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Ex-PM seeks to change minds on Brexit
Blairdu1-i-syn Blair argued that the Conservative government’s drive to leave the EU “at any cost” will hurt future generations and damage the unity of the country itself. Last year’s vote…
German minister cautions U.S. on war on terrrorism
Says America benefits from having a united EU, NATO
Senate confirms Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator
Scott Pruitt won confirmation Friday to be the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press file The vote was 52-46 as Republican leaders used their party’s narrow…
White House denies plan to use Guard
Memo proposed using troops to assist with immigration arrests in 11 states
‘Lead by Example’ bill aims to fix VA health care issues
Bill sponsor says if Congress had to rely on VA, health system would get fixed
Trump raps ‘criminal’ leaks, ‘dishonest’ media, ‘bad’ judges
President’s first press conference lasts 77 minutes
Watchdog: Number of anti-Muslim hate groups on the rise
Protesters carry signs and chant in Lafayette Park near the White House in Washington during a demonstration to denounce President Donald Trump’s executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly…
Pentagon boss warns NATO allies to pay up
Says U.S. could curtail its support for alliance
Traffic deaths jump to highest level in a decade
A jump in traffic fatalities last year pushed deaths on U.S. roads to their highest level in nearly a decade, erasing improvements made during the Great Recession and economic recovery.Patrick…
Flynn’s exit won’t end calls for probes
More GOP members seeking investigations of administration’s ties to Russia
North Korean leader’s half-brother assassinated
A TV screen shows a picture of Kim Jong Nam, the older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who died in Malaysia after a reported attack by suspected…
Pentagon seeks to solve WWII mystery
Missing from sunken ship may be buried as unknown sailors
Library of Congress pulls misspelled Trump poster
The poster includes Trump’s quote, “No dream is too big, no challenge is to great. Nothing we want for the future is beyond our reach.” The phrase should be “too…
Flynn told to leave after losing Trump trust, spokesman says
White House press secretary Sean Spicer says President Donald Trump asked for National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation because he had lost trust in Flynn because of his apparent lying…
California dam water level drops after massive evacuation
California water officials are releasing water through the Oroville Dam’s main spillway to relieve a dangerous buildup of water behind the dam that is threatening thousands of people in northern…
Trump seeks most ambitious regulatory rollback since Reagan
President Donald Trump salutes as he walks down the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Sunday. The new administration is targeting dozens of…
Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone after protests turn violent
The rocket attack left no casualties as the munitions landed on the parade grounds in the center of the highly fortified Baghdad compound that is home to Iraq’s government and…
Suicide bomber outside bank kills Afghan troops, civilians
At least 20 people, including both army troops and civilians, were wounded in the strike that happened outside a branch of the New Kabul Bank in Lashkar Gah, the provincial…
Panama arrests partners in Mossack-Fonseca firm
The arrests announced Saturday are related to another scandal involving bribes paid by the Brazilian company Odebrecht. Ramon Fonseca Mora and Jurgen Mossack are partners at the Mossack-Fonseca firm. Officials…
Police seize companies linked to Mafia boss
The property, confiscated Saturday in the western part of the island considered to be Matteo Messina Denaro’s power base, was estimated to be worth $14 million. The convicted Cosa Nostra…
Gangs of French youth clash with police in Paris suburb
Hundreds demonstrated Saturday by the courthouse in the northeast Paris suburb of Bobigny, calling for justice for the 22-year-old man arrested Feb. 2 in Aulnay-Sous-Bois during a ID check by…
Trump and Japan’s Abe share high-five on golf course
President hosts first foreign leader at resort in Florida
GOP dilemma on health law taxes: To repeal or not to repeal?
GOP faces dilemma on health law taxes
Trump eases tensions by accepting ‘one-China’ policy
Xidu1-i-syn More than two months after deviating from decades of American diplomacy regarding Taiwan by accepting a phone call from the self-governing island’s president, Trump appeared to be trying to…