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Trump’s planned visit to the UK thrown into doubt after omission from Queen’s Speech

Getty Images President, Donald Trump and British Prime Minister, Theresa May are pictured ahead of a photo opportunity of leaders as they arrive for a NATO summit meeting on May 25, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain appears to have been postponed, as the announcement …

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Republicans once mocked Democrats’ secret health-care negotiations

Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks to the press with Senator John McCain of Arizona after a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Democratic Caucus regarding the health care reform plan at the US Capitol in Washington on December 6, 2009. …

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Heated Georgia election will test Trump’s effect on GOP unity

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Republican candidate for Georgia’s 6th Congressional district Karen Handel speaks to supporters at the Cherokee Cattle Ranch restaurant in Marietta, Ga., on the final day of campaigning on Monday, June 19, 2017. But Trump barely beat Hillary Clinton in the district, …

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White House is discussing moving Spicer out of daily spokesman role

Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks to the press in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House. The White House is considering shifting press secretary Sean Spicer away from the daily spokesman role and into a senior communications role but no …

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Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross says NAFTA renegotiation may take until next year

Joshua Roberts | Reuters Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross speaks at 2017 SelectUSA Investment Summit in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., June 19, 2017. Renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement could spill into next year, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Monday. Ross told reporters that the Trump administration would finish …

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CO2 is not the main driver of climate change

Getty Images Incoming Energy Secretary Rick Perry (R) gives a double thumbs up during the Inaugural Parade for U.S. President Donald J. Trump January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. The EPA’s webpage on the causes of climate change used to state, “Carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas that is …

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Russia warns US after downing of Syrian jet

Goran Tomasevic | Reuters A Kurdish fighter from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) looks at a smoke after an coalition airstrike in Raqqa, Syria June 16, 2017. Russia’s defense ministry says it will treat U.S.-led coalition planes in Syria, west of the Euphrates River, as targets after the U.S. military …

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Trump keeps policy on Dreamers, tightens restrictions on older undocumented

Joshua Roberts | Reuters Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly speaks about border security during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, May 2, 2017. President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security has rescinded former President Barack Obama’s order shielding millions of migrants from deportation, but is letting stand …

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House cancels events, including a hearing on a gun silencer bill

Samuel Corum | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images A customer tries out a Remington 1911 equipped with a silencer at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Va., USA on January 9, 2015. The shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice Wednesday morning has led the House to delay or cancel scheduled …

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GOP Rep. Steve Scalise shot at congressional baseball practice in Virginia

Google Maps Google map showing the baseball field where shots were fired during a practice with congressmen in Alexandria, Virginia on June 14, 2017. Paul and Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., described the weapon used by the shooter as a rifle. Paul said he heard a first, “isolated” shot followed by …

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