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Stressing that Puerto Rico deserved the same treatment as other hurricane-hit states, Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló urged Congress to move swiftly to send more aid.
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Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said he regretted staying in the Steelers' locker room. NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. quoted JFK. Jerry Jones took a knee. And a photo of a kneeling 97-year-old WW II vet went viral.
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But questions remain about how the new travel ban will be implemented, who will be affected, how the countries were picked and whether it will prevent terror attacks.
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While it is not necessarily illegal for White House officials to use private email accounts, President Trump had made Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of emails as secretary of state a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign.
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"It looks like a bomb went off": Puerto Ricans described desperate conditions on the hurricane-rocked island and pleaded for more help from federal agencies on Monday.
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Witnesses and police described a chaotic scene as a masked attacker armed with two guns shot seven people, killing one, in a Tennessee church before he was subdued.
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is failing. Without regard for consequences, the law expanded government insurance programs and imposed considerable federal authority over US health care via new mandates, regulations and taxes. Insurance premiums...

Two officers under investigation in the rough arrest of a nurse have been unfairly made into pariahs after body-camera footage got widespread attention online, a Utah police union said Monday.
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President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing strict new restrictions on travelers from a handful of countries, including five that were covered by his expiring travel ban.
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Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, but the political and popular response has been muted, even though the island is a United States commonwealth.
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The Latest on the scheduled execution of a Georgia man who killed his sister-in-law in 1990 (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Georgia's parole board has declined to spare the life of an inmate facing execution this week.
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A scholar’s fight, invoking Alexander Hamilton, to show that the Constitution does not bar foreign payments to the president yielded a barrage of attacks, and then an apology.
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A Sudanese immigrant admitted to being the triggerman who killed one parishioner and seriously injured seven others Sunday at a Nashville-area church, according to a police affidavit ahead of his first court appearance.
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Republican senators unveiled an alternative to the Dream Act, offering immigrants brought illegally to the country as children a slow path to citizenship.
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After years of captivating fans in the modern day on “The Big Bang Theory,” the prequel series dedicated entirely to Sheldon Cooper, “Young Sheldon,” premiered with both laughs and a touch of heart.
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The lights are back on at a couple major hospitals, but most of Puerto Rico is still in the dark — and likely to remain without power for days, weeks or even months.
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Mr. Williams knelt during a concert in Charlottesville, Va., on Sunday to show solidarity with N.F.L. players. Stevie Wonder, Eddie Vedder and others have joined in.
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Read about how the other side thinks about President Trump’s statements on free speech, the national anthem, the flag as well as responses from football players and owners.
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A 1-month-old baby found on the side of an Oklahoma interstate in a car seat stuffed with $5,500 in cash and a birth certificate is in state custody as authorities investigate why the boy was abandoned.
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Intelligence and law enforcement officials across the government lobbied Congress Monday to let them conduct broad surveillance on foreign targets in coming years, saying it helps prevent terrorist and cyberattacks on the United States.
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Insurance company lawyers on Monday blasted a Vermont man whose mother was lost at sea, saying he made suspicious alterations to his boat before what they called its "most curious sinking."
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In America, the game doesn't start until the national anthem plays. It's not a mandate, it's just a fact, as culturally ingrained as team colors and touchdown cheers.
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Emanuel K. Samson, 25, the man suspected of shooting members of a Tennessee church on Sunday had previous suicidal thoughts and domestic disputes, police records show.
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Republicans praise the latest Affordable Care Act repeal as the successor to the 1996 welfare overhaul, but few would cheer a plunge in insurance coverage.
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The Supreme Court canceled the planned Oct. 10 arguments over the Trump travel ban amid questions over whether new visa restrictions render lawsuits moot.
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The man, who was taken to the hospital because he was extremely intoxicated, was shot after taking a Taser from a bag left in a room and pointing it at the officer.
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The overwhelming defiance in the NFL on Sunday to President Donald Trump's attacks on protesting players encapsulates the high stakes for the GOP in his belligerent approach to race relations.
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President Donald Trump's decision to restrict visas for citizens of Chad has left experts wondering why that nation was chosen over others in the region.
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"The camp was used by ISIS to move fighters in and out of the country, stockpile weapons ... and to plot and conduct attacks," the U.S. military said.
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New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady said he believes President Donald Trump's comments about NFL players are "divisive" and on Monday said he supports those NFL players who are protesting during the national anthem.
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Vaccine skeptics, often called anti-vaxxers, are getting bolder with their message that vaccines are the product of a coverup by industry, government and media.
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The new order keeps restrictions on Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, removes restrictions on Sudan and adds new ones on Chad, North Korea and Venezuela.
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President Trump’s scolding of prominent black athletes has touched off a furious national debate on race and patriotism, rattling the world of sports.
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Sen. Luther Strange and Roy Moore are into the final hours of a hard-fought intra-party campaign that is testing President Donald Trump's influence with Republican voters and could set the stage for a series of GOP Senate primaries next year.
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The allure of elite commandos parachuting in to tackle "mission impossible" began with two operations -- one a huge success and the other a massive failure.
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United States Special Operations forces, deployed across the globe, have grown in power and numbers over four decades. But are they stretched too thin?
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A lawyer said that Jared Kushner had received or sent “fewer than a hundred emails” involving his White House colleagues, and that all were forwarded to an official account, creating a record.
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Hurricane Maria’s barrage took out entire plantations and destroyed crops and livestock across the island. The storm knocked out about 80 percent of its crops.
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In an interview with Weekend Nightly News Anchor Kate Snow, Demi Lovato revealed that her hit song, "Sorry Not Sorry," is a response to her childhood bullying experience.
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Anthony Weiner, the ambitious New York congressman who online sexual indiscretions turned him into a national punchline, faces jail for sexting a teenager.
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For reasons more practical than ideological, the health care world has united to stop the effort by Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Former DC Democratic Party Chairman A. Scott Bolden rejects President Donald Trump's suggestion that NFL owners should fire players for kneeling during the national anthem.
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President Donald Trump criticized some in the National Football League at a rally for Alabama Republican Senate candidate Luther Strange, saying team owners should fire players for taking a knee during the national anthem.
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