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• Equatorial Guinea confirms hosting ousted Gambian leader Jammeh

  24-01-2017 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Equatorial Guinea confirmed on Tuesday it was hosting ousted Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who fled his country after West African troops threatened to remove him by force if he did not concede his election defeat. Information Minister Eugenio Nse Obiang confirmed that Jammeh was in the country in a statement sent out to journalists. Jammeh plunged Gambia into turmoil in December when he refused to accept losing to Adama Barrow, demanding a new poll.
  
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• Trump believes millions voted illegally, WH says — but provides no proof

  24-01-2017 23:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump believes millions of votes were cast illegally in last year's election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Tuesday, but he wouldn't provide any concrete evidence for the claim, which has long been debunked.
  
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• Under Trump, feds still accepting applications from DREAMers

  24-01-2017 23:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed to repeal the measure that prevents immigrants known as DREAMers from being deported.
  
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• Trump Won’t Back Down From His Voting Fraud Lie. Here Are the Facts.

  24-01-2017 23:26 via nytimes.com
  The president’s spokesman confirmed that Mr. Trump believes millions of unauthorized immigrants voted illegally, appearing to refer to studies that do not support the false claim.
  
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• Trump CIA chief hails predecessor who bashed the President

  24-01-2017 23:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's newly confirmed CIA director, Mike Pompeo, penned a message to employees Tuesday saluting his predecessor, John Brennan, just days after Brennan slammed the President for his appearance at the agency's headquarters.
  
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• Monica Lewinsky cites Barron Trump incident to denounce cyberbullying

  24-01-2017 23:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Monica Lewinsky is citing the recent cyberbullying of Barron Trump to rail against online harassment.
  
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• House approves bill barring taxpayer money for abortions

  24-01-2017 23:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday barring the use of any taxpayer money for abortions, days before a large contingent of anti-abortion activists are scheduled to attend the annual "March for Life" in Washington.
  
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• Trump's HHS pick: Right to Medicaid may not be guaranteed under block grants

  24-01-2017 22:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Trump's health secretary pick acknowledged Tuesday that Medicaid may cease to be an entitlement for the nation's low-income residents if Republicans turn it into a block grant, sending a fixed amount of funding to each state.
  
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• Despite no evidence, White House says Trump stands by voter fraud belief

  24-01-2017 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump stands by his belief that millions of people voted illegally in the U.S. election, the White House said on Tuesday, despite widespread evidence to the contrary. "The president does believe that," White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters. State officials in charge of the Nov. 8 election have said they found no evidence of widespread voter fraud and there is no history of it in U.S. elections.
  
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• Maryland golf club aspires to become Obama's go-to golf spot

  24-01-2017 22:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A Washington-area country club is set to offer former President Barack Obama a membership, in hopes of becoming his go-to golf destination.
  
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• President Trump's thin skin

  24-01-2017 22:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's refusal to let sleeping dogs lie now threatens to harm his presidency.
  
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• France's Fillon acts to head off scandal over wife's work

  24-01-2017 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Balmforth PARIS (Reuters) - The frontrunner in France's presidential election race, conservative Francois Fillon, acknowledged on Tuesday that his wife had worked for him when he was a legislator, but denied a media report that she had been paid for fictitious employment. Fillon, 62, a former prime minister who is tipped to win the presidency in May, acted quickly to dampen possible scandal after a satirical weekly reported that Penelope Fillon had drawn about 500,000 euros ($536,300)
  
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• In Trump freeze, U.S. agencies delay rules affecting farm towns

  24-01-2017 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chris Prentice and Tom Polansek NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency will delay implementation of the Renewable Fuels Standard and the Agriculture Department will pause rules affecting livestock as part of a freeze on regulations imposed by President Donald Trump's administration, trade groups said on Tuesday. Trump's regulatory freeze has created uncertainties in rural communities - areas which helped propel him into office. The Trump administration put a hold on
  
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• Two Breitbart staffers join Trump administration

  24-01-2017 21:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In his first days as president, Donald Trump has added two Breitbart staffers to his administration, highlighting his bond with the populist right-wing news outfit formerly run by his chief strategist Steve Bannon.
  
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• Gov to Trump: 'California is not turning back. Not now, not ever'

  24-01-2017 21:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  California's governor on Tuesday decidedly pitted his state against the Trump administration, in a call to prepare for "the battle ahead," during the annual State of the State address.
  
