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Tillerson says US has direct channels to talk to North Korea
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Saturday that the United State is maintaining direct channels of communications with North Korea even as tensions rise over the North’s nuclear and mi[...]
Trump signs proclamation restricting travel from 8 countries
WASHINGTON — Citizens of eight countries will face new restrictions on entry to the U.S. under a proclamation signed by President Donald Trump on Sunday. The new rules, which will impact the citizens of Chad, Iran, Lib[...]
Pro-Trump states most affected by his health care decision
President Donald Trump’s decision to end a provision of the Affordable Care Act that was benefiting roughly 6 million Americans helps fulfill a campaign promise, but it also risks harming some of the very people who he[...]
Judiciary considers subpoenas for Manafort, FBI officials
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering issuing subpoenas to President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and two FBI officials close to fired director James Comey as part of the panel’s inv[...]
Appeals court taking foie gras off the menu in California
LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court reinstated California’s ban on foie gras Friday, finding that a state law preventing sales of the luxury liver pate made by force-feeding ducks and geese was not pre-empted by [...]
Michigan doctor believes US ready for first Muslim governor
DETROIT — Perhaps no state has embraced the political outsider as much as Michigan, where a venture capitalist won the last two governor’s elections and a real estate baron carried the presidential vote. Now Dr. Ab[...]
Demonized Schumer and Pelosi now deal-makers with Trump
WASHINGTON — It’s been a long eight months in the wilderness for Democrats, but if any two were going to find their way back to the action it was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his House counterpart, Nanc[...]
Judge: Sessions can’t deny grant money for sanctuary cities
CHICAGO — Attorney General Jeff Sessions can’t follow through — at least for now — with his threat to withhold public safety grant money to Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to impose ne[...]
Still no charity money from leftover Trump inaugural funds
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee raised an unprecedented $107 million for a ceremony that officials promised would be “workmanlike,” and the committee pledged to give leftover funds to ch[...]