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  • Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he ...

    Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he ...
    Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members of President Trump’s campaign and representatives of Moscow during Sessions’s confirmation hearing to become attorney general. One of the meetings was a private conversation between Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that took place in September in the senator’s offic..
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  • ICE nabs young 'dreamer' applicant after she speaks out at a news ...

    ICE nabs young 'dreamer' applicant after she speaks out at a news ...
    Daniela Vargas listens at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP) About two weeks ago, Daniela Vargas hid in the bedroom closet of her Jackson, Miss., home after watching immigration officials handcuff her father in the family’s driveway. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained the 22-year-old’s father and brother, Argentines who were living in the country illegally, amid the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation effort that has riled immi..
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  • Washington Produces Record Harvest of Wine Grapes in 2016

    Washington Produces Record Harvest of Wine Grapes in 2016
    (AP) — Washington state's booming wine industry produced a record harvest of wine grapes in ... In Washington, the 2016 haul was up 22 percent from 2015.
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  • White House eyes plan to cut EPA staff by one-fifth, eliminating key ...

    White House eyes plan to cut EPA staff by one-fifth, eliminating key ...
    Environmental Protection Agency headquarters (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) The White House has proposed deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget that would reduce the agency’s staff by one-fifth in the first year and eliminate dozens of programs, according to details of a plan reviewed by The Washington Post. While administration officials had already indicated that they intended to increase defense spending at the expense of other discretionary funding, the plan spells..
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  • Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin buys $12.6 million Washington ...

    Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin buys $12.6 million Washington ...
    Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin awaits the start of President Trump’s “strategic initiatives” lunch at the White House on Feb. 22. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Another one of Trump’s Cabinet members is headed to “billionaire’s row.” Steve Mnuchin, the former banker and Hollywood film investor turned treasury secretary, has laid down some ritzy roots in Washington. Mnuchin’s new $12.6 million abode is in the same nabe as fellow Trumper Wilbur Ross, the newly minted commerce secretary, and just ..
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  • Subway fires back with its own study to prove its chicken is chicken

    Subway fires back with its own study to prove its chicken is chicken
    Fights over food ingredients have a way of spilling out into dramatic public spats: In 2012, vegetarians were crushed to find that Starbucks put insect coloring in its strawberry drinks. A year later, Chinese officials exposed a gang of lamb mongers passing off rat meat as mutton. (Cue Charlton Heston, discovering the secret protein in Soylent Green.) And now a plant vs. meat debacle has pit a Canadian news company against Subway. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s “Marketplace” news program rec..
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  • Does Rex Tillerson have the worst job in Washington?

    Does Rex Tillerson have the worst job in Washington?
    Secretary of State Rex Tillerson might not have the toughest job in the Trump administration. But it’s not the easiest one, either.One month after his confirmation, Tillerson leads a department on President Trump’s chopping block that feels underappreciated at best.Trump’s budget would reportedly cut State funding by 37 percent, making deep reductions in spending on foreign aid. While those cuts are unlikely to be realized, they’ve sent an unmistakable signal that the department doesn’t seem imp..
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  • Redskins' offseason plans could prioritize young talent over veterans

    Redskins' offseason plans could prioritize young talent over veterans
    Jay Gruden and the Redskins still have decisions to make in free agency. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) INDIANAPOLIS — With the franchise tag now placed on Kirk Cousins, and the Redskins still holding out hope for a long term deal, the juggling act continues as team officials will spend the next six days here at the NFL Scouting Combine evaluating draft prospects, talking to the agents of their own players with expiring contracts and also trying to get a feel the talent available when..
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  • Storms, some severe, race through DC area

    Storms, some severe, race through DC area
    (This story, originally posted at 10:23 a.m., and was updated as storms moved through the D.C. area) 2:40 p.m. final update: Storms have now exited Washington’s eastern suburbs and are headed over the Chesapeake Bay. In the immediate metro area, they were generally less severe than feared. However, there were pockets of damaging winds around in Montgomery County and the District. Graphic showing reports of tree damage (tree icons) and high wind gusts (wind icon) from around the region, logge..
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  • Federal workers grow increasingly nervous about Trump's proposed ...

    Federal workers grow increasingly nervous about Trump's proposed ...
    Federal workers are growing increasingly anxious at the prospect of massive budget cuts President Trump proposed this week that would pave the way for increased military spending. Employees who list endangered species, collect taxes and distribute aid to foreign countries are fearing for their livelihoods as they sift through rumors and wait to see whether their offices will be targeted for steep reductions. The president said he’ll call for $54 billion in reductions to offset new spending for ..
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Federal appeals court rules 3 to 0 against Trump on travel ban .Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch says Trump's attacks on judiciary are 'demoralizing' .
Thousands Gather For Funeral Of NYPD Detective Steven McDonald .A Clemson-Alabama rematch is the game college football needs .

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