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Bump Stock Ban Takes Effect As Gun Rights Groups Ask Supreme Court For Delay
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Anyone selling or owning bump stocks could face up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. The devices are now classified as machine guns.
Pentagon Takes $1 Billion From Military Personnel Account To Build Border Fence
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The money nearly doubles the $1.3 billion Congress authorized for border wall funding — a move made possible after President Trump declared a national emergency.
Otto Warmbier’s Parents Dispute Trump’s Seeming Absolution Of Kim Jong Un
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“Now we must speak out,” Fred and Cindy Warmbier said after President Trump said he believes that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not have anything to do with Otto Warmbier’s death.
U.S. National Debt Hits Record $22 Trillion
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Federal deficits are now expected to average $1.2 trillion, or 4.4 percent of gross domestic product — far higher than the average over the past 50 years.
Pope Francis Tells Abusive Priests And Bishops To Turn Themselves In
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Priests who sexually abuse children are like Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ, Pope Francis told a gathering of cardinals on Friday.
Zsa Zsa, Reigning ‘World’s Ugliest Dog,’ Has Died
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“I’m sad to share that Zsa Zsa passed away in her sleep last night,” reads a message from her owner, Megan Brainard, a pet groomer in Minnesota.