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NAACP chief talks police, voting with Sessions

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been on the job less than a month but has already made some civil rights groups nervous by indicating the Justice Department will likely softe...

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump tours private school in Florida, promoting choice

ORLANDO, Fla. – President Donald Trump toured a private religious school in Florida on Friday, praising it as an ideal institution for “disadvantaged children” while re-emphasizing that his ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Groups worried about U.S. resolve on human rights

Tillerson fails to introduce latest report on repression

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump plan would slash EPA funding

Proposed budget would cut 19 percent of agency’s jobs

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. snuffs plans for pot festival

Organizers won’t allow marijuana smoking at canabis fest

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Delay in Montenegro’s NATO bid urged

Opposition leaders ask Trump adviser to stall U.S. vote

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia still hopes for better U.S. ties

Says meddling charges hampering joint efforts

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mass grave found at ex-orphanage

Historian spurred search for remains of children who died there

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pence used a private email account to conduct state business

WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account to conduct public business as Indiana’s governor, according to public records obtained by the Indianapolis Star. ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump renews promise to boost defense spending

President visits sailors about new aircraft carrier

DATE: Mar 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sessions denies trying to mislead senators

Attorney general says he won’t be involved in probe of Russian meddling

DATE: Mar 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ex-Trump rival Ben Carson wins Senate OK as housing chief

WASHINGTON – Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who challenged Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, won Senate confirmation Thursday to join Trump’s Cabinet as housing secretary...

DATE: Mar 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World