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Dec 13, 2018
Now that President Donald Trump's former "fixer," Michael Cohen, has been sentenced to prison, leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence committees are preparing to haul him back before Congress before he begins serving time.
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Dec 13, 2018
A possible partial government shutdown is less than two weeks away with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a dispute over border security and no resolution in sight.
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Dec 13, 2018
It's Beto O'Rourke's world, every other Democrat is just living in it.
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Dec 13, 2018
The schemes employed to get President Donald Trump into the Oval Office are closing in on him, and he's frustrated at his predicament.
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Dec 12, 2018
Melania Trump said the hardest thing she has to deal with as first lady is feeling like there are people in the media and in the public who trade on her name to advance their own careers.
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Dec 12, 2018
Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, purchased thousands of dollars in defense stock after successfully pushing the Trump administration for more Defense Department spending.
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Dec 12, 2018
Rep. Denny Heck said Wednesday that recent indictments and sentencing memos show "the walls are closing in and this is the beginning of the end for the Trump administration."
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Dec 12, 2018
We're nine days out from a government shutdown and -- unlike the usual showdown mishigas -- there's plenty of reason to think the government might actually, you know, shut down come 11:59 p.m. on December 21.
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Dec 12, 2018
Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina has been offering investigators information on the American she conspired with to infiltrate US political circles and the Russian official who directed her activities, as she prepares to make her guilty plea official on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Dec 12, 2018
Canada issued a stern warning to President Donald Trump on Wednesday: don't use the arrest of a Chinese executive as a bargaining chip in trade talks.
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Dec 12, 2018
Christine Blasey Ford made her first public statement since testifying against Brett Kavanaugh in September to present Sports Illustrated's Inspiration of the Year Award to Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse.
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Dec 12, 2018
President Donald Trump and others have long claimed, without evidence, that there is widespread "voter fraud" in America. Some have pointed to the mounting evidence of fraud in North Carolina as proof that voter fraud is a real problem.
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Dec 12, 2018
Three of the Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarines are "not certified to dive today" due to maintenance delays caused by overcrowded shipyards, officials revealed Wednesday.
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Dec 12, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced a deal Wednesday that could likely deliver her the votes to become speaker again -- but only for another two terms, laying out a timeline she had been reluctant to articulate until now.
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Dec 12, 2018
The US called on Turkey to not follow through on threats to attack US-backed forces in Syria Wednesday, an incursion the Pentagon warned could threaten US personnel and derail the fight against ISIS.
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Dec 12, 2018
Rep.-elect Mark Green, who is also a doctor, falsely claimed at a town hall Tuesday that a rise in autism cases could be linked to preservatives in vaccines, according to a video posted by The Tennessean on Wednesday.
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Dec 12, 2018
Arkansas is making some changes to its new Medicaid work requirement program as thousands of residents lose coverage.
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Dec 12, 2018
President Donald Trump's suggestion that he might use an arrested Chinese tech executive as a bargaining chip in trade talks with Beijing drew rebukes for setting a "terrible precedent" crossing the red line that separates American politics from the rule of law.
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Dec 12, 2018
Former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen spoke in court Wednesday before being sentenced to three years in prison.
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Dec 12, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to prohibit Iran from conducting ballistic missile tests, warning member nations that a failure to hold Tehran accountable could yield dramatic consequences.
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Dec 12, 2018
More than a year after James Fields drove his car into pedestrians opposing the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, killing Heather Heyer, we can take solace knowing that not only was justice served but that a jury of individuals, representing the American people, were willing to stand up for what was right -- and condemn what was wrong, writes Page Pate
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Dec 12, 2018
President Donald Trump's public silence on Wednesday belied his rising fury over longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who the President still insists is not telling the truth after he turned against him and was sentenced to three years in prison.
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Dec 12, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency's employees do not appear thrilled with the direction of their department.
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Dec 12, 2018
Republicans in the North Carolina legislature are seeking to change state law to guarantee that any call for a new general election in the scandal-plagued 9th Congressional District will also include a re-run of the party primaries.
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Dec 12, 2018
Democrats who will take over Michigan's top elected posts next year are laying low as a contentious lame duck session unfolds in the state Capitol, drawing criticism among some party officials and activists who believe they should be leading the pressure campaign against Republicans.
