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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., center, listens as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, speaks, accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington.

Who wins, who loses in bill aimed at upending Obamacare

GOP health care bill likely to leave more uninsured; those with health savings accounts could benefit.

In stark UN speech, Trump threatens to "destroy" North Korea

President Donald Trump threatening the "total destruction'" of North Korea if the renegade nation does not abandon his drive toward nuclear weapons, the.

A currency trader stands near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index

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The Latest: Fed sees slightly better growth this year

US Federal Reserve says it sees slightly better growth this year, trims inflation forecast.

David Cruz Marrero watches the waves at Punta Santiago pier hours before the imminent impact of Maria, a Category 5 hurricane that threatens to hit the eastern region of the island with sustained winds of 165 miles per hour, in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, September 19, 2017.

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Maria knocks out power, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years is pummeling the island, tearing off roofs and doors, toppling cell towers and unleashing heavy flooding.

Citizens rest while waiting at Humacao Arena refugee center for the imminent impact of Maria, a Category 5 hurricane that threatens to hit the eastern region of the island with sustained winds of 175 miles per hour, in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, September 19, 2017. About 137 citizens arrived at the refuge from different parts of the eastern region of the Island.

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The Latest: Official: Maria now Cat 3 storm off Puerto Rico

Forecaters say Maria weakens slightly to Category 3 status after pummeling Puerto Rico, still a major hurricane.

Sen. Ted Cruz remains a hardliner on immigration.

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Cruz praises end of DACA but has no solution for Dreamers

As President Trump looks to Congress for a solution on Dreamers, Sen. Ted Cruz isn’t letting up on his tough immigration stance.

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Window smashed, computers taken at Kansans for Life office

Kansans for Life office burglarized, the anti-abortion group said Wednesday.

Former Trump campaign officials Brad Parscale, center, and Katrina Pierson speak during a Kansas Republican Party event on Tuesday moderated by party chairman Kelly Arnold, left.

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Kansas natives, Trump campaign alumni talk up former boss

Two former Trump campaign officials from Kansas shared details from the campaign trail on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

ACLU moves from defense to offense, starting in Kris Kobach’s home state

The ACLU’s effort is part of an aggressive new approach from the longtime leading advocate for civil liberties, which is seeking to capitalize on a boom in membership and fundraising since Trump’s election.

Politics & Government

Workers at shooting scene had no security, union chief says

The head of an employee union that represents Department of Revenue workers criticized the state for not providing security after a tax agent was shot multiple times Tuesday afternoon.

National Politics

Vos says he's open to improvements to concealed gun law

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he's open to making improvements to Wisconsin's concealed weapons law.

FILE - In this July 14, 2016 file photo a loggerhead sea turtle, is released back into the gulf after being treated for pneumonia at Gulf World Marine Institute, in Inlet Beach, Fla. Sea turtles are lumbering back from the brink of extinction, a new study says. Scientists found more populations of the large turtles improving than declining when they looked at nearly 60 regions across the globe. Their work was published Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in the journal Science Advances.

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Huge sea turtles slowly coming back from brink of extinction

Sea turtle populations around the world are doing better, crawling back from what was once the brink of extinction.

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US advises banks to be on lookout for Venezuelan corruption

The U.S. Treasury is advising banks to be on the lookout for suspicious financial activity indicating corruption by senior Venezuelan officials.

Nation & World

Ex-Penn State president's suit against ex-FBI boss dismissed

A defamation lawsuit filed by Penn State's former president against former FBI director Louis Freeh has been thrown out.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at U.N. headquarters.

Nation & World

The Latest: Japan's leader urges unity at UN on North Korea

Japan's leader urges international unity in pressuring North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.

Guardia Civil officers stand guard at the entrance of the Department of External Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency of the Catalan Government office in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. The Catalan regional government says that a top official in the management of the region's economic affairs has been arrested as a crackdown intensifies on preparations for a secession vote that Spanish authorities have suspended.

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Clash over Catalan vote heats up in Spain as police swoop in

Thousands supporting a contended referendum on Catalonia's split from Spain took it to the streets amid an intensifying crackdown to stop the independence bid that has created one of the deepest political crises in democratic Spain.

Protesters stand outside of the St. Louis city jail on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. The protesters chanted

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The Latest: St. Louis police investigating Facebook meme

St. Louis police say they're investigating whether an officer responded to a protester's Facebook post with a meme equating the Black Lives Matter movement with domestic terrorism.

In this Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 photo, EMS workers wheel out Kansas Department of Revenue tax seizure agent Cortney Holloway after he was shot at his office in Wichita, Kan. A man suspected in the shooting was under investigation by the agency and owed nearly $200,000 in unpaid sales taxes related to his construction business, according to police and records. Holloway was in stable condition Wednesday.

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Kansas shooting suspect owes almost $200K in unpaid taxes

Records show a man suspected in the shooting of a Kansas Department of Revenue employee at the agency's Wichita office is under investigation by the agency and owes nearly $200,000 in sales taxes.

National Politics

Ohio bill would reduce penalty on concealed-carry gun notice

Ohio lawmakers are looking at cutting the penalties for concealed-carry permit holders who don't tell police that they have a weapon when they're detained by authorities.

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