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Health Care State of Play: Trump Blasts Bipartisan Deal
A bipartisan health care deal, announced by Republican leaders Tuesday and long negotiated between Sens. Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, has been reached.
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Poll Shows Tied Alabama Senate Race
Democrat Doug Jones -- once thought to be a longshot in the Deep South -- has tied Republican nominee and former judge Roy Moore in Alabama's US Senate race, a new poll shows.
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Trump: Ask Kelly Whether Obama Called After His Son Was Killed In Action
President Donald Trump, in defense of his claim that President Barack Obama didn't call the loved ones of fallen soldiers, floated the idea Tuesday that reporters ask his chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly, whether Obama called him after his son died in Afghanistan.
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Justice Department Special Counsel Team Interviews Sean Spicer
Special counsel investigators interviewed former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday as part of the Russia investigation, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
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CNN Poll: Most Americans Oppose Trump's Tax Reform Plan
A slim majority of Americans (52%) oppose President Donald Trump's recent tax reform proposals, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, while only one-third (34%) say they support the Trump plan.
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Sessions Set for Senate Grilling
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will once again be in the hot seat in front of his former colleagues Wednesday, when he testifies before the Senate judiciary committee.
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DNC Resolution Calls for Bernie Sanders, Angus King to Join Democratic Party
Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders never actually joined the Democratic Party -- and some party officials are still bothered by it. Bob Mulholland, a Democratic National Committeeman from California, introduced a resolution that the party will consider at its Las Vegas meeting later this week calling on Sanders and Maine Independent Sen. Angus King -- both of whom caucus with the Democrats -- to actually join the party.
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US Has Drones and Hundreds of Troops in Niger. Here's Why
The killing of four American soldiers in Niger has drawn attention to the role of US troops in western Africa, where several terror networks roam freely.
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Trump Has Repeatedly Politicized Military Service and Sacrifice
President Donald Trump, though often acting as a champion of the military, has at times politicized the sacrifice of those who paid a terrible price in the nation's wars in a way that few of his predecessors would have countenanced.
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5 Things for October 18: ISIS, Politics, Russia, Travel Ban, NFL
There's a way you can save lives just by going on vacation. You'll need to bring an extra suitcase, though. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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Baker Institute Paper: Public, private stakeholders have role to play in fixing Houston’s flooding problem
The private sector can play a major role in fixing the serious problems that all levels of government and the development community, as well as their engineers and lawyers, have created in regard to flooding in Houston, according to a paper by an environmental expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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NAACP Condemns Trial Process for Kharon Davis
Sentenced to life by an Alabama all-white jury and decade of denial of Sixth Amendment rights highlights the need for reform of nation’s criminal justice system
The NAACP has issued the following statement regarding the life sentence of Kharon Davis issued today in Dothan, Alabama:
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Wi-Fi Network Flaw Could Let Hackers Spy On You
The Wi-Fi network you're using may be susceptible to hacking. A new security flaw, discovered by researcher Mathy Vanhoef of the University of Leuven in Belgium, appears to be affecting Wi-Fi connections.
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Trump finally comments on soldier deaths in Niger; falsely knocks Obama over his responses to dead soldiers
Breaking his public silence about four American soldiers killed during an ambush in Niger, President Donald Trump said Monday he'd penned personal letters to their families and planned to phone them later this week.
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Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to Paint Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama for Smithsonian
The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. has commissioned Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to paint Barack and Michelle Obama’s portraits, respectively, the Wall Street Journal reports. Both portraits will be unveiled next year when they are added to the museum’s collection.
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Washington Is Turning Against the US Senate
Some conservatives in the House of Representatives believe they've found a way to shield themselves from loss in 2018: run against the US Senate even if it means running against their own GOP colleagues.
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Trump Allies Worry That Losing the House Means Impeachment
Top White House aides, lawmakers, donors and political consultants are privately asking whether President Donald Trump realizes that losing the House next year could put his presidency in peril.
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Reacts To attack on Affordable Care Act
Congresswoman Jackson Lee: “The executive order that Trump signed today will result in less coverage, higher premiums, and no consumer protections.”
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Texans WhItney Mercilus Gives Merci - Check Presentation
Houston Texans Whitney Mercilus is known for showing NO MERCI on the field, but off the field, he is known as a gentle giant within the community. As a part of his continuous efforts to give back to the Greater Houston community, Mercilus and the WithMerci Foundation are donating $20,000.00 to the Houston Independent School District Foundation for the Department of Special Education.
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"Marshall" Is A Measured, Solid Biopic
The parallels between the American justice system of say the late 1940s and today aren’t so much different, especially with matters of race. Even as more crime procedurals hit television, real-life has shaped our beliefs of the justice system and a fair deal. Hollywood also knows this. It’s also figured out a way to navigate the space of telling good to great biopics in the same time frame. In “Marshall,” the story of the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and arbiter of the Civil Rights Movement doesn’t roll out a point A-to-B story, or even rundown his life’s work like the re-telling of a Wikipedia page. Instead, the latest Chadwick Boseman starring biopic centers around one of the first significant cases he argued and won.
