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    Harley-Davidson to Move Some Manufacturing Overseas

    Harley-Davidson announced Monday that it planned to move production of motorcycles to be sold in the European Union to overseas factories due to President Trump's escalating trade war. The iconic American motorcycle manufacturer said that the EU's...
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    Huckabee Sanders Removed from Restaurant in Virginia

    White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant by its owner. The incident was first noted online by a social media user claiming to have been her server and later confirmed by Sanders herself. The...
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    Trump Defends Separation Policy

    President Trump on Monday defended his administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policies against growing outrage over the separation of migrant children from their parents. Trump said tough action against illegal immigration was critical...
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    Democrats Show Signs of Life

    Voters in eight states cast ballots Tuesday in this year's biggest day of primary elections. In California, where the top two candidates advance regardless of party, Democrats feared their numerous candidates would split the vote and leave the party...
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    Supreme Court Rules for Baker in Battle over Making Cakes

    The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple . Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had not respected baker Jack Phillips' religious...
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    North Korea Summit Back On

    President Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore after all , he said Friday after talking with a North Korean envoy in the Oval Office. The envoy delivered a large personal letter from Kim, and Trump said he expects...
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    ABC Cancels Roseanne

    ABC on Tuesday canceled Roseanne , the popular reboot of the 1990s sitcom, after the show's biggest star, Roseanne Barr, posted a racist "joke" on Twitter in reference to former Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett, who is black...
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    Supreme Court Rules Against Workers

    The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the right of companies to make workers sign arbitration contracts preventing them from joining together in class-action lawsuits seeking better pay and work conditions. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the conservative...
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    China to Up Purchases of U.S. Exports

    After extensive trade negotiations, Washington and Beijing said in a joint statement over the weekend that China will buy more American exports. "To meet the growing consumption needs of the Chinese people and the need for high-quality economic development...
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    Trump Reimbursed Cohen

    President Trump reported a reimbursement to his personal attorney , Michael Cohen, in his latest financial disclosure that appears to cover the $130,000 Cohen paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. That payment was made days before the 2016 presidential election...
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    Iowa Ups Abortion Regulations

    Iowa's Republican-controlled legislature passed the nation's tightest limit on abortion , outlawing it after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. That often happens before a woman even knows she is pregnant , at about six weeks. Gov. Kim Reynolds...
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    North Korea's Condition for Denuclearization

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has offered to denuclearize his nation in exchange for a formal end to the Korean War and a promise that the United States will not invade , a representative of the South Korean government said Sunday. South Korea also...
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    Missouri Governor in Legal Troublic

    Missouri Governor Eric Greitens became physically aggressive during a non-consensual sexual encounter with his hairdresser, the woman told lawmakers, according to a report released late yesterday by a state House committee. The woman alleges that Greitens...
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    Trump Unhappy with Cohen Raid

    At a meeting of military leadership last night, President Donald Trump addressed the FBI raid of Michael Cohen’s home and office , telling reporters it was a “disgraceful situation.” He also called special counsel Robert Mueller’s...
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    Trump Goes after DACA and NAFTA on Twitter

    In a series of tweets on late in the weekend, President Trump again called for an end to the Democratic filibuster and said there will be no deal with Democrats on DACA. Trump has proposed and rejected all kinds of offers related to the program . However...
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    Battle Over Domestic Terrorism in Austin

    Austin’s police chief said late last week that a “ domestic terrorist ” set off a series of explosions that killed two people and severely wounded four others in Texas’ capital, offering a stronger characterization of the suspected...
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    Rolling Back Emissions Standards

    The Trump administration is reportedly gearing up to roll back Obama-era rules on greenhouse-gas emissions and fuel-economy standards for cars, in a major blow to environmental advocates. Sources cited by The New York Times yesterday said Environmental...
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    Former Justice Tackles Gun Control

    Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens called for the repeal of the Second Amendment in a New York Times op-ed published today. Stevens, who served on the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010, called the Second Amendment “a relic of the 18th...
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    Trade Talks after Tariffs

    China’s economic czar, Liu He, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are reportedly leading talks to “improve U.S. access to Chinese markets,” according to The Wall Street Journal . In a letter...
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    Trump Lawyers Meet with Mueller

    Attorneys for President Donald Trump have reportedly sat down for the first time in person with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team . According to CNN, the meeting took place last week and focused on “the topics investigators...
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    A Strange Debate about Cause of Weather

    A Washington, D.C. councilman—and now failed meteorologist— has apologized for pushing a wild conspiracy theory that the recent snowfall in the capital was caused by the Rothschild banking dynasty. As snow began to fall in the city last week...
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    Student Walk-Out Over Gun Violence

    What happens now after thousands of students across the country walked out of class to protest gun violence ? There were so many moving stories and images from the walkout, like the students from Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School -- where...
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    Trump Open to Meeting with North Korea

    President Trump reportedly accepted last week's offer to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the spot without consulting advisers about the move, The New York Times reports. Trump’s quick response to the offer, relayed by a South Korean...
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    Mueller on the Hunt

    Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly gathered evidence that a meeting in the Seychelles between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a top Russian official was part of a bid to create a back-channel between the Trump administration and the Kremlin...
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    Trump Loses Chief Economic Advisor

    Gary Cohn is set to resign as President Trump’s chief economic adviser, White House officials told The New York Times today. As a free-trade advocate, Cohn had notably been at odds with Trump in recent weeks over the president’s planned tariff...
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