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... on people close to the president. Then today, in The Washington Post, allegations that the White House tried to block former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates from talking to Nunes' committee about Russia. The Post pointed to a Justice Department letter written late last week telling Yates her testimony might ...
... insurgency. In June, the Nigerian government declared a "nutritional emergency" in the region, as a lack of access to food gave way to severe malnutrition rates. The hunger crisis is so widespread that Doctors Without Borders, or Médecins Sans Frontières, reported that malnutrition appears to have killed an entire age ...
... the outgoing attorney general — is sworn in. GOP leaders are resolute to keep their conservative policies intact and defend the LGBT law known as House Bill 2 that McCrory signed, refusing to change it unless it's on their terms. "It's clear it's on social issues where Cooper ...
... No. 3 Senate Republican John Thune of South Dakota say the GOP's tax plans shouldn't add to the deficit. That would mean tax rates couldn't be cut nearly as sharply as Trump wants. "We know we're going to have to pay for this," said Sen. John ...
... in Washington. "I tell our caucus we need a strong progressive wing and we need a strong moderate wing to succeed," Schumer said in an interview. "We have a moral imperative to work together and get things done," he said. "I have told my caucus I don't want to ...
... her names and even physically assaulted her, according to the lawsuit. “I don’t feel safe in my own home,” Wetzel said in a phone interview. “I am scared constantly. … What I am doing is about getting justice. I don’t want other LGBT seniors to go through what I ...
The "shackles" gone, Donald Trump stepped up his fierce attacks on his own party leaders Tuesday, promising to teach Republicans who oppose him a lesson and fight for the presidency "the way I want to."
The military must do a better job of addressing the alarmingly high rates of underemployment and unemployment among military spouses.
If you smoke marijuana and you’re shopping for life insurance, chances are you can find a company that won’t penalize you for your habit, but you may have to weed out several insurers to find the best policy.
Veterans are still waiting to see a doctor even after Congress and the Veterans Affairs Department came up with a fix.
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