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Scott Pruitt quits as head of US environment agency
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Cohen: My first loyalty is to family and country, not Trump
Trump’s longtime fixer tells Good Morning America ‘I will not be a punching bag as part of anyone’s defense strategy’
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Deputy AG Rosenstein, FBI Director Wray grilled by House panel on Clinton probe
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray faced sharp questioning from lawmakers (...)
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President Trump says process to replace Kennedy on Supreme Court will 'begin immediately'
President Donald Trump says he'll "immediately" begin a search for new Supreme Court justice after Anthony Kennedy announces his retirement Wednesday. Trump describes Kennedy as a man of "tremendous vision." (June 27) AP
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Millennial beats veteran Democrat
A millennial candidate has shaken up the US Democratic Party by defeating the incumbent congressman for his seat.
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'Zero tolerance' immigration policy 'incredibly dumb,' tent city chief says
Amid public outcry over the thousands of migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to keep families together. Here’s a wrap-up of everything that led to this moment. Just the FAQs
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Melania Trump, Agent of Coat Chaos
Melania Trump’s excursion in her “I Really Don’t Care” jacket did not send a hidden message. It was there for all to see.
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UPDATED: Trump signs order stopping family separation after outcry
'The border is just as tough, but we do want to keep families together,' president says
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Donald Trump digs in heels on disturbing immigration policy
THE President has doubled down a risky strategy after an outpouring of anger over family separations at the border.
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Melania Trump speaks out against child separations at border: 'Hate to see it'
First lady calls on ‘both sides’ to come together on immigration reform as Democrats press for changes on controversial policy
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2,000 children separated from parents in six weeks under Trump policy
Jeff Sessions says policy is not about ‘being mean’ to children
US cardinal: ‘Separating babies from mothers is immoral
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will await his trial for foreign lobbying crimes from jail.
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Comey 'broke norms but not biased' - agency watchdog report
A highly anticipated US Department of Justice report accuses ex-FBI director James Comey of being "insubordinate", but not politically biased.
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New York sues President Trump's charitable foundation
In a couple of tweets, Trump called the case "ridiculous" and said he would not settle the lawsuit.
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39 Day after summit, Trump claims North Korea 'no longer a nuclear threat'
Shortly after the end of U.S. President Donald Trump's historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Trump sat for an interview with Fox News Reporter Sean Hannity where he said he and Chairman Kim "got along very well."
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'Special place in hell': Trump advisers blast Trudeau for comments at G7 summit
PM didn't respond to reporters' questions on the matter Sunday morning
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Donald Trump says he has ‘absolute right’ to pardon himself
THE president has asserted he has the power to pardon himself in Russia probe, adding that the special counsel investigation is “totally unconstitutional.”
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Robert Mueller's Russia investigation costs near $17 million, Justice says
On the anniversary of Robert Mueller taking over the investigation into possible Russian collusion in the 2016 election, AP Reporter Eric Tucker reflects on the case: who has been questioned, who has been charged and what is yet to come. (May 17) AP
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Sen. Marco Rubio: I don't think Kim Jong-un will denuclearize
“And I’m not in favor of that. It’s not something that I relish or take lightly. I’m just telling you that could very well be the option we wind up with at the end,” he said.
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US Senate confirms Gina Haspel as first female CIA director
The U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency's past use of waterboarding and other brutal interrogation techniques
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