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#1
Trump wants to leave Syria. Easier said than done
LA Times US News
 

Feud between Trump and Pelosi escalates over State of the Union address - Fox News Top Stories

Portman says Pelosi is escalating partisanship by uninviting Trump to give his State of the Union address - Fox News Top Stories

Pelosi tells Trump she won't let him deliver State of the Union - CBS Top Stories

Trump says Pelosi canceled the State of the Union because she 'doesn't want to hear the truth' - Fox News Top Stories

Trump tells Pelosi he plans to give State of the Union address in House despite her security concern - LA Times US News

Doug Schoen: Pelosi shouldn?t block Trump from delivering State of the Union in House chamber - Fox News Top Stories

Trump sends letter to Pelosi pledging to go ahead with State of the Union address - Fox News Top Stories

Trump tells Pelosi he plans to proceed with State of the Union next week - Fox News Top Stories

Trump moves forward with State of the Union planning as government shutdown drags on - Fox News Top Stories

Analysis: Donald Trump dared Nancy Pelosi to cancel his State of the Union speech. So she did. - CNN Top Stories

Trump wants to do alternative to State of the Union address - Reuters Top Stories

Rep. Andy Biggs: Pelosi throws political temper tantrum on Trump?s State of the Union speech - Fox News Top Stories

Locked out of House by Pelosi, Trump vows State of Union alternative - Reuters Top Stories

Trump wants to do alternative to State of the Union address - Reuters US News

Trump says Pelosi's decision to cancel the State of the Union sets horrible precedent - Fox News Top Stories

Trump says he'll still deliver State of the Union from House chamber - CBS Top Stories

Pelosi cancels Trump's State of the Union address in House after the president calls the speaker's bluff - Fox News Top Stories

President Trump plans to give State of the Union speech — but no one knows where - USA Today Top Stories

READ: Trump's letter to Pelosi on State of the Union address - Fox News Top Stories

Trump Tells Pelosi He Will Deliver State of the Union, on Capitol Hill - NYTimes US

Trump Says State Of The Union Should Be 'On Schedule' And 'On Location' - NPR News

Pelosi's office says Trump hasn't responded to State of the Union letter - CNN Top Stories

Trump reportedly preparing multiple versions a State of the Union address based on location - Fox News Top Stories

Divisions Over Trump Complicate Unions? Response to Government Shutdown - NYTimes US

US shutdown: Trump defies Pelosi over Congress speech - BBC World

Trump meets on drug pricing as shutdown drags on - CBS Top Stories

Democrats push technology as alternative to Trump wall in shutdown impasse - Reuters Top Stories

Democrats push technology as alternative to Trump wall in shutdown impasse - Reuters US News

Cracks in border wall resistance? Pelosi facing Dem pressure to deal with Trump, end shutdown - Fox News Top Stories

Ex-Secretary of State John Kerry thinks President Trump should resign - USA Today Top Stories

Exclusive: Trump ally Gingrich says White House, GOP should sweeten shutdown offer to attract Democrats - USA Today Top Stories

Democrat Senator says that furloughed federal workers aren?t concerned with Trump?s State of the Union address - Fox News Top Stories

What the State of the Union reveals about the Trump-Pelosi power struggle - NBC Top Stories

Pelosi has edge over Trump on budget negotiations: CBS poll - CBS Top Stories

Pelosi trumps Trump - Fox News Top Stories

North Korea's Kim 'believes in' Trump ahead of second Trump summit: KCNA - Reuters Top Stories

House Speaker Pelosi blocks Trump speech until government reopens - Reuters Top Stories

Rep. Luria, Virginia Democrat, urges Pelosi to offer Trump a vote on border security funding - Washington Post US

North Korea's Kim 'believes in' Trump ahead of second Trump summit: KCNA - Reuters World News

Marc Thiessen: Shutdown showdown -- While Democrats pander to their base, Trump shows leadership - Fox News Top Stories

