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GOP Washington state Sen. John Braun is running for Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s seat

CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) — Washington state Sen. John Braun announced Tuesday that he will run next year for the Republican nomination for the U.S. House seat held by Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. Braun, the Republican minority leader of the Democratic-controlled state Senate, will be vying for a competitive, conservative-leaning district in southwestern Washington that

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White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation’s 250th birthday

By ANNIE MA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is ordering a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the country’s 250th birthday with a goal of aligning the institution’s content with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of American history. In a letter sent Tuesday to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch

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White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation’s 250th birthday

By ANNIE MA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is ordering a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the country’s 250th birthday with a goal of aligning the institution’s content with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of American history. In a letter sent Tuesday to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch

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A US Air Force airman salutes at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage

White House lands on Trump-Putin summit location as officials race to prepare for historic Alaska meeting

CNN By Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, and David Brooks, CNN (CNN) — American officials scrambling this weekend to identify and lock down a venue for Friday’s summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart quickly discovered a major snag: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options both available and equipped to host

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Palestinians gather near Gaza's Zikim crossing

Armed group posing as aid workers targeted in Israeli strike, Israel says, as international calls mount for more Gaza aid

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says it struck an armed group posing as aid workers and using a vehicle marked with the logo of the World Central Kitchen (WCK), a US-based non-profit. The strike, which took place last week, killed “five armed terrorists,” according to a Tuesday statement from the Israel

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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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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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People view Mendenhall Glacier from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center area

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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