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Dec 12, 2018
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, designed to boost investment in low-income communities via a tax break passed last year.
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Dec 12, 2018
President Donald Trump is no longer considering one of his top congressional allies, Rep. Mark Meadows, to become his next White House chief of staff, the White House confirmed on Wednesday.
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Dec 12, 2018
The House of Representatives passed the final version of a massive farm bill Wednesday, clearing a major, must-pass item from the legislative agenda before the end of the year and the start of the next congressional session.
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Dec 12, 2018
China and the US are set to take action against each other as tensions escalate over trade, cyber hacking and espionage as US senior law enforcement officials identified Beijing as the most serious threat to US national security on Wednesday.
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Dec 12, 2018
The US government's global work on sexual and reproductive health and rights declined during the first year of the Trump administration, according to a newly released study.
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Dec 12, 2018
American soybean farmers are still waiting to see the benefit of President Donald Trump's trade truce with China.
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Dec 12, 2018
Mark it down: On December 12, 2018, a mere 629 days before the 2020 general election, the Democratic race to unseat President Donald Trump began.
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Dec 12, 2018
Michael Cohen was sending a very clear message from the moment he hopped out of a black SUV in front of the New York courthouse where he was to be sentenced for a series of crimes he pleaded guilty to earlier this year: I'm the real victim here.
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Dec 12, 2018
A subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Workforce was planning to hold a hearing Wednesday on raising the minimum wage to $15, but that was until Democrats on the committee discovered one of the Republicans' invited witnesses had penned misogynistic and homophobic blog posts over a decade ago.
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Dec 12, 2018
Michael Cohen was sending a very clear message from the moment he hopped out of a black SUV in front of the New York courthouse where he was to be sentenced for a series of crimes he pleaded guilty to earlier this year: I'm the real victim here.
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Dec 12, 2018
House and Senate negotiators have struck a deal over long-stalled legislation to revamp the way sexual harassment complaints are made and handled on Capitol Hill, multiple congressional sources close to the process told CNN on Wednesday, likely assuring the bill's final passage this year.
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Dec 12, 2018
Melania Trump spent part of Wednesday flying over areas of Virginia and the Atlantic Ocean in a V-22 Osprey, becoming the first first lady to do so.
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Dec 12, 2018
Four people have been sentenced to prison as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference, with the latest being former Donald Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen. Here's a roundup of the four people, their crimes and their punishments.
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Dec 12, 2018
Donald Trump wanted a show in the Oval Office, so he got one. He just never expected that the title of said show would be, "Nancy Pelosi Takes Donald Trump to School."
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Dec 12, 2018
Donald Trump wanted a show in the Oval Office, so he got one. He just never expected that the title of said show would be, "Nancy Pelosi Takes Donald Trump to School."
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Dec 12, 2018
Top law enforcement officials on Wednesday pushed back on comments from President Donald Trump suggesting the prosecution of a Chinese telecommunications executive could be used as leverage in trade negotiations.
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Dec 12, 2018
Mark it down: On December 12, 2018, a mere 629 days before the 2020 general election, the Democratic race to unseat President Donald Trump began.
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Dec 12, 2018
Michael Cohen is in a New York federal court to be sentenced as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
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Dec 12, 2018
President Donald Trump tried to brush off a question in a recent interview about his associates' interactions with Russians ahead of and during his presidential campaign by saying it was just "peanut stuff," despite his earlier blanket denials of any such interactions.
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Dec 12, 2018
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro on Wednesday launched a presidential exploratory committee, a significant step toward mounting a presidential bid in 2020.
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Dec 12, 2018
President Donald Trump has a pat line when asked about whether he's worried about impeachment.
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Dec 12, 2018
Republican Sen. John Kennedy said Wednesday that he thinks there will be a partial government shutdown, but that it would be "a pox on all of our houses."
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Dec 12, 2018
The heads of state for some of the main countries causing climate change -- the United States, the UK, Germany, China, Canada and India among them -- are not present here in Poland to try to keep the wheels from falling off an agreement meant to save humanity and the planet.
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Dec 12, 2018
On Wednesday at the White House, Donald Trump returned to his reality TV roots: Hosting -- and participating in -- a bare-knuckled brawl with the two top Democratic leaders in Congress.
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Dec 12, 2018
Welp, that was fun.
