Trump chooses SC Gov Nikki Haley to be ambassador to UN
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the first woman tapped for a top-level administration post during his White House transition so far. It will be a Cabinet-level position, and Haley has accepted, Trump said in a statement Wednesday. Jason Miller, a…
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House Republicans to Obama: Take no more action on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders are urging President Barack Obama to take no more action on Iran that could reinforce the nuclear deal before he leaves office. House Speaker Paul Ryan, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce are issuing the request in a letter to Obama dated Tuesday. The…
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Ohio prosecutor to try police officer again for murder
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor said Tuesday he will again seek a murder conviction against a white former University of Cincinnati police officer, and wants to move the trial after a jury couldn't agree on a verdict in the fatal shooting of a black man during a traffic stop. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters…
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Americans who live near border say Trump’s wall is unwelcome
LOS EBANOS, Texas (AP) — All along the winding Rio Grande, the people who live in this bustling, fertile region where the U.S. border meets the Gulf of Mexico never quite understood how Donald Trump's great wall could ever be much more than campaign rhetoric. Erecting a concrete barrier across the entire 1,954-mile frontier with…
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