U.S. presses Raqqa offensive with Kurdish forces in Syria
The Pentagon backs an assault on Raqqa led by the Syrian Democratic Forces, aiming for a clear victory over ISIS. US air and artillery support, plus advisers, will back about 50 000 fighters split between Kurds and Arabs as Iraqi forces push Mosul.
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Turkey
Pentagon
NATO
Dana White
Raqqa
White House
Sean Spicer
Syria
Syrian Democratic Forces
Mosul
U.S
Institute For the Study of War
Iraq
Jeffrey
Border enforcement boosts but border crossings fall again in April
Illegal crossings at the U S southern border declined for a sixth straight month in April to 15 780, as the Trump administration presses to expand enforcement including a border wall and thousands more agents. Sessions announced stricter charges for multiple illegal entries and warned sanctuary cities of possible federal funding cuts while DHS pursues a rapid hiring push with possible polygraph waivers.
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Washington
U.S
Trump
Homeland Security
John F. Kelly
DHS
Jeff Sessions
Texas
Arizona
California
Nogales
Ariz
Sessions
Dave Lapan
Central America
Lapan
Tunnel collapse at Hanford site storehouse in Washington
Hundreds of workers evacuated at Hanford Nuclear Reservation when part of a tunnel that holds rail cars with radioactive waste caved in. No radiation release detected as a robot sampling air and ground reported no contamination two hours after the collapse. Officials restricted nearby areas then lifted some shelter in place orders as the PUREX facility tunnel cave in was 20 by 20 feet and connected to a plutonium uranium extraction facility.
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Richland
Wash
Hanford Nuclear Reservation
Randy Bradbury
Washington State Department of Ecology
Hanford
U.S. Department of Energy
Rhode Island
Columbia River
PUREX
Bradbury
Energy Department
Nagasaki
Japan
Oregon
Department of Energy
Rachel Wray
Oregon Energy Department
Comey firing stirs cross party backlash and questions
The firing of FBI Director James Comey triggers sharp comments from lawmakers on both sides about potential White House interference in the Russia inquiry. Senators Burr and Grassley called for accountability, while Rosenstein criticized Comey's controversial actions and testimony.
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Russia
White House
Schiff
Trump
FBI
Comey
Senate
Richard Burr
R-N.c
Burr
Bureau
Congressional Intelligence Committees
Justice Department
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
William Sessions
Washington
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Senate Judiciary Committee
Los Angeles
Hillary Clinton
Huma Abedin
Clinton
Rosenstein
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Associated Press
Mexico-U.s
Tracy Loew
Salem, Ore
Statesman Journal
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Obama Justice Department
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