Trump tweets that US must “strengthen” nuclear capabilities
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump is suggesting that the United States must "greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability." Trump tweeted Thursday that the U.S. must bolster its arsenal "until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes." It was not immediately clear what Trump meant. The tweet comes a day after…
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Men removed from JetBlue flight with Ivanka Trump aboard
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York man says he and his husband were removed from a JetBlue flight after his husband "expressed displeasure" about flying with Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. Matthew Lasner said on Twitter that JetBlue staff kicked him and his husband off the flight from New York's Kennedy airport…
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Senators urge action to block drastic drug price hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two senators are urging Congress to block companies from cornering the market on old, off-patent drugs and hiking their prices many times over. Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Claire McCaskill of Missouri on Wednesday released findings from a year-long investigation into companies including Turing Pharmaceuticals, which generated national outrage after…
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Gingrich says Trump dislcaims ‘drain the swamp’
WASHINGTON (AP) - A leader of Donald Trump's transition says the president-elect is no longer interested in his catch phrase "drain the swamp" of Washington. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said his understanding is that Trump "now just disclaims that. He now says it was cute, but he doesn't want to use it anymore." Gingrich…
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