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Rosenstein Dismisses Threats From Antagonists In Congress

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has warned lawmakers against threatening the Justice Department after a draft of articles of impeachment against him was circulated on Capitol Hill.

Melvine Ouyo is a reproductive health nurse at Family Health Options Kenya. She visited Washington, D.C., to discuss how the clinic has lost funding because it would not agree to the terms of President Trump's executive order banning U.S. aid to any health organization in another country that provides, advocates or makes referrals for abortions.

Kenyan Clinic Rejects Trump Abortion Policy, Loses $2 Million In U.S. Aid

The president has banned U.S. aid to any health organization in another country that performs or promotes abortion. Kenya's oldest provider of reproductive health services has already lost funding.

Tatum Weir (center) carries a tool box she built as her twin brother, Ian (left), follows after a Cub Scout meeting in Madbury, N.H., on March 1. For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America's flagship program for older boys has been known as the Boy Scouts. With girls soon entering the ranks, the name will change to "Scouts BSA."

Boy Scouts Changing Name To 'Scouts BSA,' As Girls Welcomed Into Program

The organization will still be Boy Scouts of America, but beginning in 2019, the program for older youth will change its name. Girls have already been allowed to sign up as Cub Scouts.

A CT-scan image of the skull of an ancient bird shows how one of the earliest bird beaks worked as a pincer, in the way beaks of modern birds do, but also had teeth left over from dinosaur ancestors. The animal, called <em>I</em><em>chthyornis</em>, lived around 100 million years ago in what is now North America.

How Did Birds Lose Their Teeth And Get Their Beaks? Study Offers Clues

Modern birds are dinosaurs without toothy jaws, and with bigger brains. Newly published research fills in some of the missing links in their evolution.

Deana Quczada of Honduras has been camping with her young children on the street in Tijuana for several days. Going back to the violence in her home country is not an option, she says.

In Tijuana, Migrants Seeking Asylum In The U.S. Tell Harrowing Stories Of Crisis

U.S. Customs officials in Tijuana have begun processing some Central Americans from a caravan seeking asylum in the United States, despite strong condemnation of the migrants by President Trump.

Massachusetts State Senate President Stan Rosenberg, left.

What You Should Know About The Decline Of This Powerful Massachusetts Politician

What's next for Massachusetts State Senator Stan Rosenberg, whose husband has been charged with sexual assault, criminal lewdness and distributing nude photos without consent?

White House lawyer Ty Cobb is retiring and an outside attorney, Emmet Flood, is being brought in to take his place, the administration said Wednesday.

White House Shakes Up Legal Team Amid Public Duel Over Mueller Subpoena

White House attorney Ty Cobb says he is retiring. An outside lawyer, Emmet Flood, is coming aboard. President Trump's advisers are warring over an interview with Mueller.

As WH Legal Team Undergoes Changes, Trump Intensifies His Attacks On Justice Department

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended the Justice Department Tuesday against threats from hardline congressional Republicans to impeach him. On Wednesday, President Trump reignited his long simmering dispute with the Rosenstein via tweet.

Nancy Pelosi Says She Will Run For House Speaker If Democrats Win 2018 Midterms

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says she's confident Democrats will take back control of the House, and if they do, she's running for speaker again. But there are those within the party that feel it's time for a new generation — and Republicans are "ecstatic" with her decision.

What The Uproar Over Kanye West Might Reveal About Black Voters

Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch says Kanye West's noisy flirtation with the Republican Party illuminates some important dynamics about black voting and partisanship.

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