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White House senior adviser Stephen Miller on Jan.

Dems, GOP raise concerns about national emergency

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, defended President Donald Trump's decision to declare a national emergency to redirect taxpayer funds for a southern border wall.

Nation Sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 95
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the ...
53 m ago
Pets Cats need more challenging toys for play
Q Why is it when you go into a pet store, you can find lots ...
10:37 AM
World In France, the Force is strong with lightsaber dueling
BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE, France — Master Yoda, dust off his French, he must. It's now easier than ...
9:19 AM
Nation 13 quotes that stood out in Trump's State of the Union
Here are 13 quotes that stood out from President Donald Trump's second State of the Union address.
2/6/19
Nation Trump criticizes 'lies' by McCabe in TV interview
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday accused former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe of ...
6 m ago
Politics 1600: Trump never gets tired of make-believe winning
The president has a knack for finding ways to avoid declaring a loss, even when he's backed into a corner and signing a bill that fails to meet his core demand.
9:50 AM
Nation Aurora shooter's permit taken but gun not seized
An initial background check failed to detect a felony conviction that should have barred the man who killed five co-workers and wounded six other people at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant from buying the gun.
6:54 AM
Nation Fact check: Trump's State of the Union claims
President Trump laced his speech with puffed-up numbers and partial truths Tuesday as he hailed an "economic miracle," warned of human traffickers flooding across the border and appeared to place Afghanistan in the Middle East instead of where it is, Asia.
2/6/19
New York De Blasio on presidential run: 'I have not ruled it out'
New York City's mayor said that he was not ruling out a 2020 presidential bid, while calling out Amazon for its "arbitrary" decision to back out of a deal to construct a corporate campus in Queens amid pressure from activists and politicians.
2/17/19
Nation McCabe: 'Crime may have been committed' by Trump
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe told "60 Minutes" that a "crime may have been committed" when President Donald Trump fired the FBI director and tried publicly to undermine an investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia.
2/17/19
Nation Disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner released from prison
Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison after being convicted of having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl in 2017.
2/17/19
TV Trump criticizes 'SNL' after it spoofs him again
But the president's denunciation of the sketch-comedy program, calling it a "total Republican hit" job, sparked a backlash over First Amendment rights.
2/17/19