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 Obama breaks out one-liners at White House correspondents' dinner   Map of White House USA Democrats and Republicans alike were the target of jokes by President Obama in his last White House Correspondents' dinner before leaving office
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Washington DC chemical leak after CSX freight train derails Map of Rhode Island metro station Washington DC USA A freight train has derailed in Washington DC spilling hazardous liquid. At least nine cars of the CSX freight train overturned
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 Bin Laden death: CIA panned for live-tweeting 'news' The US Central Intelligence Agency has been criticised online for live-tweeting the killing of Osama Bin Laden as it happened five years ago
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| May.5 |
House of Representatives |
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 US House Speaker Paul Ryan 'can't back Trump' House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he cannot currently support Donald Trump as Republican presidential nominee
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| May.10 |
Washington |
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 Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima on Japan and Vietnam trip Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima this month - the first serving US president to travel to the city since it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in 1945
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| May.12 |
Washington |
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 Trump and Ryan 'totally committed' to party unity Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have said they are 'totally committed' to party unity in a statement following their meeting
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 US naval commander demoted after Iran's capture of sailors The US Navy has fired the commander of the 10 US sailors who in January entered Iranian territorial waters and were briefly detained
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| May.20 |
Washington |
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White House shooting: Secret Service stops armed man Map of White House USA| The Secret Service has shot an armed man outside the White House, according to US officials | |
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Obama pushes for more Zika funding in US| President Barack Obama has criticised the US Congress for failing to back his request for a $1.9bn fund to combat the spreading Zika virus | |
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| May.24 |
Washington |
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US seeks death penalty over Charleston church shooting| The US justice department is seeking the death penalty in the case of the Charleston church shooting which claimed nine lives last year | |
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| May.25 |
Washington |
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 State department faults Clinton over email security| A state department inquiry has accused Hillary Clinton and other former US secretaries of state of poorly managing email security | |
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| May.29 |
Washington |
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 Donald Trump: Migrants treated better than military veterans | Illegal immigrants in the US often get better care than the nation's military veterans, Republican presidential nominee has said | |
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