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Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie during a

Christie pulls out of running for Trump chief of staff

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took himself out of contention for White House chief

Nation Dutch suspect kept in custody in slaying of U.S. student
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands — A suspect in the slaying of a 21-year-old American psychology student
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Nation US: 7-year-old who died in custody did not appear ill
An official with Guatemala's foreign ministry has identified the 7-year-old migrant girl who died in
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Nation Sandy Hook gets threat on shooting anniversary
Sandy Hook Elementary School students were sent home for the day after a bomb threat
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Nation Mueller: FBI is not to blame for Flynn's false statements
WASHINGTON — The special counsel's office pushed back Friday at the suggestion that the FBI
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Nation 6 takes on why you should care about climate change
Six takes on the 2018 National Climate Assessment and climate change, from Los Angeles to Long
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Sports Notable sports deaths in 2018
A look at those athletes, coaches and sports personalities we lost in 2018.
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Dan Janison Janison: Rare Senate rebuke of a same-party POTUS
Resolutions taking sides against the Saudi-led coalition are symbolic, but lawmakers' willingness to ignore the
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Nation McCain replacement Sen. Jon Kyl resigning at end of year
Sen. Jon Kyl is resigning from the seat he was appointed to less than four
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Nation As sentencing looms, Flynn is upbeat
Days away from being sentenced in the Russia probe, former national security adviser Michael Flynn
8:39 AM
Politics 1600: Trump was hands-on with hush plan
The president said there was nothing dirty, legally speaking, about the hush-money payoffs to two
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