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A new specialized U.S. Army unit is preparing to make its first deployment to Afghanistan in the spring as part of the Trump administration's revamped strategy for the war there. 
Former Obama administration official Susan Rice on Thursday recommended that President Donald Trump halt the "reckless rhetoric" and "tolerate" nuclear weapons in North Korea if necessary. 
President Donald Trump's "fire and fury" warning to North Korea on Tuesday was improvised and induced by Pyongyang's latest nuclear warhead developments and the president's resultant "bellicose mood," according to a new report. 
FBI agents used a search warrant to raid the home of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, in Alexandria, Va. late last month, as part of the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. 
Republican donors are protesting GOP lawmakers' failure to repeal Obamacare by withholding donations to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. 
An unofficial shadow office "stocked with Obama loyalists" is quietly working in Washington, D.C. to carry out the previous administration’s science agenda. 
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have hired Democratic pollster Joel Benenson, who served as chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's failed 2016 presidential campaign, as a consultant, according to a new report. 
The Senate confirmed 65 Trump administration nominees on Thursday afternoon, marking a significant change in Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D, N.Y.) previous efforts to stall the confirmation of several nominees. 