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• White House provides no proof of voter fraud claims

  24-01-2017 21:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump believes millions of votes were cast illegally in last year's election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Tuesday, but he wouldn't provide any concrete evidence for the claim, which has long been debunked.
  
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• White House says Trump stands by voter fraud belief, offers no evidence

  24-01-2017 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump stands by his belief that millions of people voted illegally in the U.S. election, the White House said on Tuesday, but it offered no evidence to support the contention. "The president does believe that," White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters. "He continues to maintain that belief based on studies and evidence that people have presented to him." Republican Trump won in the Electoral College that decides the presidency, which gives smaller states more clout in th
  
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• Israel announces first new settlement construction since Trump's inauguration

  24-01-2017 20:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Just days after US President Donald Trump was sworn into office, Israel approved the construction of approximately 2,500 new housing units in West Bank settlements Tuesday, according to a statement from Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  
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• HHS nominee Price grilled again by Democrats

  24-01-2017 20:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services is back in the spotlight Tuesday for a second round of grilling -- and this time, the stakes are even higher.
  
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• Trump delivers on 2 campaign promises so far

  24-01-2017 20:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump made hundreds of promises, pledges and threats on his road to the White House. This interactive feature tracks, in real time, his progress in delivering on that agenda at the beginning of his term.
  
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• Renewable fuels group sees no big change to blending rules under Trump

  24-01-2017 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Renewable Fuels Association said on Tuesday it does not expect a procedural delay to the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuels Standard to lead to any significant change to the rule itself. President Donald Trump's administration froze new regulation immediately after his swearing in last week, leading to the delayed implementation of 30 EPA rules that were finalized in the last several weeks of Barack Obama's presidency, including new blending standards for
  
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• WH: Trump believes millions voted illegally

  24-01-2017 20:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump believes millions of votes were cast illegally in last year's election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer, said on Tuesday.
  
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• Schumer, Democrats try to split Trump and Hill GOP over infrastructure

  24-01-2017 20:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Senate Democrats are offering President Donald Trump a $1 trillion proposal to upgrade the nation's aging infrastructure -- but he'd have to split with Republicans to get it.
  
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• Cheering crowds swarm Rep. John Lewis at DC airport

  24-01-2017 19:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Most politicians aren't treated like celebrities. But most politicians aren't Rep. John Lewis.
  
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• HHS nominee Tom Price grilled again by Democrats

  24-01-2017 19:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services is back in the spotlight Tuesday for a second round of grilling -- and this time, the stakes are even higher.
  
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• Senate GOP hopes Trump's OMB pick influences him on entitlements

  24-01-2017 19:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In a role reversal on Tuesday, Senate Democrats were imploring one of President Donald Trump's nominees to uphold a campaign promise he made -- while Republicans sought assurances the nominee would try to change Trump's mind.
  
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• Graham blasts Trump after latest voter fraud claim

  24-01-2017 19:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham blasted President Donald Trump, saying Tuesday he was undermining confidence in both the American democratic system and himself with the continued claims of voter fraud.
  
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• Trump advances Keystone pipeline, DAPL with executive actions

  24-01-2017 18:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump signed executive actions to advance approval of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, he announced from the White House on Tuesday.
  
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• Comey staying on as FBI director

  24-01-2017 18:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has asked FBI Director James Comey to stay on the job, a law enforcement source said Tuesday.
  
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• Democrats won't get a second hearing with DeVos, Trump's education pick

  24-01-2017 18:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sen. Lamar Alexander rejected a Democrat's request for a second hearing with Betsy DeVos on Monday, sparing Trump's pick for secretary of education from what would surely be a contentious hearing.
  
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• U.S. Senate panel approves Carson for housing secretary post

  24-01-2017 17:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ben Carson, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead U.S. housing policy, won approval on Tuesday from the Senate committee reviewing the qualifications of the retired neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential candidate. The endorsement by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, by a voice vote shown on its website, cleared the way for a full Senate vote on Carson's appointment as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Carson, 65, had promi
  
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• Trump Revives Keystone Pipeline Rejected by Obama - New York Times

  24-01-2017 17:31 via nytimes.com
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  Trump Revives Keystone Pipeline Rejected by Obama
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  The decisions expanded an effort to unravel much of the policy structure left by former President Barack Obama, who made fighting climate change a central priority. Just a day earlier, Mr. Trump formally abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an ...
  Trump ends Obama block on Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelinesFinancial Times
  Trump Reverses Obama Orders on Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipelines President also cut
  
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• Gambia revokes state of emergency in step towards political normality

  24-01-2017 17:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gambia's parliament on Tuesday revoked a state of emergency imposed last week by former President Yahya Jammeh shortly before he fled into exile, as the tiny West African country slowly recovered from its political crisis. Jammeh plunged Gambia into turmoil in early December when he refused to accept his election defeat to challenger Adama Barrow, demanding a new poll and later dissolving the National Assembly and declaring a three-month state of emergency.
  
