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Politics Nov 28

Families of Navajo Code Talkers decry Trump’s use of ‘Pocahontas’

By Felicia Fonseca and Laurie Kellman, Associated Press

Head of U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announces resignation

The head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announced Thursday that he is resigning and will return to New Mexico as a law professor. Kevin Washburn, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, said issues confronting Indian Country,…

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

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Read Oct 27 Column: Proposed budget bill would have devastating effects on millions’ Social Security benefits
Read Sep 23 AP source: Kavanaugh, Ford agree to testify on Thursday
Watch Sep 21 Shields and Ponnuru on Brett Kavanaugh allegations, Russia probe declassification delay
Watch Sep 22 Rescued or seized? Greece’s long fight with UK over Parthenon Marbles
Read Sep 22 Puppies are making people sick — and it’s people’s fault

Nation Sep 23

As aid checks go out, farmers worry bailout won’t be enough

By Juliet Linderman, Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh arrives with Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for the second day of his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2018. Photo by Chris Wattie/Reuters

Nation Sep 23

AP source: Kavanaugh, Ford agree to testify on Thursday

By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a Holy Mass in Kaunas

World Sep 23

Pope warns Lithuanians to guard against anti-Semitism

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

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Nation Sep 23

U.S. considers limit on green cards for immigrants on benefits

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

Nation Sep 22

North Carolina river swirls with gray muck near flooded coal ash dump

By Michael Biesecker, Alan Suderman, Associated Press

Politics Sep 22

Opinion: Sen. Grassley should give Kavanaugh’s accuser the investigation he says #metoo victims deserve

By Ally Coll Steele

World Sep 22

Tanzania death toll 209 as survivor found in capsized ferry

By Tom Odula, Associated Press

Health Sep 22

Puppies are making people sick — and it’s people’s fault

By Helen Branswell, STAT

World Sep 22

Some see signs of hope on North Korea as Trump heads to UN

By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press

Politics Sep 22

Rosenstein’s fate could turn on which account Trump believes

By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

Nation Sep 22

DHS secretary: FEMA chief misused cars, but won’t lose job

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

Mario Vargas-Lopez and his 10-year-old daughter, Jersey, who traveled to the Vatican to plead with Pope Francis for help to prevent his deportation, hug as they are reunited at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, March 29, 2014. Photo by David McNew/Reuters

Nation Sep 22

Parents face tougher rules to get immigrant children back

By Gisela Salomon, Claudia Torrens, Associated Press

World Sep 22

Gunmen attack Iran military parade, killing at least 25

By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Politics Sep 21

Grassley extends deadline for Kavanaugh accuser to decide on testimony

By Alan Fram, Lisa Mascaro, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks to reporters about recent revelations of President Donald Trump sharing classified information with Russian Officials on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTX363NO

Politics Sep 21

Grassley to Kavanaugh accuser: Reach deal or Senate panel votes Monday

By Associated Press

Dunia, an asylum seeker from Honduras, is reunited with her five-year-old son Wilman at Brownsville South Padre International Airport in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., following their separation of more than five weeks through the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy. Photo by Loren Elliott/Reuters

Nation Sep 21

Fewer than 200 migrant children remain separated from their parents

By Joshua Barajas

U.S. Army personnel unload food and water from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for a community isolated by the effects of Hurricane Florence, now downgraded to a tropical depression, in Atkinson, North Carolina, on Sept. 18. Photo by Jonathan Drake/Reuters

Nation Sep 21

Unending disaster: Florence floods prompt new evacuations

By Meg Kinnard, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press

Nation Sep 21

Deported father reunited with daughter in Honduras after 3-month separation

By Yamiche Alcindor

Health Sep 21

For kids in Puerto Rico, ‘we don’t know all the damage they have endured’ from Hurricane Maria

By Laura Santhanam

Everyone in the court stands before the entrance of the jury during the trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke (L), for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., September 20, 2018. Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Pool via REUTERS - RC1B80F26E50

Nation Sep 21

Race central to Chicago case, even if jury doesn’t hear it

By Don Babwin, Associated Press