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PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska is calling on President Donald Trump to explain himself following the Saturday morning Twitter allegations that his phones were tapped on orders of former President Barack Obama during last year's campaign. The tweets provided no evidence, just the allegation. Sasse says Trump should explain himself, "ideally to the full public, and at a bare minimum to the U.S. Senate."
NEW YORK (AP) —Supporters of President Donald Trump came out to show pride in his presidency. They gathered yesterday 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. Ten people were arrested in Berkley, California where pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators clashed. There were also a few arrests in Washington state.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department is investigating what could be another in a rash of vandalism at Jewish cemeteries. An NYPD spokesman says the department's hate crimes division has been notified of headstones found toppled over at the predominantly Jewish Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn. There have also been 122 bomb threats called in to Jewish organizations in three dozen states since early January.
BEIJING (AP) — China's premier says it's time to clear the air. Premier Li Keqiang (lee kuh-TYAHNG') pledged today to make the country's smoggy skies blue again and "work faster" to address pollution caused by the burning of coal for heat and electricity. His words to delegates at the opening of the annual National People's Congress highlight how public discontent has made reducing smog, the most visible of China's environment problems, a priority.
BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi commander says the fighting is getting brutal as troops move toward the local government complex in Mosul's Islamic State-held western side. Maj. Gen. Haider al-Maturi of the Federal Police Commandos Division says clashes are the "heaviest" since the start of the new push. He says IS militants dispatched at least six suicide car bombs, but none reached the troops.
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