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Senate panel backs Acosta as labor secretary despite Democratic opposition

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee narrowly voted Thursday to recommend that the full Senate confirm President Donald Trump’s second choice to head the Labor Department. The 12-11 vote of the Senate Labor Committee to confirm Alexander Acosta of Miami as labor secretary occurred along party lines, with 12 Republicans approving his nomination and 11 Democrats […]

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Pence’s vote advances bill that would let states withhold federal funds from Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON — Republicans needed Vice President Mike Pence to cast a tie-breaking vote Thursday in the Senate to advance legislation that rolls back rules preventing states from withholding certain federal funds to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. With opposition from two Republican women, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Republicans

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Paul Manafort’s finances, alliance with Trump draw scrutiny from Treasury, Justice and FBI

WASHINGTON — The man who headed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign last summer is in a squeeze. Paul Manafort is not only a key figure in the FBI investigation of whether Trump associates knew of or colluded in Russia’s cyber meddling in last year’s U.S. elections, but he also faces legal issues about his business and

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Compromise repeal measure on NC’s ‘bathroom bill’ clears Senate, heads to House

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Senate on Thursday approved a compromise bill that repeals House Bill 2 but restricts future anti-discrimination ordinances in cities and counties. Opposition and support for the bill did not fall along party lines in the 32-16 vote. Several Triangle Democrats banded together to oppose it; they included Sen. Jay

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Trump strategist Bannon won’t be charged in Miami voter registration probe

MIAMI — White House chief strategist Steve Bannon won’t face any criminal charges related to his mysterious voter registration in Miami-Dade County. Prosecutors announced Thursday that they could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Bannon, President Donald Trump’s special assistant, broke the law when he signed up to vote in Miami-Dade County after leasing

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GOP says border wall funds should come from immigrants in U.S.

A group of House Republicans on Thursday introduced the first major bill to fund President Trump’s border wall, saying the government could collect billions of dollars by imposing a 2 percent fee on all the money Mexicans and other immigrants send back home. Estimates vary, but remittances from those in the U.S. to their relatives

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Putin Denies Russian Election Interference

Russian President Vladimir Putin reached into the annals of American history to deny meddling with the 2016 presidential election. Unfortunately for him, Putin stumbled a bit with the specifics in his denial. Putin participated in a panel Thursday that featured Icelandic President Gudni Johannesson, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and CNBC’s Geoff Cutmore, who moderated the

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Report Confirms Russian Diplomat Was A Spy

Further portions of the controversial dossier purporting collusion between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian Kremlin were reportedly confirmed to a secretive Congressional meeting, the BBC reported Wednesday night. The now-verified claim? A Russian diplomat working in Washington, D.C., ahead of the 2016 presidential election was, in fact, a spy working for Russian

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Ivanka Trump will take on an official White House role as the Assistant to the President

After ethics questions were raised about the nature of her role in the White House, Ivanka Trump will officially become an employee of the federal government and will work as the “Assistant to the President” for no pay. Last week, reports came out suggesting the first daughter would be getting a White House office, security

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Attacks on the first lady continue with a petition demanding she move to the White House or foot her own security bill

Over 200,000 people have signed a Change.org petition demanding First Lady Melania Trump either move to the White House or pay the costs of her security at Trump Tower in New York City. “The U.S. taxpayer is paying an exorbitant amount of money to protect the First Lady in Trump Tower, located in New York

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