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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson resigns

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

Secretary Wilson said Friday she is resigning to become president of the University of Texas at El Paso.

Bill Shine resigns as White House communications director

By Associated Press

Bill Shine is joining President Donald Trump's re-election campaign as a senior adviser.

WATCH: Trump says Democrats have become an ‘anti-Jewish party’

By Associated Press

Before leaving to survey tornado damage in Alabama, Trump told reporters the Democrats have become an "anti-Israel" and "anti-Jewish" party.

WATCH: Trump says Michael Cohen is lying about not seeking a pardon

By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

The president said his former lawyer told a "stone cold lie" in claiming that he did not seek a pardon.

Trump tours tornado damage in Alabama

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Trump toured rural Lee County in eastern Alabama, where 23 people died Sunday in an E4 tornado that carved a path of destruction nearly a mile wide.

Mueller’s case against Paul Manafort, explained

By Tess Conciatori

Manafort was among the first of 34 individuals and a number of corporations to be indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. On Thursday he was sentenced by a federal judge to 47…

Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison for tax and bank fraud

By Associated Press

Judge T.S. Ellis III imposed the sentence Thursday, capping the only jury trial following indictments stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

What the firestorm over Rep. Omar’s remarks says about anti-Semitism in America

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., faced a firestorm recently after suggesting political support for Israel might entail "allegiance to a foreign country." After critics slammed her remarks as anti-Semitic, the freshman congresswoman apologized, and House Democrats wrote a resolution condemning bigotry.

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Oldest-ever U.S. representative Ralph Hall dies at age 95

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

Former Texas Rep. Ralph Hall was known in Congress for promoting NASA and energy production.

WATCH: House approves resolution condemning anti-Semitism, other bigotry

The one-sided 407-23 vote belied the emotional infighting over how to respond to freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar's recent comments suggesting House supporters of Israel have dual allegiances.