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Republicans And Democrats Seek Path To DACA Deal In Coming Weeks

5:00am January 04, 2018

by Scott Detrow

There's a key window leading up to Jan. 19, when government funding expires, if the two parties are going to agree on a permanent fix for people currently protected by the expiring DACA program.

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The storm spread snow and freezing rain across the Southeast on Wednesday. It's expected to intensify as it moves up the coast.

Scientists Warn 'Bomb Cyclone' Brings Strong Winds, Cold Temperatures

4:59am January 04, 2018

by Rhitu Chatterjee

This powerful storm was created by a cold jet stream colliding with warm air over the Atlantic. It is similar to Superstorm Sandy but is likely to cause less damage.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said the goal of the prisoner release and prison shutdown is to "foster national reconciliation."

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Ethiopia Says It Will Free All Of Its Political Prisoners

10:48pm January 03, 2018

It's a turnaround for a government that has cracked down on dissent — and had not even admitted that it held political prisoners. The prime minister said a notorious prison would be closed.

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President Trump, flanked by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Vice President Pence, speaks during the first meeting of his Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in July.

Trump Dissolves Controversial Election Commission

8:45pm January 03, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

The president has claimed, without evidence, that as many as 5 million illegal votes were cast in the 2016 presidential election. The commission had been mired in legal battles.

Trump Dissolves Presidential Commission On Voter Fraud

8:36pm January 03, 2018

by Pam Fessler

President Trump dissolved the presidential commission he established last year to investigate claims of voter fraud in the 2016 election.

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Trump Lashes Out At Bannon, Who Criticized President And His Family

8:03pm January 03, 2018

by Tamara Keith

President Trump has said that former chief strategist Steve Bannon "lost his mind" after leaving the White House. Trump's scathing words come after Bannon is quoted slamming the president and his family in a new book, Fire and Fury.

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A Palestinian paints a picture showing President Trump and the sole of a shoe in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

Confusion Follows Trump's Tweeted Threat To Cut Aid To Palestinians

7:58pm January 03, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

"Only the devil knows what the president meant by that," Israeli lawmaker Avi Dichter told Israeli radio.

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The pay equity law was passed — perhaps not coincidentally — a year after female candidates won nearly half the seats in Iceland's parliament, which is housed in the Althingishus in Reykjavík.

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Companies In Iceland Now Required To Demonstrate They Pay Men, Women Fairly

6:29pm January 03, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Pay discrimination was already illegal. But the country's new law, the first of its kind in the world, requires companies with 25 employees or more to certify that they pay employees without bias.

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Rep. Adam Schiff Weighs In On Fusion GPS 'New York Times' Op-Ed

6:09pm January 03, 2018

The co-founders of research firm Fusion GPS wrote an op-ed in The New York Times arguing their research into the Trump campaign's ties to Russian officials has been mischaracterized by members in Congress. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member on the House's Select Committee on Intelligence.

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