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These animals can survive until the end of Earth

Scientists say that tardigrades can survive almost anything that’s thrown at them.Courtesy of AMNH To a group of theoretical physicists,…

July 14, 2017

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Guns, churches and immigrants

What’s in the House spending bill?

July 14, 2017

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Winners and losers complicate GOP’s path on health care bill

Poor and sick could suffer the most

July 14, 2017

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Nevada adopts emergency rules to combat pot bottleneck

Regulators approved emergency rules that would speed up licensing for pot distributors, a sticking point that launched a legal battle…

July 13, 2017

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Trustees project biggest Social Security increase in years

Still seniors will see just a 2.2% raise

July 13, 2017

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Inmate confesses to killing 4 men

Cosmo DiNardo tells authorities where to find bodies

July 13, 2017

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Two national monuments are no longer up for review, Interior says.

Washington, Idaho sites off the table

July 13, 2017

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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

July 13, 2017

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McConnell reveals new health bill

Will his GOP support it?

July 13, 2017

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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…

July 12, 2017

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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…

July 12, 2017

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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…

July 12, 2017

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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…

July 11, 2017

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GOP Senate leader charts plan for moving on new health bill

McConnell says reworked bill will be released Thursday

July 11, 2017

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Emails: Trump Jr. embraced help said to be from Kremlin

Could be smoking gun showing collusion between Russia, Trump associates

July 11, 2017

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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…

July 11, 2017

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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…

July 11, 2017

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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.…

July 10, 2017

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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…

July 10, 2017

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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…

July 10, 2017

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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…

July 10, 2017

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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…

July 9, 2017

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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…

July 9, 2017

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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…

July 9, 2017