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Planned Parenthood to Target 8 states, Spend $20 million As Part of Midterm Battle Plan
WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood’s political arm is targeting eight states with competitive Senate and governor’s races in its largest-ever midterm election campaign.The offensive is ...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018

Dow Plummets More than 500 Points after Trump Announces Tariffs
NEW YORK — Wall Street is worried about a trade war. The Dow dropped more than 500 points on Thursday after President Trump said his administration will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum impo...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018

Beer and Cars Could Get More Expensive Because of Trump Tariffs
WASHINGTON — Beer, baseball bats and cars could get more expensive after President Trump imposes tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. And that’s only the beginning. Tariffs, quotas or bo...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018

Feds Announce Arrest for Don Jr. Threat Letter
WASHINGTON — A Massachusetts man has been charged after Donald Trump Jr.’s family and others received threatening letters with suspicious powder last month, the US attorney for Massachuset...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018

US Ambassador to Mexico Stepping Down
WASHINGTON — The US ambassador to Mexico has announced that she is stepping down in May. Roberta Jacobson made the announcement in a tweet in Spanish on Thursday, “I will be departing at t...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018

McConnell Silent on Floor as Gun Debate Rages
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not mention the raging debate over gun control when he opened the Senate on Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump created widesprea...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018

Hall of Fame Quarterback Jim Kelly Announces Return of Cancer
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly he has once again been diagnosed with oral cancer. Kelly released a statement Thursday through his publicist saying he is ...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018

Trial Opens for Widow of Pulse Nightclub Shooter
Orlando, Fl. — Survivors of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting are opening old wounds to seek justice as the trial of the gunman’s widow opens in Orlando.Jury selection begins Thursday in t...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018

W. VA Schools Remain Closed As Teachers Demand More
CHARLESTON, WV — All West Virginia public schools will remain closed Thursday, which was the day teachers were to return to work after what is turning into a week-long strike over pay and benefi...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018

NRA: Trump’s Meeting On Guns Was ‘Great TV’, But ‘Bad Policy’
FAIRFAX, VA — President Donald Trump’s televised meeting Wednesday with lawmakers on gun control “made for great TV,” a National Rifle Association spokesperson told CNN —...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2018
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