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Capitol Hill on lockdown after reports of shots fired
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Trump signs order undoing Obama climate change policies
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order rolling back Obama-era rules aimed at curbing climate change.
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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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U.S. may cut funding to sanctuary cities, attorney general says
'Failure to deport aliens who are convicted of criminal offences puts whole communities at risk'
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How disastrous is this for Trump?
How bad was Friday's defeat of the American Health Care Act in the House of Representatives? Bad. Very bad.
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Trump administration approves Keystone XL pipeline
It wasn't immediately clear what, if anything, had changed since the State Department reached the opposite conclusion two years ago.
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Trump Administration Orders Tougher Screening of Visa Applicants
The State Department also urged its embassy officials to delay or reschedule interviews if an applicant was unable to provide all of the information demanded.
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McCain: Nunes’ action as intelligence committee chair ‘very disturbing’
I have not seen anything like it, and it’s very disturbing
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Still no deal on Obamacare repeal after White House meeting
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Tuesday that lawmakers who fail to support the Obamacare replacement health care bill will "pay a price at home."
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‘I didn’t want the job, wife said I had to’ – US Secretary of State Tillerson
I didn’t want this job.
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What to Watch: Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Confirmation Hearings
In the hearings, if recent history is a guide, some of the sharpest questioning might come from Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, whose approach at the cabinet hearings produced several memorable moments.
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Trump budget cuts immigration aid and local police are stunned
President Trump's proposed budget will slash funding for a number of popular federal programs and agencies. USA TODAY
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Moscow paid $45,000 for Flynn’s 2015 talk, documents show
Flynn’s trip has drawn criticism from some former national security officials as a case of bad judgment, at a minimum, given RT’s key role in promoting Russian government interests and working against the U.S. U.S. intelligence officials had been raising red flags about the issue for years
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Federal judge blocks new Trump travel ban
This ruling means that travelers from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees will be able to travel to the US.
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No evidence Trump Tower wiretapped - House Intel Committee
There is the possibility that someone in Trump’s campaign was swept up in incidental collection by speaking with someone under surveillance
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US indicts Russian FSB officers over 2014 Yahoo hack
The department has accused the four defendants of illegally accessing information about millions of subscribers from Yahoo, Google, and other webmail providers.
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The Northeast Digs Out
A storm expected to drop more than a foot of snow pounded the Northeast on Tuesday, grounding flights, shutting schools and paralyzing much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor after a remarkably mild February had lulled people into thinking the worst of winter was over
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Northeast snowstorm puts 31 million under blizzard warning
State of emergencies have been declared in Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
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Northeast bracing for a 'ferocious' snowstorm
A powerful nor'easter was forecast to track along the East Coast late Monday through Tuesday
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