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Senate opens ‘Obamacare’ debate at last but outcome in doubt

McCain returns after being diagnosed with brain cancer

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

Trump shows the Boy Scouts how to start a political fire

President criticized for remarks at Jamboree

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

Trump vents anew on Sessions, who’s under pressure to quit

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, launching a fresh Twitter tirade against him while musing privately about firing the man ...

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

US soldier pleads not guilty to support for Islamic State

HONOLULU – A U.S. Army soldier based in Hawaii pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of attempting to support the Islamic State group. Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang was arraigned in f...

DATE: Jul 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge clears way for Trump commission to collect voter data

Did not say that any states must comply with the commission’s request

DATE: Jul 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

VFW slams House plan to fix VA budget gap as hurting vets

WASHINGTON – The leader of Veterans of Foreign Wars is taking aim at President Donald Trump over a House plan to fill a sudden budget shortfall at the Department of Veterans Affairs. ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Baby Charlie protesters rally as hospital reports threats

LONDON – Protesters who want critically ill British baby Charlie Gard to receive an experimental medical treatment rallied Sunday, while hospital officials say emotions are running so high i...

DATE: Jul 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

8 found dead in sweltering truck in immigrant smuggling case

SAN ANTONIO – Authorities called to a Walmart parking lot found eight people dead and 20 others in dire condition in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer, victims of what police said Sun...

DATE: Jul 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kushner discloses additional $10M in assets

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner “inadvertently omitted” more than 70 assets worth at least $10.6 million from his personal financial disclos...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump denounces ‘illegal leaks’ in new accounts of his campaign’s contact with Russia

President Donald Trump asserted Saturday morning that he has “complete power to pardon” in an apparent allusion to the ongoing probe into his campaign’s contacts with Russian officials. And ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Residents, tourists in Greece sleep outdoors after quake

KOS, Greece – Hundreds of people on the eastern Greek island of Kos have spent the night sleeping outdoors after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others acros...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World