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Supreme Court revives travel ban

June 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― The Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Trump by reviving parts of his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries and...

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COVFEFE Act would preserve Trump’s tweets as official statements

June 13th, 20173 From the incomprehensible "covfefe" to a post labeling fired FBI director James Comey a "leaker," President Donald Trump's tweets would be preserved as presidential...

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Trump delays moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem by six months

June 1st, 20170 WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an order on Thursday to keep the U.S. Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv temporarily instead of relocating it to Jerusalem, despite his...

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Outside Washington, a ‘more powerful’ immigrant rights movement emerges

May 19th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO — Immigrant rights advocates say that despite the cloud of fear hanging over communities in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, there is also...

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Immigration arrests up nearly 40 percent under Trump

May 19th, 20170 NEW YORK — U.S. arrests of suspected illegal immigrants rose by nearly 40 percent in the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency, following executive orders that...

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Former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning leaves prison

May 19th, 20171 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chelsea Manning walked out of a U.S. military prison on Wednesday, seven years after being arrested for passing secrets to WikiLeaks in the largest...

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U.S. nears $100 billion arms deal for Saudi Arabia

May 19th, 20170 WASHINGTON — The United States is close to completing a series of arms deals for Saudi Arabia totaling more than $100 billion, a senior White House official said on...

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Trump visit seen as long shot to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking

May 19th, 20171 JERUSALEM — Just four months after taking office, Donald Trump will make the earliest foray into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking by any U.S. president next week. But...

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US special counsel named to investigate Trump-Russia ties

May 17th, 20170 The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday named former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S....

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US: Syrians built crematorium at prison to dispose of bodies, Syria denies accusations

May 16th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.-The United States has evidence Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has built a crematorium at a large military prison outside the capital...

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Trump revealed classified intelligence to Russians about ISIS

May 15th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Trump disclosed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister about a planned ISIS operation during their meeting last week, two...

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U.S. airlines meet with Homeland Security on expanding laptop ban

May 11th, 20171 WASHINGTON ― Homeland Security officials met with major U.S. airlines and a trade group on Thursday to discuss the impact of possibly expanding a ban on large...

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Trump to create panel to study voter fraud, suppression: official

May 11th, 20170 WASHINGTON-President Donald Trump plans to create a commission on Thursday to investigate voter fraud and voter suppression, a White House official said, a move that...

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House passed bill to fund government, avoid shutdown

May 5th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September and avoid a shutdown of...

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All Republican Michigan US representatives voted to repeal Obamacare

May 5th, 20170 WASHINGTON — All nine Republican U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, in favor of the American...

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Trump signs order allowing tax-exempt churches to be involved in politics

May 4th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that allows tax-exempt centers of worship to participate actively in politics, freeing...

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U.S House passes healthcare bill in big win for Trump

May 4th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday to repeal major parts of Obamacare and replace it with a Republican healthcare plan,...

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Trump to visit Israel and Saudi Arabia in first foreign trip

May 4th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this month as part of his first foreign trip, wading directly into the tangled diplomacy of Middle...

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Anti-immigration group leader named Citizenship and Immigration Services Official

May 3rd, 20170 WAHINGTON, D.C.-Before Julie Kirchner was appointed by President Donald Trump to Citizenship and Immigration Services Investigator, she served as the executive director...

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Trump: Saudis not paying fair share for U.S. defense

April 29th, 20170 WASHINGTON — President Trump complained on Thursday that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia was not treating the United States fairly and Washington was losing a “tremendous...

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Federal judge blocks Trump order to restrict funding for ‘sanctuary cities’

April 25th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO ― A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Trump's executive order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, dealing...

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U.S. sanctions hundreds of Syrian research center employees

April 24th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― The Treasury Department sanctioned 271 employees of Syria's Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC), an agency that Washington says develops...

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Trump signs executive order scrutinizing skilled immigrant visas

April 19th, 20170 President Donald Trump will be ordering a thorough review of the country's high-skilled immigration visa program Thursday after having signed an executive order Tuesday...

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NAACP issues statement against discriminatory Texas voter ID law

April 13th, 20170 Baltimore– In response to a controversial voter ID law struck down by a Texas judge for being discriminatory, NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued...

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U.S. warships strike Syrian airfield in response to Idlib ‘chemical attack’

April 7th, 20170 President Trump ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was allegedly launched, declaring he acted in America's...

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Yemeni Americans stage New York protest, urge U.S. to rethink Saudi alliance

April 2nd, 20170 NEW YORK CITY — On a cold, snowy Sunday morning, more than 100 Arab Americans gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to protest the United States' support...

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Israel Lobby and American Policy conference offers counterpoint to national AIPAC conference

March 31st, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.— Days before AIPAC’s national policy conference, a wide coalition of groups assembled for a counter-conference in Washington to address Israel’s...

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