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White House Orders Ex-Counsel McGahn To Defy House Subpoena
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has instructed former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a subpoena for documents from the House Judiciary Committee, arguing that the materials are subject t...
May 07, 2019
Kentucky Derby Winner Country House Won’t Run In The Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner Country House won’t run in the Preakness. Assistant trainer Riley Mott confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that the long shot winner of horse racing’s bigges...
May 07, 2019
FBI Chief: No Evidence Of Illegal Spying On Trump Campaign
WASHINGTON - FBI Director Chris Wray said Tuesday that he does not consider court-approved FBI surveillance to be "spying" and said he has no evidence the FBI illegally monitored President Donald Trum...
May 07, 2019
Chelsea Manning Says She’ll Never Testify, Seeks Release
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning is offering a new legal argument in her effort to be released from a Virginia jail. Manning has been jailed in Alexandria for t...
May 07, 2019
Georgia’s Republican Gov. Kemp Signs Early Abortion Ban
ATLANTA - Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation on Tuesday banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. That can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they're...
May 07, 2019
Judge Sentences Would-Be Chicago Bar Bomber To 16 Years
CHICAGO - A federal judge on Monday handed an Illinois man a 16-year prison sentence for trying to kill hundreds of people by detonating what he thought was a car bomb outside a crowded Chicago bar in...
May 06, 2019
Trade Threats Press China To Change Or Suffer Consequences
BEIJING - By threatening to raise taxes on Chinese imports, President Donald Trump is throwing down a challenge to Beijing: Agree to sweeping changes in China's government-dominated economic model - o...
May 06, 2019
Microsoft Offers Software Tools To Secure Elections
Microsoft announced an ambitious effort it says will make voting secure, verifiable and more transparent with open-source software. Two of the three top U.S elections vendors have expressed interest i...
May 06, 2019
Trump Wants To Restore Waiver For Service Academy Athletes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday he is looking into offering a waiver that would allow athletes attending the nation's military academies to play professional sports immediately upon gr...
May 06, 2019
US To Add 30,000 Seasonal Worker Visas As Soon As This Week
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration plans to allow 30,000 more foreign workers temporarily into the United States for seasonal work through the end of September, a move that reflects how the booming...
May 06, 2019
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