Native American, Trump supporter vow to "work together" after viral video - CBS Top Stories

CEOs sour on Trump policies, warn they hurt business, investment - Reuters Top Stories

?Onslaught of outrage?: resistance and activism reawaken in Trump era - The Guardian US News

Scaramucci says Trump is unlikely to drain swamp because swamp ?may not have a drain? - Fox News Top Stories

Ocasio-Cortez, other progressives land spots on powerful committee poised to investigate Trump - USA Today Top Stories

The House speaker asked Trump to delay the speech because of security concerns from the shutdown. Trump's daring her to stop him. - CNN Top Stories

Two years of Donald Trump as president ? in pictures - The Guardian US News

Shutdown, Day 33: House Democrats will make new offer to Trump to reopen government - USA Today Top Stories

BuzzFeed's failed Donald Trump exposé deepened the Trump-media crisis - USA Today Top Stories

Uninsured rate under Trump surges to highest level since Obamacare began - LA Times US News

Trump wants to leave Syria. Easier said than done - LA Times US News

Dem rep stands by calling Trump 'Grand Wizard' but says President isn't a racist - CNN Top Stories

Japanese prime minister takes swipes at Trump on trade, climate and the number of women in the U.S. workforce - Washington Post World

Laura Ingraham: Online savagery of Covington teens shows how desperate the left is in the age of Trump - Fox News Top Stories

Hakeem Jeffries defends calling Trump 'Grand Wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue' - NBC Top Stories

Joy Behar says the press jumped the gun on Covington kids because they?re desperate to get Trump out of office - Fox News Top Stories

Sarah Sanders says Trump will still address the nation on Tuesday - CBS Top Stories

Grace Notes: Two New Jobs, One Mission: Fighting the Trump Administration - NYTimes US

CEOs sour on Trump polices, warn they hurt business, investment - Reuters Top Stories

In border security debate, policy should trump rhetoric - Fox News Top Stories

House Oversight Committee to launch wide-ranging investigation into White House, Trump transition team - Fox News Top Stories

Michael Cohen delays congressional testimony, citing threats from President Trump - LA Times US News

Trump threatens to cut aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador over caravans - Reuters Top Stories

Trump threatens to cut aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador over caravans - Reuters World News

Trump: Pelosi doesn't want to hear the truth - CNN Top Stories

Trump recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader as president - CNN Top Stories

Trump says all options are on the table for Venezuela - Reuters Top Stories

Corporate Chiefs Look Past Economic Risks and Pin Hopes on Trump for Trade Deal - NYTimes US

New York Moves to Approve Aid for Undocumented Students in Latest Rebuke to Trump on Immigration - NYTimes US

Trump contradicts Pence on Honduras' role stalling migrant caravans - CNN Top Stories

RNC poised to pass resolution affirming Trump support - Fox News Top Stories

Kim says 'believes in' Trump ahead of second summit - KCNA - Al Jazeera English

White House confirms President Trump sent letter to Kim Jong Un - CNN Top Stories

North Korea's Kim satisfied with talks ahead of second Trump summit: KCNA - Reuters World News

The Latest: Venezuela?s Guaido expresses gratitude to Trump - Washington Post World

Trump endorses regime change in Venezuela - CBS Top Stories

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen postpones testimony to Congress - The Guardian US News

Trump says all options are on the table for Venezuela - Reuters World News

Trump recognizes Venezuela opposition leader as interim president - NBC World News

Trump team accused of posting edited images on social media - BBC World

Trump officially recognizes Guaido as interim president of Venezuela - CNN Top Stories

Trump recognizes Venezuela's opposition leader as its legitimate president - CBS Top Stories

Chicago bar's list of rules include no Cubs fans or Trump supporters - Fox News Top Stories

Trump recognizes opposition leader Guaido as Venezuela's interim president - Reuters Top Stories

