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Two national monuments are no longer up for review, Interior says.
Washington, Idaho sites off the table
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GOP chairman plans to call on Donald Trump Jr. to testify
Grassley says he will subpoena president’s son if necessary
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California Democrat launches longshot bid to impeach Trump
A California Democrat filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Wednesday in a bid to remove the president from office.Evan Vucci/Associated Press file Rep. Brad Sherman accuses…
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Ex-Christie ally, Bridgegate mastermind avoids prison time
David Wildstein, left, walks with his attorney, Alan Zegas, from a federal court in Newark, N.J., on Wednesday after he was sentenced. Wildstein, a former ally to New Jersey Gov.…
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FBI nominee says Trump-Russia probe is no ‘witch hunt’
FBI Director nominee Christopher Wray testifies Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Christopher Wray, the former high-ranking Justice…
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Analysis: GOP confronts no-win situation on health care
It’s a version of the dilemma now confronting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as he tries to maneuver between opposing poles in the GOP caucus to fashion an “Obamacare” repeal-and-replace…
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GOP Senate leader charts plan for moving on new health bill
McConnell says reworked bill will be released Thursday
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Emails: Trump Jr. embraced help said to be from Kremlin
be smoking gun showing collusion between Russia, Trump associates
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Trump sued for blocking some of his critics on Twitter
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. The lawsuit says Twitter has become an important public forum for the…
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Longtime GOP senator pessimistic about health bill prospects
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, speaks in Elizabethtown, Ky. The number of people without health insurance in the U.S. has grown by nearly 2 million this year, according…
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Afghanistan combat vet charged with killing wife, trooper
Trooper Joel Davis was fatally shot responding to a domestic dispute on Sunday in Theresa, N.Y. Justin Walters, a U.S. Army soldier, was charged Monday with murder in the shooting.Courtesy…
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GOP health care divisions multiply as Trump pressures Senate
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump pressed Congress on Monday to get health care done before leaving for its long August…
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Trump Jr: ‘Had to listen’ to Russian lawyer for Clinton info
Donald Trump Jr. speaks in May in Indianapolis. President Donald Trump’s eldest son acknowledged Monday that he met a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential campaign to hear information about…
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Tillerson aims to ease Qatar crisis with shuttle diplomacy
On his first foray into shuttle diplomacy since becoming secretary of state, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will hop between Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia from Monday until Thursday, testing…
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Congress returns to battles over health care, budget
The GOP campaign to repeal Democrat Barack Obama’s health care law is bogged down in the Senate and flirting with collapse. Efforts to pass a budget are stuck, there’s no…
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Marked dead in Vietnam, a long journey back to life
The 18-year-old Marine Corps private first class fell with a bullet to the shoulder during a savage firefight with the enemy outside Khe Sanh. Dozens of Marines, from what came…
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Iraqi leader celebrates in Mosul; pockets of fighting go on
Dressed in a black military uniform, a smiling al-Abadi walked amid the soldiers, at one point grabbing an Iraqi flag and briefly draping it on his shoulders. Other troops waved…
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Fiery rhetoric from California to feds over $18M fire debt
Firefighter A.J. Tevis watches the flames of the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif., in 2013. California’s emergency services director says the federal government has failed to reimburse $18…
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Third mistrial in case of ex-officer accused of killing black man
Shannon Kepler walks with his wife, Gina, while his attorney, Richard O’Carroll, puts his arm around him after a hung jury verdict was announced at the Tulsa Country Courthouse on…
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U.S. bombers join jets from Japan, South Korea for training mission
U.S. military officials described the mission as a defensive show of force and unity from the three allied nations and said it demonstrated “the ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies.”…
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Smiles and thumbs up from woman charged with killing family
Martinez refuses attorney in first court appearance
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Workers put rock back up in Norway
Popular tourist attraction was vandalized last month
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New bill would let public rent Christie beach house
Democratic Assemblyman John Wisniewski said Friday he has introduced a bill that would let the public rent the house on Island Beach State Park that is now reserved for the…
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Great escape: Phones, cutters, drone and $47K
Authorities recapture Jimmy Causey in Texas
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Woman who popularized title ‘Ms.’ dies at 78
Michaels ‘didn’t want to belong to a husband’
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Is showing a little arm appropriate for Capitol Hill?
problem is no one knows what ‘appropriate’ means
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U.S., Russia announce Syria cease-fire after talks
President Donald Trump, right, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, prior his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday.Mikhail Klimentyev,…