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President Trump announced more authority for the Treasury Department to enforce economic sanctions on North Korea and countries that do business with the rogue nation. He also said that China's president had ordered Chinese banks to cease business with North Korean entities. Trump called the move "very bold" and "somewhat unexpected."
Big-time Trump supporters and 'Never Trump' conservatives have come together in their utter contempt toward a GOP-controlled Congress that could not back up its most basic promise: repeal Obamacare.
Facebook reversed its position amid rising complaints from Capitol Hill that the company was not cooperating with its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
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In this gilded age of Washington excess, Madame Giselle's casual references to her private jet and to her collection of glitzy residences seemed entirely plausible to her neighbors. Then she proposed a special investment opportunity. That's when things got messy.
Officials say they have accounted for all the children who were at the school destroyed by Tuesday's massive temblor. They believe an adult woman may be alive in the wreckage but that there are no more students. Mexicans had watched transfixed on live TV for over 24 hours as scores of emergency personnel had searched for a girl whose name was reported as Frida Sofia.
Moscow accused U.S.-backed rebels of shelling positions where Russian forces were and raised the threat of a direct confrontation. The warning came amid rising tensions between the two groups of allies as both converged on territory held by the Islamic State in eastern Syria.
Roy Moore, a former Alabama chief justice who was removed from office twice, believes God's law comes first. In his current campaign, he has called for the impeachment of judges, including possibly Supreme Court justices, who issue rulings for same-sex marriage and sodomy.
The powerful storm knocked out power to the entire island of Puerto Rico and felled cellphone towers, leaving many residents unable to call for help or communicate with family members.
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Her graduation from the service's grueling Infantry Officer Course takes place Monday, said three military officials with knowledge of the training. The anticipated achievement, a historic first, comes nearly two years after the Pentagon opened all jobs in the military to women.
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