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US Attorney General Blasts Deal To Rein In Baltimore Police

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday blasted an agreement to rein in Baltimore's notorious police department,...

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Trump Strikes Syria But No Plan Yet To Oust Assad

Donald Trump's cruise missile strike on a Syrian air base drags Washington deeper into the country's tragedy but does...

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Gorsuch Confirmed To US Supreme Court, Ending Lengthy Fight

The US Senate on Friday confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, ending a bruising year-long political battle and...

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Syria ‘chemical Attack’ Survivors Welcome US Strike

In the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun, site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, residents still mourning their dead on...

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A Red Line Already Crossed In Syria

President Donald Trump's decision to strike the Syrian regime in retaliation for a chemical attack comes four years...

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Canadian PM Trudeau Wows NY Feminist Crowd

Wildly popular among liberal Americans, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wowed the crowd at a women's summit in...

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‘Nuclear’ Showdown Over US Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch

A US Senate tactic known as a filibuster has just been used for the first time in half a century to block a Supreme...

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‘Nuclear’ Showdown Over Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch

Senate Republicans are set to vote on changing procedural rules to ensure the confirmation of President Donald Trump's...

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Pressure Mounts For UN Action On Syria ‘chemical Attack’

Western powers pushed ahead Thursday with efforts to take action over the suspected chemical attack in Syria after US...

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US Senate Moment of Truth Nears With Gorsuch Vote

The US Senate prepared to take its most consequential step in years with the procedural vote Thursday on President...

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China’s Strongman Xi To Meet His Match In Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping has spent the past four years putting brash, wealthy politicians and businessmen in jail....

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Steve Bannon Loses National Security Council Seat

President Donald Trump has removed his senior strategist Steve Bannon from the US National Security Council (NSC). The...

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‘I Now Have Responsibility’ When It Comes To Syria

President Donald Trump, speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, said the chemical attack against Syrian civilians...

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Syria Attack ‘crossed A Lot of Lines’

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday denounced the Syrian regime's latest alleged chemical weapons attack as an...

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Senator Ends 15-Hour Speech Opposing Trump’s Court Pick

Democratic US Senator Jeff Merkley delivered one of the longer speeches in Senate history by holding the floor for more...

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Growth In US Services Sector Slows In March

The massive US services sector cooled in March after a strong February, the Institute for Supply Management said...

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Russia Rebel Weapons Claim Rejected

Russian claims that a release of chemicals that killed and injured dozens of civilians in northern Syria came from...

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Russia Blames Rebels For Syria Gas Attack

Russia says that chemical gas that killed and injured dozens of civilians in a rebel-held town in northern Syria came...

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Trump Promises To Relax US Banking Laws

President Donald Trump has promised sweeping reforms to "horrendous" US banking regulations that were introduced after...