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Dec 12, 2018
Outgoing US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said she used President Donald Trump's "unpredictable" behavior to her advantage in order to "get the job done" as ambassador.
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Dec 12, 2018
It became abundantly clear on Tuesday that the only way to truly resolve the issues at play in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District is for voters to have a second opportunity to make their voices heard.
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Dec 12, 2018
President Donald Trump on Wednesday seized on an apparent terrorist attack in France to promote his border wall, the latest example of the US President using fear to push his political agenda.
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Dec 12, 2018
House Republicans quietly moved Tuesday to give GOP leadership more power to block a resolution that would pull back US involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, an effort that would give cover to the White House, which is strongly opposed to the plan.
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Dec 12, 2018
Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson said outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly has not apologized to her for their 2017 feud because she feels he "does not respect women, and he definitely does not respect black women, and I don't think he respects black people."
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Dec 12, 2018
Amid White House turmoil, a possible government shutdown and falling approval ratings, President Donald Trump's former fixer could be slapped with a lengthy prison sentence Wednesday as part of what the President derides as Robert Mueller's "witch hunt."
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Dec 11, 2018
House Democrats held a heated debate Tuesday over a push to impose term limits on some of their leaders, ultimately deciding to table the discussion until incoming freshmen members can take part in the conversation next month.
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Dec 11, 2018
Former national security adviser to President Donald Trump Michael Flynn has asked a federal judge to spare him from prison time, according to his defense team's memo before his sentencing.
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Dec 11, 2018
Former national security adviser to President Donald Trump Michael Flynn has asked a federal judge to spare him from prison time, according to his defense team's memo before his sentencing.
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Dec 11, 2018
Former national security adviser to President Donald Trump Michael Flynn has asked a federal judge to spare him from prison time, according to his defense team's memo before his sentencing.
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Dec 11, 2018
Rick Santorum said Tuesday that his "answer right now would be no" if President Donald Trump were to offer him the role of White House chief of staff.
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Dec 11, 2018
A former Bloomberg LP executive pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he masterminded a $15 million bid-rigging and commercial bribery scheme.
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Dec 11, 2018
North Carolina Republicans said Tuesday that a new election would be necessary in the state's 9th Congressional District if investigators can verify a local newspaper report that early voting results in Bladen County were leaked before Election Day.
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Dec 11, 2018
The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to lift the injunction that's blocking the asylum ban from going into effect, according to a filing Tuesday night.
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Dec 11, 2018
House Democrats held a heated debate Tuesday over a push to impose term limits on some of their leaders, ultimately deciding to table the discussion until incoming freshmen members can take part in the conversation next month.
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Dec 11, 2018
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration is open to using the arrest of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou as a bargaining chip in ongoing trade negotiations with China.
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Dec 11, 2018
On Wednesday at the White House, Donald Trump returned to his reality TV roots: Hosting -- and participating in -- a bare-knuckled brawl with the two top Democratic leaders in Congress.
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Dec 11, 2018
US President Donald Trump and Mexico's top immigration officials painted sharply different pictures Tuesday of the large groups of Central American migrants at the border.
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Dec 11, 2018
Some of the active-duty troops who President Donald Trump ordered to help secure the southern border have begun departing and thousands of them could be home by the end of the month, according to a US defense official.
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Dec 11, 2018
President Donald Trump met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday. The animated trio, observed by the press and a silent Vice President Mike Pence, debated funding for the President's border wall, breaking away from the traditionally staid feel of an Oval Office press spray.
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Dec 11, 2018
President Donald Trump told top Democrats on Tuesday that Mexico would be paying for his southern border wall, thanks to his recently signed United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement, according to a recounting of the meeting by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
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Dec 11, 2018
Watch CNN's Chris Cillizza read ALL of the top 31 Democratic candidates who might run against President Donald Trump in 2020 -- and more.
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Dec 11, 2018
Watch CNN's Chris Cillizza read ALL of the top 31 Democratic candidates who might run against President Donald Trump in 2020 -- and more.
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Dec 11, 2018
When Donald Trump pledged to shut down the government if Democrats won't spend $5 billion in a down payment on his border wall, he completed a multi-year dramatic arc.
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Dec 11, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi privately questioned President Donald Trump's "manhood" after a contentious meeting Tuesday about funding his wall at the southern border.
