Articles filed under Washington Post
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Trump leans on Senate to pass spending bill with border wall funding, says shutdown would last 'very long time'Dec 21, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday threatened that a partial government shutdown would last "for a very long time" if Congress does not meet his demand Friday...
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'A morning of alarm': Mattis departure sends shock waves abroadDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - BERLIN - For two years, as the Trump presidency grew increasingly chaotic, the world invested its hopes for a stable and reliable America in a retired four-star Marine C...
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Government is partially shut down. What exactly does it mean?Dec 21, 2018 12:00 am - With President Donald Trump and Congress at an impasse over federal spending, a partial government shutdown started Friday night at midnight.. What does that mean? It wi...
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Trump defends Syria decision amid backlash from lawmakers, fresh praise from PutinDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sought Thursday to defend his decision to withdraw all U.S. military forces from Syria amid a widespread backlash from lawmakers in b...
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Amazon Alexa user receives 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger through 'human error'Dec 20, 2018 12:00 am - When a person using Amazon.com's voice assistant in Germany requested to listen to his archive of recordings, he got much more than he was expecting. Along with receivin...
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She spent 2 years building a tiny house. Thieves wheeled it away when she wasn't watching.Dec 20, 2018 12:00 am - Only stray bricks and wooden boards remained where Meghan Panu's house once stood. This was odd, because there hadn't been a fire. Or an earthquake. No, the young woman'...
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U.S. stocks extend losses as traders digest Fed plans, potential government shutdownDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - Trailing on a global rout Thursday, U.S. stocks dropped deeper into the red as investors digested the Federal Reserve's rate increase and its softer outlook for 2019. Th...
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Trump administration plans to pull US troops out of Syria immediately, officials sayDec 19, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is planning to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria, a defense official said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump declared victory aga...
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Trump lashes out at New York AG who sued his foundationDec 19, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A day after President Donald Trump agreed to shut down his personal charity - which the New York Attorney General has sued for "persistently illegal conduct...
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Lisa Madigan: 500 more sex allegations against Illinois priests 'have not been adequately investigated'Dec 19, 2018 12:00 am - Attorney General Lisa Madigan Wednesday accused the Catholic Church of dramatically underreporting the allegations of clergy sex abuse in Illinois, saying her investigat...