The House

The House voted to approve a roughly $1.1 trillion spending bill which includes more than $15 billion in defense spending and $1.5 billion in money for U.S. border security. The measure is expected to come up for a vote later this week in the Senate ahead of a deadline to keep the government open …

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U.S President Donald Trump's

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's tax reform plan will rely largely on future revenue gains from faster economic growth to justify major tax cuts, top Trump advisers said on Thursday. As Trump's first 100 days in office draw to a close, the disclosure is the latest sign that th...

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A Federal Judge In Hawaii

A federal judge in Hawaii who issued a temporary restraining order against key parts of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban last week has turned down a Justice Department request to narrow the injunction. In a ruling Sunday. U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson rejected a federal gove...

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Speaker Paul D. Ryan

WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul D. Ryan, facing a formidable new impediment thrown in his path by the Congressional Budget Office, worked Tuesday to line up support for his bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The C.B.O. on Monday predicted an increase of 24 million people without health insurance b...

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Leading Republicans

(CNN) — Leading Republicans are brushing off unfavorable aspects of a Congressional Budget Office report Monday on their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, arguing the nonpartisan CBO is unreliable and only taking a portion of their plan under consideration. If anxious members we...

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PYONGYANG

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — In an implicit challenge to President Donald Trump, North Korea appeared to fire a ballistic missile early Sunday in what would be its first such test of the year. After receiving word of the launch, Trump stood at his south Florida estate with Japanese Prime Ministe...

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CIA, FBI

CIA, FBI and other agencies will be able to access surveillance on foreigners abroad, including information identifying Americans they may be in contact with Barack Obama, in one of his final acts on national security, has permitted US intelligence and law enforcement agencies far greater access ...

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SACRAMENTO

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As California lawmakers return to Sacramento on Wednesday, liberal dreams of expanding safety-net benefits and providing health coverage to immigrants are giving way to a new vision revolving around a feverish push to protect gains racked up in the past. After years of p...

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WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday on Twitter the United States should let China keep the U.S. Navy's unmanned underwater glider that it seized in the South China Sea. "We should tell China that we don't want the drone they stole back.- let them keep it!" Trump tweeted a...

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Beijing

Beijing (CNN) — China has warned that it's "seriously concerned" after President-elect Donald Trump questioned whether the United States should keep its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of "one China." Trump has signaled a willingness to confront Beijing, and his latest comments in an i...

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Donald Trump

Donald Trump is expected to nominate Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, two sources close to the transition process told NBC News on Saturday. Tillerson, 64, became president of the Texas-based oil company in 2004 and has a close business relationship with Russian President ...

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BY MICHAEL SCHERER

BY MICHAEL SCHERER PHOTOGRAPHS BY NADAV KANDER FOR TIME Even for Donald Trump, the distance is still fun to think about, up here in his penthouse 600 ft. in the sky, where it’s hard to make out the regular people below. The ice skaters swarming Central …

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China has responded

China has responded to Donald Trump's phone call with the president of Taiwan, calling it a "small trick" from Taipei. The US president-elect risked a diplomatic row with Beijing with the phone conversation - a major departure from decades of US policy in Asia. Beijing firmly views Taiwan as part...

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