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BAGHDAD (AP) — Details are emerging about U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's meeting last week in Baghdad about tensions with Iran. Iraqi officials tell The Associated Press that that Pompeo delivered a message: If you're not going to stand with us, stand aside. That's according to two Iraqi officials who spoke with The Associated Press. Iraq hosts more than 5,000 U.S. troops, but is also home to powerful Iranian-backed militias. .
WASHINGTON (AP) — Friday's decision by the U.S., Mexico and Canada to drop tariffs on steel and aluminum is being praised by business groups. In Mexico, the National Chamber of the Iron and Steel Industry says the agreement is a positive step for the entire region. President Donald Trump had imposed the tariffs in the name of national security. American firms wound up being hit when Mexico and Canada retaliated.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As House Democrats plod ahead investigating President Donald Trump, theirs is a long-game strategy that's playing out in the committee rooms, the courthouse and the court of public opinion. It's going to take time. Some Democrats want to open an impeachment inquiry - not necessarily to impeach Trump, but as part of a legal strategy to force the administration to comply. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ratcheting up the pressure but appears in no rush to get there.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Democratic lawmakers are slamming a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. House Minority Leader Crystal Quade says there's no liberty in Missouri when government strips women of control of their own bodies. She says it's "shameful" and "scary" that there are no exceptions for rape or incest, only for medical emergencies. Senate Democratic Minority Leader Gina Walsh called the bill unconstitutional.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio State University official says it's not clear whether anyone ever went to authorities to report a former doctor now accused of sexually abusing more than 150 male students. Findings from a yearlong investigation released Friday say numerous university personnel knew about complaints of abuse that continued nearly 20 years into the late 1990s. The school's provost says the report doesn't address whether university employees went to law enforcement or if they were required to at the time.
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