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Yellen to step down from Federal Reserve board
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Yellen to step down from Federal Reserve board

November 20, 2017

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has submitted her resignation from the Federal Reserve board to President Donald Trump, announcing that she will leave the board when her successor Jerome Powell…

CBS suspends Rose, PBS halts his show following allegations
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CBS suspends Rose, PBS halts his show following allegations

November 20, 2017

Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, file<br><br>Charlie Rose attends The Hollywood Reporter’s 35 Most Powerful People in Media party in New York. The Washington Post reported that eight women have accused television host Charlie…

Roy Moore accuser says she was not paid to tell her story
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Roy Moore accuser says she was not paid to tell her story

November 20, 2017

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore waits to speak at a news conference in Birmingham, Ala.Brynn Anderson/Associated Press The declaration by Leigh Corfman comes after Moore’s…

3-2-1, BAM! Georgia Dome imploded in downtown Atlanta
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3-2-1, BAM! Georgia Dome imploded in downtown Atlanta

November 20, 2017

Nearly 5,000 pounds of explosives were used to blast the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to smithereens at 7:30 a.m. Onlookers gathered at skyscrapers’ windows, at a restaurant atop the city’s…

Trump promises Americans ‘huge tax cut’ for Christmas
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Trump promises Americans ‘huge tax cut’ for Christmas

November 20, 2017

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney gestures as he speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. Mulvaney and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sent mixed signals Sunday, Nov.…

Opioid crisis cost $504B in 2015, higher than once thought
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Opioid crisis cost $504B in 2015, higher than once thought

November 20, 2017

Evan Vucci/Associated Press file<br><br>President Donald Trump speaks during an event to declare the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in the East Room of the White House in Washington.…

Mixed signals sent on fate of tax bill’s health provision
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Mixed signals sent on fate of tax bill’s health provision

November 20, 2017

White House adviser Ivanka Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speak in Bayville, N.J., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, about tax overhaul, where they promised legislation moving through Congress would simplify…

Trump voices doubt about trophy hunting policy
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Trump voices doubt about trophy hunting policy

November 19, 2017

The trophy policy was among issues Trump cited in a series of tweets. He also insulted Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and branded as ungrateful the father of one of the…

Trump era sparks new debate about nuclear war authority
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Trump era sparks new debate about nuclear war authority

November 19, 2017

No detail seems to have been overlooked. There’s even a designated “safe escape” door at the nuclear-warfighting headquarters near Omaha, Nebraska, through which the four-star commander would rush to a…

Winners and losers under the Senate tax proposal
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Winners and losers under the Senate tax proposal

November 19, 2017

President Donald Trump urged House Republicans Thursday to approve a near $1.5 trillion tax overhaul as the party prepared to drive the measure through the House. Across the Capitol, Democrats…

Roy Moore stands with homophobic supporters
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Roy Moore stands with homophobic supporters

November 18, 2017

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a news conference in Birmingham, Ala., with his wife, Kayla Moore, right, on Thursday. A sex scandal has…

A look at what didn’t happen this week
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A look at what didn’t happen this week

November 17, 2017

Not real Second Roy Moore Accuser Works For Michelle Obama Right NOW The facts The woman named as an accuser of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore in a story…

FDA OKs new therapy for some hemophilia patients
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FDA OKs new therapy for some hemophilia patients

November 17, 2017

This photo provided by Genentech, Inc. shows a package of the drug Hemlibra. On Thursday the Food and Drug Administration approved Hemlibra, the first new treatment in nearly two decades…

Neighbors help during massive senior living center fire
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Neighbors help during massive senior living center fire

November 17, 2017

Larry Kingsland, 62, said Friday he and scores of people who live around the Barclay Friends Senior Living Community ferried elderly residents to medics as firefighters rescued them from the…