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Dec 11, 2018
President Donald Trump will meet Tuesday with the House and Senate Democratic leaders, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, in order to find a way to avert a partial government shutdown on December 21, when funding for the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies expires.
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Dec 11, 2018
A California judge has ordered Stormy Daniels pay $293,052.33 in attorney's fees, costs and sanctions to the lawyers representing President Donald Trump in the defamation suit Daniels and her attorney Michael Avenatti brought against Trump earlier this year.
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Dec 11, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi privately questioned President Donald Trump's "manhood" after a contentious meeting Tuesday about funding his wall at the southern border.
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Dec 11, 2018
For months, the Trump administration hid a report showing that banks charged high fees to college students who opened accounts and held debit cards -- and that Wells Fargo charged more on average than any other financial institution.
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Dec 11, 2018
The best way to understand Donald Trump's approach to the presidency is to think of him as what he was before politics: The star and producer of a reality TV show. Trump is forever programming the show -- aka his White House and the country -- in ways he thinks will entertain, provoke and amaze the audience.
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Dec 11, 2018
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the man expected to become the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee in the House of Representatives, said Tuesday that discussions are well underway among Democrats about how to prioritize oversight in the Trump administration.
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Dec 11, 2018
The EPA announced plans to change the definition of which waters in the United States are protected under the Clean Water Act on Tuesday -- a change President Donald Trump has been working toward since the beginning of his administration.
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Dec 11, 2018
Paul Manafort's lawyers said Tuesday they are not sure if they will challenge Robert Mueller's assertion that Manafort lied in interviews when he was supposed to be cooperating with the special counsel.
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Dec 11, 2018
President Donald Trump got into a public verbal spat with congressional Democratic leaders Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer when they met Tuesday in the Oval Office to work toward avoiding a partial shutdown on December 21, when funding for a large portion of the government expires.
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Dec 11, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced the US has deemed 10 countries guilty of severe religious freedom violations.
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Dec 11, 2018
The best way to understand Donald Trump's approach to the presidency is to think of him as what he was before politics: The star and producer of a reality TV show. Trump is forever programming the show -- aka his White House and the country -- in ways he thinks will entertain, provoke and amaze the audience.
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Dec 11, 2018
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday signaled support for a series of bills that would curb the power of his Democratic successor, writing on Facebook that the incoming governor would still have "some of the strongest powers of any governor in the nation" regardless of whether he signs them or not.
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Dec 11, 2018
President Donald Trump will meet Tuesday with the House and Senate Democratic leaders, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, in order to find a way to avert a partial government shutdown on December 21, when funding for the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies expires.
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Dec 11, 2018
Days after his White House chief of staff succession plans crumbled, President Donald Trump is still working to come up with a Plan B.
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Dec 11, 2018
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway took a shot Tuesday at Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying the incoming lawmaker "doesn't seem to know much about anything."
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Dec 11, 2018
A jury wants James Fields, convicted of killing paralegal Heather Heyer during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, to serve life in prison on the murder charge, it decided Tuesday.
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Dec 11, 2018
When Guy Furay, who owns The Insurance Source in Greer, S.C., had a 61-year-old man and his wife come in looking for an alternative to pricey Obamacare insurance coverage, he had another option he thought would work: a short-term health plan.
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Dec 11, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that the Senate this month will take up a contentious bill to overhaul criminal justice issues "at the request of the President and following improvements to the legislation that have been secured by several members."
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Dec 11, 2018
The Department of Education has finalized a reorganization plan that has at times drawn the ire of Congress and agency officials, according to an internal email obtained by CNN and confirmed by an agency spokeswoman.
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Dec 11, 2018
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker plans to offer a measure as soon as Tuesday to rebuke Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the first formal response to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and an implicit rebuke of President Donald Trump's handling of the killing.
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Dec 11, 2018
On Tuesday morning, Time magazine announced that its "Person of the Year" for 2018 was "The Guardians" -- a group of reporters, led by murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, seeking truth around the globe in the face of persistent attempts by governments and radical individuals to stifle their coverage and their voices.
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Dec 11, 2018
On Tuesday morning, Time magazine announced that its "Person of the Year" for 2018 was "The Guardians" -- a group of reporters, led by murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, seeking truth around the globe in the face of persistent attempts by governments and radical individuals to stifle their coverage and their voices.
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