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• Ryan invites Trump to address Congress February 28

  24-01-2017 16:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday invited President Donald Trump to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress on February 28.
  
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• Mattis goes where Trump won't: US-NATO bond 'unshakeable'

  24-01-2017 15:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Newly confirmed Defense Secretary James Mattis sent a strong signal of support to NATO on Monday, reaching out to three critical alliance partners and saying the US had an "'unshakeable commitment to NATO."
  
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• President Trump’s Top 3 Supreme Court Picks

  24-01-2017 15:30
  
  There is a flurry of activity happening during President Trump’s first few days in office, almost too much to keep up with in terms of blogging. From executive orders reversing some of President Obama’s agenda, to meetings with business and union leaders, to a continued push for his cabinet nominations to be confirmed by the […]
  
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• BlackRock to ask if companies spend cash from tax holiday on growth

  24-01-2017 15:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During his election campaign, Trump backed a policy of cutting taxes on cash that countries repatriate as a way to entice them to invest their overseas money in the United States. Companies such as Apple Inc, Pfizer Inc, Microsoft Corp hold nearly $1.8 trillion overseas, Moody's Investors Service Inc estimated last month.
  
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• Who can sue Trump over emoluments?

  24-01-2017 14:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Three days into office, President Donald Trump was sued for allegedly violating the Constitution he took an oath to defend, but questions remain whether the those behind the lawsuit have any standing to pursue a case.
  
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• HHS nominee Price to get another grilling

  24-01-2017 13:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services is back in the spotlight on Tuesday for a second round of grilling -- and this time, the stakes are even higher.
  
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• Examining the top contenders on Trump's Supreme Court list

  24-01-2017 12:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has made clear he's winnowed down his list of potential Supreme Court nominees -- and may be days away from making the announcement.
  
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• Trump gets to work for his blue-collar base

  24-01-2017 12:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  This is what "America First" looks like.
  
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• Senate committee raises more red flags on Tom Price

  24-01-2017 12:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tom Price, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, can't seem to shake off ethics questions.
  
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• Senate committee raises more red flags on Price

  24-01-2017 12:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tom Price, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, can't seem to shake off ethics questions.
  
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• Where Trump support and Obamacare use soar together

  24-01-2017 10:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Grant County, Nebraska, has the highest rate of Obamacare enrollees in the US. It also voted overwhelmingly for President Trump. A disconnect? Not to residents.
  
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• Senate confirms Pompeo to be Trump's CIA director

  24-01-2017 10:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed Representative Mike Pompeo as President Donald Trump's CIA director on Monday, after a delay tied to some lawmakers' worries he might expand surveillance or allow the use of certain interrogation techniques widely considered torture. All the opposition was from Democrats, except for Senator Rand Paul, a leading Republican advocate for strict control of surveillance. Some senators felt Pompeo, 53, had not pledged strongly enoug
  
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• Trump, home alone, puts out the White House welcome mat

  24-01-2017 08:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is home alone, so suddenly one of the hottest new tickets in town is an invitation to the White House.
  
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• President Trump, home alone, puts out the White House welcome mat

  24-01-2017 05:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is home alone, so suddenly one of the hottest new tickets in town is an invitation to the White House.
  
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• Trump approves hiring freeze for federal government

  24-01-2017 05:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump signed an executive action on Monday that implemented a hiring freeze for some federal workers in an effort to cut government payrolls.
  
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• March spurs efforts to get more women to run for office

  24-01-2017 03:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  First they marched. Now, Democratic organizers are telling the scores of women who turned out to oppose President Donald Trump over the weekend, it's time to run -- for something.
  
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• Pompeo confirmed as CIA chief

  24-01-2017 03:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick for CIA director on Monday night.
  
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