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• How to find town hall meetings

  10-02-2017 23:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There's a new President, a new Congress and a world of potential changes in store.
  
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• Merkel, Pence to meet in Germany

  10-02-2017 23:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans her first high level face-to-face talks with a member of the new US administration when she meets with Vice President Mike Pence next week in Munich.
  
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• Investigators corroborate parts of Russia dossier

  10-02-2017 23:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For the first time, US investigators say they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent, multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CNN. As CNN first reported, then-President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama were briefed on the existence of the dossier prior to Trump's inauguration.
  
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• Two-thirds of Navy strike fighter jets can't fly

  10-02-2017 22:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nearly two-thirds of the US Navy's F/A 18 strike fighter jets are currently unable to fly, grounded due to repair delays or because they are awaiting spare parts.
  
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• US investigators corroborate some aspects of the Russia dossier

  10-02-2017 22:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For the first time, US investigators say they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent, multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CNN. As CNN first reported, then-President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama were briefed on the existence of the dossier prior to Trump's inauguration.
  
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• Betsy DeVos Is Briefly Blocked From Entering a School

  10-02-2017 22:43 via nytimes.com
  The newly minted education secretary retreated into a car to avoid a handful of protesters, before entering the school and meeting with officials.
  
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• First on CNN: Kasich starts new political chapter

  10-02-2017 22:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Just three weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, associates of former Republican primary rival John Kasich are already positioning him as the GOP's Trump alternative, launching a new political organization to champion his campaign themes -- from political tolerance to fiscal discipline.
  
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• Trump's critics are pulling a Trump, using Twitter to troll back

  10-02-2017 22:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Most Americans don't think President Trump's tweets are all that presidential. A Quinnipiac poll released last month found 64% think he should "close his personal Twitter account."
  
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• Trump shook the Japanese Prime Minister's hand for 19 seconds

  10-02-2017 21:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Diplomacy is an art. It can also be awkward. In a very public example of this fine line, it wasn't the warm relationship between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that lit up the reactions on social media Friday.
  
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• White House considers revising, replacing immigration executive order

  10-02-2017 21:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The White House is looking at several options to save President Donald Trump's controversial executive order on immigration, sources say.
  
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• Piling on: More New England Patriots skipping White House visit

  10-02-2017 21:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Four more New England Patriots said they won't be accompanying their teammates to the White House later this year, where the Super Bowl 51 champions are set to be honored by President Donald Trump.
  
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• Trump: New action coming on security next week

  10-02-2017 21:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is about to appear at a White House news conference with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
  
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• Trump: West Bank settlements 'don't help' the peace process

  10-02-2017 20:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump told Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, that he is "not somebody that believes that going forward with ... settlements is a good thing for peace," in an interview billed as his first with Israeli media since taking office.
  
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• President Trump renews US security guarantees to Japan

  10-02-2017 19:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is about to appear at a White House news conference with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
  
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• Mexico's own populist politician softens tone in bid for presidency

  10-02-2017 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Anahi Rama and Gabriel Stargardter MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) - Mexico's home-grown populist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has tapped into wide discontent with the ruling party and resentment toward Donald Trump to make a bid for the center ground, raising his chances of winning the presidency next year. The approval ratings of President Enrique Pena Nieto, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), have been battered to as low as 12 percent by anemic economic growth, rising fuel prices and
  
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• Protesters block DeVos from entering public school in Washington

  10-02-2017 19:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Protesters physically blocked US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from entering a public school on Friday morning.
  
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• Trump nixes former critic for key State job

  10-02-2017 19:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN has learned that Elliott Abrams will not get the number two position at the State Department, according to Republican sources.
  
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• Trump’s Legal Options in Travel Ban Case

  10-02-2017 19:07 via nytimes.com
  The president’s team has struck out twice in court so far. Now it is deciding its next step.
  
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• Without Melania Trump, Mrs. Abe rolls solo in Washington

  10-02-2017 18:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Traditionally, it's the role of the first lady to accompany spouses of visiting foreign leaders around Washington. That often means a good deal of showcasing local museums, schools, monuments and gardens. It's essentially playing tour guide, but it's part of the role of representing the Administration and playing gracious hostess to very VIP out of town guests.
  
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• Why athletes are getting more political in the age of Trump

  10-02-2017 18:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When Beyoncé got political and paid tribute to the "Black Lives Matter" movement at the Super Bowl last year, many sports fans were up in arms, accusing the star of violating what some consider to be an unspoken rule: Keep politics out of sports.
  
