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Senior FBI Official McCabe Gets Closed-Door Grilling From House Lawmakers

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Senior FBI Official McCabe To Face Closed-Door Grilling From House Lawmakers

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is the latest leader to face the ire of Republicans who are angry about what they call bias at the highest levels of federal law enforcement.

Morning News Brief: Amtrak Derailment Probe, House Tax Vote

by Steve Inskeep , David Greene

Morning News Brief: Amtrak Derailment Probe, House Tax Vote

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Fly You Fools! Organ Freeman

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Go By Richard, Not Dick Organ Freeman

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Business As Usual La Zebra

Fallout From 'Unite The Right' Rally Leads Va. Police Chief To Retire

by Sandy Hausman

Fallout From 'Unite The Right' Rally Leads Va. Police Chief To Retire

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'I Don't Know Where It's From': Former UFO Program Head On Navy Jet Footage

The Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program at the Pentagon was tasked with making sense of information from members of the military when they spotted unidentified flying objects. Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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National Security

'I Don't Know Where It's From': Former UFO Program Head On Navy Jet Footage

by Victoria Whitley-Berry

'I Don't Know Where It's From': Former UFO Program Head On Navy Jet Footage

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Cosmic Supernatural Kid Loco

Europe

Game Show Contestant Was Wearing The Answer But It Didn't Help

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Into The Moss The Werks

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National Security

Senior FBI Official McCabe Gets Closed-Door Grilling From House Lawmakers

by Ryan Lucas

Senior FBI Official McCabe Gets Closed-Door Grilling From House Lawmakers

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Europe

Polls Show Tight Races In Catalonia's Upcoming Parliamentary Election

by Guy Hedgecoe

Polls Show Tight Races In Catalonia's Upcoming Parliamentary Election

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Guitar Flavor Buddah Chill

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Tabarin

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Qawsalla Mystic Diversions

Asia

Myanmar Holds 2 Reuters Reporters Under Official Secrets Act

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Sand Max Melvin

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Roots Max Melvin

Television

Review: 2017 Best Of TV

by Eric Deggans

Review: 2017 Best Of TV

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Slam Down Tough Dominic Glover, Gary Crockett and Jason Glover

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Dial Up Cory Wong

National

NTSB Investigates Why Amtrak Train Derailed, Killing At Least 3 People

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Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely

George Patterson is one of the volunteers who run Phoenix's only syringe exchange program, a mobile program called Shot in the Dark. Will Stone / KJZZ hide caption

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Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely

by Will Stone

Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely

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Lullabies mt. fujitive

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Tequila mt. fujitive

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Upper Cut Chick Poptartpete

Asia

North Korea Responsible For 'WannaCry' Ransomware Attack, U.S. Says

by Elise Hu

North Korea Responsible For 'WannaCry' Ransomware Attack, U.S. Says

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Europe

More Young Russians Discover Rap As A Form Of Self-Expression

by Lucian Kim

More Young Russians Discover Rap As A Form Of Self-Expression

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National

Marist College Releases Annual List Of Annoying Words

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Stutterfunk Go Go Bizkitt!

Business

Republican Tax Measure Would Have A Big Impact On U.S. Corporations

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Asia

Trump Details Areas Where His Administration Views China As A Threat

by Rob Schmitz

Trump Details Areas Where His Administration Views China As A Threat

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Jessfield Park [Instrumental] Shanghai Restoration

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Babylon of the Occident [Instrumental] Shanghai Restoration

National

California Wildfires Destroy Homes But Can't Keep Holiday Spirit Down

by Leila Fadel

California Wildfires Destroy Homes But Can't Keep Holiday Spirit Down

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Night White Erik Friedlander

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Minor Piano Keys Iron and Wine

Politics

Republicans Appear To Have All The Votes To Pass Tax Plan

by Mara Liasson

Republicans Appear To Have All The Votes To Pass Tax Plan

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Federal Officials Are In Washington State To Probe Amtrak Derailment

by Will James

Federal Officials Are In Washington State To Probe Amtrak Derailment

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