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US employers add modest 138K jobs; rate dips to 4.3 percent

That’s always a strong possibility when you’re talking about something as volatile as the jobs numbers.

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President Trump will announce his decision on the Paris Accord Thursday

USA allies around the world sounded alarms Wednesday as President Donald Trump seemed close to pulling the United States out of the landmark Paris climate accord.

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Trump withdraws from climate pact, world leaders push back

Under the historic agreement, the USA would have been expected to contribute that amount to the operating budget of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the accord’s coordinating

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Illinois Lawmakers Approve Plan to Initiate Sale of Thompson Center

Marchers sang and chanted Tuesday on the final stretch of a 200-mile trek across IL to demand a state budget, a mood that was dampened later when several allegedly disruptive

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Oil prices slide nearly 1 percent on persistent glut concerns

At the same time, output from Libya, exempt from Opec’s deal to cut supply, rose to the highest since October 2014 as production from its biggest field increased.

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Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn face tough questions on live TV

The studio audience has been selected for balance.

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Labour surge continues as party gains on Tories

May dealt relatively easily with the audience questions but had a far tougher time when Paxman was let off the leash.

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Ariana Grande to return for Manchester benefit concert

The Prime Minister and the USA president will be in the Belgian capital for a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit, and she is expected to confront him over media leaks

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Trump honors Gold Star families at Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day

“Good policemen, salt of the earth people who dedicated their lives to police work, they suffer quietly and keep it to themselves”, Moore said. More than four million Americans, including

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Iran: Rouhani hits back at Trump, pledging to continue ballistic missile enrichment

Kerry cautioned lawmakers to “tread carefully” in pushing ahead with new sanctions against Iran in the wake of President Hassan Rouhani’s re-election last week to another four-year term.

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Trump expresses commitment to peace in West Asia

Trump also expressed an even loftier hope than an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement: “I also firmly believe that if Israel and the Palestinians can make peace, it will begin a process

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