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Trump blames Arnold for ‘sad end’ to ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
says Trump brand tainted show
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GOP bill could dismantle one of nation’s most robust school desegregation efforts
‘This will be the death of integration’
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New center will celebrate life of Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman
Her branch of the line began here, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, near places like Tobacco Stick, Kentuck Swamp, and Skeleton Creek, off the Choptank River, to the north. She was…
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New center will celebrate life of Harriet Tubman
Her branch of the line began here, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, near places like Tobacco Stick, Kentuck Swamp and Skeleton Creek, off the Choptank River, to the north. She was…
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ISIS militants accused of using ‘blistering chemical agent’ in attacks in Mosul
A mother reacts as her daughter Ranmea is treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in a hospital west of Irbil, Iraq.Azad Lashkari/Reuters The patients, who were being treated…
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Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought
Somalia’s government declared the drought a national disaster on Tuesday. The United Nations estimates that 5 million people in this Horn of Africa nation need aid, amid warnings of a…
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NAACP chief talks police, voting with Sessions
NAACP President Cornell William Brooks questioned Attorney General Jeff Sessions on why his department would oppose court-enforced improvement plans that give police departments “permission to do the things they know…
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Trump tours private school in Florida, promoting choice
Alex Brandon/Associated Press<br><br>President Donald Trump; Education Secretary Betsy DeVos; his daughter, Ivanka; and Janayah Chatelier, 10, left, listen to Landon Fritz, 10, during a tour of Saint Andrew Catholic School…
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Groups worried about U.S. resolve on human rights
Tillerson fails to introduce latest report on repression
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Trump plan would slash EPA funding
Proposed budget would cut 19 percent of agency’s jobs
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U.S. snuffs plans for pot festival
Organizers won’t allow marijuana smoking at canabis fest
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Delay in Montenegro’s NATO bid urged
Opposition leaders ask Trump adviser to stall U.S. vote
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Mass grave found at ex-orphanage
Historian spurred search for remains of children who died there
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Pence used a private email account to conduct state business
Vice President Mike Pence used a private email system account to conduct state business while he was governor of Indiana, the Indianapolis Star is reporting.Andrew Harnik/Associated Press The newspaper reported…
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Trump renews promise to boost defense spending
President visits sailors about new aircraft carrier
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Sessions denies trying to mislead senators
Attorney general says he won’t be involved in probe of Russian meddling
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Ex-Trump rival Ben Carson wins Senate OK as housing chief
Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson was confirmed as secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department on Thursday.Zach Gibson/Associated Press file Six Democrats and one independent joined 51 Republicans…
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EU offers proposals on future of European bloc
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is calling on European Union leaders to discuss proposals for how the EU should change as Britain prepares to leave the bloc.Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Associated Press…
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Senate confirms Montana Zinke as Interior secretary
The Senate gave final approval Wednesday to confirm Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana as interior secretary.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press file The Republican-controlled Senate approved the nomination, 68-31. Zinke, 55, a…
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‘The time for small thinking is over’
says he will end health care law’s requirement that everyone buy insurance
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Protests greet opening of Vancouver Trump hotel
Protesters posted anti-Trump messages on the wall outside the new Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia. President Donald Trump’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, attended the opening.Darryl…
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Sessions warns of threat from jump in murders
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said his department will make prosecuting violent criminals and breaking up drug cartels top priorities during a speech at the National Association of Attorneys General annual…
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Sign spinners show off prize-winning moves
Clint Hartman, a sign spinner from Portland, Ore., performs a routine in downtown Las Vegas during the annual World Sign Spinning Championships. Hartman has been a sign spinner for 12…
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WHO offers list of most deadly pathogens
says list will help set priorities for new research
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Conservatives rebel on health care, and GOP looks to Trump
House Speaker Paul Ryan, followed by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, leaves a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in…
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Senate confirms billionaire investor as commerce secretary
Wilbur Ross testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee. On Monday, the Senate voted 72-27 to confirm Ross as secretary of commerce.Manuel…
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Poll: U.S. teens disillusioned, divided by politics
It was an unusual show of political engagement from future voters who may alter America’s political landscape in 2020 – or even in next year’s midterm elections. Now, a new…