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The Republican presidential nominee, in a 2007 deposition, was confronted with his past statements and had to face up to a series of falsehoods and exaggerations. And he did. Sort of.
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Progressives believe Clinton is showing her true colors by courting hawkish foreign policy leaders.
Officials from the Clinton campaign and the foundation portray the communications as innocuous, in some cases even helpful to U.S. foreign policy goals.
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The Bethesda swimming phenom, adding to an already-large American medal haul, had a split of 1:53.74 that was the fastest in the race by nearly a full second.
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COLUMN | There is a disquieting aspect to the narrative going here at the Olympics. The facts of Efimova’s case aren’t nearly so clear, despite the self-righteous Cold War shunning of her.
The service said it could find itself about 1,000 fighter pilots short within two years, prompting Air Force Secretary Deborah James to ask Congress for the authority to raise pay for experienced pilots. 
The Drug Enforcement Administration will keep it classified as a drug with “no currently accepted medical use” in the United States. The agency will announce one policy change that could increase research on marijuana, officials said. 
Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come.
The comments came as the two countries have moved to deepen their long-standing military alliance in the face of China pressing its claims to wide swaths of the South China Sea.
A federal probe launched after the death of Freddie Gray found that a “legacy of zero tolerance enforcement” has led to illegal searches and detentions and the use of excessive force, particularly in black areas.
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Is it amateur-hour bombing or bold truth-telling? The uncertainty can allow Trump surrogates and supporters to portray a shocking statement, after the fact, as “just joking” on the part of the GOP presidential nominee.
REVIEW | A master of the field has reminded us that modern science fiction goes beyond “Buck Rogers stuff” to encompass serious works of literature, as thought-provoking and beautifully written as any fiction you will ever read.
“We’re very mindful at CBS about the importance of diversity and inclusion," the network's president told reporters. But the lack of diversity on the network's new fall schedule is glaringly obvious.
One of North Korea’s latest export products claims to “immediately revive sexual ability.” A lab that tested it for The Washington Post found that each dose contains the active ingredient in Viagra.
COLUMN | The longtime ESPN personality, who died suddenly and shockingly at the age of 61, could do anything and everything well in sports broadcasting.
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