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Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:32:07 GMTBY ANDREW TAYLOR
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — A day ahead of President Donald Trump’s weekend call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the fight within the Republican Party over the direction of U.S. policy toward Moscow intensified.
Trump, who has said he wants a better relatio...

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:34:08 GMTBY EDITH M. LEDERER
ASSOCIATED PRESSUNITED NATIONS — The rise of populism has triggered an increase in anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, anti-Muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday.
The new U.N. chief told several hundred peo...

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:52:56 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says Defense Secretary James Mattis is a “man of total action.”
He says Mattis has devoted his life to serving the country and is a man of honor and devotion.
Trump spoke at the Pentagon after a ceremonial sweari...

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:53:00 GMTBY MICHAEL DOYLE AND ANITA KUMAR
MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAUWASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s liberal use of executive orders that combine imperial theater with real-world White House clout are spurring mixed emotions among conservative scholars and veterans of past GOP administrations.
The half dozen or ...

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:58:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed an executive action implementing “new vetting measures” that he says are aimed at keeping “radical Islamic terrorists” out of the United States.
Trump says, “We don’t want them here.”
The president say...

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:10:03 GMTSmoke that can be seen in the Pueblo area is coming from a slash pile burning near San Isabel today, according to information from the Pike and San Isabel National Forest.
The burning is being done to reduce the risk of wildfires....

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:42:02 GMTBY MATTHEW DALY
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump called the acting director of the National Park Service to dispute widely circulated photos of Trump’s inauguration.
The Washington Post reported Thursday that Trump personally ord...

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:00:03 GMTBY BEN NUCKOLS
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence told a crowd gathered Friday in Washington for the annual March for Life rally that ending taxpayer-funded abortion and choosing a Supreme Court justice who will uphold “God-given” liberties are among top priori...

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:02:04 GMTBY JULIE PACE AND VIVIAN SALAMA
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto spoke for an hour by phone Friday amid rising tensions over the U.S. leader’s plans for a southern border wall, administration officials said.
Trump and Pena Nieto had been...

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:10:03 GMTBY EDITH M. LEDERER
ASSOCIATED PRESSUNITED NATIONS — New U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley arrived at the United Nations Friday announcing a new way the U.S. does business: The Trump administration’s goal is to show U.S. strength, speak out, and defend its allies — and as for countries oppos...