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WASHINGTON (AP) — It's round 2 today of the Supreme Court nominee vs the Senate Judiciary Committee. Judge Neil Gorsuch faces hours of questioning from senators as frustrated Democrats are determined to press him on everything from abortion and guns to his independence from President Donald Trump. Republicans are unanimously supporting Gorsuch. Democrats say they won't rubber stamp the nominee.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are enraged at FBI Director James Comey after he testified that the bureau has been quietly investigating possible links between associates of President Donald Trump and Russian officials since the summer. While Comey disclosed during the campaign that he was continuing the Hillary Clinton email probe, he said nothing about the Russia questions. Democrats say it looks like a double-standard was applied.
WASHINGTON (AP) —Two days before the House plans to vote on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act with a plan that has spawned controversies of its own, President Donald Trump is trying a direct appeal to lawmakers to get all the Republicans on board. He'll have a closed door meeting today on Capitol Hill. Party leaders have released 43 pages worth of changes to a bill whose prospects remain dicey. The changes seek to help older people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. security officials are still being tight-lipped about why they're imposing restrictions on electronics gear in carry-on bags for airline passengers heading to America from eight countries. The indefinite ban on laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics applies to 10 airports serving the cities of Cairo; Amman, Jordan; Kuwait City; Casablanca, Morocco; Doha, Qatar; Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Istanbul; and Abu Dhabi and Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
DUBLIN (AP) — Martin McGuinness, the Irish Republican Army commander who led his underground paramilitary movement toward reconciliation with Britain, has died. His Sinn Fein party says death came after a short illness. McGuinness served as Northern Ireland's deputy first minister for a decade in a power-sharing government. He suffered from a rare disease that required chemotherapy to combat the formation of organ-choking protein deposits.
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