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Obama changes longstanding Cuban immigration policy

President Barack Obama is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, a senior administration official said Thursday.

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Senate takes first step to dismantle ‘Obamacare’

The Senate early Thursday passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, responding to pressure to move quickly even as Republicans and President-elect Trump grapple with what the replace it with.

Secretary of state candidate Tillerson calls Russia ‘danger’ to US

Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state promised a far more muscular approach toward the Kremlin on Wednesday, abandoning much of the president-elect’s emphasis on improving ties between the Cold War foes.

Nevada lawmakers favor removing McCarran statue from US Capitol — POLL

One Nevada state legislative leader said Wednesday he agrees that it is time to replace the statue of the former U.S. Sen. Patrick McCarran in the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol because of his history of racism and anti-Semitism.

Trump blasts media for publication of ‘dossier’

President-elect Donald J. Trump both praised and hectored the news media in his first press conference since winning the White House. The timing could not have been more dramatic, as Trump used the occasion to denounce “fake news.”