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Poll finds Trump’s pro-Israel stance does not sway US Jews
JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel positions have not garnered him support from American Jewish voters, according to a new survey. The poll found that 74 percent of Jews planned to vote for Democratic…
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Montgomery Co. inspecting hundreds of voting machines before election
In Montgomery County, crews will spend the next few weeks meticulously inspecting voting machines to ensure everything is ready to go on Election Day.
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The Latest: Gibraltar ‘not a problem’ in Brexit discussions
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s exit from the European Union (all times local): 7:15 p.m. While the Irish border issue is holding up a comprehensive Brexit deal, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says…
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Challenge for indicted Republicans: Win re-election
Winning re-election while indicted is a rare feat in U.S. history. But two Republican congressmen are attempting to do just that in November’s midterm elections: Reps. Duncan Hunter of California and Chris Collins of New…
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Spain arrests 4, seizes 115 properties in Venezuelan probe
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police have arrested a former Venezuelan official and an exiled opposition leader’s relative and seized more than 115 properties in a money-laundering investigation into a ring that allegedly bought real estate…
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Trump endorses Dave Brat in Va. 7th District race
President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Brat as the two-term congressman faces a strong challenge from a Democratic opponent.
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Trump’s Russia attorney shifts to become White House counsel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the attorney representing President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation is shifting roles and taking on duties as counsel to the president. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says…
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Western government officials cancel trip to Saudi event
PARIS (AP) — Senior government officials from the United States, France, Britain and the Netherlands joined a growing list of people cancelling out of an investment conference in Saudi Arabia amid questions over the kingdom’s…
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Environmentalists file 3rd lawsuit over Trump wall plans
HOUSTON (AP) — Environmental groups filed another lawsuit Thursday challenging the Trump administration’s use of waivers to speed up construction of a border wall, this time in Texas. Three groups sued the Department of Homeland…
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US designates suspected Colombian trafficker as drug kingpin
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has slapped sanctions on a Colombian man with ties to the South American country’s largest rebel group who allegedly controls a narcotics trafficking corridor in northern Colombia. The Treasury Department…
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Pompeo says he told Saudis US takes Khashoggi disappearance ‘very seriously,’ will await investigation before responding
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pompeo says he told Saudis US takes Khashoggi disappearance ‘very seriously,’ will await investigation before responding.
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UK PM Theresa May says remaining divisions between Britain, EU on Brexit are “few but considerable”
BRUSSELS (AP) — UK PM Theresa May says remaining divisions between Britain, EU on Brexit are “few but considerable”
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Tennessee women slow to back GOP’s Blackburn in Senate race
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — If Republican Marsha Blackburn were to win in November, the congresswoman would become the first female U.S. senator in Tennessee history. And yet women have been slow to embrace her campaign.…
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Biden: Trump ‘coddles’ autocrats like Kim, Putin, Saudis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden says President Donald Trump may not “know what he’s doing” and coddles dictators. The potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate told CBS “This Morning” Thursday he’s concerned Trump…
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Khashoggi warns in last column of free rein to silence media
The Washington Post published the column more than two weeks after Jamal Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and only hours after a gruesome account in Turkey’s Yeni Safak newspaper alleged that Saudi officials cut off Khashoggi’s fingers and then decapitated him inside the consulate while his fiancée waited outside.
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