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Trump Questionnaire Raises Concerns About Retaliation Against Energy Department Staff

Saturday, December 10, 2016

A 74-point questionnaire asks for a list of employees who attended conferences on climate change. Legal experts worry if it's an effort to weed out agency environmentalists.

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Trump Tags Former Wrestling Magnate To Head Small Business Administration

Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Linda McMahon is the co-founder of the pro-wrestling enterprise World Wrestling Entertainment. The Republican twice ran to become the first female U.S. senator for Connecticut, but lost both bids.

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Trump Selects Long-Serving Iowa Governor As Ambassador To China

Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Gov. Terry Branstad, a Trump backer and the nation's longest-serving governor, has extensive ties to China and a friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping that goes back decades.

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Biden Hints He's Leaving The Door Open To A 2020 Run

Monday, December 05, 2016

Vice President Joe Biden turned 74 last month and would be 78 after the 2020 election. Biden decided against a presidential run this past cycle, after losing his son Beau to cancer in 2015.

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Austria's Far-Right Presidential Candidate Loses In An Election Do-Over

Sunday, December 04, 2016

Alexander Van der Bellen defeated Norbert Hofer of the conservative Freedom Party. Had Hofer won he would have become the first far-right president in Western Europe since World War II.

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Cuban Military Fires 21-Gun Salute As Fidel Castro's Ashes Are Interred

Sunday, December 04, 2016

Fidel Castro was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Santiago de Cuba, known as the launching site for the Cuban Revolution. Castro's younger brother Raul delivered the final homage.

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Gunman In Finland Kills Local Politician, 2 Others With Rifle Outside Restaurant

Sunday, December 04, 2016

A 23-year old gunman killed a local councilor and two journalists, all women, around midnight local time. The shooting took place about three hours east of Helsinki.

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New Members Of Congress Compete In Office Lottery

Thursday, December 01, 2016

Back flips, superstitious dances and prayers aloud are all strategies used by incoming members of Congress during the biennial event known as the congressional office lottery. It determines who gets primo office real estate and who gets stuck in the hinterlands of Capitol Hill.

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Heinz Recalls Hundreds Of Cases of Gravy Just Ahead Of Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Some 500 cases are being voluntarily recalled due to possible mislabeling of pork, milk and soy as part of its contents.

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Federal Judge Blocks Obama Administration's Overtime Pay Rule

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

About 4 million workers would have become eligible to earn overtime under the new rule set to go into effect Dec. 1. Business groups and 21 states sued. A Texas judge has now put the rule on hold.

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U.S. Soccer Reaches Back To The Past To Kickstart Its Future

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Bruce Arena is named the coach of the U.S. Men's Soccer team a decade after he was fired from the post. Arena replaces former coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who was let go on Monday.

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Ex-Univ. Of Cincinnati Officer To Be Retried Over Killing Of Black Motorist

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Ray Tensing's first trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on murder and manslaughter charges for the July 2015 killing of Sam DuBose.

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Evangelical Gathering A Sign Conservative Christians Slow To Embrace Trump

Saturday, September 10, 2016

The Republican nominee addressed the annual Values Voter Summit occurring this weekend in Washington, D.C. He was not among the top few primary candidates preferred by conservative Christian voters.

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G-20 Confrontation: U.S., China Have Tense Exchange On The Tarmac Ahead Of Summit

Saturday, September 03, 2016

Chinese and U.S. officials get into a shouting match on the tarmac, seemingly over where reporters traveling with President Obama could stand as he was exiting Air Force One.

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No Criminal Charges For White S.C Deputy Who Flipped Desk, Tossed Black Student

Saturday, September 03, 2016

Former school resource officer Benjamin Fields was captured on video last October flipping a student onto the floor. The videos were later posted to social media and sparked widespread outrage.

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RNC Hires Staff To Supplement Trump's Lacking Ground Game In Critical States

Friday, September 02, 2016

The Republican National Committee announced it's hiring almost 400 additional staffers and opening about 100 new offices across 11 battleground states.

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Rubio Backs Trump, But Stands By Calling Him A 'Con Man'

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told the Miami Herald editorial board he has "stood by everything I ever said" during his presidential campaign.

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New Emails Raise Questions About Ties Between Clinton Foundation And State Dept.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Emails obtained by conservative group Judicial Watch fuel allegations that the foundation provided donors access to the State Department during Hillary Clinton's tenure.

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3 Girls Injured In Fall From Ferris Wheel At Tennessee Fair

Tuesday, August 09, 2016

The girls fell "between 35 and 45 feet," according to officials. One girl sustained a traumatic brain injury. The incident comes a day after a boy died while riding a waterslide in Kansas.

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Delta Air Lines Cancels Nearly 700 Additional Flights

Tuesday, August 09, 2016

Delta said it was still in "recovery mode" a day after a system outage scuttled about 1,000 flights. It announced $200 vouchers for people whose flights were canceled or delayed more than three hours.

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