After receiving multiple letters complaining that a cross was being displayed at a state university, Oklahoma's attorney general has fired back, telling the group to stop sending letters as "we absolutely reject your demand to remove the cross.
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President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Hurricane Harvey, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president's border wall.
The pending reduction to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief account is part of a spending bill that the House is scheduled to consider next week when Congress returns from its August recess.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's tax overhaul (all times local):
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says President Donald Trump's tax plan should not include tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.
Schumer tells reporters that the tax overhaul plan should not increase budget deficits and should be written by both parties, not just the president's fellow Republicans.
The New York senator was outlining Democrats' approach to the tax overhaul ahead of the president's tax event in Missouri later in the day.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Just back from Texas, President Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday that he had witnessed "first hand the horror & devastation" wrought by Harvey.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press investigation shows that 9 percent fewer homes and other properties in the Houston area had flood insurance when Harvey hit the city compared to five years ago.
The sharp fall in coverage came despite a growing population.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells to seek and destroy childhood leukemia.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — US approves first cancer treatment that genetically alters patients' own immune cells to attack childhood leukemia .