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EPA dismisses half of key board’s scientific advisers
Interior suspends more than 200 advisory panels
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Obama warned Trump about Flynn, former officials say
The information on Monday, from officials who requested anonymity in order to disclose the private conversation, came hours before former acting Attorney General Sally Yates was to testify to Congress…
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UN climate talks begin amid uncertainty over US position
Giant machines dig for brown coal at the open-cast mining Garzweiler in front of a smoking power plant near the city of Grevenbroich in western Germany. Despite uncertainties about whether…
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Centrist Emmanuel Macron becomes France’s youngest president
A crowd of Macron supporters roared with delight at the news, jubilantly waving red, white and blue tricolor flags at a victory party outside the Louvre Museum in Paris. Marine…
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Chibok schoolgirls were swapped for 5 Boko Haram commanders
The confirmation of the prisoner swap came a day after the young women were liberated. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to…
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Candidate for Army secretary withdraws amid heavy criticism
In this April 9, 2013, file photo, state Tennessee Sen. Mark Green participates in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Nashville, Tenn. Green, President Donald Trump’s pick for Army secretary…
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Police officer free on bond in teen’s suburban Dallas death
Roy Oliver turned himself in Friday night, just hours after the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest in the April 29 death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.…
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Excitement and caution as Liberty U. awaits Trump commencement speech
But final exams aren’t the only tests facing this outwardly placid campus this week. Students here at the nation’s largest Christian university are also preparing for the arrival of President…
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Senate asks Trump associates for details on Russian contacts
Carter Page speaks in Moscow, Russia, on July 8, 2016. Page, one of President Donald Trump’s former foreign policy advisers, said Friday that the Senate committee investigating Moscow’s interference in…
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Analysis: Winners and losers from the GOP’s health-care bill
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., were all smiles Thursday in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington after the House pushed through a…
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Young should speak up, teen Scout says
Photo of her confronting extremists went viral
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Trump’s FCC chairman wastes no time enacting a conservative agenda in his first 100 days
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai listens during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington on March 8.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg file Few have acted as decisively as Ajit Pai, the…
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House overwhelmingly backs new sanctions against North Korea
U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Harry Harris Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 26. Determined to exert greater economic pressure on North Korea, the House voted overwhelmingly…
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Senate sends $1.1T spending bill to Trump
Measure would fund federal government through September
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Joyful House Republicans vote to repeal reviled ‘Obamacare’
Measure moves on to skeptical Senate
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House to vote on health care bill Thursday
Millions will lose insurance if measure passes Senate and becomes law
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Le Pen and Macron clash in no holds-barred debate in France
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, left, and French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron, faced off in…
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‘We will get it done’ says Trump, hopeful of Mideast peace
President meets with Palestinian leader
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Fed leaves rates unchanged but signals further hikes ahead
Next raise could come in June
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Trump’s remarks often set off White House ‘scramble drill’
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, during a meeting on healthcare. Washington policymakers have a time-tested method for rolling out new ideas:…
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Ex-student pleads to California school rampage
Disgruntled former student killed 7 in 2012
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EPA asks what rules to cut, gets earful about dirty water
Most responders seek more protection from agency during ‘listening session’
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Trump, Putin signal new effort to cooperate on Syria
Two leaders agreed to try to meet face to face in July
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Trump says budget deal is a win
12:20 p.m. President Donald Trump is touting the budget deal forged to fund the government through September, declaring: “This is what winning looks like.” Despite concessions on issues like border…
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One killed, three wounded in attack at University of Texas, police say
Student taken into custody within minutes of plaza assault
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Tornadoes, flooding kill 6 in parts of South, Midwest
The storms in Texas were among several in parts of the South and Midwest that brought strong winds, thunderstorms and torrential rain, killing a total of at least six people…
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EPA website removes climate science site from public view after two decades
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites…
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Trump says he’s brought ‘profound change’ to Washington
President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn as he arrives at the White House in Washington on Friday, returning from traveling to Atlanta to speak at the National Rifle…