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President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen is

Cohen: Trump 'directed me to make the payments'

WASHINGTON — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former fixer and personal lawyer, on Friday said

Nation Dutch suspect is 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 U.S.: 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 Trump names Mulvaney acting chief of staff
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday named his budget director Mick Mulvaney as his
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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
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