Trump clashes over Confederate monuments sparks GOP rift
President Trump denounces removal of Confederate statues stirring backlash from Republicans including Sen. Corker and two senators. He tweets attacks on Flake and Graham while defending monuments across multiple states and denying moral equivalence with white supremacists.
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Americans question Trump response to Charlottesville violence
A NPR poll shows 52 percent say President Trump should have been stronger after the Charlottesville white nationalist rally. 27 percent disagree. Separately, Apple, CloudFlare and PayPal cut services to white nationalists. Airbnb banned users seeking to join the protest. A Missouri senator faces calls to resign after a now-deleted Facebook post wishing Trump assassination.
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Bannon voices tough stance in wide ranging interview
White House strategist Stephen Bannon criticizes North Korea and white supremacists in a frank American Prospect interview. He calls ethno nationalists losers and clowns and says rivals at State and Defense should be ousted. Trump defends Bannon amid Charlottesville fallout.
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U S soldier killed in Afghan blast at Bagram
A U S soldier died and about 20 U S and Afghan troops were wounded in Nangarhar province during a push against Islamic State fighters near Bagram Airfield Officials said several Pentagon officials visited Afghanistan as a flag draped coffin arrived for the fallen service member The casualty count for the year reached ten U S troops killed in Afghanistan
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Democrats launch probe into rising multiple sclerosis drug prices
U S House Democrats led by Elijah Cummings and Peter Welch open an investigation requesting data from Bayer Biogen Merck KGaA EMD Serono Novartis Roche Sanofi and Teva on MS drug pricing. They seek to see if price hikes move in lockstep with competitors as costs rose from 16000 in 2004 to 78000 in 2016 per the National MS Society.
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