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Schumer says he won't block GOP funding bill as Democrats disagree on shutdown strategy

Schumer vowed yesterday Democrats wouldn't allow the Republicans' bill to pass. Now he argues that a shutdown would be "a far worse option."

Schumer says he won't block GOP funding bill as Democrats disagree on shutdown strategy

Schumer vowed yesterday Democrats wouldn't allow the Republicans' bill to pass. Now he argues that a shutdown would be "a far worse option."
Chuck Schumer walks through a crowd of reporters
Chuck Schumer says a government shutdown would give Trump 'much more power'

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NBC News' Courtney Kube on Trump's goal of 'reclaiming' the Panama Canal
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Columbia disciplines students for protests as activists seek to block school from sharing records

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How Oklahoma's AG used a frontier-era law to charge Robert Morris in sex abuse scandal

The former pastor's indictment in a 1980s case of alleged child molestation rests on a novel theory of a law written when cowboys roamed the West.
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How Oklahoma's AG used a frontier-era law to charge Robert Morris in sex abuse scandal

The former pastor's indictment in a 1980s case of alleged child molestation rests on a novel theory of a law written when cowboys roamed the West.
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Oklahoma AG uses centuries-old statute to charge Robert Morris in sex abuse case

Paralyzed Columbine survivor's death ruled a homicide 26 years after school massacre

A coroner's office reported the gunshot wounds Anne Marie Hochhalter suffered were a "significant contributing factor" in her death.

Paralyzed Columbine survivor's death ruled a homicide 26 years after school massacre

A coroner's office reported the gunshot wounds Anne Marie Hochhalter suffered were a "significant contributing factor" in her death.

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