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Pope: Trump wants to build wall? ‘Not Christian’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Asked about Donald Trump's views on immigration, Pope Francis says anyone who wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border isn't Christian. Trump has promised to build a wall along the Mexican border from Texas to California and expel 11 million people who are in the country illegally if elected president.…
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South Dakota may regulate transgender students’ bathroom use

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's governor could make the state the first in the U.S. to approve a law that would require transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their sex at birth. The state Senate approved the bill Tuesday. It now goes to Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who has…
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Feds find explosives, trenches, guns at Oregon preserve

Investigators also found significant amounts of human feces and spoiled food
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Senate GOP to Obama: Don’t bother nominating to Court

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans are uniting behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama's successor fill the Supreme Court vacancy after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Democrats looking to reclaim the Senate majority immediately accused them of putting politics ahead of their constitutional responsibility. Vulnerable GOP incumbents in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,…
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