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WASHINGTON (AP) — Anxiety over Donald Trump spread among congressional Republicans Monday, pushing several to follow House Speaker Paul Ryan's lead and withhold their support from the divisive billionaire. Ryan himself declared there's no point in trying to "fake" party unity. "If we go
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is calling attention to the effect Puerto Rico's $70 billion debt crisis is having on the millions of Americans who live there and on Congress' struggle to come up with a solution. Lew is making a one-day trip to Puerto Rico
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton is a "nasty, mean enabler" and calls liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren a "goofus," lashing out at leading Democrats while hardly sparing Republicans bigwigs repulsed by his chokehold on their party's presidential nomination. At rallies Friday in Nebraska
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STATE HOUSE — Massachusetts shoppers would be able to buy craft beers and spirits at farmers markets — but not take those bottles or any other purchases home in a plastic bag — under a bill approved Thursday by the Senate. An omnibus bill (S 2171) that passed the Senate on a 36-1
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In finishing the Republican presidential race well ahead of Donald Trump's other rivals, Ted Cruz is likely to be a leading GOP voice for the foreseeable future. Less clear is whether Cruz harnesses that clout to boost Trump's White House bid — after all
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BOSTON (AP) — During a week in which the eyes of the nation were focused on NASA's first moon landing, a tragic drama played out on a tiny Massachusetts island that would have political ramifications for decades to follow. The late Sen. Ted Kennedy's actions, explanations and
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The TV ads flash the noble faces of American retirees and urge Washington to help protect their savings. The back story is kept rather vague. It's that many older people invested in Puerto Rican bonds. The U.S. territory's economy is in deep crisis, and it
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A spiraling Puerto Rico debt crisis reached a new milestone as the island commonwealth missed nearly $370 million on a bond payment Monday and officials warned of worse to come if Congress doesn't help it dig out from a mountain of $70 billion
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