Trump's attorney general nominee: 'I will not be bullied'
Vowing "I will not be bullied," President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general asserted independence from the White House on Tuesday, saying he believed that Russia had tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, that the special counsel investigation shadowing Trump is not a witch hunt and that his predecessor was right to recuse himself from the probe.
Effervescent 'Hello, Dolly!' icon Carol Channing mourned
Tributes from stars like Kristin Chenoweth and Bette Midler poured in to honor the life and career of Carol Channing, the three-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy star who delighted American audiences over 5,000 performances as the scheming Dolly Levi in "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway and beyond. She died Tuesday at 97.
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A 70% marginal tax rate? Sweden already has it
Rate kicks in for incomes above $79,000; proposal in U.S. starts at $10M.
Rookie cop in Northern California 'ambushed' at crash scene
Natalie Corona was a rising star in her police department with a sparkling smile and a huge heart who had followed in her father's footsteps and became an officer, fulfilling a lifelong dream just a few months ago when her dad pinned the badge on her uniform.
At the border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration
Taking the shutdown fight to the Mexican border, President Donald Trump edged closer Thursday to declaring a national emergency in an extraordinary end run around Congress to fund his long-promised border wall. Pressure was mounting to find an escape hatch from the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government, cutting scattered services and leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay.
Trump stalks out of shutdown talks with Dems, says 'bye-bye'
President Donald Trump walked out of his negotiating meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday — "I said bye-bye," he tweeted— as efforts to end the 19-day partial government shutdown fell into deeper disarray over his demand for billions of dollars to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and wife divorcing after 25 years
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are divorcing, ending a 25-year marriage that played a role in the creation of an e-commerce company that made Bezos one of the world's wealthiest people.
Rosenstein, a frequent Trump target, will leave Justice Dept
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the most visible Justice Department protector of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and a frequent target of President Donald Trump's wrath, is expected to leave his position soon after Trump's nominee for attorney general is confirmed.
Health, gun violence, education top House Democratic agenda
Leaders of the new Democratic Minnesota House majority unveiled their first 10 bills of the session Wednesday, including a plan to let all residents buy into the MinnnesotaCare health program for the working poor.
Mountain lion killed near North Dakota capital's downtown
A mountain lion that wildlife officials had tracked last fall before it thwarted their efforts was shot and killed Tuesday after wandering into an area not far from the North Dakota state capital city's downtown.
Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. charged in unrelated case
The Russian lawyer who attended the Trump Tower meeting that is a focus of the special counsel's investigation into possible collusion was charged with obstructing an unrelated tax-fraud case, federal prosecutors in New York said Tuesday.
Can Trump declare national emergency to build wall? It's not clear
Here is a primer on whether Trump can use emergency powers to proceed with the project without explicit congressional permission.
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Moose wanders into Alaska hospital building
A moose wandered into an Alaska hospital building, ate some plants and exited using a motion-activated door that was stuck open because of the cold. A woman who works inside a medical office attached to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage captured the visit on video. No injuries or other damage were reported.
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Minnesota man arrested at Elizabeth Warren campaign event in Iowa
Randal J. Thom, 58, attempted to assault some in the crowd as Warren greeted people outside the venue in Storm Lake, Iowa, police said.
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More states look to change how they count inmates
Moves could bring power shifts during redistricting.
US employers went on a surprising hiring spree in December
U.S. employers went on a hiring spree in December, adding a surprising 312,000 jobs and providing a dose of reassurance about the economy after a turbulent few months on Wall Street.
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Theft of gay pride flag leads to heartening outcome
Dozens of neighbors in Barrington, Ill., are now displaying rainbow flags outside their own homes, tucking them into their mailboxes and planting them into their front lawns.
TSA opting for a friendlier look with floppy-eared sniffer dogs
"We find the passenger acceptance of floppy-ear dogs is just better," a TSA official said. "Doesn't scare children."
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