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All of the key moments that led to FBI director Comey's firing

By Associated Press

Often lauded for his independence, Comey had come under intense scrutiny in recent months for his role in the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails.

5 important stories you may have overlooked

By Joshua Barajas, Iman Smith, Erica R. Hendry, Vanessa Dennis

These stories that were buried in last week's political news are worth your time.

Nuclear waste tunnel collapses at Hanford site in Washington state

By Anna King and Courtney Flatt, Northwest Public Radio

Officials were concerned about contamination in soil covering railroad tunnels near the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant cleanup site.

Trump announces first slate of federal court nominees

By Vivian Salama, Associated Press

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the candidates include individuals previously named on Trump's list of 21 possible picks for Supreme Court.

White House postpones climate change meeting

By Catherine Lucey, Michael Biesecker, Associated Press

It's the second time a meeting of top aides on climate has been delayed. Ivanka Trump will meet separately with EPA chief Scott Pruitt and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska…

To improve patient diets, the doctor is in...the kitchen

By PBS News Hour

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Pentagon releases military photographer's stunning photo of her last moments

By Ryan Connelly Holmes

This image is the last photo military photographer Specialist Hilda I. Clayton ever took.

Interior secretary tours Bears Ears, hotly contested monument in Utah

By Michelle L. Price and Brady McCombs, Associated Press

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke took an aerial tour Monday of one of America's newest and most hotly contested monuments — one of 27 he's been ordered to review by President Donald Trump to determine if they were properly established.

Texas' new sanctuary city ban draws rebuke from Mexican government, San Antonio police chief

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

The Mexican government, San Antonio's police chief and others slammed Texas' new "sanctuary cities" law, saying that requiring officers to help enforce U.S. immigration law will fan distrust of the police by the state's many Hispanics.

As fentanyl death toll spikes, states step up their interventions

By Christine Vestal, Stateline

With the advent of fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic drugs, many states are amplifying those policies and adding new programs to protect drug users from deadly contaminants in heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs.