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Controversial appointment clouds U.S. Senate race in Alabama

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange got to the U.S. Senate with an appointment from the state’s then-governor who later resigned…

August 5, 2017

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Experts: Lack of remorse could bite ‘Pharma Bro’

Martin Shkreli talks with reporters after leaving federal court in New York on Friday Shkreli, the eccentric former pharmaceutical CEO…

August 5, 2017

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U.S. in rare bull’s-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21

The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly in the cosmos on Aug. 21, turning day into night for…

August 5, 2017

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Princess Diana film will air despite pleas from family

Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana visit an iron ore mine in 1991 near Carajas, Brazil. Producers of a new…

August 4, 2017

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U.S. officially tells United Nations it wants out of Paris climate deal

President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden of the…

August 4, 2017

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Task force doesn’t back Sessions’ anti-pot views

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has warned of a crackdown on marijuana. But documents obtained by The Associated Press show he’s…

August 4, 2017

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Military scrambles for transgender policy after Trump tweets

Trump tweets put Pentagon in legal, moral quagmire

August 4, 2017

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Solid hiring in July cuts unemployment rate to 4.3%

Cheryl Bast, left, is accompanied by her daughter, Liz Pierson, as she works on an application for a position with…

August 4, 2017

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Poll: Trump’s leadership ratings sink to a new low

In response to a question that asks “would you say that Donald Trump has good leadership skills, or not,” just…

August 4, 2017

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Senators move to protect special counsel in Russia probe

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in…

August 3, 2017

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Inside a nerve-rattling trip to pay pot taxes

Bundles of $20 bills are placed on a table as Jerred Kiloh, owner of the Higher Path medical marijuana dispensary,…

August 3, 2017

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Trump promotes technology to improve veterans’ health care

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, talks with a patient during a Veterans Affairs Department “telehealth”…

August 3, 2017

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EPA chief reverses decision to delay rules on emissions

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Wednesday reversed his earlier decision to delay implementation of Obama-era rules reducing emissions of smog-causing…

August 2, 2017

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Temperate Northwest gets blasted with furnace-like heat

A man races away as a jet begins to spray toward him at the International Fountain at the Seattle Center…

August 2, 2017

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Bipartisan Senate bill aims to protect special counsel’s job

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in…

August 2, 2017

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New Mexico governor links new economic growth to tax cutting

Martinez on Wednesday highlighted a U.S. Department of Commerce report showing that New Mexico’s gross domestic product grew at an…

August 2, 2017

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Trump joins GOP senators on immigration changes

noon President Donald Trump says proposed legislation to limit legal immigration would be the most significant change to the system…

August 2, 2017

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Trump’s fundraising prowess keeps Republican Party close

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel addresses Hispanic business owners and community members at the Lansing Regional Chamber of…

August 2, 2017