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Rex Tillerson Faces Mideast Test In Navigating Saudi Arabia, Qatar Tensions

10:38pm June 30, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Qatar is the biggest test yet of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. He has deep ties to Qatar's leaders, but the White House seems to prefer the Saudis.

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We answer your questions about the proposed GOP health plan.

Will My High Premiums Go Down? More Q&A About The GOP Health Plan

10:37pm June 30, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

We're answering more questions about the Republican plan to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, including what the proposed changes would mean for healthy young people and for taxes.

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A Baton Rouge police officer kneels at the casket of Cpl. Montrell Jackson, one of three officers ambushed and killed by a gunman July 17, 2016.

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Gunman Who Ambushed Baton Rouge Officers Searched For Police Home Addresses

9:37pm June 30, 2017

by Debbie Elliott

A report following a nearly year-long investigation says the gunman also posted videos urging violence against police before he killed three officers and wounded three, and was himself shot to death.

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Gunman Opens Fire In Bronx Hospital, Killing 1 And Injuring 6

8:10pm June 30, 2017

by Joel Rose

Authorities say a man opened fire inside a hospital in the Bronx, N.Y., killing at least one person and wounding several more before taking his own life.

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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, seen earlier this month, says he is among the state officials who isn't able to provide all the voter identification details the national commission he vice-chairs is seeking.

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State Officials Of Both Parties Reject Requests For Voters' Identification Details

8:01pm June 30, 2017

by Pam Fessler

More than a dozen states say that they won't comply with a White House commission request for the personal data. Even a commission leader isn't able to turn over all of his state's records.

Emergency personnel converge on Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in New York, after a gunman opened fire there on Friday.

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Gunman Kills 1, Wounds 6 In Bronx Hospital, Dies Of Apparent Self-Inflicted Wound

8:00pm June 30, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The New York City Police Department says the shooter was found wearing a white lab coat and was a former employee of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital.

In this episode of Ron's Office Hours: Who's in charge of U.S. foreign policy?

As Trump Travels To Summit, Congress May Be Reasserting Itself On Foreign Affairs

7:29pm June 30, 2017

by Ron Elving

Congress has generally followed a pattern of deferring to the executive on foreign policy. For decades Congress has usually let the president take the lead — and take the heat when things go wrong.

A June ad for campsites in the small town of Madras, Ore., anticipates the influx of tourists expected in the prime viewing location for the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse.

A Total Eclipse Will Sweep The U.S. In August, And People Are Going Nuts For It

7:05pm June 30, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

NASA says a partial eclipse will be visible throughout the country. But within a "path of totality" from Oregon to South Carolina, an eclipse industry is booming.

President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka flank Chibok schoolgirls (left to right) Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu. At far left is Doug Wead, president of the school the girls attend, and his wife, Myriam. Two of his daughters are at the right. This White

Chibok Girls And Trump Appear In Unannounced Photo Op

6:32pm June 30, 2017

by Courtney Columbus

The meeting with two of the schoolgirls who'd been kidnapped by Boko Haram was not promoted in advance. But it led to a White House "photo of the day."

Mika, Joe And The Donald: Trump's Tweets Intensify Feud With MSNBC Hosts

6:17pm June 30, 2017

by David Folkenflik

The president's tweets attacking MSNBC critics veered into unexpected terrain Friday as they accused the White House of trying to extort an apology to Trump to get him to quash a tabloid story about their personal lives.

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