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Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Trump Thursday after more criticism about his handling of the Justice Department.

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Sessions rebukes Trump with vow Justice Department won’t be swayed by politics

Attorney General Jeff Sessions answered needling by President Trump on Thursday with a vow that as long as he runs the Justice Department, it won't be swayed by politics.

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From l-r., Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Rep. Mike Bishop, R-Mich., meet with reporters to announce the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.

Politics & Policy

The Conversation

Today’s GOP leaders have little in common with those who resisted Nixon

Today’s GOP leaders, with few exceptions, meekly follow President Trump.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to the media on Tuesday in Charleston, W.Va., shortly after the guilty plea of his former lawyer Michael Cohen on campaign finance violations, among other charges, and the guilty verdict against former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

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Politics & Policy

Fact check: Trump’s misguided defense of Cohen payments

Fox & Friends was the natural venue for President Trump to strike back against Michael Cohen.

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In this Tuesday, July 3, 2018, photo, a Pakistani recruit, 22, who was recently discharged from the U.S. Army, holds an American flag as he poses for a picture. The Army said in court documents it has reinstated more than 30 immigrant recruits and reservists whose contracts had been terminated. (Mike Knaak/AP)

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Community

Army reinstates dozens of discharged immigrant recruits and reservists

The U.S. Army has reinstated more than 30 recruits it had forcibly discharged.

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A seawall, which will be increased in size, is shown along the banks near downtown Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Port Arthur, Texas. The oil industry wants the government to help protect some of its facilities on the Texas Gulf Coast against the effects of global warming. One proposal involves building a nearly 60-mile “spine” of flood barriers to shield refineries and chemical plants. Many Republicans argue that such projects should be a national priority. But others question whether taxpayers should have to protect refineries in a state where top politicians still dispute whether climate change is real. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)

Money

Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change

An ambitious proposal would build a nearly 60-mile "spine" of concrete seawalls, earthen barriers, floating gates and steel levees on the Texas Gulf Coast.

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President Trump speaks before a political rally in West Virginia on Tuesday. He lamented the fate of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. He called Manafort's guilty verdict

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Courts & Law

Guilty: 6 takeaways from Manafort’s and Cohen’s big day

In a split-screen whiplash, a regular Tuesday turned into a blockbuster with two top people close to President Trump now facing prison.

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This courtroom sketch shows spectators waiting the the courtroom as the jury continues to deliberate in the bank fraud and tax evasion trial of Paul Manafort behind the closed door, at back left, in the courtroom of U.S. District court Judge T.S. Ellis III at federal court in Alexandria, Va., Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Courts & Law

Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty of 8 charges

The jury says it's reached a verdict on eight counts but is undecided on the remaining 10.

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Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)

Courts & Law

AP sources: Cohen pleading to bank, campaign finance fraud

Michael Cohen will plead guilty to charges including campaign finance fraud, bank fraud and tax evasion.

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Vacation days piling up? Even a short trip can boost well-being.
(Kristen Uroda for NPR)

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Lifestyle

Vacation days piling up? Here’s how to get the most out of a short vacation

As a nation, we could do a better job at taking time off.

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A woman packs crates at a weekly free food pantry in the Bronx in New York City. The Trump administration is considering penalizing legal immigrants for using government benefits such as Medicaid and food stamps

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Politics & Policy

Trump administration moves to penalize immigrants for using government benefits

For months, the Trump administration has been taking steps to limit how much immigrants use welfare programs.

7 years ago

A student walks past the Bender Library on the American University campus in Washington, D.C. American is one of 32 colleges and universities with an accelerated program that lets students earn bachelor’s degrees in thee years instead of four, which one management expert has criticized for helping only undergraduates who are already very well prepared. (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Education

Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

Signs emerge that some are cutting corners to produce more graduates more quickly.

7 years ago

The latest appointee to President Donald Trump's legal team and former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani attends the Conference on Iran on Saturday in Washington, D

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Rudy Giuliani on hazards of Trump-Mueller interview: ‘Truth isn’t truth’

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President Trump has become the first president to use his near-plenary power over security clearances to revoke one based, by his own admission, on the speech of the holder. (Pool/Getty Images)

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Politics & Policy

The Russia investigations: Trump on collision course with national security world

This week in the Russia investigations: President Trump strikes back at one of his most politically dangerous critics. Will a short-term victory have longer-term costs?

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