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On JFK documents, Trump squeezed over disclosure

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is caught in a push-pull on new details of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, jammed between students of the killing who want every scrap of information and...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump calls Yellen ‘terrific’ and notes stock market gains

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump offered praise Wednesday for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, calling her “terrific,” but also acknowledged his conflicting desire to make his own mark...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In poll, people say Trump tax plan benefits rich, companies

WASHINGTON – Most Americans say President Donald Trump’s tax plan would benefit the wealthy and corporations, and less than half believe his message that “massive tax cuts” would help middle...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

No GOP dam break: Senators rally behind Trump and his agenda

WASHINGTON – There was no dam break of Republican rancor against Donald Trump on Wednesday, a day after a pair of the party’s prominent senators denounced their president and invited colleag...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump OKs test program to expand domestic drone flights

WASHINGTON – Some Americans could see a lot more drones flying around their communities as the result of a Trump administration test program to increase government and commercial use of the ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Premiums rising 34 percent for most popular health plan

WASHINGTON – Premiums for the most popular “Obamacare” plans are going up an average of 34 percent, according to a study Wednesday that confirms dire predictions about the impact of politica...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New screenings to start for all US-bound airline passengers

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – All incoming flights to the United States will be subject to new security screening procedures before takeoff, including both American citizens and foreigners p...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump says Clinton team funding for Russia info ‘a disgrace’

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans latched onto revelations tying Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign to a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia. The pr...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Catalan VP says Spain ‘gives us no option’ but to secede

BARCELONA, Spain – Spanish authorities are leaving separatists in Catalonia with “no other option” but to push ahead with declaring independence for the wealthy northeastern region, its vice...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Troops describe hardships, wounds during Bergdahl searches

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Several soldiers and a Navy SEAL testified Wednesday about the risky, all-out efforts to find Bowe Bergdahl after the soldier’s 2009 disappearance in Afghanistan. Troops a...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mexican immigrant takes sanctuary in western Colorado church

CARBONDALE – A Mexican immigrant and activist who has lived in western Colorado for 16 years has taken refuge in a church to avoid deportation. Sandra Lopez of Silt moved into Two...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Diversifying an oil and gas economy in Carlsbad, N.M.

CARLSBAD, N.M. – In 2015, T. Boone Pickens predicted the price of crude oil would rocket to $70 per barrel by the end of the year. It was a message of hope, delivered at the annua...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World