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• EU leader: US 'committed' to Iran nuclear deal

  10-02-2017 18:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The United States is committed to the "full implementation" of the Iran nuclear deal, the European Union's foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said Friday.
  
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• Video game turns Barack Obama into the Baller in Chief - Chicago Tribune

  10-02-2017 17:38 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Video game turns Barack Obama into the Baller in Chief
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  "Hello, fellow ballers," the Obama video game doppleganger says in Nyke Faller's video, "most of you know me as the President of the United States of America. But I am no longer. And for that reason it is time for me to pursue my true passion ...
  Watch a virtual Barack Obama dance and dunk on fools in 'NBA 2K17'SB Nation
  Now you can finally see video of former President Barack Obama dunking … in NBA 2K
  
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• Pence unaware if Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador

  10-02-2017 17:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Kremlin has denied reports that Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, discussed sanctions on Russia in recent discussions with Russia's ambassador to Washington.
  
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• White House: Trump knows what START treaty is

  10-02-2017 17:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer denied President Donald Trump didn't know what a key nuclear disarmament agreement with Russia's president was when the two men spoke by phone two weeks ago.
  
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• Drake reminisces about meeting Barack and Malia Obama in sweet throwback snap - AOL News

  10-02-2017 17:21 via aol.com
  
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  Drake reminisces about meeting Barack and Malia Obama in sweet throwback snap
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  By the looks of his recent Instagram activity, Drake isn't sweating about his failed romance with Jennifer Lopez. The 30-year-old rapper was in a reminiscent mood on Thursday, posting a throwback photo from his visit to the White House when Barack ...
  Drake Reminisces About That Time He Met Barack and Malia Obama at the White HouseUs Weekly
  Drake Kicks It in the White House With ObamaXXLMAG.COM
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• Trump Team Didn’t Put Nominees to ‘Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll’ Test

  10-02-2017 16:39 via nytimes.com
  President Trump blames Democratic intransigence for confirmation delays. But vetting choices made by his staff after the election are also to blame.
  
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• French polls pile pressure on scandal-hit Fillon

  10-02-2017 16:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seven out of 10 French voters want conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon to step down, an opinion poll showed on Friday, as the scandal over alleged "fake work" by his wife continued to blight his campaign. Among rightwing voters, 53 percent want him replaced, the poll by Odoxa for France Info radio showed. Fillon has apologized to the French people over the way hundreds of thousands of euros in taxpayers' money were paid to his wife over many years, but has said the work she did w
  
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• Democrats' new base should be Romney Republicans - Chicago Tribune

  10-02-2017 16:11 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Democrats' new base should be Romney Republicans
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  On the other hand, electoral trends will pull them in the other direction: In 2016, the group that most swung toward Democrats was wealthy Mitt Romney voters, who will represent the key to Democrats making electoral gains in 2018. Democrats would be ...and more »
  
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• Congressman: Elected officials shouldn't release taxes

  10-02-2017 16:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rep. Chris Collins said Friday that not only should Donald Trump not release his taxes -- no politician should have to do so.
  
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• 'Don't Speak Obama!' - TMZ.com

  10-02-2017 15:35 via tmz.com
  
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  'Don't Speak Obama!'
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  It's unclear what he meant, "Don't speak Obama," but there are some interesting clues. The actor said back in 2011 Obama actually made racism in the U.S. worse. And, he was a no-show in Sept. when Obama presented a bunch of celebs with a National ...
  
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• DeVos asks a question and Twitter goes nuts

  10-02-2017 15:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Obviously it was a tongue-in-cheek tweet. But in this climate where people perceive everything through their own political prism, it didn't go over well.
  
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• First on CNN: Keith Ellison unveils plan to reach Hispanics if elected DNC chair

  10-02-2017 15:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, who is running to be chair for the Democratic National Committee, released his strategy Friday for how to get the Latino community more engaged in the Democratic Party -- an issue that came up after the Democrats' loss in the 2016 election.
  
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• FULL TEXT: Barack Obama announces presidential campaign in Springfield, Ill., speech - AOL News

  10-02-2017 15:20 via aol.com
  
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  FULL TEXT: Barack Obama announces presidential campaign in Springfield, Ill., speech
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  On Feb. 10, 2007, then Senator Barack Obama of Illinois announced he would seek the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. Ten years later, the country reflects on two successful presidential campaigns and two White House terms served ...
  'Obama Day' – Illinois legislators propose state holidayfox2now.com
  Make Obama's birthday a state holiday, lawmakers sayChicago
  
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• Senate confirms Tom Price for HHS post

  10-02-2017 14:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In a middle-of-the-night vote, the Senate confirmed Rep. Tom Price to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
  
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• Anger erupts at GOP town halls

  10-02-2017 14:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  More than seven years after angry anti-Obamacare town halls erupted across the country, raw emotions are boiling over again -- this time, as the Republican Party under President Donald Trump gears up to dismantle Barack Obama's legacy.
  
