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Congress Joins Debate Over Sending TSA Employees To Border
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers clashed Tuesday over the Trump administration's move to send hundreds of Transportation Security Administration employees to the U.S.-Mexico border, and one airport official war...
May 21, 2019
Cholesterol Improves In US Kids Despite High Obesity Rates
CHICAGO - Cholesterol levels in children and teens improved in the latest analysis of U.S. health surveys, yet only half of them had readings considered ideal.Overall, 7% of kids had high cholesterol ...
May 21, 2019
Dual Briefings On Capitol Hill Focus On Trump’s Iran Policy
WASHINGTON - As questions mount over President Donald Trump's tough talk on Iran, top national security officials are heading to Capitol Hill to brief Congress. But skeptical Democrats have asked for ...
May 21, 2019
Bomb-Carrying Drone From Yemen Rebels Targets Saudi Airport
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi rebels said Tuesday they attacked a Saudi airport and military base with a bomb-laden drone, an assault acknowledged by the kingdom as Midea...
May 21, 2019
McGahn To Defy Subpoena For Testimony, Face Contempt Vote
WASHINGTON - House Democrats are facing yet another attempt by President Donald Trump to stonewall their investigations , this time with former White House counsel Donald McGahn defying a subpoena for...
May 21, 2019
Redskins’ Foster Carted Off Field With Apparent Knee Injury
ASHBURN, Va. - Washington Redskins linebacker Reuben Foster appeared to injure his left knee during his first snap at an offseason practice Monday and was taken off the field on a cart. Foster stepped...
May 20, 2019
DOJ: McGahn Can’t be Forced to Testify About Mueller Probe
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department says former White House counsel Don McGahn can’t be compelled to testify before Congress about the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s re...
May 20, 2019
DHS Warns of ‘Strong Concerns’ that Chinese-Made Drones are Stealing Data
Chinese-made drones may be sending sensitive flight data to their manufacturers in China, where it can be accessed by the government there, the US Department of Homeland Security warned in an alert is...
May 20, 2019
New York Might Make it Illegal to Text While Walking
Crossing the street here can be challenging any time, and you might be even less likely to notice that honking cab or zooming bicyclist if you’re looking at your phone. Now, it could become ille...
May 20, 2019
James Gunn Says He’s a Better Person After Being Fired
LOS ANGELES - It's been a roller-coaster year for James Gunn, who was fired from "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" over old tweets in July, and rehired this March. But the writer-director who shepherde...
May 20, 2019
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