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Trump adviser says ‘nobody likes’ family separation policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser on Sunday distanced the Trump administration from responsibility for separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, even though the administration put in place and…
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The Latest: Laura Bush says immigration policy ‘cruel’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration and its policy to separate migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local): 11:45 p.m. Former first lady Laura Bush says the…
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Trump adviser Roger Stone reveals new meeting with Russian
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller is examining a previously undisclosed meeting between longtime Donald Trump confidante Roger Stone and a Russian figure who allegedly tried to sell him dirt on Hillary Clinton. The…
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Protections for immigrants erode under Trump since inaugural
The Trump administration’s move to separate immigrant parents from their children on the U.S.-Mexico border has grabbed attention around the world, drawn scorn from human-rights organizations and overtaken the immigration debate in Congress. It’s also…
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FBI agent removed from Russia probe is willing to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team after sending anti-Trump text messages says he is willing to testify before Congress. A lawyer for Peter Strzok (STRUCK) told…
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TV host Jimmy Kimmel beat by Sen. Ted Cruz in charity game
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has triumphed over late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel in their much-hyped charity basketball game that Kimmel dubbed the Blobfish Basketball Classic.
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Giuliani says Trump could issue pardons after Russia probe
The president’s attorney tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that issuing a pardon now is not necessary and could cloud what Giuliani believes is a “very clear picture of an extremely unfair investigation with no criminality involved in it of any kind.”
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Maryland Democratic primary has 2 black candidates leading
Voters say they’re encouraged by a field of minority, female and LGBT Democrats vying to lead a state where nearly a third of residents are black and where racial tensions flared after the 2015 death of a black man in police custody.
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Political ‘Survivor’: Ranked-choice tabulations get underway
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Nearly a week after Maine’s primary elections, the state’s ranked-choice voting experiment is getting real as it becomes a game of mathematical survival. Ballots from nearly 500 municipalities across the state…
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3 Democrats look to make history in Wisconsin governor race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Mahlon Mitchell likes to remind voters while campaigning that they can make history by electing him Wisconsin’s first black governor. Meanwhile, Kathleen Vinehout and Kelda Roys — who breast-fed her daughter…
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In Senate race launched by #MeToo, 2 women have inside track
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — In Minnesota’s surprise race to fill Al Franken’s former Senate seat, the two women running tell their own versions of a familiar story. Democrat Tina Smith, who filled the former…
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UK PM vows big funding increase for National Health Service
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a significant funding increase for the country’s beleaguered National Health Service. The prime minister said the NHS will receive an additional 384 million pounds ($510…
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Immigrants fleeing gangs prefer taking chance for US asylum
Despite new directives from the Trump administration, some people fleeing violence in Central America feel they’re safer taking their chances with asylum in the U.S. than staying in Mexico or their home countries.
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Republicans risking conservative backlash over immigration
NEW YORK (AP) — The push toward immigration votes in the House is intensifying the divide among Republicans on one of the party’s most animating issues and fueling concerns that a voter backlash could cost…
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Immigrants fleeing gangs prefer taking chance for US asylum
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The MS-13 gang made Jose Osmin Aparicio’s life so miserable in his native El Salvador that he had no choice but to flee in the dead of night with his wife…
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