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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand during Tuesday's taping of "The

Gillibrand: Regrets past views but ready for Trump

Making the rounds on the Sunday talk shows, the Democrat from New York says her past positions "certainly weren't empathetic and they were not kind."

Nation Officials: Deputies shoot man who killed 4, including infant
The Oregon man killed his parents, his girlfriend and their infant daughter Saturday night before deputies shot him, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said.
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Nation Teen in confrontation: I didn't provoke
DETROIT -- The student who stared and smiled at an elderly Native American protester drumming ...
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Nation Trump chides Pelosi, Dems for rejecting his offer
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ushered in the 30th day of the federal government shutdown ...
9:02 PM
Politics 1600: Giuliani's back on ultimate fallback: 'So what?'
Bombshell defusal, Giuliani style Rudy Giuliani remarked on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday regarding his ...
8:58 PM
World Death toll reaches 79 in Mexico pipeline fire
TLAHUELILPAN, Mexico — People in the town where a gasoline explosion killed at least 79 ...
5:01 PM
Dan Janison Janison: Mitch in the middle of shutdown show
The shutdown of several government agencies spawned a lot of "takes-two-to-tango" talk. The "two" in ...
1:21 PM
Politics LI delegation reacts along party lines to Trump plan
Long Island’s congressional delegation reacted along party lines to President Donald Trump's border security plan, ...
7:07 AM
Nation Trump offers temporary 'Dreamers' deal for border wall
In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his border wall.
1/19/19
Nation Students in 'MAGA' hats mock Native American
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A diocese in Kentucky is looking into videos that show youths, possibly ...
1/19/19
World Survivors: Up to 117 migrants missing in capsizing off Libya
ROME — Three survivors of a rubber dinghy that sank in the Mediterranean Sea off ...
1/19/19