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Tales from the border: 2 weeks along the US-Mexico frontier

Tales from the border: 2 weeks along the US-Mexico frontier

The smells and sounds of Tijuana smack us as soon as we open the doors of our bug-splattered rental, a Jeep Renegade: food stalls selling roasted corn, churros and hot dogs; a near-empty bar blaring the oompa-oompas of norteno, Mexico's answer to polka

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The scary statistic that shows why Trump needs to fix Social Security now

The scary statistic that shows why Trump needs to fix Social Security now

Despite proposing major spending cuts to most domestic agencies, President Trump's "skinny budget" spares the Social Security Administration

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The Conservative Case Against Trashing Online Privacy Rules

The Conservative Case Against Trashing Online Privacy Rules

PROTECTING INTERNET PRIVACY should be a bipartisan issue, right?

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Gorsuch view on Second Amendment a judicial mystery

Gorsuch view on Second Amendment a judicial mystery

Despite strong endorsements from some gun rights advocates, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has a slim appeals court record on the subject — a record that leaves his views a mystery on how far constitutional firearms rights extend

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This Is How Bipartisan Health Care Reform Could Actually Happen

This Is How Bipartisan Health Care Reform Could Actually Happen

One of the most consequential health care bills in decades was to be voted on in the House

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U.S. defense chief Mattis says North Korea has 'got to be stopped'

U.S. defense chief Mattis says North Korea has 'got to be stopped'

North Korea must be stopped on its path toward being able to threaten the United States with nuclear attack, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday in a stark expression of America's top national security concern at the moment

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Christianity 'on the rise' in Yemen

Christianity 'on the rise' in Yemen

Christianity in Yemen appears to be growing despite the immense dangers Christians face there

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Americans are increasingly blocked at Canada border

Americans are increasingly blocked at Canada border

  • BBC
  • 03/30/2017 12:00 AM

The number of American citizens turned away at the Canadian border has reportedly jumped significantly in recent years

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Social Security, Medicare will fail without reform

Social Security, Medicare will fail without reform

I have often wondered why policymakers in Washington repeatedly fail to seriously address problems with our Social Security and Medicare programs, despite repeated warnings by economists and the programs' administrators that the programs will begin spending more than they take in by the end of the decade

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After the London terror attack, a top U.K. official says Facebook needs to open up WhatsApp

After the London terror attack, a top U.K. official says Facebook needs to open up WhatsApp

The messaging service was reportedly used by the man who killed four people last week

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The Second Amendment as an individual right

The Second Amendment as an individual right

For the grammarian and the historian, the meaning is crystal-clear

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Obamacare replacement yanked in House as GOP fails to win support

Obamacare replacement yanked in House as GOP fails to win support

The embattled bill seeking to replace major parts of Obamacare was yanked Friday from the floor of the House after it became clear that the measure would be defeated, in large part because of opposition from a relative handful of conservative and moderate Republicans

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Trump drone strike OBLITERATES Al Qaeda terror tyrant who killed US military personnel

Trump drone strike OBLITERATES Al Qaeda terror tyrant who killed US military personnel

A DRONE strike ordered by the Trump administration has wiped out an Al-Qaeda leader responsible for the deaths of two American service members

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Christianity is 'over' in Iraq and will not return, says former vicar of Baghdad

Christianity is 'over' in Iraq and will not return, says former vicar of Baghdad

Christianity is all but dead in war-torn Iraq, according to the so-called British “Vicar of Baghdad”.

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U.S.-Mexico border wall needed only in 'strategic locations,' says border patrol union head

U.S.-Mexico border wall needed only in 'strategic locations,' says border patrol union head

The head of the union representing U.S. Border Patrol agents said Wednesday that a wall along the southern border was only necessary in "strategic locations."

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