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Senate poised to 'go nuclear' for Gorsuch confirmation

After a Democratic filibuster, GOP leaders are expected to change Senate rules to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks during her interview with the Associated Press at her congressional office on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2017.

Maxine Waters: O'Reilly 'needs to go to jail'; Fox a 'sexual harassment enterprise'
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., made the comments in response to a question about Trump's defense of O'Reilly.

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Billy Payne, the chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, shakes hands with Phil Mickelson on Wednesday.

All appears well inside Masters bubble, but is it really?
Augusta National chairman Billy Payne sees the best for the tournament and growth of the game

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Charlize Theron and Vin Diesel have a meeting of minds (and lips) in 'The Fate of the Furious.'

Vin Diesel dishes on his hot 'Furious' kiss with Charlize Theron
He liked shooting the lip-lock and knows she liked it: "Lips don't lie."

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President Trump during Attorney General Jeff Sessions' swearing-in ceremony at the White House in Washington on Feb. 9 and Chinese President Xi Jinping after signing a bilateral treaty with Czech President Milos Zeman at Prague Castle in the Czech Re

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Pence departs after a meeting with House Republicans on health care legislation on Capitol Hill on April 4, 2017.

Reports: Secret Service agent on Pence detail consorted with prostitute
A U.S. Secret Service agent who guards Vice President Mike Pence has been suspended after allegedly consorting with a prostitute at a Maryland hotel

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Alabama Governor Robert Bentley exits out of the back of the RSA Union Building in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday April 5, 2017 as the Alabama Ethics Commission meets in executive session looking into allegations against him.

Alabama governor may face prosecution after ethics ruling
Commission found "probable cause" Gov. Robert Bentley violated campaign finance laws.

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Members of the coalition forces take up positions nearby of the Euphrates dam where engineers opened one of the turbines on 30 March 2017, to ease the water pressure as the battles continue to control the entire dam so far.

Activists: Islamic State executes 33 men in Syria
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says ISIS members slit the throats of the men.

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Model Kendall Jenner's Pepsi ad is being taken off the air. Here she is getting makeup for a modeling session.

Pepsi yanks Kendall Jenner TV ad, apologizes to her
The ad was under fire as "tone deaf" to protests

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Jason Oglesbee, a construction worker who was working on a nearby project, helps pull Patricia Ralph-Neely from the Des Moines River near the Center Street Dam. He is hanging from a chain that is hooked to a construction crane.

Complicated hero from Pulitzer Prize-winning photo dies
Burly construction worker Jason Oglesbee, dangling from crane, rescued woman from river.

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$Nigel Farage, a member of the European Parliament and former leader of the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) gestures during speeches at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. The European Parliament laid down its \$