Trump administration recognizes Venezuela's opposition leader as rightful president - LA Times World News

Kim Jong-un expresses 'great satisfaction' at Trump letter ahead of talks - The Guardian World News

Former Trump attorney Cohen postponing testimony to Congress - Reuters Top Stories

Japan?s Abe jabs at Trump on climate, trade and women in the U.S. workforce - Washington Post World

Michael Cohen postpones congressional testimony, claims 'threats' from President Trump and Rudy Giuliani - USA Today Top Stories

Venezuela: Trump recognises opposition leader as president - The Guardian World News

Trump recognizes opposition leader Guaido as Venezuela's interim president - Reuters World News

Trump should ask North Korea to return the USS Pueblo in meeting with Kim - Fox News Top Stories

Trump administration recognizes Venezuela?s opposition leader as rightful president - LA Times US News

Arrest of Immigrant in String of 4 Nevada Killings Draws Trump?s Attention - NYTimes US

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#2
The Interpreter: A Second Brexit Vote Could Worsen the Chaos Created by the First
NYTimes US
 

EU's Barnier says no-deal Brexit is default scenario - Reuters Top Stories

EU readies support for fishermen in case of no-deal Brexit - Reuters World News

EU's Barnier says no-deal Brexit is default scenario - Reuters World News

UK says trade partners underestimate no-deal Brexit risk - Reuters Top Stories

Merkel, Barnier to discuss Brexit deadlock - Reuters Top Stories

Momentum gathers behind British lawmakers' bid to stop no-deal Brexit - Reuters Top Stories

Momentum gathers behind British lawmakers' bid to stop no-deal Brexit - Reuters World News

EU will only extend article 50 if there is 'stable majority' in UK for Brexit outcome, Barnier suggests - Politics live - The Guardian World News

No-deal Brexit 'incredibly damaging' for security, says UK counter-terror head - The Guardian World News

A time-limited Brexit backstop would be useless: EU's Barnier - Reuters Top Stories

Merkel, Barnier to discuss Brexit deadlock - Reuters World News

A time-limited Brexit backstop would be useless: EU's Barnier - Reuters World News

Irish government under pressure at home over no-deal Brexit border plans - Reuters World News

UK says trade partners underestimate no-deal Brexit risk - Reuters World News

Irish government under pressure at home over no-deal Brexit border plans - Reuters Top Stories

Corbyn: May trying to ?run down clock? with no-deal Brexit threat - The Guardian World News

No-deal Brexit 'poses threat to global stability' ? CBI head - The Guardian World News

Sony to move Europe headquarters to avoid Brexit disruption - BBC World

UK's Labour likely to back bid to stop no-deal Brexit: McDonnell - Reuters World News

The Interpreter: A Second Brexit Vote Could Worsen the Chaos Created by the First - NYTimes US

Inside the Brexit deal's major sticking point: The Irish backstop explained - NBC World News

Brexit drives up financial license applications in Luxembourg - Reuters World News

UK PM May: attempts to delay Brexit do not solve the issue - Reuters Top Stories

Brexit supporters fear betrayal as pro-EU forces call for delay, do-over - Fox News World

Twenty British ministers discussing plans to stop no-deal Brexit: Telegraph - Reuters World News

Brexit supporters fear betrayal as pro-EU forces call for delay, do-over - Fox News Top Stories

UK PM May: attempts to delay Brexit do not solve the issue - Reuters World News

The Latest: UK police warn about ?no-deal? Brexit - Washington Post World

A really simple guide to Brexit - BBC Top Stories

Brexit drives up financial license applications in Luxembourg - Reuters Top Stories

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#3
The key context still missing from the Covington kid debate? His MAGA hat
NBC Top Stories
 

More celebrities bash Covington Catholic school students - Fox News Top Stories

'We?re failing as a community': In Kentucky, divisions grow over Covington Catholic High boys in viral video - LA Times US News

How conservative media transformed the Covington Catholic students from pariahs to heroes - The Guardian US News

