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Cherokee chief says journey to seat US delegate will be longThe Cherokee Nation's newly elected chief formally announced his plan to send a delegate to the U.S. House, but acknowledged the first such attempt by a tribal nation will take time as well as cooperation from Congress
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The League party leader Matteo Salvini holds his notes as he talks to the press after meeting Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. President Sergio Mattarella continued receiving political leaders Thursday, to explore if a solid majority with staying power exists in Parliament for a new government that could win the required confidence vote. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italy's political parties pitch rival plans to capture powerItaly's three big parties pitched deals to rivals as they scrambled Thursday to come out on top in a complicated political crisis
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Republican launches Minnesota Senate bid, slams 'resistance'Republican Jason Lewis is kicking off a Minnesota Senate bid by attacking freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar and the so-called "resistance" to President Donald Trump
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Democrats pushed to hold 2020 primary debate on climateDemocratic Party leaders are fighting over whether to hold a presidential primary debate exclusively on the climate crisis
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The federal deficit expected to swell to more than $1 trillion in the next fiscal year.;
Report shows US deficit to exceed $1 trillion next yearThe Congressional Budget Office says the federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to more than $1 trillion in the next fiscal year
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Key Mueller cooperator Gates testifies in trial of DC lawyerA key cooperator in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation has begun testifying in the foreign lobbying trial of prominent Washington attorney Greg Craig
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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards presents the folded state flag from her casket to her husband Raymond during a Celebration of Life Interfaith Service for former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. Thursday was the first of three days of public events to honor Blanco, the state's first female governor who died after a years long struggle with cancer.(AP Photo/Michael Democker, Pool)
Memorials begin for former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen BlancoMourners are expected to pack Louisiana's Capitol to pay their last respects to the state's first and only female governor, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019, file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum, in Des Moines, Iowa. Former Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper said Thursday, Aug. 22, that he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the immediate front-runner in a crowded Democratic field vying for the right to challenge Republican incumbent Cory Gardner.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper says he's running for SenateFormer Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says he will challenge Republican incumbent Cory Gardner for his Senate seat
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Trump May Face Challenger on the RightLast week, former congressman Joe Walsh wrote an op-ed in the New York Times saying President Trump should face a conservative challenger in the primary. Now, it appears, Walsh has found just the guy: himself. Both the Times and Politico report that Walsh, who calls Trump "absolutely unfit" for office,...
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