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'I do like 3 meetings a day on that': HUD official complained about effort to redecorate Carson's office

'I do like 3 meetings a day on that': HUD official complained about effort to redecorate Carson's office Washington Post
HUD spends $31561 on a dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson's office CNBC
HUD spent $31000 in 2017 on new dining room set for Carson's office CNN
'$5000 Will Not Even Buy A Decent Chair': HUD Staffer Files Complaint Over Ben Carson's Office Redecoration CBS DenverFull coverage

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'We need our kids back in school': West Virginia teacher strike to end Thursday

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Parkland Massacre Thrusts Guns Into the Midterm Spotlight

Parkland Massacre Thrusts Guns Into the Midterm Spotlight New York Times
Democrats Flip 2 More GOP-Held State House Seats HuffPost
Democrats just flipped two state legislative seats in Connecticut and New Hampshire Vox
Pull the trigger, Congress: Answer the call to action on guns New York Daily NewsFull coverage

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Fed Chair Powell Indicates He'll Keep Bolstering Growth in Public Debut

Fed Chair Powell Indicates He'll Keep Bolstering Growth in Public Debut New York Times
Asian shares fall following Fed Chair Powell's testimony; China PMI misses forecast CNBC
Stock market ends lower as Powell's testimony stokes fresh inflation, rate-hike fears MarketWatch
US Fed's new boss Jerome Powell delivers two blows to financial markets The Australian Financial ReviewFull coverage

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The Florida gunman's AR-15 reportedly jammed during the shooting, and he had 180 more rounds left

The Florida gunman's AR-15 reportedly jammed during the shooting, and he had 180 more rounds left Business Insider
Judge refuses to step aside in Florida school shooting case Chicago TribuneFull coverage

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Afghan president calls on Taliban to join in peace talks

Afghan president calls on Taliban to join in peace talks Washington Post
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offers peace talks with Taliban 'without condition' NBCNews.com
Russian crew returns from space station, and other news in pictures The Hindu
End the long war in Afghanistan already New York Daily News
Taliban: Doha office remains vital for talks Aljazeera.comFull coverage

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Papua New Guinea Quake Killed at Least 15, Governor Says

A powerful earthquake two days ago killed at least 15 people, injured dozens and brought work to a halt at four oil and gas fields in a remote Papua New Guinea region, the local governor said Wednesday.

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Supreme Court Buys Time for 'Dreamers' Hoping to Stay in US

A Supreme Court decision blocks a March 5th ending date for the DACA program which provides temporary permits for Dreamer immigrants to study and work in the U.S.

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Afghanistan's Ghani offers talks with Taliban 'without preconditions'

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate political group on Wednesday as part of a proposed political process that he said could lead to talks aimed at ending more than 16 years of war.

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China's military flexes muscles for domestic objective: more funding

BEIJING (Reuters) - With stealth jets entering service, leaked pictures of new high-tech naval artillery and proud reports of maneuvers that "dare to shine the sword," China's armed forces are putting on a show of power as they lobby for greater defense spending.

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Saudi crown prince says corruption purge supports budget: Washington Post

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince said the kingdom's anti-corruption crackdown was needed to meet budget targets, comparing the purge to chemotherapy in an interview with the Washington Post published on Wednesday.

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Jerusalem's Church of Holy Sepulchre reopens after protest

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered as the site of Jesus's crucifixion and burial, reopened on Wednesday after Israel backtracked on Tuesday from a tax plan and draft property legislation that triggered a three-day protest.

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Canada gravely concerned by Myanmar's jailing of journalists

GENEVA (Reuters) - Canada is gravely concerned by the imprisonment of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday, adding that ethnic cleansing had taken place in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

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Russian truce plan fails to halt bombing of Syria's Ghouta

BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - A Russian call for a five-hour truce on Tuesday failed to halt one of the most devastating campaigns of the Syrian war, where residents said government warplanes resumed striking the eastern Ghouta region after a brief lull.

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Trump discusses Iran in calls with Saudi, UAE leaders: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump discussed Iran's "destabilizing activities" and other security and economic issues in separate telephone calls with senior Saudi and Emirati leaders on Tuesday, the White House said.

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U.S.-Russian crew returns from space station: NASA TV

(Reuters) - A capsule carrying two U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed in snowy Kazakhstan on Wednesday after a five-and-a-half month mission, a NASA TV live broadcast showed.

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Papua New Guinea officials say whole villages flattened by deadly quake

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Whole villages were flattened and water sources spoiled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 20 people, residents said on Wednesday as rescuers struggled to reach the hardest-hit areas in Papua New Guinea's remote, mountainous highlands.

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Indian police probing graft case arrest son of former finance minister Chidambaram

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian federal police arrested the son of former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday, but the agency which has been investigating suspected criminal misconduct related to approvals of investment deals, did not reveal the charges.