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Supporters cheer for President Trump during a campaign rally last week in Great Falls, Mont. Interviews with over 50 Republican voters show satisfaction with the president's accomplishments and enthusiasm about this year's election.

Politics & Government

GOP Enthusiasm Fueled By Trump Could Undercut Democrats' Midterm Hopes

7:54pm July 08, 2018

by Asma Khalid

Interviews with more than 50 Republican voters in various states found many parts of the GOP coalition are feeling well-served and ready to defy Trump critics by showing up to vote in November.

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Emergency workers in Salisbury, England, last week investigated two recent cases of nerve agent exposure. British police say Dawn Sturgess was staying in Salisbury before she showed signs of sickness in nearby Amesbury on June 30. She died Sunday.

World News

English Woman Exposed To Nerve Agent Dies

7:47pm July 08, 2018

by Clare Lombardo

Dawn Sturgess and a 45-year-old man became sick in Amesbury, England, just miles from the home of the former Russian spy exposed to Novichok in March.

Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Trump, said Sunday that Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen "should cooperate with the government."

Giuliani Says Michael Cohen 'Should Cooperate' With Prosecutors

7:32pm July 08, 2018

by Miles Parks

President Trump's lawyer said he and the rest of the president's team are "very comfortable" with Cohen working with investigators, as long as he tells the truth.

Shannon Hubbard has complex regional pain syndrome and considers herself lucky that her doctor hasn't cut back her pain prescription dosage.

Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid Prescribing Debate

6:43pm July 08, 2018

by Will Stone

States are passing laws that limit a doctor's ability to prescribe opioids. Doctors and patients alike are wrestling with what that means in cases of chronic pain

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The Trump administration is halting billions of dollars in payments required under the ACA, citing a district court decision in New Mexico from earlier this year. Insurers say, the timing of the decision could mean higher premiums for millions of individu

Trump Administration Freezes Payments Required By The Affordable Care Act

6:08pm July 08, 2018

by Maggie Penman

Citing a February ruling from a district court in New Mexico, the administration said it will halt risk adjustment payments required by the ACA. Insurers say the move will increase premiums.

A Guatemalan woman holds her son as she is reunited with her daughter, who was released on July 1 from a child welfare agency in Michigan. Other young children have been going through deportation proceedings while separated from their parents.

1-Year-Old Shows Up In Immigration Court

5:53pm July 08, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The boy, who was brought to the United States from Honduras, drank milk and played with a ball as he awaited the hearing in Phoenix.

This Tuesday, July 3, 2018 selfie photo provided by Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum, shows her posing with a Clackamas County Sheriff's officer after he stopped her in Clackamas, Ore

Lawmaker In 'Canvassing While Black' Incident: 'You Can't Legislate Humanity'

5:36pm July 08, 2018

A neighborhood resident called 911 on Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is a black woman, while she was canvassing. Bynum does not think legislation is the fix for reducing such police encounters.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, background, is welcomed by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki as he disembarks a plane on Sunday in Asmara, Eritrea.

World News

Ethiopia And Eritrea Have Been In Conflict For 20 Years. Today, Their Leaders Hugged

3:36pm July 08, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

As the Ethiopian prime minister walked off the plane in Eritrea, he smiled and gave a big hug to Eritrea's authoritarian ruler. It's a sign of a rapid thaw in the tensions between the two countries.

Onlookers watch and cheer as ambulances deliver boys rescued from a cave in northern Thailand to a hospital in Chiang Rai on Sunday.

World News

First Boys Are Rescued From Cave In Thailand

2:37pm July 08, 2018

by James Doubek

The Thai Navy SEALS say four of the 13 people who had been trapped for more than two weeks have been rescued. Rescue efforts began Sunday morning.

A female reporter in 2000 accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, photographed at a press conference during the G7 summit in June, of groping her.

World News

Woman Allegedly Groped By Justin Trudeau Breaks Her Silence

1:52pm July 08, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

"I issue this statement reluctantly, in response to mounting media pressure," the former reporter wrote in a statement on Friday.