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Gunman dead after attacking congressmen at Virginia baseball field
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Steve Scalise: Republican House whip shot and wounded
A top US Republican was among five people who were shot and wounded by a gunman during baseball practice in Virginia.
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Still on hold: 9th circuit court rules against Trump’s travel ban
Mirroring the 4th Circuit Court decision from May 25, the 9th circuit called the ban motivated by a desire to exclude Muslims.
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US President Donald Trump faces conflict of interest accusations over new FBI headquarters
A KEY business partner of US President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner is reportedly pursuing a $US2 billion ($2.65 billion) government contract to build a new FBI headquarters, sparking conflict of interest concerns.
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Donald Trump blasts ex-FBI director James Comey on Twitter as UK media report he has cancelled state visit
AMERICAN President Donald Trump has called his ex-FBI director James Comey “very cowardly’ even as it emerged he reportedly bottled out of a UK state visit over fears of mass protests.
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Mass shooting at Orlando industrial park leaves ‘multiple fatalities’
A SHOOTING at a business headquarters in Orlando, Florida has left five people dead, including the gunman, US media reports.
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Putin a ‘greater threat than ISIS’, John McCain tells 7.30
SENATOR John McCain thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose government interfered in the 2016 presidential election, is more of a threat to America than Islamic State terrorists.
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Appeals court upholds block on Trump's travel ban; administration to appeal to Supreme Court
A federal appeals court upheld Thursday a lower court's temporary block of key provisions of President Donald Trump's revised executive order banning travel from some Middle East and African countries.
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Republican health bill to leave 23m uninsured
Some 23 million people would lose health insurance over the next decade under the revised Republican healthcare plan, says a non-partisan agency.
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Murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich contacted WikiLeaks before his death, investigator claims
NEARLY a year after the unexplained killing of a Democrat staffer, an investigator claims he’s uncovered key information.
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White House refutes 'false' report Trump shared classified info with Russians
I was in the room. It didn’t happen
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Report: President Trump told classified info to Russian officials
Some lawmakers had expressed concern about the fact that Russian media was allowed into the meeting and took pictures of Trump, Lavrov, and Kislyak.
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Sessions enacts harsher sentences for drug crimes
The number of sentenced prisoners in federal custody fell by 5 percent, or 7,981 inmates, between 2009 and 2015, a Pew Research Center study showed.
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White House slams Sally Yates as ‘a political opponent’
n her opening statement to the Senate subcommittee, Yates noted that she worked “through five Republican and Democratic administrations.”
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Obamacare is 'dead' says Trump after healthcare victory
President Donald Trump has declared Obamacare "dead" after the Republican healthcare bill was narrowly passed by the lower chamber of Congress.
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Obamacare vs Republican plan compared
Republican politicians have campaigned on repealing President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms pretty much since they were enacted in 2010.
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Health care vote puts pressure on dozens of vulnerable GOP reps
House Republicans have passed legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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House Obamacare repeal bill faces long odds in the Senate
Factions of both moderate and conservative GOP senators are deeply skeptical of the bill for entirely different reasons
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Republicans Are Rushing To Pass Their Health Care Bill Before You Find Out What’s In It
The American Health Care Act doesn’t do what the GOP says it does. They’re counting on you not to notice.
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FBI's James Comey: concealing Clinton emails would have been 'catastrophic'
FBI director said he had choice to ‘speak or conceal’ about email discovery
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