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Trump Gives New Pentagon Chief A Taste Of His World View

By ROBERT BURNS , AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — On his first working day in charge of the Pentagon, Pat Shanahan got a taste of President Donald Trump's scattershot way of looking at the world. As Shanahan sat to Trump's left at a Cabinet meeting at the White House, the president denounced U.S.…
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Young Immigrants Seeking Refuge From Abuse Face Denials

By AMY TAXIN and DEEPTI HAJELA , Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some immigrant youth looking to start over in the United States after fleeing abusive homes are seeing their applications for green cards rejected because the Trump administration says they're too old. A U.S. government program in place since 1990 has let young…
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Hill Leaders, Trump To Meet On Border In WH Situation Room

By ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are expected to attend a briefing on border security at the White House as the government remains partially shut down and President Donald Trump asks in a tweet, "Let's make a deal?" The partial government shutdown began on…
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Netflix Criticized for Yanking Patriot Act Episode in Saudi

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Netflix faced criticism on Wednesday for pulling an episode in Saudi Arabia of comedian Hasan Minhaj's "Patriot Act" that criticized the kingdom's powerful crown prince. The American comedian used his second episode, released on Oct. 28, to lambaste Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of writer Jamal…
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Train Crash On Danish Bridge Kills Six, Injures 16

By JAN M. OLSEN , Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish passenger train apparently hit falling cargo from a passing freight train Wednesday, an accident that killed six people and injured 16 others as it crossed a bridge linking the country's islands, authorities said. The accident was the worst in Denmark in more…
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