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Richard Lugar, US foreign-policy luminary, dies at 87 28 Apr 2019 - 10:23 pm
In this file photo taken on November 19, 2013, US President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Senator Richard Lugar in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC.  AFP / Getty Images North America / Win McNamee
Judge and civil rights icon Damon J. Keith dies at age 96 28 Apr 2019 - 10:23 pm
Judge Robert A. Katzmann (2nd Cir.), Judge Damon J. Keith (6th Cir.), and Judge Sonia Sotomayor (2nd Cir.), were among those viewing the Marching Toward Justice display when it was at the Second Circuit. The exhibit, which is a pictorial history of the 14
US reels from deadly Synagogue attack on final day of Passover 28 Apr 2019 - 11:04 am
A candlelight vigil is held at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church for victims of a shooting incident at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, north of San Diego, California, U.S. April 27, 2019. REUTERS/John Gastaldo
Trump, US media in open war on annual dinner date 28 Apr 2019 - 10:43 am
White House Correspondents' Association president Olivier Knox of SiriusXM concludes the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington, April 27, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
Trump's executive privilege strategy could mean messy fight 27 Apr 2019 - 04:32 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for travel to Indianapolis, Indiana from the White House in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Brazil's indigenous tribes protest Bolsonaro assimilation plan 27 Apr 2019 - 12:23 am
Indigenous demonstrators march in Brasilia on April 26, 2019 on the last day of a protest to defend indigenous land and rights.  AFP / Carl De Souza
Ecuador's Waorani tribe vows to protect life in Amazon 26 Apr 2019 - 09:16 am
Waorani indigenous people sail in a canoe in the Curaray river, near the village of Nemompare, in Pastaza province, Ecuador on April 14, 2019.  / AFP / RODRIGO BUENDIA
Who's running for president? Meet the Democratic candidates 25 Apr 2019 - 03:15 pm
2020 Democratic presidential candidates are seen in a combination of file photos (L-R top row): U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, and Kirsten Gillibrand. (L-R middle row): Former Texas congressman B
Ex-Vice President Biden launches 2020 presidential campaign 25 Apr 2019 - 02:32 pm
 In this file photo taken on April 18, 2019 Former US vice president Joe Biden leaves a rally organized by UFCW Union members to support Stop and Shop employees on strike throughout the region at the Stop and Shop in Dorchester, Massachusetts. (AFP / JOSE
Work on new Mexico airport to begin Monday: president 25 Apr 2019 - 09:05 am
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador arrives to give a speech during the inauguration of the Aerospace Fair 2019 at the Santa Lucia military airbase in Tecamac near Mexico City, Mexico April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero
Joe Biden finally expected to enter 2020 race Thursday 25 Apr 2019 - 07:33 am
In this file photo taken on April 18, 2019 Former US vice president Joe Biden leaves a rally organized by UFCW Union members to support Stop and Shop employees on strike throughout the region at the Stop and Shop in Dorchester, Massachusetts.  / AFP / JOS
Trump says sending 'armed soldiers' to US-Mexico border 24 Apr 2019 - 03:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from the Kentucky-based 19th Engineer Battalion install barbed wire fences on the banks of the Rio Grande in Laredo, Texas. November 18, 2018. AFP / Thomas WATKINS
Bishop critical of Nicaragua's Ortega leaves for Vatican 23 Apr 2019 - 10:19 pm
Managua's Bishop Silvio Baez speaks with journalists after a resurrection mass in Esquipulas, Nicaragua April 21, 2019. Reuters/Oswaldo Rivas
Trump criticizes Twitter in tweet, urges 'fairer' social media 23 Apr 2019 - 04:15 pm
US President Donald Trump smiles during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on April 22, 2019. / AFP / Jim WATSON
Pelosi says Trump can be held accountable without impeachment 22 Apr 2019 - 09:32 pm
Donald Trump arrives to deliver the State of the Union address alongside Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence at the US Capitol on February 5, 2019. AFP/Doug Mills
Lopez Obrador to reinforce security in Veracruz after massacre 22 Apr 2019 - 09:32 pm
Relatives and friends of victims of an attack mourn during their funeral in Minatitlan, Veracruz State, Mexico, on April 21, 2019.  AFP / Angel Hernandez
Trump to end waivers on Iran oil imports: W. House 22 Apr 2019 - 03:41 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump waves after arriving aboard Air Force One after spending Easter weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago
Numbers of Maine lawmakers who went on to lobby 21 Apr 2019 - 06:12 pm
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