Politics
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Moderate Republicans warn of trouble for tax reform
[ad_1] By David Morgan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Twenty moderate Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives warned on Friday that efforts to overhaul the federal tax code could be jeopardized by demands for including major…
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Trump not planning to invoke executive privilege for Comey testimony: NY Times
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump does not plan to invoke executive privilege as a way to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying to Congress next week, the New York Times said on Friday…
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Mattis praises China's efforts on North Korea, dials up pressure on South China Sea
[ad_1] By Idrees Ali and Lee Chyen Yee | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE The United States is encouraged by China’s efforts to restrain North Korea but Washington will not accept Beijing’s militarization of islands in the South…
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Facing hometown anger, some Republican lawmakers split from Trump on key issues
[ad_1] By Susan Cornwell | CRANFORD, New Jersey CRANFORD, New Jersey Appearing at a town hall in upscale Cranford, New Jersey this week, five-term Republican congressman Leonard Lance got a barrage of complaints from constituents…
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Trump administration moves to keep full CIA 'torture' report secret
[ad_1] WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has begun returning to Congress copies of a voluminous 2014 report describing the CIA’s harsh detention and interrogation programs, U.S. officials said on Friday. The Trump administration’s move…
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U.S. top court's Gorsuch says does not share 'cynicism' about government
[ad_1] By Nate Raymond | CAMBRIDGE, Mass. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court appointee Neil Gorsuch said on Friday that he does not share what he acknowledged was currently “a lot of cynicism…
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Will Trump block Comey testimony? White House does not know yet
[ad_1] By Susan Heavey | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON White House officials said on Friday they did not know yet whether President Donald Trump would seek to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying to Congress…
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Trump travel ban's fate hinges on emergency U.S. high court request
[ad_1] By Lawrence Hurley | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump faces an uphill fight convincing the Supreme Court it should grant his emergency request to reinstate his travel ban on people entering the United States…
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Exclusive: Special counsel Mueller to probe ex-Trump aide Flynn's Turkey ties
[ad_1] WASHINGTON Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe to assume control of a grand jury investigation into former national security adviser Michael…
