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CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta — New York (CNN)CNN is filing a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's access to the White House.
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Trump is preparing to remove Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, aides say — President Trump has told advisers he has decided to remove Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and her departure from the administration is likely to occur in the coming weeks, if not sooner …
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Trump planning shakeup, eyeing new chief of staff and DHS secretary: Sources — President Donald Trump is considering yet another shakeup of his administration, preparing to remove Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and looking at possible replacements for Chief of Staff John Kelly …
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Amazon selects New York City and Northern Virginia for new headquarters — Amazon to invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters, and announces Nashville as new Operations Center of Excellence with more than 5,000 jobs.
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‘Tell Your Boss’: Recording Is Seen to Link Saudi Crown Prince More Strongly to Khashoggi Killing — ‘Tell Your Boss’: Recording Is Seen to Link Saudi Crown Prince to Khashoggi Killing — Shortly after the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed last month at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul …


Amazon Picks New York City, Northern Virginia for Its HQ2 Locations — E-commerce giant is expected to make announcement on HQ2 cities as soon as Tuesday — New York City and Northern Virginia will be the homes for Amazon.com Inc.'s AMZN -4.41% second and third headquarters …
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Amazon's imminent arrival in Queens
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Amazon Chooses Queens and a Washington Suburb for ‘Second Headquarters’
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Whitaker's Appointment as Acting Attorney General Faces Court Challenge — WASHINGTON — In the days since President Trump ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions and declared that he was installing Matthew G. Whitaker as the acting attorney general, many critics have challenged Mr. Whitaker's fitness for the job.
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State of Maryland asks judge to declare Rosenstein acting attorney general — Trump bypassed Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who is overseeing the special counsel investigation, in favor of Matt Whitaker for acting AG. — WASHINGTON — The state of Maryland plans to ask a federal judge …
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Whitaker consulting ‘ethics officials’ on possible recusal from Mueller probe — Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is consulting with ethics officials regarding possible recusal from overseeing the special counsel's Russia investigation, the Justice Department said on Monday.
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Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general is unlawful, Maryland says
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Judge orders review of provisional ballots in Georgia election — A federal judge on Monday ordered election officials to review thousands of provisional ballots that haven't been counted in Georgia's close election for governor. — U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg's order calls for a hotline …
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Federal Judge Delays Certification of Georgia Election Results — ATLANTA — A federal judge on Monday ordered a delay in the certification of Georgia's election results, citing concerns about the state's voter registration system and the handling of provisional ballots.
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5 Reasons Why Sinema Won Arizona — Jon Gabriel, Ed. — Outsiders think of Arizona as one of the reddest states. From Barry Goldwater to anti-immigration hawks like Sheriff Joe Arpaio, our most famous politicians tend to be Republicans. But traditionally, Arizona is rather purple and regularly features tight statewide elections.
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Sinema vs. McSally
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Trump supports democracy — except when he is losing
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Hate crimes rose 17 percent last year, according to new FBI data — Hate crimes in America rose 17 percent last year, the third consecutive year that such crimes increased, according to newly released FBI data. — Law enforcement agencies reported 7,175 hate crimes occurred in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016.
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2017 Hate Crime Statistics Released — Report Shows More Departments Reporting Hate Crime Statistics — The number of hate crime incidents reported to the FBI increased about 17 percent in 2017 compared with the previous year, according to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) …


The Trump-GOP 2020 doomsday scenario — In private conversations after the midterms, many top Republicans and Democrats said that President Trump seemed to be heading into his 2020 re-election race in a relatively strong position. — The big picture: They couldn't be more wrong.
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Can Marine One Fly in the Rain? — Why, exactly, did Donald Trump not join Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, and Justin Trudeau at Saturday's commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the original Armistice Day? I don't know, and I don't think anyone outside the White House does at this point.
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No ‘blue wave,’ but Democrats' midterm success sinking in — NEW YORK (AP) — No it wasn't a blue wave. But a week after the voting, Democrats are riding higher than they thought on Election Night. — As vote counting presses on in several states, the Democrats have steadily chalked …
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Police Fatally Shoot Black Security Guard Who Detained Shooting Suspect — When police arrived after reports of a shooting over the weekend at a bar outside Chicago, witnesses say Jemel Roberson, a 26-year-old security guard who worked there, had already subdued the alleged assailant, pinning him to the ground.
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In a morning tweetstorm, Trump takes repeated aim at France's Macron — President Trump unleashed verbal attacks Tuesday on French President Emmanuel Macron, taking aim at his approval rating, his country's employment rate, its trade policies on wine and his vision for the military.
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Pelosi moves aggressively to snuff out challenge to her bid for House speaker — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is moving aggressively to snuff out a challenge from some lawmakers who are demanding new party leadership, while powerful allies outside Congress are helping rally support for her bid for speaker.
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Pelosi warns against ousting a woman
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Photo of More Than 60 Students Giving Apparent Nazi Salute Is Being Investigated — Police and school officials in a small town in Wisconsin are investigating a photograph taken last spring of about 60 male high school students, many of them making what appears to be a Nazi salute.
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Poliquin sues in federal court to stop ranked-choice count — As Maine's Secretary of State continues the process to determine winner in the 2nd Congressional District, attorneys for the campaigns of Jared Golden and Bruce Poliquin head to court. — AUGUSTA - Republican 2nd District …


Kansas City Health Department pours bleach on food meant for homeless people — KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (Fox 32 News) - The Kansas City Health Department threw away and poured bleach on food meant for homeless people. — The food was going to be distributed by a group called Free Hot Soup KC.
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Donald Trump knows the true meaning of sacrifice — “We are the Dead. Short days ago — We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, — In Flanders fields. remembering the sacrifice of fellow — World War I troops. — “We're getting drenched.”
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“Who Gets to Live in Victimville?”: Why I Participated in a New Docuseries on The Clinton Affair — Reliving the events of 1998 was traumatic, yes—but also worth it, if it helps another young person avoid being “That Woman"-ed. — It's the fall of 2018. I'm sitting on the floor of my mom's apartment surrounded by My Past.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg to miss another day at court, recovering after fall — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be present for a session at the Supreme Court Tuesday but is recovering and working from home after a fall in her office left her with three broken ribs, a court spokeswoman said.
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China's Communist Party Expands Control Under Xi — Party taking over government, report says — China's Communist Party under Xi Jinping is expanding control over the Chinese government while increasing the use of covert action influence operations, according to a forthcoming congressional report.
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I looked for a state that's taking gun violence seriously. I found Massachusetts. — Massachusetts offers a model for dealing with gun violence that the rest of the country could follow. — In New Hampshire, the process for buying a gun is easy — easier than getting a driver's license.


Enter Boris? — Boris Johnson—former mayor of London, gadfly of the British political establishment, and, most recently, Brexit's cheerleader-in-chief—has a colorful range of rebuttals when asked about his evident desire to be prime minister. “As I never tire of saying …


Trump Dreams Up Another Immigrant Crisis — The president turns to an old ploy to justify a new ban on people seeking refuge. — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
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