The White House is throwing its support behind a plan to transfer the U.S. Secret Service back to the Treasury Department to better focus on the growing threat of online financial crimes. Shifting the agency from within the Department of ...

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Using stark “us vs. them” language, President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign have begun framing his impeachment not as a judgment on his conduct but as a referendum on how Democrats regard him and his supporters. Mere days from ...

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The House impeachment inquiry is exposing new details about unease in the State Department and White House about President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine and those of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. One witness said it appeared “three amigos” tied ...

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President Donald Trump honored the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues this week, using the occasion to announce an envoy to Turkey, mention the economy and an agriculture deal with China and laugh off the possibility of impeachment. For the ...

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When President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation for describing a majority-black congressional district as a “rat and rodent infested mess” and for tweets targeting four Democratic congresswomen of color, it was not the first time a U.S. president attracted such ...

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Fifty years after humanity’s first lunar footsteps, the moon is back in NASA’s court. The White House wants U.S. astronauts on the moon pronto — by 2024, a scant five years from now. The moon will serve as a critical ...

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Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks refused to answer questions related to her time in the White House in an interview with the House Judiciary Committee, according to several frustrated Democrats who have been in the meeting. Less than ...

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With three weeks to go, exactly what’s going to happen in Washington on the Fourth of July remains a subject of intense confusion because of President Donald Trump plans to reshape the nation’s premier celebration. Will Independence Day festivities be ...

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The Trump administration said Monday that it will no longer exempt any countries from U.S. sanctions if they continue to buy Iranian oil, stepping up pressure on Iran in a move that primarily affects the five remaining major importers: China ...

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Last week the Cash for Clunkers program ran out of money, and the Transportation Department shut it down. Then a few hours later, the White House said “No, no we’ll make sure all the deals that have been done get ...

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When high-ups at Central Intelligence Agency headquarters ordered the torture of Abu Zubaydah, they thought he had been withholding valuable information. There was no ticking time bomb, and no one ever claimed there was. They just thought he knew more ...

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