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Clinton slams Trump's budget: 'An unimaginable level of cruelty' | TheHill

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MORE bashed President Trump’s newly-unveiled federal budget plan on Tuesday, saying the plan reached “an unimaginable level of cruelty.” Clinton gave the keynote address at the Children’s Health Fund Annual Benefit on Tuesday night just hours after the Trump administration revealed the details of its first major budget proposal.

Giuliani walks back claims of involvement in Trump's travel ban | TheHill

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) this week quietly walked back past claims that he helped President Trump create his travel ban, issuing a new court filing that says he had nothing to do with Trump's executive orders on immigration. Giuliani, a Trump campaign adviser, said in a January interview that Trump asked him to help carry out a “Muslim Ban.” "I’ll tell you the whole history of it: When he first announced it, he said ‘Muslim ban.’ He called me up, he said, ‘Put a commission together, show me the right way to do it legally,’” Giuliani said

EPA chief jabs California’s environment push | TheHill

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Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt ripped California Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) “political agenda” on the environment, following the state's push for greener policies. “Is it federalism to impose your policy on other states? It seems to me that Brown is being the aggressor here,” Pruitt told The New York Times. “But we expect the law will show this...

Poll: More people view NATO favorably | TheHill

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Over 6 in 10 U.S. adults view the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) favorably, according to a new poll. Sixty-two percent see the military alliance favorably in the Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday, while 23 percent consider it unfavorably. The survey, conducted among 1,505 U.S.

Hannity: I won't discuss Seth Rich story for now "out of respect for the family" | TheHill

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Fox's Sean Hannity addressed the growing controversy around his continued coverage of the 2016 killing of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich following massive backlash for sharing conspiracy theories about his death. Right-wing news outlets have sought to link — without evidence — the 27-year-old’s death to Democrat MORE's presidential campaign and the WikiLeaks release of hacked emails from her campaign and the DNC. "Out of respect for the family's wishes for now, I am not discussing this matter at this time," Hannity said near the top of his 10:00 a.m.

Jared Kushner’s Other Real Estate Empire - The New York Times

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The townhouse on High Seas Court in the Cove Village development, in the Baltimore suburb of Essex, was not exactly the Cape Cod retreat that its address implied: It was a small unit looking onto a parking lot, the windows of its two bedrooms so high and narrow that a child would have had to stand on a chair to see out of them. But to Kamiia Warren, who moved into the townhouse in 2004, it was a refuge, and a far cry from the East Baltimore neighborhood where she grew up.

Jared Kushner’s Other Real Estate Empire - The New York Times

posted onMay 24, 2017
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The townhouse on High Seas Court in the Cove Village development, in the Baltimore suburb of Essex, was not exactly the Cape Cod retreat that its address implied: It was a small unit looking onto a parking lot, the windows of its two bedrooms so high and narrow that a child would have had to stand on a chair to see out of them. But to Kamiia Warren, who moved into the townhouse in 2004, it was a refuge, and a far cry from the East Baltimore neighborhood where she grew up.

Target to Pay $18.5 Million to 47 States in Security Breach Settlement - The New York Times

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Target will pay $18.5 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia as part of a settlement with state attorneys general over a huge security breach that compromised the data of millions of customers. The settlement ends a yearslong investigation into how hackers obtained names, credit card numbers and other information about tens of millions of people in 2013. New York will receive $635,000, while California will receive $1.4 million, the largest amount of any state, according

Trump Administration Is Split on Adding Troops in Afghanistan - The New York Times

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ROME — When President Trump landed in Saudi Arabia last Saturday on his first foreign trip, he brought with him a $110 billion arms deal. When he arrives at the NATO summit in Belgium on Thursday, he will bring mostly questions, many of them about the war in Afghanistan. The Pentagon is pushing to reinforce the Afghan army with up to 5,000 more American troops. Some administration officials expected Mr.