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• Kellyanne Conway tweets: 'POTUS supports me'

  10-02-2017 14:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Kellyanne Conway, top adviser to President Donald Trump, tweeted Friday that she had the President's support, the day after members of both parties called for an official review of whether the comments she made regarding Ivanka Trump's clothing line broke government rules.
  
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• Kremlin denies Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador

  10-02-2017 14:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Kremlin has denied reports that Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, discussed sanctions on Russia in recent discussions with Russia's ambassador to Washington.
  
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• When is the French Presidential Election 2017, how does it work and who are the candidates? - Telegraph.co.uk

  10-02-2017 13:31 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  When is the French Presidential Election 2017, how does it work and who are the candidates?
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  The French will go to the polls in April and May this year to pick their new president, and the world will be watching to see just how far the "populist wave" has travelled. After the surprise of Britain's Brexit referendum and the election of Donald ...
  
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• Trump finds limits of executive power

  10-02-2017 12:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump suffered more than a legal defeat of his immigration ban Thursday night.
  
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• Steve Mnuchin clears Senate procedural hurdle, advances to final vote

  10-02-2017 12:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Senate voted in the early hours of Friday morning to break a Democratic filibuster and advance the nomination of Steve Mnuchin for treasury secretary.
  
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• Mnuchin clears Senate procedural hurdle, advances to final vote

  10-02-2017 12:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Senate voted in the early hours of Friday morning to break a Democratic filibuster and advance the nomination of Steve Mnuchin for treasury secretary.
  
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• Trump signs 3 new executive orders on crime reduction

  10-02-2017 12:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump signed three new executive orders Thursday that he said are "designed to restore safety in America."
  
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• House Democrats toss 2016 playbook

  10-02-2017 12:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  House Democrats are scrapping their playbook -- with plans to fire pollsters, hire new staff and ditch the very tools they used to decide where they fight against Republicans -- as they search for a way to win back the House of Representatives in two years.
  
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• Internal split rankles House Dems looking for 2018 wins

  10-02-2017 12:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  House Democrats put on a unified show in public this week at their annual retreat, but behind the scenes members of the party were still trying to find a way to bridge their own divides ahead of a 2018 election that could put them back in control of the House or deeper in the hole than before.
  
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• Trump changes tack, backs 'one China' policy in call with Xi

  10-02-2017 11:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ben Blanchard and Steve Holland BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump changed tack and agreed to honor the "one China" policy during a phone call with China's leader Xi Jinping, a major diplomatic boost for Beijing which brooks no criticism of its claim to self-ruled Taiwan. Trump angered Beijing in December by talking to the president of Taiwan and saying the United States did not have to stick to the policy, under which Washington acknowledges the Chinese position that
  
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• The 'One China' policy explained

  10-02-2017 11:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When then US President-elect Donald Trump had a 10-minute conversation with Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen in December 2016, he caused a huge diplomatic firestorm.
  
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• Roommates Wanted. Trump Supporters Need Not Apply.

  10-02-2017 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Since Inauguration Day, some Washington residents have been tailoring rental ads to exclude Trump backers from consideration. Call it a “no-Trump clause.”
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan approves constitutional reform bill, paving way for April vote

  10-02-2017 10:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has approved a constitutional reform bill paving the way for an executive presidential system, his office said on Friday, and a deputy prime minister said a referendum on the issue was expected on April 16. Erdogan says the reform will provide stability at a time of turmoil and prevent a return to the fragile coalitions of the past. "With the president's approval, eyes are now on the YSK (High Election Board).
  
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• Anger erupts at Republican town halls

  10-02-2017 09:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  More than seven years after angry anti-Obamacare town halls erupted across the country, raw emotions are boiling over again -- this time, as the Republican Party under President Donald Trump gears up to dismantle Barack Obama's legacy.
  
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• Pressure on scandal-hit Fillon as polls point at disapproval

  10-02-2017 08:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seven out of 10 French voters want conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon to step down, an opinion poll by Odoxa for France Info radio said on Friday as a scandal over alleged "fake work" by his wife continued to weigh on his campaign. Fillon has apologized to the French people over the way hundreds of thousands of euros in taxpayers' money were paid to his wife over many years, but has said the work she did was genuine and that he did nothing illegal. Fillon was elected to stand fo
  
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