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Robert Mueller refers plot to make false claims about him to FBI

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Angela Merkel says she'll step down as German chancellor in 2021

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Higgins Wins Irish Presidential Race, Exit Poll Signals

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Trump renews attacks on media as ‘the true Enemy of the People’

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Multiple casualties after shooting near Pittsburgh synagogue

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Authorities intercept yet another suspicious package addressed to CNN in Atlanta

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Germany's Angela Merkel Says She Won't Seek Re-Election; Will Leave Party Role

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Pittsburgh shooter hit with 29 federal charges: Justice Dept

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Moscow wants United Nations resolution to preserve nuke treaty

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