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In this April 12, 2018, photo, Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo speaks during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Pompeo, faces serious opposition including a rare rebuke expected Monday, April 23, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as all Democrats, and at least one Republican, have said they will oppose him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Pompeo facing rare opposition from Senate panelTrump's nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is facing serious opposition before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which may not have enough votes to recommend his confirmation
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Ivana: Trump Doesn't Need to Run for Re-ElectionIvana Trump says President Trump should do something with presidential terms that he didn't do with wives: stick with just one. In a wide-ranging interview with Page Six , the president's first wife says she doesn't think "it's necessary" for her ex-husband to run for re-election in 2020 and he should...
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Bloomberg: I'll Pay for US Share of Paris Climate DealPresident Trump says he wants to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord—but another billionaire says he is going to pay some of what the US would have contributed to the pact anyway. Michael Bloomberg, who promised last year that cities, states, and businesses are "going to...
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FILE - In this May 22, 2012, file photo, Charles Koch speaks in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kan. A sure sign of policy success for the sprawling conservative network funded by the billionaire Koch brothers is Democratic pushback. With regulations being rolled back and huge tax cuts, Democrats question how far the Koch network's influence extends. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)
Koch network success in Trump era draws Democratic pushbackThe sprawling conservative network funded by the billionaire Koch brothers is having a very good run with Trump in the White House and Republican control of Congress, prompting pushback from Democrats.
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Shania Twain: I Would Have Voted for TrumpAs a Canadian, Shania Twain can't vote in American elections—and after taking flak over the weekend, she may give up commenting on them as well. The country star faced a major backlash after telling a Guardian interviewer that she probably would have voted for Trump in the 2016 election....
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FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, right, and White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson, left, watch as President Donald Trump talks with a patient during a Veterans Affairs Department "telehealth" event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Now it’s Washington’s turn to examine Jackson. The doctor to Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and now Donald Trump is an Iraq War veteran nominated to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
It's time for Trump's doctor to be examined, for VA chiefNow it's Washington's turn to examine White House physician Ronny Jackson. The doctor to Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and now Donald Trump is an Iraq War veteran nominated to head the Veterans Affairs Department.
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Independent presidential candidate Jaime Rodriguez, known as "El Bronco," arrives for the first of three debates among Mexico's presidential candidates in Mexico City, Sunday, April 22, 2018. Mexico will hold general elections on July 1. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexico holds its first presidential debate for July electionThe first of Mexico's presidential debates has opened with fire, with front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defending the idea of an amnesty to fight drug violence and reviving his 2006 campaign slogan of "the poor come first."
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Photos capture special moments from Barbara Bush's funeralPhotos that a family spokesman tweeted capture special moments from former first lady Barbara Bush's funeral, including a group shot of presidents and first ladies
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Paraguay's citizens stand in line to cast their vote at "Dahlquist" school, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, April 22, 2018. Mario Abdo Benitez, known as “Marito,” is running for ruling Colorado party. His closest rival is lawyer Efrain Alegre of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Paraguay ruling party candidate wins presidential electionThe son of an aide to Paraguay's former dictator won the presidential election Sunday, helped by a booming economy under his party
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FILE - This combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington on Feb. 26, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending in the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2016. Trump is claiming Sunday, April 22, 2018, that North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim, but that's not the case. The North says it will suspend nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches before summits with the U.S. and South Korea. The North stopped short of suggesting it has any intention of abandoning its nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Wong Maye-E, File)
Trump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize. It hasn't.President Donald Trump claims North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim Jong Un, but that's not the case
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Photos capture special moments from Barbara Bush's funeralPhotos that a family spokesman tweeted capture special moments from former first lady Barbara Bush's funeral, including a group shot of presidents and first ladies
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AP Online National News4 dead in Waffle House shooting in Tennessee; suspect soughtHero James Shaw holds back tears during a press conference on the Waffle House shooting Sunday, April 22, 2018 in Nashville, Tenn. Behind Shaw is Nashville Metro Mayor David Briley. (Wade Payn/The Tennessean via AP)
AP Online Top Political Short HeadlinesTrump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize. It hasn't.FILE - This combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington on Feb. 26, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending in the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2016. Trump is claiming Sunday, April 22, 2018, that North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim, but that's not the case. The North says it will suspend nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches before summits with the U.S. and South Korea. The North stopped short of suggesting it has any intention of abandoning its nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Wong Maye-E, File)
AP Online National NewsA joyful reunion with birth parents leads to incest, murderThis June 2016 image provided by Alyssa Pladl, shows Katie Pladl and her father Steven Pladl in Richmond, Va. Steven Pladl, was charged with incest after he impregnated his biological daughter, Katie. Pladl killed the 7-month-old son he had with Katie, then killed Katie and her adoptive father in Connecticut and killed himself in New York. (Alyssa Pladl via AP)
AP Entertainment HeadlinesVerne Troyer, Mini-Me from 'Austin Powers' films, has diedFile-This Oct. 6, 2009, file photo shows cast member Verne Troyer posing for photographs as he arrives at the gala premiere of the film "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" at a cinema in London. Troyer from the “Austin Powers” movie franchise has died. A statement provided by Troyer’s representatives that was also posted to his Instagram and Facebook accounts says the 49-year-old actor died Saturday, April 21, 2018. No cause or place of death was given, but the statement discusses depression and suicide, and Troyer had publicly discussed struggling with alcohol addiction. He lived in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
AP Online National NewsSuspected Florida school shooter appears in courtMarion County Sheriff's Detectives John Lightle, left, and Sgt. Mike Mongeluzzo, right, escort a handcuffed and shackled Sky Bouche, 19, center, to a waiting patrol car, Friday, April 20, 2018, in Ocala, Fla. Bouche is the suspect in a shooting that occurred at Forest High School Friday morning. (Doug Engle/Ocala Star-Banner via AP)
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