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Sessions Is Interviewed in Mueller's Russia Investigation — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week by the special counsel's office as part of the investigation into Russia's meddling in the election and whether the president obstructed justice …
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Scoop: FBI director threatened to resign amid Trump, Sessions pressure — Attorney General Jeff Sessions — at the public urging of President Donald Trump — has been pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, but Wray threatened to resign if McCabe was removed …
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In ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Text, Peter Strzok Expressed ‘Concern’ About Joining Mueller Team
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Tensions swell between Sessions and FBI over senior personnel from Comey era
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Schumer withdraws offer on Trump's wall — Chuck Schumer is taking his big spending boost for Donald Trump's border wall off the table. — The Senate minority leader, through an aide, informed the White House on Monday that he was retracting the offer he made last week to give Trump …
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Poll: Democrats, Trump to blame for government shutdown — Americans blame President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats about equally for the three-day government shutdown that ended Monday with another stopgap spending measure, according to a new NBC News| SurveyMonkey poll.
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Schumer Sells Out the Resistance
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Why Democrats Caved — Shortly after voting to end …
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Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle
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The Case For The Democratic ‘Cave’
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Feds: Man threatened to kill CNN employees — A Michigan man was arrested after an FBI investigation, accused of threatening to travel to Atlanta to commit mass murder at CNN headquarters. — According to federal court documents, the man, from a Detroit suburb, made 22 calls to CNN about a week ago.
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'Fake news. I'm coming to gun you all down': Mich. man accused of making threatening calls to CNN
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Michigan man arrested after caller threatens to kill CNN employees
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Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees
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Novi man arrested; allegedly threatening CNN employees for ‘fake news’
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Kentucky school shooting: At least 5 shot at Marshall County High School - live updates — BENTON, Ky. — Authorities say at least five students were shot Tuesday morning at a southwestern Kentucky high school. A suspect in the incident at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky …
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Kentucky school shooting: 2 dead, 12 more shot at Marshall County High School - live updates
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1 dead, 7 hospitalized, suspect held in high school shooting
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1 killed, 7 taken to hospitals after Kentucky high school shooting
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LIVE NOW: Shooting at Marshall County High School
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Tony Perkins: Trump Gets ‘a Mulligan’ on Life, Stormy Daniels — Donald Trump is still the answer to many conservative evangelical leaders' prayers. Or at least to their continuing grievances. — They embrace Trump the policymaker, says Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, despite being uneasy about Trump as a man.
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Tony Perkins: Evangelicals gave Trump a ‘mulligan’ on past behavior
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Florida Takes Big Step Toward Expanding Voting Rights To Over 1.5 Million People — The state has some of the country's harshest laws disenfranchising felons. That could change in November. — Floridians will get to decide in November whether they want to amend the state constitution …
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Howard Kurtz's new book on Trump White House offers scathing critique of the media — The media's negative coverage of President Trump is actually helping the White House, Fox News anchor Howard Kurtz argues in his new book, “Media Madness: Donald Trump, the Press, and the War over the Truth.”
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How “Trump Trauma” Is Crippling the News Media (Guest Column)
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Michael Wolff: Trump does not want to be president — Author Michael Wolff said in a new interview that he believes President Trump — does not want to be the president. — “There is nothing to indicate that ... Trump is going to find his footing as the president of the United States …
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Melania Trump will no longer join the President in Davos — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)First lady Melania Trump, in a change of plans, will not be joining President Donald Trump on his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, later this week.
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Camerota Roasts Schlapp: 'Conservatives Don't Care Anymore About Extramarital Affairs?'
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Hawaii governor didn't correct false missile alert sooner because he didn't know his Twitter password — Minutes after the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency mistakenly sent a missile alert at 8:07 a.m. on Jan. 13 — terrifying residents and visitors across the state — some officials …
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After false missile alarm, Ige couldn't log on to Twitter
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NEIL DIAMOND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CONCERT TOURING AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES CANCELLED — NEIL DIAMOND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CONCERT TOURING — AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES CANCELLED — Legendary singer, songwriter and performer Neil Diamond today announced …
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Republican senator caught on mic calling teenage staff ‘beautiful girls’ — Republican Senator Roger Wicker has been roundly criticised after he was caught in footage calling underage teenagers “beautiful girls”. — The 66-year-old made the comments during Monday's Senate vote on a temporary funding bill …
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Second woman accuses Murray of sexual misconduct; Secretary of state won't seek reelection or higher office — A second woman has accused Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray of sexual misconduct. Theresa Sullivan Twiford said that nearly 30 years ago, when she was 18 years old and babysitting …
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Conservatives push Ryan for vote on hardline immigration bill — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)As Senate moderates pushed their leader to make a commitment to have a bipartisan immigration vote, House conservatives on Tuesday were pushing their leadership to tack to the right on the issue.
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U.S. Accuses Syria of New Chemical Weapons Use — UNITED NATIONS — The American envoy to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, on Tuesday accused Syria's government of having carried out a chlorine gas attack on civilians in a rebel enclave and rebuked Russia for what she called its failure …
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Tillerson: Russia ‘bears responsibility’ for suspected chemical attack in Syria
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AMVETS says NFL censored its ad against flag protests — WASHINGTON — AMVETS officials are decrying “corporate censorship” from the National Football League for their decision not to run an ad in their Super Bowl program which responds to league players' decision to kneel for the national anthem in protest of national equality issues.
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Republicans and Democrats Grow Even Further Apart in Views of Israel, Palestinians — Netanyahu remains a deeply polarizing figure in the U.S. — The partisan divide in Middle East sympathies, for Israel or the Palestinians, is now wider than at any point since 1978.
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