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Barcelona terror attack: Van crashes into pedestrians in city center — BARCELONA, Spain — Police in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona say a white van has jumped the sidewalk in the city's historic Las Ramblas district, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 50.
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Police operation underway after ‘possible terrorist attack’ south of Barcelona
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Barcelona attack: police kill four suspects in Cambrils terror raid - latest updates
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Barcelona terror attack: Live updates
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Van swerves into crowds in Barcelona's popular Las Ramblas district; 13 reported dead and more than 50 injured
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Steve Bannon's porn and meth house: “You have no idea what kind of evil stuff went on” — When award-winning underwater cinematographer Lawrence Curtis moved into the lush Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, he had no idea the house he was renting would become a national story.
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Steve Bannon Detonates His Trump Survival Plan, Worrying Allies — “He's saying, 'I'm going to force you to fire me in a public way or we're going to follow the agenda we were elected for,'” an ally said. — Allies who spend too long in Donald Trump's doghouse usually get sent away for good.
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Steve Bannon's Fantasy, Donald Trump's Reality
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Sen. Scott says Trump's “moral authority is compromised” — For more of this interview with Sen. Scott, watch VICE News Tonight on HBO at 7:30 ET. — CHARLESTON, South Carolina — President Donald Trump has put his fellow Republican politicians in an awkward position after his Tuesday news conference …
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Trump aides worry he hurt hopes of defeating Flake
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Hill Republicans Want Trump to Stay Out of Tax Reform Push After Charlottesville
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Corker: Trump hasn't demonstrated the stability or competence to be successful — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Sen. Bob Corker slammed President Donald Trump's handling of the racially motivated protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, charging that the President “has not demonstrated he understands the character of this nation.”
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GOP senator accuses mom worried about her kids' insurance of being a paid fake activist
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Republican Sen. Bob Corker: Trump has not shown ‘competence’ needed to lead
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Trump Abandons Plan for Council on Infrastructure — President nixes council after ending two other business groups — Executives had started to quit after Virginia controversy — President Donald Trump will not move forward with a planned Advisory Council on Infrastructure, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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Kevin Durant on President Trump: 'I don't agree with what he agrees with'
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Third White House panel scrapped amid Trump-Charlottesville controversy
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I Voted for Trump. And I Sorely Regret It. — When Donald Trump first announced his presidential campaign, I, like most people, thought it would be a short-lived publicity stunt. A month later, though, I happened to catch one of his political rallies on C-Span. I was riveted.
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WikiLeaks Turned Down Leaks on Russian Government During U.S. Presidential Campaign — The leak organization ignored damaging information on the Kremlin to focus on Hillary Clinton and election-related hacks. — In the summer of 2016, as WikiLeaks was publishing documents …
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Bubble Tea Purveyors Continue to Grow Along With Drink's Popularity — Editors' note: An earlier version of this article prompted criticism by readers and we have since revised the article in response. We have discussed the concerns in further detail here.
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Circling the Square of President Trump's Relationship With Race — WASHINGTON — Kara Young, a model who dated Donald J. Trump for two years before he married another model named Melania Knauss, remembers clearly bringing up her race with the real estate tycoon early in their relationship.
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McCaskill, others call for state senator to resign after post hoping for Trump's assassination — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and the chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party both called Thursday for the resignation of Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, for posting a Facebook comment stating: “I hope Trump is assassinated!”
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‘I hope Trump is assassinated,’ Missouri lawmaker writes — and quickly regrets
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Abraham Lincoln monument torched in Chicago: ‘An absolute disgraceful act’ — Abraham Lincoln has joined George Washington on the list of those targeted by Chicagoans in a national debate over Civil War-era monuments. — Alderman Raymond Lopez took to Facebook Wednesday night to decry …
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Wasserman Schultz' ex-IT aide indicted on 4 counts — Imran Awan, a former IT aide for Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was indicted Thursday on four counts including bank fraud and making false statements. — The indictment also includes his wife Hina Alvi.
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Partisan divide over Trump's response to Charlottesville: CBS News poll — Nearly two-thirds of Americans consider the attack that led to loss of life in Charlottesville an act of “domestic terrorism,” a view that spans partisan lines. But President Trump's response to Charlottesville finds more division.
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Donald Trump's lie about John Pershing is not only ignorant; it's dangerous for the fight against radical Islamic terrorism — BAGHDAD — Nothing is quite as bad as the President of the United States equating white supremacists with their enemies and defending statues that glorify the slave-owning Confederacy.
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Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president — U-turns, self-regard and equivocation are not what it takes — DEFENDERS of President Donald Trump offer two arguments in his favour—that he is a businessman who will curb the excesses of the state; and that he will help America …
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An open letter from the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. — Dear Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and members of the Monument Avenue Commission, — We are native Richmonders and also the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. As two of the closest living relatives to Stonewall …
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John Henry says Red Sox will lead effort to change name of Yawkey Way — The Red Sox have had enough. — At a moment when racial tensions have escalated rapidly and the removal of Confederate statues acts as a flashpoint for violent and racially divisive protests, the Red Sox are ready …
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Longtime Trump business partner ‘told family he knows he and POTUS are going to prison’: report — Felix Sater, one of Donald Trump's shadiest former business partners, is reportedly preparing for prison time — and he says the president will be joining him behind bars.
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Democrats Are Preparing To Run Against Mike Pence In 2020 — A Democratic group has resources and staff dedicated to targeting Pence. The initial research they've pitched to reporters confirms their strategy is to tie him to Trump as much as possible. — Reporting From Washington, DC
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Ranking Member Cohen to Introduce Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump After Comments on Charlottesville — “I have expressed great concerns about President Trump's ability to lead our country in the Resolution of No Confidence (H.Res. 456) that I introduced in July with 29 …
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Dem to introduce impeachment articles over Charlottesville
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