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Hillary Clinton Calls Trump's Budget A 'Grave Mistake'

Hillary Clinton again waded into politics Friday, months after losing the 2016 election, by slamming President Donald Trump's proposed budget blueprint at Georgetown University.

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6 Things That Happened In Trumpworld This Week You Probably Already Forgot

Here are some important stories you may have lost sight of (hold the Russian salad dressing).

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Faith & Relaxation: A Weekend on Grand Bahama Island

Explaining the Bahamas to someone as a child is akin to detailing “Fantasy Island”. Your mind immediately begins tip-toeing across images of white beaches, beautiful women and clear blue water. Of fancy drinks and authentic seafood and a general hospitality that would make any etiquette coach beam with pride. That’s the Americanized version of the Bahamas, a tourist destination where one could wipe away their worries while kicked back with a Nassau Royal with an umbrella to twirl around.

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Black Women Are Disappearing All Over the Country; They’re Taking Our Greatest Natural Resource

What would the world be without social media? If we left it up to primary news outlets would we know that black women were vanishing out of thin air at alarming rates? They aren’t finding bodies and there are no gang associations. These are girls as young as twelve simply not coming home from school. Over 10 black women in Washington DC and Baltimore have gone missing in the past several months.

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5 Things for Friday, March 31: Russia, Atlanta, Assad, Settlements

Welcome to the weekend, when the days of shopping tax-free on Amazon comes to an end. (But you have more space on Twitter to vent about it). Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Time for Congress to Restore $6 Billion in HUD Funding

From youth yearning for the time to have their own place, to older Americans hoping to age in place, the need to have a home is a shared concern of consumers of all ages and locales. It’s where children are raised and memorable moments dwell. It’s also where many people rest, reflect, and shut out the worries of the day.

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Greatest Rise in Heroin Use Was Among White People, Study Says

The numbers are startling -- in 2015, 52,404 people died from drug overdoses according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sixty-three percent of those deaths involved an opioid.

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Trump, Ryan Go Public with Fight Against Freedom Caucus

President Donald Trump has gone public with his war against the House Freedom Caucus, pushing into full view growing frustration shared by House Speaker Paul Ryan less than a week after the GOP health care bill crashed amid feuding between rival Republican factions.

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NTSB Investigates Texas Church Bus Accident That Left 13 Dead

National Transportation Safety Board investigators are trying to determine what caused a tragic accident that claimed the lives of 13 senior citizens after their church minibus collided with a pickup truck in the Texas Hill Country.

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Will Congress Finally Vote On ISIS War?

The Trump administration's deployment of additional US troops to Iraq and Syria -- and the prospect of increased operations in Yemen and elsewhere in the Middle East -- will ramp up pressure on Congress to formally authorize the war against ISIS, according to lawmakers pushing for action on Capitol Hill.

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Trump, Christie Promise To Combat Opioid Abuse During WH Session

Christie, an early backer of Trump's campaign, led the President's transition team before running afoul of Trump's inner circle and being replaced by Vice President Mike Pence. The New Jersey governor and former 2016 campaign rival has been an outspoken leader on opioid deaths, which have skyrocketed by 214% since 2010 in the Garden State, according to the New Jersey attorney general.

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Will Congress Celebrate Trump's 100th Day In Office With A Government Shutdown?

Saturday, April 29, will mark President Trump's 100th day in office. But will it also mark Day 1 of a government shutdown?

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N.W.A. To Be Preserved By Library of Congress

First it became the basis for an Oscar-nominated movie. Now, “Straight Outta Compton” — the groundbreaking album from rap group N.W.A. and a one-time flashpoint in the nation’s culture wars — has been selected for the prestigious National Recording Registry.

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Proposed Budget Cuts for 2017 Include AIDS, AmeriCorps Programs

The Trump administration has given Congress a lengthy list of ways to cut $18 billion from the federal budget this year in an effort to offset its request for additional defense spending.

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Kingston: No Difference Between Making Fun of Trump's Hair and Waters' Hair

A former adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign, referring to the controversy over Bill O'Reilly's remarks about Rep. Maxine Waters, said Wednesday there was a partisan double standard when it comes to making fun of someone's hair.

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Former NAACP Leader Who Lied About Her Race Says in New Book, “I was ‘Too Black’ for My Husband”

Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP leader from Spokane, Washington who pretended to be Black although she is really white, says in her new book that her first marriage to an African American man ended because she was “too black” for him. Her new book is entitled In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World, and it discusses how she always wanted to be black – even when she was just a kid.

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Reiterates Calls For Independent Commission to Probe Trump/Russia Ties

Jackson Lee: “Each day brings about new revelations that make it clear Chairman Nunes has done irreparable harm to the investigation probing Russian contacts with Trump campaign officials.”

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How Congress Could Kill Obamacare After All

President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan say that Obamacare is on the verge of collapse.

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Trump Tries to Make Good On Promises to Roll Back Obama-era Regulations

President Donald Trump, looking to make good on his campaign promise to roll back federal regulations, will sign four measures Monday that halt rules enacted during the final days of Barack Obama's presidency.

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Russian Banker Who Met with Jared Kushner Has Ties to Putin

The Russian bank chairman who met with Jared Kushner in December isn't your ordinary banker.