bested Mr. Liguori, of Toms River, N.J. But the thump of the fighters hitting the mat with each body slam echoed through the strobe-lit room and energized the crowd, made up mostly of men. Fighters often stayed on the mat for several minutes using wrestling moves, prompting the crowd to stand up to see who was choking whom. (Hint: the combatant on the bottom was often winning.)

A contingent of fans let out a chant of “Jersey strong!” when local fighters entered the ballroom under pulsating lights. But the 1,100 banquet chairs did not fill up until the final bouts, when fans took a break from the casino floor where cocktail waitresses served free drinks. During the bouts, the handful of women in the crowd mixed some cringes with their cheers.