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Obama administration is close to announcing measures to punish Russia for election interference
A package that would include sanctions and covert action is being finalized.
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The president-elect told Israel to "stay strong" until he takes office on Jan. 20.
 
Inside the coming war between the United States and the United Nations
Congress is planning to escalate the clash over the U.N. Security Council's anti-Israel resolution into a full-on conflict between the United States and the United Nations.
 
The nonprofit director who called Michelle Obama an ‘ape in heels’ has lost her job — for good
Pamela Taylor, former director of the Clay County Development Corp., was fired as state officials work to keep a closer watch on the nonprofit.
 
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Navy repeatedly dismissed evidence that 'Fat Leonard' was cheating the 7th Fleet
Documents show NCIS investigated the crooked contractor 27 times before he was arrested in 2013.
 
Obama beats Trump where it will sting: He's the most admired man in America
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton's most-admired streak continues.
 
A professor called Trump’s election an ‘act of terrorism.’ Then she became the victim of terror.
She had to flee her job and her home for a while. Now she's back home, but her life hasn't returned to normal.
 
A professor wants to teach ‘The Problems of Whiteness.’ A lawmaker calls the class ‘garbage.’
The University of Wisconsin-Madison stressed that the course was elective, not required, and that it was "not designed to offend individuals or single out an ethnic group."
 
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