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Trump appears to back away from Steve Bannon in a new interview
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Eric Trump says 'heartbroken and outraged' Ivanka influenced U.S. airstrike on Syria
Eric Trump added during his own interview that he, too, felt the Syrian attack was "horrible."
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer: Hitler 'didn't even sink to using chemical weapons'
Hitler didn't use chemical weapons on the battlefield, but used them as a tool of mass murder against his own civilian population, killing millions of Jews, gypsies, gay people, communists and other political prisoners using zyklon B and other poisonous gases.
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Neil Gorsuch being sworn in as 113th Supreme Court justice
Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate, 54-45, on Friday after a contentious few days, during which Democrats blocked consideration of his nomination by using the minority party's power to filibuster. Republicans got around the roadblock by changing the Senate's rules to eliminate the 60-vote threshold needed to bring high court nominations to the floor.
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Trump said Obama needed war authority from Congress. Will he ask for it now?
On Thursday night, Trump laid out conventional U.S. rationales for unilateral military action in a way that suggests he does not see a need for formal authority from Congress.
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The Senate Has Confirmed Neil Gorsuch To The Supreme Court
The 54-45 vote confirming Gorsuch to the high court ends the more than year-long vacancy on the Supreme Court since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death.
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Republicans Go 'Nuclear'
Republicans just changed Senate rules using the so-called "nuclear option" to push an up-or-down vote on Neil Gorsuch, after Democrats pulled off the first-ever partisan filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee
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Bannon no longer on Trump’s National Security Council - report
Dunford, are again considered “regular attendees” of the principals committee
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Democrats get the votes to block Gorsuch
Senate Democrats secured the votes Monday to block President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, a short-lived victory as Republicans vowed to change the rules to put Neil Gorsuch on the high court and score a much-needed win for their party. (April 3) AP
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Documents show how much Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway are worth
THE White House released financial disclosures for many of its senior officials Friday — a group of some of the wealthiest people ever to join a presidential administration.
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Russia 'tried to hijack US election', says US senator
Russia tried to hijack the US democratic process, says a senator investigating alleged interference in the US election.
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North Carolina 'bathroom' law: Deal reached on repeal
A late-night deal has been reached in North Carolina to repeal a controversial law that limits protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
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Climate Rule Rollback
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order intended to shift the direction of U.S. environmental policy and begin the process of undoing some of the most significant Obama-era environmental regulations
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Democrats Ask Leader of House Russia Inquiry to Step Down
Top Democrats rebuked Representative Devin Nunes for his secret meeting on the White House grounds to review intelligence related to surveillance involving President Trump’s team.
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Democrat Adam Schiff, probing Trump-Putin ties, has gone up against Russia (and Stephen Colbert) before
Now Schiff is locked in a tense, headline-making standoff with the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes,
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House intel chairman met source on White House grounds
The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, said Nunes' meeting with his source appeared to have been "a dead-of-night excursion."
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Kushner, Senate investigators to meet in wake of Russian ambassador meetings
The White House on Monday insisted Kushner's meetings were appropriate given his broad profile during the presidential campaign and transition.
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Democrats call for independent Russian probe apart from Congress
A closer look at the draft legislation House Republicans hope will replace the Affordable Care Act. USA TODAY NETWORK
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Ohio governor says he's not running for office again
I'm not really interested in running for political office again
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