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Poll: Most disapprove of Graham-Cassidy health care bill — Most Americans — 52 percent — disapprove of the Graham-Cassidy health care bill, according to a CBS News Poll conducted between Sept. 21 and 24. — Only 20 percent of those polled said they approved of the Republican legislation aimed …
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Americans back DACA by a huge margin (POLL)
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A New Obamacare Repeal Draft Is Out And It Attacks Pre-Existing Protections More Severely
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New version of health-care bill will help Alaska and Maine — home of two holdout senators
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Steve Bannon Sought To Infiltrate Facebook Hiring — According to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News, Bannon hoped to spy on Facebook's job application process. — Steve Bannon plotted to plant a mole inside Facebook, according to emails sent days before the Breitbart boss took …
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Tom Brady on K&C: ‘I certainly disagree with what [Donald Trump] said’ — On Friday night, President Donald Trump had some pointed comments towards the NFL when it comes to players protesting during the national anthem. — “Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners …
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The NFL Won't Forget September 24, 2017 Anytime Soon — What started last year with one player and one knee became something much larger today. — September 24, 2017 has been a day of immense consequence for the National Football League. Across the nation, an unprecedented number of players …
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Anthony Weiner gets hard time — Weiner leaves court after being sentenced to 21 months in prison. … It's hard time for Anthony Weiner. — The disgraced ex-congressman broke down crying as he was sentenced to 21 months in prison Monday for convincing a high school student to undress and touch herself via Skype in 2016.
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Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in prison for teen sexting scandal
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Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in sexting case
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Trump calls ‘Rick & Bubba,’ calls Roy Moore ‘Ray’ as he stumps for Strange — Gallery: President Trump at Luther Strange for Senate Rally in Huntsville, ALa. — A primary win by “Ray” Moore would open Alabama's U.S. Senate seat to Democrats, President Donald Trump told radio-hosts “Rick and Bubba” this morning.
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In radio interview, Trump slams McCain, dings McConnell and botches a Senate candidate's name

Trump claims he doesn't know much about ‘Ray’ Moore
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Puerto Rico's Agriculture and Farmers Decimated by Maria — YABUCOA, P.R. — José A. Rivera, a farmer on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico, stood in the middle of his flattened plantain farm on Sunday and tried to tally how much Hurricane Maria had cost him. — “How do you calculate everything?”
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Hot, isolated, and running out of supplies, parts of Puerto Rico near desperation — JUNCOS, Puerto Rico — In the heat and humidity here in the central mountains, Meryanne Aldea fanned her bedridden mother with a piece of cardboard Sunday as the ailing woman lay on her side, relieving a large ulcer in her back.
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North Korea says U.S. has “declared war on our country” — North Korea's foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, said Monday that President Trump has declared war by tweeting that North Korea “won't be around much longer” if the foreign minister “echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man,” per AP.
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North Korean Foreign Minister Says Trump Has ‘Declared War’
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Is Trump All Talk on North Korea? The Uncertainty Sends a Shiver
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A local WWII vet took a knee to support black NFL players. He's going viral. — AP reporters counted more than 200 NFL players who did not stand during the national anthem before their games on Sunday. Six refused to stand the week before, mainly protesting police brutality. AP — CONNECT
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Upstate restaurant owner to stop showing NFL games in response to kneeling players
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A Divider, Not a Uniter, Trump Widens the Breach — WASHINGTON — Over the course of just 17 hours this weekend, President Trump assailed John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Stephen Curry, the National Football League, Roger Goodell, Iran and Kim Jong-un — the “Little Rocket Man.” And that was on his day off.
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Obama tried to give Zuckerberg a wake-up call over fake news on Facebook — Nine days after Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the idea that fake news on his company's social network played a key role in the U.S. election, President Barack Obama pulled …
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The NFL Protests Are Patriotic — The kneeling players are asking America to do better on criminal justice. If I could, I'd take a knee and join them. — The president of the United States loves to drape himself in the symbols of patriotism, but fails to respect the ideals at the core of our Constitution and national identity.
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Of course Trump's outrage at the NFL protests had to do with race
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The Latest: Trump blasts McCain over health bill vote — https://apnews.com/bf3631c051cf4a06a8bf a901ea24cee6 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Republican effort to overhaul the Obama health law (all times local): — President Donald Trump says Arizona GOP …


Why Hillary Clinton was right about white women - and their husbands — But new research shows that for white women, having a husband trumped the sisterhood — illary Clinton hoped to wear white on election night, a tribute to the suffragettes and the sweep of political history.


Deadly Tennessee church shooting: Sudanese immigrant arrested, FBI launches civil rights investigation — One woman was killed and seven other people were hurt after a suspect identified as a Sudanese immigrant opened fire at a Tennessee church Sunday, police said, as the FBI confirmed it's launched …
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Judd Gregg: A rude awakening for tech giants — BY JUDD GREGG, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/25/17 06:00 AM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — The European Union has assessed a major fine against Google. — In addition, the leaders …
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‘Lonely Scholar With Unusual Ideas’ Defends Trump, Igniting Legal Storm — WASHINGTON — Seth Barrett Tillman is a lecturer in the law department of Maynooth University in Ireland. He is, he said in a recent court filing, a “lonely scholar with unusual ideas, who is unaffiliated with the popular, the organized and the wealthy.”