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North Korea looms over Tillerson's Asia trip

9 years 7 months ago
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson begins his first official trip to Asia Tuesday aiming to propose a new approach to the North Korean nuclear threat and to cope with Chinese anger about US attempts to protect allies from Pyongyang.

White House demands deep cuts to State, UN funds

9 years 7 months ago
The White House has instructed the State Department and the US mission to the United Nations to cut their budgets for UN programs nearly in half, including US peacekeeping and development assistance, two senior US officials told CNN on Monday.

Pentagon receives more freedom to carry out counterterror raids

9 years 7 months ago
President Donald Trump has granted the Pentagon additional authority to carry out counterterrorism missions in Yemen and the White House is talking to the Pentagon about providing similar leeway in Libya and Somalia as terror activities there grow, a US defense official told CNN Monday.

The Republican health care struggle is real

9 years 7 months ago
Republicans on Tuesday struggled to climb out of a political hole opened up by a non-partisan report that concluded that 24 million more Americans would be uninsured over the next decade under the party's Obamacare repeal plan.

White House warns against derailing health bill

9 years 7 months ago
The White House cautioned Republican lawmakers Tuesday against abandoning their own party's health care plan, warning skeptics that the measure presents the best -- and, potentially, only -- chance to repeal Obamacare.

EPA cuts may be deeper than previously reported

9 years 7 months ago
Cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency could be more significant than originally thought, meaning deeper cuts than the up to 25% of the agency's budget that's already been reported, according to a source close to the EPA.
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