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President Donald Trump steps away from his podium on Thursday evening after addressing the U.S. launch of cruise missiles into Syria after a chemical weapons attack this week against civilians.

8 Key Questions For Trump And The World After The Syria Strike

10:31am April 08, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The strike leaves more questions than answers — like how it squares with Trump's "America First" policy, does this mean a change in U.S. approach toward Syria and Russia, and what's next?

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This picture taken on Dec. 14, 2016, at a news stand in Shanghai shows an advertisement for a magazine featuring Donald Trump, who would soon take office as president, on the cover.

Trump Can't Bring Back All Those Jobs From China. Here's What He Can Do

5:00am April 07, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Massive tariffs won't help. In fact, one of the most helpful policies for putting manufacturers back to work has nothing to do with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

President Trump waits to greet Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen outside the West Wing of the White House on March 30. Trump's approach to foreign policy has changed since he has taken office.

Is Trump's Foreign Policy Evolving?

7:41pm April 06, 2017

by Mara Liasson

The new president is finding out that things happen, and the world's greatest superpower has to respond.

Jared Kushner (left), President Trump's son-in-law; President Trump; and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. Bannon's influence with Trump appears to be on the decline with Kushner on the rise.

All That White House Drama Might Be Sexy, But It's Beside The Point

2:10pm April 06, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

There is backbiting and infighting in the Trump White House that's playing out like a season of House of Cards or Veep. But the president is facing real and difficult challenges at home and abroad.

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Trump Says Chemical Attack In Syria Crosses Many Lines

12:15pm April 06, 2017

Rachel Martin talks to Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense in the Obama administration, about whether Trump has a clear Syria strategy. Flournoy heads the Center for a New American Security.

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Without the power of the filibuster, the minority party in the Senate would lose its leverage.

5 Insights On The Senate's 'Nuclear' Battle Over Neil Gorsuch

8:32am April 06, 2017

by Mara Liasson

The high court will be even more polarized as future nominees become more ideologically extreme. The Senate will also be changed, as will faith in U.S. democratic institutions in general.

In former national security adviser Susan Rice, Republicans have found a familiar foe. President Trump has tried to turn attention related to the investigation of Russian meddling in the U.S. election toward her.

Trump Picks Strategy To Counter Russia Storyline: Blame Susan Rice

7:49pm April 05, 2017

by Philip Ewing

It took a while to get going, but the White House has settled on its alternative narrative to potential connections between the Trump team and Russia's meddling in the U.S. election.

An injured Syrian man is taken to Reyhanli State Hospital in Hatay, Turkey, on Tuesday. A suspected chemical attack took place in Idlib, Syria.

After Syria Gas Attack, World Waits To See What Kind of Leader Trump Will Be

2:34pm April 05, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The situation in Syria also raises questions about Trump's support for autocracies and authoritarian regimes — and whether he can lead the world with moral clarity and authority.

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Hit-and-run accidents in California decreased by as much as 10 percent after the state passed a law in 2013 granting driver's licenses to unauthorized immigrants, say researchers at Stanford University.

How Offering Driver's Licenses To Immigrants Here Illegally Makes Roads Safer

4:58pm April 04, 2017

by Adrian Florido

A 2013 California law that granted driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally reduced hit-and-run accidents by 7 to 10 percent in 2015, meaning roughly 4,000 fewer hit-and-runs.

Remember Judge Robert Bork's failed 1987 Supreme Court nomination? Some Republicans still do.

Going 'Nuclear': How We Got Here

3:49pm April 04, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

From Robert Bork to Merrick Garland and the use and overuse of the filibuster in between, the list of grievances between both parties is long. It's all led to the point of forever changing the Senate.