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Mike Pompeo on national security issues

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump flanked by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2017. Mattis, a former …

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US Senate panel to hold hearing on Pompeo in April: Corker

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Mike Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing next month to consider Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, the Republican head of the panel said on Tuesday after President Donald Trump fired …

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Trump to meet Saudi crown prince on March 20: White House

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman meet at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on March 20 at the White House, Trump …

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Conor Lamb leads Rick Saccone in PA special election: Monmouth poll

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, left, greets an attendee after speaking during a campaign rally with members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Sunday, March 11, …

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Betsy DeVos’s ’60 Minutes’ interview: Key moments

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos prepares to testify during her confirmation hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sat down for an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that …

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Gov. Rick Scott signs school safety bill drafted in wake of Parkland

C.M. Guerrero | Miami Herald | TNS | Getty Images Florida Gov. Rick Scott talks alongside Miami-Dade County mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, left, during a news conference at Miami-Dade Police Department in Doral, Fla., on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. Flanked by family members of students who were killed during a …

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Department of Justice moves to ban bump stocks, classifying them as ‘machine guns’ under federal law

Getty Images A bump stock device (left) that fits on a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing speed, making it similar to a fully automatic rifle, is installed on a AK-47 semi-automatic rifle, (right) at a gun store on October 5, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The U.S. Department …

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Ethics watchdog files complaint alleging Trump lawyer’s payment to Stormy Daniels violates law

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Michael Cohen, personal attorney for President Donald Trump, as he arrives to appear before Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington, September 19, 2017. A $130,000 payment made by President Donald Trump’s attorney to an adult film star should be probed as a financial obligation that the president …

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Trump gun proposal drops age limits, focuses on arming teachers

Getty Images President Donald J. Trump speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet, in the Cabinet Room of the White House March 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. The move is part of President Donald Trump’s plan to respond after 17 students were massacred at a Florida high school …

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Diplomat who made deal with North Korea warns Trump: ‘They will cheat’

Joe Marquette | AP President Bill Clinton yields the podium to Assistant Secretary of State Robert Gallucci in the White House briefing room, Oct. 18, 1994. Gallucci met with reporters after the president announced that North Korea has agreed to freeze its existing nuclear program and accept international inspection of …

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