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Trump Demands Justice Department Probe If FBI "Infiltrated" His Campaign
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would demand that the Justice Department explore whether it or the FBI "infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes" - perhaps signaling the start of a showdown between the nation's chief executive and its federal law enforcement apparatus.
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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both seeing a common adversary in Iran and its "destabilising" activities.
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Pentagon Readies New Anti-ISIS Plan For Donald Trump
The Pentagon was due to present the White House on Monday with possible new battle plans to defeat the ISIS group, after President Donald Trump demanded top brass find additional ways to destroy the jihadists.
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US Preparing New Iran Sanctions Over Missile Test
The Trump administration is preparing to levy new sanctions on Iran, US officials say, in the first punitive action since the White House put Iran "on notice" after it test-fired a ballistic missile.
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CIA Reveals New Privacy Rules for Internet Age
CIA officials described the changes as a comprehensive update to guidelines that have been in place since the early 1980s.
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Barack Obama Releases Final Batch Of Osama Bin Laden Document
In its final hours, the Obama administration on Thursday released the last of three installments of documents belonging to Osama bin Laden that were seized in a 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida leader in his secret compound.
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Barack Obama Slams Congress For Blocking Guantanamo Closure
US President Barack Obama delivered an angry parting shot at Congress Thursday, berating Republicans for blocking his efforts to close the military prison facility at Guantanamo Bay.
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Trump Nominee Nikki Haley Voices Skepticism About Value Of UN
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley harshly criticized the Obama administration for allowing the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel and pledged never to let it happen again if confirmed as the next U.N. ambassador.
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Children Asked If 'We Have To Leave' US After Donald Trump Won: Indian-American Official Nisha Biswal
Highlighting the post-election fear and anxiety among immigrants, a senior Indian-American official in the Obama Administration has said she experienced it in her own home when the children asked if Donald Trump's win meant they will "have to leave" the country.
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Will Overcome Chinese Hurdle Eventually, Says US, On India's NSG Membership
A day after China came out strongly against the Obama administration regarding India's membership bid to the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, outgoing US envoy Richard Verma today exuded confidence that the Donald Trump government would be able to overcome the Chinese hurdle.
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India's Membership To Nuke Club NSG Can't Be Farewell Gift: China Tells US
China today said admission of non-NPT signatories in the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG cannot be a "farewell gift" for countries to give to each other, a day after the outgoing Obama administration asserted that Beijing was an "outlier" in the efforts to make India a member of the elite nuclear club.
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Barack Obama Administration Ends Special Immigration Policy For Cubans
The Obama administration on Thursday announced the repeal of a measure granting automatic residency to virtually every Cuban who arrived in the United States, whether or not they had visas, ending a longstanding exception to US immigration policy.
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Sky Is Limit For India-US Relations: US State Department
The Obama administration has strengthened the US' relationship with India in the last eight years, the State Department has said, exuding confidence that ties would continue to chart the same trajectory under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Trump Acknowledges Russian Involvement In Meddling In U.S. Elections
President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that he believes Russian operatives hacked the Democratic Party during the election, but he continued to dispute intelligence reports that Moscow acted to help him win.
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India-US Together 'Foiled Several Terror Plots', Says Top US Official
Partnership between India and the US under the eight years of Obama Administration has been "incredibly successful", a top US official said adding that the two countries have managed to foil several terror plots as a result of counter-terrorism cooperation.
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Trump Demands Justice Department Probe If FBI "Infiltrated" His Campaign
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would demand that the Justice Department explore whether it or the FBI "infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes" - perhaps signaling the start of a showdown between the nation's chief executive and its federal law enforcement apparatus.
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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both seeing a common adversary in Iran and its "destabilising" activities.
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Pentagon Readies New Anti-ISIS Plan For Donald Trump
The Pentagon was due to present the White House on Monday with possible new battle plans to defeat the ISIS group, after President Donald Trump demanded top brass find additional ways to destroy the jihadists.
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US Preparing New Iran Sanctions Over Missile Test
The Trump administration is preparing to levy new sanctions on Iran, US officials say, in the first punitive action since the White House put Iran "on notice" after it test-fired a ballistic missile.
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CIA Reveals New Privacy Rules for Internet Age
CIA officials described the changes as a comprehensive update to guidelines that have been in place since the early 1980s.
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Barack Obama Releases Final Batch Of Osama Bin Laden Document
In its final hours, the Obama administration on Thursday released the last of three installments of documents belonging to Osama bin Laden that were seized in a 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida leader in his secret compound.
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Barack Obama Slams Congress For Blocking Guantanamo Closure
US President Barack Obama delivered an angry parting shot at Congress Thursday, berating Republicans for blocking his efforts to close the military prison facility at Guantanamo Bay.
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Trump Nominee Nikki Haley Voices Skepticism About Value Of UN
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley harshly criticized the Obama administration for allowing the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel and pledged never to let it happen again if confirmed as the next U.N. ambassador.
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Children Asked If 'We Have To Leave' US After Donald Trump Won: Indian-American Official Nisha Biswal
Highlighting the post-election fear and anxiety among immigrants, a senior Indian-American official in the Obama Administration has said she experienced it in her own home when the children asked if Donald Trump's win meant they will "have to leave" the country.
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Will Overcome Chinese Hurdle Eventually, Says US, On India's NSG Membership
A day after China came out strongly against the Obama administration regarding India's membership bid to the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, outgoing US envoy Richard Verma today exuded confidence that the Donald Trump government would be able to overcome the Chinese hurdle.
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India's Membership To Nuke Club NSG Can't Be Farewell Gift: China Tells US
China today said admission of non-NPT signatories in the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG cannot be a "farewell gift" for countries to give to each other, a day after the outgoing Obama administration asserted that Beijing was an "outlier" in the efforts to make India a member of the elite nuclear club.
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Barack Obama Administration Ends Special Immigration Policy For Cubans
The Obama administration on Thursday announced the repeal of a measure granting automatic residency to virtually every Cuban who arrived in the United States, whether or not they had visas, ending a longstanding exception to US immigration policy.
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Sky Is Limit For India-US Relations: US State Department
The Obama administration has strengthened the US' relationship with India in the last eight years, the State Department has said, exuding confidence that ties would continue to chart the same trajectory under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Trump Acknowledges Russian Involvement In Meddling In U.S. Elections
President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that he believes Russian operatives hacked the Democratic Party during the election, but he continued to dispute intelligence reports that Moscow acted to help him win.
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India-US Together 'Foiled Several Terror Plots', Says Top US Official
Partnership between India and the US under the eight years of Obama Administration has been "incredibly successful", a top US official said adding that the two countries have managed to foil several terror plots as a result of counter-terrorism cooperation.