Who knew? Trump's top White House attorney is Covington Catholic High School graduate - USA Today Top Stories

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., under fire on social media for going after Covington Catholic students - Fox News Top Stories

Tucker Carlson: There's no sympathy for Covington Catholic teens in America's newsrooms - Fox News Top Stories

Covington High School teens defend students, detail 'horrible threats' made against them - Fox News Top Stories

Rep. Ilhan Omar faces backlash for new attacks on Covington students - Fox News Top Stories

FOX NEWS FIRST: Covington High School teens, families fight back; Shutdown fuels State of Union confusion - Fox News US

FOX NEWS FIRST: Covington High School teens, families fight back; Shutdown fuels State of Union confusion - Fox News Top Stories

The Covington students and the calculated art of making people uncomfortable - Washington Post US

After being bombarded with harassment, do Covington students have any legal recourse? - Fox News Top Stories

Tucker: Ruling class was wrong about Covington students - Fox News Top Stories

Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann on Today Show: 'People judged me based off one expression' - USA Today Top Stories

Sen. Mitch McConnell joins other Kentucky lawmakers condemning rush to judgement of Covington students - Fox News Top Stories

Covington Catholic confrontation shows ugly side of Kentucky, and US as a whole - USA Today Top Stories

CNN?s Chris Cuomo, Don Lemon pile on Covington students over MAGA hats - Fox News Top Stories

The country is divided on Covington Catholic High's viral moment. So are these Kentuckians - LA Times US News

Kathy Griffin deletes tweet about Covington teens 'throwing up the new nazi sign': report - Fox News Top Stories

The key context still missing from the Covington kid debate? His MAGA hat - NBC Top Stories

Joy Behar says the press jumped the gun on Covington kids because they?re desperate to get Trump out of office - Fox News Top Stories

Day after Covington incident, Native American allegedly tried to disrupt Mass at National Shrine, reports say - Fox News Top Stories

I judged the Covington kids too quickly -- Here's what I missed - Fox News Top Stories

Investigation underway after suspicious packages found at Diocese of Covington - USA Today Top Stories

Laura Ingraham: Online savagery of Covington teens shows how desperate the left is in the age of Trump - Fox News Top Stories

Day after Covington incident, Native American allegedly tried to disrupt Mass at National Shrine, reports say - Fox News US

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#4
Serena Williams out of Australian Open after stunning comeback by Karolina Pliskova
NBC Top Stories
 

Serena Williams ousted from Australian Open in stunning fashion by Karolina Pliskova - USA Today Top Stories

Serena Williams loses stunner in Australian Open quarterfinals - CBS Top Stories

1 point away, Serena stunned by Pliskova at Australian Open - USA Today Top Stories

Plucky Pliskova stuns Serena with epic Australian Open fightback - Reuters Top Stories

Serena Williams knocked out at Australian Open - CNN Top Stories

Williams stunned by Pliskova fightback at Australian Open - Reuters Top Stories

Serena Williams, 1 point away, eliminated from Australian Open by Karolina Pliskova - Fox News Top Stories

Australian Open: Serena Williams stunned by Karolina Pliskova - Al Jazeera English

After Australian Open disappointment, Serena Williams still has eyes on 24 - USA Today Top Stories

Petra Kvitova v Danielle Collins: Australian Open women's semi-finals ? live! - The Guardian World News

Highlights: Australian Open day 10 - Reuters Top Stories

Australian Open 2019: Lucas Pouille beats Milos Raonic to reach semi-final - BBC Top Stories

Danielle Collins: the feisty US college star causing upsets at the Australian Open - The Guardian US News

Djokovic into Australian Open semis as Nishikori quits - BBC Top Stories

Australian writer Yang Hengjun detained in China, authorities confirm - The Guardian World News

WATCH: Alec Baldwin in court, Australian Open, icy weather: World in Photos - ABC World News

