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President Trump and his lawyers say he isn't considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller. But that doesn't mean the president's allies are holding their fire.

An Amtrak passenger train has derailed in Washington state, causing multiple fatalities and injuries. The train was on the inaugural run of the new high-speed rail line between Seattle and Portland.

Gail Halvorsen, 97, flew C-47 cargo planes filled with food during the Berlin Airlift in 1948-49. He is famous for adding candy to the relief supplies for Berlin's children. For years he has participated in a reenactment of the airlift — and had hoped to do so again this year, for the final time.