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PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is accusing former President Barack Obama of being behind a politically motivated plot to upend his campaign by having telephones at Trump Tower wiretapped. He made the charge Saturday during a series of angry tweets. Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis calls the charge "simply false." He says that "neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen."
NEW YORK (AP) —Supporters of President Donald Trump are showing their pride in his presidency. On Saturday, they gathered at various locations across the country in "March 4 Trump" demonstrations. Rallies were held near Trump Tower in New York, the Washington Monument and other places including Virginia Beach, Virginia, where according to The Virginian-Pilot, around 200 Trump backers showed up for the event at a public park.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —The Associated Press is being criticized for listing the email address of Vice President Mike Pence's wife's in a story about Pence's frequent resistance to public records requests while Indiana's governor. In a tweet Saturday, Pence said that by publishing the personal AOL address of his wife, Karen, the AP "violated her privacy and our security." The vice president posted a letter his counsel sent to Gary Pruitt, the AP's president and CEO.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say they shot and killed a man who was armed with a steel pipe. Authorities say officers confronted the man around 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Olympic Boulevard and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. Police say they used a Taser on the man but eventually there was a shooting and the man died at a hospital. Nobody else was hurt.
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (lee kuh-TYAHNG') is pledging to make the country's skies blue again and "work faster" to address people's concerns over pollution caused by coal burning. Speaking to delegates at the opening of the National People's Congress, he said the government intends over the next year to step up work to upgrade coal-fired power plants and prioritize the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid.
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