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Donald Trump to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto: ‘Pay up or don’t come’
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Trump brands Chelsea Manning an 'ungrateful traitor'
Chelsea Manning is an "ungrateful traitor" who "should never have been released from prison", President Donald Trump has said on Twitter.
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Chelsea Manning thanks Obama for prison release
The US army private serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified documents has thanked President Barack Obama for shortening her sentence.
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Pulse nightclub shooting: Wife of gunman 'knew of attack'
The widow of the man who killed 49 people at a Florida gay nightclub knew of the attack before it happened, a court in California has heard.
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Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence
President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010.
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Rep. John Lewis ‘Would Not Invite’ Donald Trump to Visit Selma
Rep. John Lewis said he would not invite President-elect Donald Trump on a visit to Selma, Alabama with him in an interview released after Trump attacked the congressman on Twitter. Lewis has frequently visited the city with politicians from both sides of the aisle over the years
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US watchdog to probe FBI Clinton email actions
A US government watchdog has launched an investigation into actions taken by the FBI during the election campaign.
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Fed Under Investigation
The Justice Department inspector general says he will investigate the actions of the Justice Department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were followed by FBI Director James Comey
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Trump top nominees Pompeo and Mattis warn of Russia threat
President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for defence secretary and spy chief have been taking aim at Russia during their Senate confirmation hearings.
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US President Barack Obama delivers his final speech
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama had to quell the boos of a raucous crowd when he made an oblique reference to incoming president Donald Trump during his final speech to the nation.
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Obama Says Goodbye
Watch a live stream here of President Obama's farewell address to the nation as his time in office comes to a close. He has returned to Chicago, where he began his political career, to give the speech. "Chicago's where it all started," he said in a preview to his address
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Jeff Sessions, US attorney general nominee, denies KKK sympathies
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the new attorney general has denied sympathising with the Ku Klux Klan, in a tough Senate confirmation hearing.
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US church attacker sentenced to death
A white supremacist has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church in 2015.
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‘Multiple people dead’ at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport
A GUNMAN opened fire inside the baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, killing five people and injuring as many as eight.
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Trump says U.S. will be 'paid back' for Mexico wall
Trump’s transition team has reportedly signaled to Congress that the president-elect’s preference is to fund the border wall through a congressional appropriations process as soon as April, but Trump insists Mexico will pay for the wall, just later. Buzz60
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Clapper: RT reporting on US problems part of 'multifaceted' Russian campaign to undermine elections
RT’s reporting on US issues was part of a “multifaceted Russian campaign” to undermine America, according to the outgoing Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
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LIRR Commuter Train Crashes in Brooklyn; Over 100 Injured
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said none of the injuries were life threatening.
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Is America about to collapse? Here are some reasons it’s a genuine tragedy
IN RECENT weeks there has been no end of American commentators willing to bet their credibility on the coming collapse of America, thanks to Trump.
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FBI reveals search warrant for Clinton email probe
The FBI has made public documents related to the controversial October reopening of its probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server; the Democratic presidential candidate has blamed the investigation announcement for her defeat at the polls.
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Donald Trump wins electoral college vote
The US Electoral College has certified Donald Trump as president, despite a last-ditch effort to deny him the White House.
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