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WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee says White House meddling in Congress' Russia investigations is not helping to lift the cloud of suspicion that hangs over the Trump administration. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner says that if the White House has nothing to hide about its relationship with Russia, there should be no problem with government officials answering questions in public testimony.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian billionaire who is close to President Vladimir Putin says he is willing to take part in U.S. congressional hearings to discuss his former business relationship with President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Oleg Deripaska says he is making the offer to defend his "reputation and name."

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that eliminates numerous restrictions on fossil fuel production, breaking with world leaders who have embraced cleaner energy sources. The order makes good on his campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama's plan to curb global warming, eliminating nearly a dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors say two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood have been charged with 15 felonies. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the charges Tuesday against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. The two operate the California-based Center for Medical Progress.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Investigators have released the identities of the three storm chasers killed in a two-vehicle crash at a rural West Texas intersection. Sgt. John Gonzalez of the Texas Department of Public Safety identified the storm chasers as 57-year-old Kelley Gene Williamson and 55-year-old Randall Delane Yarnall, both of Cassville, Missouri, and 25-year-old Corbin Lee Jaeger of Peoria, Arizona.

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