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Republican Matt Van Epps wins closely watched Tennessee House race, AP projects -- Republican candidate Matt Van Epps is on track to defeat Democrat Aftyn Behn in a special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, the AP projected.

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Trump administration fires 8 immigration judges in New York City, official says -- All eight judges worked out of immigration court offices at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, which is where Immigration and Customs Enforcement is headquartered in the city, the official told CBS News.

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Raccoon passes out on Virginia liquor store bathroom floor after drunken rampage -- An employee at the Ashland, Virginia, area liquor store on Saturday found the trash panda passed out on the bathroom floor at the end of his drunken escapade.

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Putin aide says "much work to be done" following Witkoff, Kushner meeting -- President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin​ in Moscow on Tuesday, amid a push by Mr. Trump to end the war in Ukraine.

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Justice Department seeks to dismiss Maurene Comey's lawsuit over her firing -- The Justice Department is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey brought against it​, saying she didn't properly follow administrative complaint procedures before suing.

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Trump says he's planning land strikes on alleged drug traffickers "very soon" -- President Trump said his administration could attack accused drug traffickers who traverse Latin America by land "very soon," which would mark an escalation in his anti-narcotics campaign.

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Should you open a Trump account for your child? Here's what experts say. -- Trump accounts offer a new tax-preferred way for families to save money for their kids. Here are the pros and cons.

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Mother charged with killing pregnant daughter in rural Michigan woods -- Authorities charged a woman and her husband with murder Tuesday in the death of her pregnant biological daughter, whose body was found in a Michigan forest three weeks after she disappeared.

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GOP lawmaker moves to force vote on congressional stock trading ban -- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is seeking to force a vote on a bipartisan bill that would ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks.

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Comey friend seeks to block DOJ from accessing seized materials -- Daniel Richman, a friend of ex-FBI Director James Comey, is taking legal action against DOJ over files investigators seized from him more than five years ago.

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National Guard shooting suspect charged with murder, held without bond -- The suspect in last week's shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., has been charged with murder and assault with intent to kill while armed.

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Invasive crab that can climb over 13-foot-high walls spotted in Oregon again -- A Chinese mitten crab was recently found alive and captured by hand in an Oregon river, marking the state's second sighting of the invasive species.

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Personal finance advice doesn't work for most Americans, economists say -- Personal finance is too complex for most people to navigate, two economists contend in a new book. Is there a better way to help people deal with money?

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Stefanik accuses Johnson of lying about defense bill provision -- GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik wants to include a provision to require the FBI to notify Congress when it opens counterintelligence probes into federal election candidates.

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ICE tapped to target undocumented Somali immigrants in Twin Cities, source says -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been directed by the Trump administration to target undocumented Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities, according to the New York Times.

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