Man With Assault Rifle Charged With Threatening Pelosi, Officials Say

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Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On U.S.-Taiwan Relationship As Clock Runs Out On Trump Administration

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he was lifting restrictions on contacts between U.S. officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, a move likely to anger China and increase tensions between Beijing and Washington in the waning days of President Donald Trump's presidency.

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Pompeo Lifts 'Self-imposed Restrictions' on US-Taiwan Relationship

While the United States, like most countries, has no official relations with Taiwan, the Trump administration has ramped up backing for the island country, with arms sales and laws to help Taiwan deal with pressure from China.

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'Brian Did His Job': Family Remembers Fallen US Capitol Officer

Brian Sicknick’s family said he 'wanted to be a police officer his entire life' and had joined the Guard “as a means to that end.”

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Indonesia Rescue Teams Scour Sea For Crashed Plane Amid Poor Weather

Indonesian ships with rescue divers and equipment to detect signals from a flight recorder resumed the search on Sunday for a Sriwijaya Air jet believed to have crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff from the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

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'No Knowledge': Foreign Minister Reacts to Report Claiming Pakistan Lifting Visa Curbs on Bangladeshis

The Foreign Minister was reacting to a report in Al Jazeera on Friday which stated that Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka has lifted all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi nationals.

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Body Parts Found Off Jakarta Coast 12 Hours After Sriwijaya Air Plane Crashes With 62 Onboard

Officials were hopeful they were honing in on the wreckage of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 after sonar equipment detected a signal from the aircraft.

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Internet 'Collapse', Massive Blackout Across Pakistan After National Grid Breakdown, Govt Urges Calm

The electricity distribution system in the nation of more than 210 million people is a complex -- and delicate -- web, and a problem in one section of the grid can lead to cascading breakdowns countrywide.

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Trump To Visit U.S.-Mexico Border To Laud Border Wall

President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the U.S.Mexico border on Tuesday to highlight his administration's work on the border wall, the White House said Saturday.

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Pence intends to attend Biden’s inauguration.

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Trump has not lowered flags in honor of an officer who died from injuries sustained amid the riot.

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Apple joins Google in cutting off Parler, an app that drew Trump supporters.

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Trump to Visit US-Mexico Border to Highlight His Administration's Work on Border Wall

Trump will travel to the town of Alamo, Texas. He will mark the completion of 400 miles of border wall and his administration's efforts to reform what the White House described as the nation's broken immigration system.

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