Chinese-Australian writer detained in China - Reuters World News

Chinese-Australian writer detained in China - Reuters Top Stories

Australia probes reports Chinese-Australian writer is missing in China - Reuters World News

Australia investigates reports Chinese-Australian writer is missing in China - Reuters World News

Chinese-Australian Writer Yang Hengjun Disappears in China - NYTimes US

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#5
Police scanning the English Channel after soccer star goes missing
CNN Top Stories
 

UK police yet to find any sign of missing soccer star's plane - Reuters World News

UK police yet to find any sign of missing soccer star's plane - Reuters Top Stories

Police scanning the English Channel after soccer star goes missing - CNN Top Stories

Missing soccer star may be alive aboard plane's life raft, police say - NBC World News

Search for missing Cardiff City's Sala resumes in English Channel - Reuters Top Stories

Concrete-filled bodies from Thailand river were missing activists, police say - Fox News World

Fears for soccer player on board missing plane - CNN Top Stories

California teen, 16, missing after night out with friends, police say - Fox News US

Concrete-filled bodies from Thailand river were missing activists, police say - Fox News Top Stories

California teen, 16, missing after night out with friends, police say - Fox News Top Stories

Bodies found in Thailand river were missing activists, police say - Fox News World

Search for missing Cardiff City's Sala resumes in English Channel - Reuters World News

Australia probes reports Chinese-Australian writer is missing in China - Reuters World News

Australia asks for answers on dissident missing in China - Al Jazeera English

Australia investigates reports Chinese-Australian writer is missing in China - Reuters World News

Australia asks China about missing citizen in potential new diplomatic row - Washington Post World

Missing Kentucky mom's ex-boyfriend, mother shed light on disappearance - Fox News Top Stories

Search for missing football player resumes in English Channel - Al Jazeera English

Massachusetts kidnapping suspect to appear in court after missing woman is found alive in his apartment - Fox News Top Stories

Missing Kentucky mom's ex-boyfriend, mother shed light on disappearance - Fox News US

Yang Hengjun: Australia seeks information on writer 'missing' in China - BBC World

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#6
White Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Killing Black Man in New York to Start a ?Race War?
NYTimes US
 

House committee announces investigation into White House security clearances - CNN Top Stories

House panel launches investigation into White House security clearances - CBS Top Stories

White Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Killing Black Man in New York to Start a ?Race War? - NYTimes US

White supremacist pleads guilty to New York sword killing of black man as part of racist plot - USA Today Top Stories

House Oversight Panel Launches Inquiry Into White House Security Clearances - NPR News

White Supremacist Pleads Guilty To Fatally Stabbing Black Man With Sword - NPR News

White House adviser sees economy stalling if shutdown continues - CBS Top Stories

Democratic Mayor Pete Buttigieg launches 2020 White House campaign - Reuters US News

Who knew? Trump's top White House attorney is Covington Catholic High School graduate - USA Today Top Stories

GOP Strategist Rick Wilson takes a swipe at White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller - Fox News Top Stories

White House confirms President Trump sent letter to Kim Jong Un - CNN Top Stories

White man who wanted race war pleads guilty to New York stabbing - Reuters US News

House Oversight Committee to launch wide-ranging investigation into White House, Trump transition team - Fox News Top Stories

Why Starbucks' Howard Schultz has a shot at the White House - CNN Top Stories

White House officials caught off guard by Pelosi's letter canceling State of the Union address - CNN Top Stories

How elite US schools give preference to wealthy and white 'legacy' applicants - The Guardian US News

Democrats launch inquiry into White House's use of security clearances - The Guardian US News

White House: The president will talk to the American people on January 29 - Fox News Top Stories

Cher says America is unsafe for anyone that isn't a white Trump supporter - Fox News Top Stories

Exclusive: Trump ally Gingrich says White House, GOP should sweeten shutdown offer to attract Democrats - USA Today Top Stories

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