Some big farms collect big checks from Trump aid package
When President Donald Trump's administration announced a $12 billion aid package for farmers struggling under the financial strain of his trade dispute with China, the payments were capped. But many large farming operations had no trouble finding legal ways around them, records provided to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act show.
Trump touts July 4 military 'salute'; critics see politics
President Donald Trump is marshalling tanks, bombers and other machinery of war for a Fourth of July celebration that traditionally is light on military might, while critics accused him of using America's military as a political prop.
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Military equipment in place for Trump's July 4th
President Donald Trump is marshalling tanks, bombers and other machinery of war for a Fourth of July celebration that traditionally is light on military might, while critics accused him of using America's military as a political prop.
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Lawmakers decry conditions at Texas border station
A group of lawmakers decried the conditions at the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas following a visit organized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
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3M to make White House visit July 15
The White House says the Maplewood manufacturer is scheduled to attend an event recognizing companies from 50 states.
Administration moves to ease drive-time rules for truckers
Truck driver Lucson Francois was forced to hit the brakes just five minutes from his home in Pennsylvania.
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Transportation Department to relax rules on truckers
The Transportation Department is moving to relax the federal regulations that required Francois to pull over, a long sought goal of the trucking industry and a move that would highlight its influence with the Trump administration.
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40 cattle swept downriver in southern Minnesota flooding
About 40 cattle were swept away from their pasture in southern Minnesota as heavy rainfall caused the Zumbro River to swell.
Drowned father, daughter left humble origins in El Salvador
Julia Pérez makes a living selling pupusas, traditional Salvadoran stuffed pastries, to residents of the Altavista neighborhood who rise before dawn and rush to buses bound for their jobs in the capital about 12 miles (20 kilometers) away.
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Watchdog sues White House for Twin Metals lobbying details
The group's goal is to shed light on how Antofagasta, the powerful Chilean mining company that owns Twin Metals, lobbied to get its crucial mining leases renewed after the Obama administration ruled that the mine posed too many environmental risks.
Trump calls out Rapinoe for comments about White House visit
President Donald Trump called out U.S. women's national team co-captain Megan Rapinoe after a months-old video was posted on social media in which she used profanity when she said she wasn't going to the White House if the team wins the Women's World Cup.
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Minneapolis pastor faces unprecedented defrocking over LGBT stance
The Evangelical Covenant Church is voting over whether to evict a Minneapolis pastor and his entire church over support of the LGBT community. If evicted, it would be the first time in the denomination's more than 130-year history that a minister and congregation have been forced out.
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A grim border drowning underlines peril facing many migrants losing hope of asylum
The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl tucked inside. Her arm was draped around his neck suggesting she clung to him in her final moments.
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Freed from Alaskan glacier's decades-long grip, Minnesota airman's remains heading home
Air Force mechanic Verne C. Budahn died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1952.
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