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As U.S. and Iran Tensions Get Worse, Iraq Steps In and Tries to Help
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi traveled to Tehran to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in hopes of finding "ways to defuse the current crisis" between the U.S. and Iran.
ICE Arrest Thwarted After Neighbors Form Human Chain Around Father And Son
"The family don't bother nobody, they work every day, they come home, the kids jump on their trampoline, it's just a community," one neighbor said.
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Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party leader and new U.K. prime minister, renounced his American citizenship after a dispute with the IRS.
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte called on Congress to reinstate the death penalty for "heinous" drug crimes and corruption in his country.
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Hong Kong Leader Criticizes Both Sides After Mob Attack
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GOP: 'No Impropriety' by Trump in Transfer of Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia
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Britain's New Prime Minister Was a U.S. Citizen for Half a Century
Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party leader and new U.K. prime minister, renounced his American citizenship after a dispute with the IRS.
Biden on Obama's Silence in 2020 Race: 'I Want to Win This Fair and Square'
"I would rather him not get engaged," former Vice President Joe Biden told The New York Times.
Alleged Cuba Audio Attack: Exposed U.S. Staff Had Brain Matter Alterations, Study Finds
"These findings may represent something not seen before," one of the study's authors said in a statement.
'I Can't Emote': Archives Hint at Robert Mueller's Testimony This Week
Robert Mueller will testify in back-to-back hearings on Wednesday about his two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Nearly Half of Fortune 500 Companies Founded by Immigrant Families: Study
A recent American economy study found that immigrants and the children of immigrants founded 45 percent of U.S. Fortune 500 companies, amassing $6.1 trillion in annual revenue last year.
Police Officer Fired After Suggesting Ocasio-Cortez Should Be Shot
The Gretna Police Department on Monday announced that Charlie Rispoli and another officer, Angelo Varisco, who "liked" Rispoli's post, have both been fired.
Nearly Three-Quarters of White Evangelicals Approve of Donald Trump
The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that 73 percent of white evangelical Christians approve of the job Trump is doing as president, while only 23 percent disapprove.
States With More Gun Owners Have More Murders in the Home
More needs to be done to protect those at risk of domestic violence, a co-author of the study told Newsweek.
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