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U.S. diplomats leave embassy in Venezuela amid political turmoil

By Scott Smith, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

A defiant Maduro called home all Venezuelan diplomats from the U.S. and closed its embassy in Washington on Thursday, a day after ordering all U.S. diplomats out of the country by the weekend.

Judge approves changes to Harvey Weinstein’s legal team

By Michael Sisak, Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul, is charged with raping a woman in 2013 and performing a forcible sex act on a different woman in 2006. He denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex.

Read the full charges against Trump confidant Roger Stone

By Laura Santhanam

Roger Stone is scheduled to make a court appearance at 11 a.m. ET Friday.

WATCH: Trump associate Roger Stone arrested, faces obstruction charge from Russia investigation

By Eric Tucker, Chad Day, Associated Press

Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday morning on several criminal charges stemming from the special counsel's Russia investigation.

Trump’s unintended shutdown gift to Pelosi: a unified Democratic caucus

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

It's not even about the wall at this point. Democrats are sticking together with an unusual amount of unity as a way to strengthen House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's hand and set a tone in the new Congress.

U.S. orders its embassy staff to leave Venezuela

By Associated Press

The State Department says it's taking the step for security reasons and that the embassy in Caracas will stay open.

WATCH: Senate rejects competing bills to end shutdown

By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Associated Press

A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, leaving President Donald Trump and Congress with no obvious formula for halting the longest-ever closure of federal agencies and the damage…

WATCH: Commerce chief Wilbur Ross asks why furloughed workers are using food banks

By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, one of the richest people in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, questioned Thursday why furloughed federal workers were using food banks instead of taking out loans to get through the monthlong partial government shutdown.