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Trump’s nominee to oversee jobs and inflation data faces shower of criticism

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the agency that produces the nation’s jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat, often with extensive experience in statistical agencies, with little public profile. But like so much in President Donald Trump’s second administration, this time is different.

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US announces sanctions against armed group and companies profiting from conflict minerals in Congo

By MARK BANCHEREAU, JEAN-YVES KAMALE and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern Congo as Washington tries to spearhead peace efforts there while pushing for U.S. access to the region’s minerals. A senior U.S. government official who

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Mexico transfers 26 cartel figures wanted by US authorities in deal with Trump administration

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico sent 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States Tuesday in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks smuggling drugs across the border. Those handed over to U.S. custody include Abigael González

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Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ dies at 60

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” has died at 60. Spencer, who became a veterinarian later in life, died Monday at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, after a yearslong battle with cancer, family

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Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner floated suspending the monthly jobs report before apparently backing off

By Alicia Wallace, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the monthly jobs report — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — after proposing the unprecedented action during an interview that published Tuesday.

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A glacier outburst sent a surge of water downstream into Juneau. Flood barriers protected the city from disaster

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent disaster from unfolding in the picturesque port town despite record-breaking water levels

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Israel rejects UN allegations that its forces have sexually abused detained Palestinians

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief warned Israel that the United Nations has “credible information” of sexual violence and other violations by Israeli forces against detained Palestinians, which Israel’s U.N. ambassador dismissed as “baseless accusations.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to Ambassador Danny Danon that he

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Trump claims Washington’s murder rate is higher than Bogotá or Mexico City. Here’s what the stats from those countries say

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Germán Padinger, CNN US President Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of the security situation in Washington, DC, now claiming that the US capital has a homicide rate higher than some Latin American capitals such as Bogotá, Mexico City and Lima. During a press conference on Monday, Trump announced that he

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Campaign groups urge judge to further limit new restrictions on getting measures on Florida’s ballot

By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for grassroots campaigners are again asking a federal judge to halt enforcement of parts of a new Florida law that restricts the state’s process to get citizens’ initiatives on the ballot. Tuesday’s arguments before U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee were the

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Trump administration calls out human rights records of some nations accepting deported migrants

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday released human rights reports for countries worldwide, which eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ people, reduce a previous focus on reproductive rights and criticize restrictions on political speech by U.S. allies in Europe that American officials believe target right-wing politicians.

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