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U.S. appeals court clears AT&T’s $81 billion purchase of Time Warner

By Marcy Gordon, Tali Arbel, Associated Press

A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration's claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competition in the TV industry.

House Dems to subpoena Trump administration for family separation documents

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

A House committee voted Tuesday to subpoena Trump administration officials over family separations at the southern border, the first issued in the new Congress as Democrats have promised to hold the administration aggressively to count.

4 things to watch during the Trump-Kim summit

By Gretchen Frazee

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plan to meet on Wednesday and Thursday for a second summit in Vietnam, the next step in negotiations aimed at minimizing the nuclear threat from North Korea.

Trump, Kim in Hanoi for second round of nuclear talks

By Foster Klug, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

After long journeys to Vietnam, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are in place for their second summit Wednesday to address perhaps the world's biggest security challenge: Kim's pursuit of a nuclear program that stands…

Michael Cohen claims lying, racism and cheating by Trump

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In a damning depiction of Donald Trump, the president’s former lawyer on Wednesday cast him as a racist and a con man who used his inner circle to cover up politically damaging allegations about sex, and lied throughout…

American freed from captivity in Yemen, Trump announces

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump announced Monday that American citizen Danny Burch has been freed after 18 months of captivity in Yemen in what the State Department suggested was a rescue operation.

Former Fed chair Yellen critical of Trump’s grasp of economic policy

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Former Fed chair Janet Yellen said President Donald Trump has made various inaccurate remarks about the Fed. The comments marked Yellen's most pointed criticism of Trump since he decided not to nominate her for a second term as Fed leader.

Ex-campaign worker for Trump sues over unwanted kiss claim

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Alva Johnson, a former Trump campaign worker, contends in a new federal lawsuit that President Donald Trump planted an unwanted kiss on her face at an August, 2016 event in Tampa, Florida.

AP fact check: Trump’s repeated fabrications on voting fraud

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Asked about ballot malfeasance involving a Republican in North Carolina, the president insisted he condemns voter fraud "of any kind, whether it's Democrat or Republican" and pointed to a "million fraudulent votes" cast in California. But no such case exists.

Former U.S. security officials to oppose emergency declaration

By Associated Press

A group of former U.S. national security officials is set to release a statement arguing there is no justification for President Donald Trump to use a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.