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A New York Times report sheds light on the FBI's investigation of potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian espionage.
The pope welcomed President Trump and his family to the Vatican for the first time and urged him to take action on climate change.
Economist Larry Summers said the budget contains a basic error that "would justify failing a student in an introductory economics course."
The Congressional Budget Office estimate of the newest version of the bill looks very similar to the old version.
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A growing body of research casts doubt on the purported benefits of moderate drinking.
The former director of the CIA said that Russia tried to recruit Americans to influence the 2016 election.
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For the first time in about 17 years, Fox was trailing the cable news pack in the ratings.
"The notion that one or two drinks a day is doing us good may just be wishful thinking," one researcher said.
The Associated Press reports that Flynn won't cooperate with a subpoena in the investigation of ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
The president gave joint remarks alongside the Israeli prime minister in Jerusalem.
While the nation pays attention to the president's tweets and the FBI investigation developments, real policy changes are taking place.
A new report from the New York Times gives more insight into Trump's motivation for the firing.
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The popular social media site experienced severe outages across the world.
"It's SABOTAGE," the campaign said in a fundraising email.
A friend of Comey revealed the backstory behind the infamous hug between the president and the former FBI director.
The chair of the House Oversight Committee recently said he would not seek re-election; now he says he'll be out by July.
Trump held a joint press conference with Colombian President Santos Thursday afternoon as scandals engulf his presidency.
Along with Rupert Murdoch, Ailes built the news network from the ground up.
