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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from the hospital on Christmas Day following surgery for early stage lung cancer.
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2018 brought a ‘tectonic shift’ in the gun control movement, advocates say
They cite widespread success in passing laws through state legislatures. They're also buoyed by Democratic victories in the midterm elections.
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Gingerbread cred: Bakers craft winning edible art down to the last detail
The National Gingerbread House Competition celebrated its 26th year at Asheville, North Carolina's Omni Grove Park Inn.
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Trump assails Fed as the ‘only problem our economy has’
Trump lashed out at the Federal Reserve on Monday after administration officials spent the weekend trying to reassure the public and financial markets.
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Is it possible? Are Republicans finally smelling the Trumpster fire?
Did my ears deceive me? Did I actually hear Pa. Republican senator Pat Toomey rebuke Donald Trump? In so many words, yes. And it's about time.
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Santa tracker unaffected by government shutdown, NORAD says
More than 1,500 military personnel and volunteers at an Air Force base in Colorado will be hard at work Christmas Eve, tracking Santa Claus and answering children's calls.
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‘Blessings come in’ as churches take in refugee congregations after the Camp Fire
Chico, Calif. has become a safe haven, not just for those burned-out individuals, but for several religious congregations, too.
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Trump says Jim Mattis will leave by Jan. 1, announces new acting defense secretary
A replacement for Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will step in two months earlier than anticipated, President Trump announced Sunday.
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When ‘cookiers’ take holiday cookie decorating to a whole new level
A growing number of creative bakers, known as 'cookiers,' are taking their art to a whole new level this holiday season.
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For Madoff victims, scars remain 10 years later
Instead of trading stocks with his clients' money, Bernie Madoff had been operating an enormous Ponzi scheme, paying off old investors with money he got from new ones.
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Partial government shutdown compounds risks for U.S. economy
Now in its 10th year, America's economic expansion still looks sturdy. Yet the partial shutdown of the government that began Saturday has added another threat.
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Government shuts down ahead of holiday over stalemate on border wall funding
A partial shutdown of the federal government began just after midnight Saturday, after Congress and President Trump were unable to resolve an impasse over funding.
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Federal anti-lynching legislation clears historic hurdle
While this is the first time the Senate has passed anti-lynching legislation, Congress has been trying for over a century.
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House passes bill with money for Trump wall, increasing likelihood of a shutdown
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says President Trump "will not sign" a Senate-approved plan to temporarily fund government agencies.
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Defense Secretary Mattis to retire in February, Trump says, amid Syria tension
Mattis' departure completes a near-wholesale shake-up of Trump's initial national security team and follows a record-setting series of departures of administration leaders.
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