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Q: 2018 Winter Olympics: Mike Pence tweets '#FAKENEWS' on report about skater Adam Rippon
At about the same time as Pence took to Twitter  a White House official was explaining to reporters traveling with the vice president to South Korea that  Pence 's team did contact the U.S. Olympic Committee. But the vice president's office was offering— not requesting — a meeting with Rippon and wanted to give the skater as much space as possible. The official declined to be identified.
Columnist Christine Brennan reported on Wednesday that  Pence  had become so concerned about criticism he faced from Rippon  an openly gay athlete  that his staff reached out to the USOC to set up a conversation between the two.
Headed to the Olympics to cheer on #TeamUSA. One reporter trying to distort 18 yr old nonstory to sow seeds of division. We won’t let that happen! #FAKENEWS. Our athletes are the best in the world and we are for ALL of them! #TEAMUSA — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 8  2018
.@Adaripp I want you to know we are FOR YOU. Don’t let fake news distract you. I am proud of you and ALL OF OUR GREAT athletes and my only hope for you and all of #TeamUSA is to bring home the gold. Go get ‘em! — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 8  2018
“ You mean Mike Pence  the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy ? I’m not buying  it  ” Rippon responded.
Around the same time that  Pence  sent out his two tweets over the reports about his spat with Rippon  a White House official confirmed that the vice president's chief of staff Nick Ayers called U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun after Rippon had initially criticized  Pence  last month.
Rippon’s criticism of  Pence  was over language on a campaign website that some LGBT activists say shows that as a congressman the vice president had supported gay conversion therapy.
Ayers told Blackmun that the criticism of  Pence  was untrue and that he never supported gay conversion therapy  the White House official told reporters. When the issue surfaced during the 2016 presidential campaign   Pence 's then press secretary  Marc Lotter  also denied that  Pence  supported the policy.
Ayers offered to have someone from the vice president's team explain to Rippon the confusion over  Pence 's stance. Ayers also said that  Pence  would meet with Rippon or speak with him over the phone if he preferred  the White House official said.

A: Mike Pence
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Q: LONDON (AP) — A British judge is set to decide Tuesday whether to quash or uphold an arrest warrant for  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange  who has spent more than five years evading the law inside Ecuador's London embassy .
 Assange 's lawyers argue that it's no longer in the public interest to arrest him for jumping bail in 2012 and seeking shelter in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden  where prosecutors were investigating allegations of sexual assault and rape made by two women. He denied the allegations.
Swedish prosecutors dropped their investigation last year  saying there was no prospect of bringing  Assange  to Sweden in the foreseeable future. But the British warrant for violating bail conditions still stands  and  Assange  faces arrest if  he  leaves the embassy.
 Assange 's lawyers asked for the warrant to be withdrawn since Sweden no longer wants  him  extradited  but  the judge  rejected their request last week.
 Assange 's attorney went on to argue that arresting  him  is no longer proportionate or in the public interest. Lawyer Mark Summers said that the 5½ years  Assange  has spent inside the embassy were "adequate  if not severe" punishment for his actions  and cited a report by a U.N. committee which said the 46-year-old was being arbitrarily detained.
He said the fact remained that  Assange  had chosen to enter the embassy to avoid arrest 
Even if the judge lifts the British arrest warrant   Assange 's legal problems may not be over. He suspects there is a secret U.S. grand jury indictment against him for WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents  and that American authorities will seek his extradition

A: Julian Assange
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Q: GOP gubernatorial hopeful Sen. John DeFrancisco blasted  Gov. Cuomo  on Tuesday  saying  he  failed to release most of $2 billion in school funding  some of which could be used for safety measures.
The state regularly processes applications and only has 10 outstanding before the review board that  Cuomo  controls   his  office said. Both sides agree only $400 million has been spent.
 The Syracuse state senator  said one superintendent in Newburgh told  him   he  had an application in for several years.
While DeFrancisco put the blame on  Cuomo   saying  his  administration is either âincompetentâ or waiting to release the money during  his  re-election   Cuomoâs staff  said  it âs the Senate-controlled State Education Department thatâs responsible for the backlog.
 They  also denied DeFranciscoâs claim that 250 school districts across the state are waiting for the money because  Cuomo âs people wonât release it.
âDeFrancisco is either a liar intent on politicizing every part of state government  or he didnât read the bill he voted for â  Cuomo  spokesman Rich Azzopardi said.
The review board awarding the funds has approved 427 plans for projects covering 322 school districts and 20 special education schools   Azzopardi  said.

A:
Cuomo
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