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AG Sessions fires former FBI Deputy Director McCabe two days before retirement

ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas reports the latest developments following the firing of the embattled former deputy director.

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Putin says 'nonsense' to think Russia would poison spy in Britain

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday it was nonsense to think that Moscow would have poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, who are critically ill in a British hospital. Britain has said that Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by the Soviet-era 'Novichok' nerve agent, and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Sunday that Russia has been stockpiling it and investigating how such weapons could be used in assassinations.

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Zimbabwe's president threatens to prosecute forex culprits

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday named hundreds of mines, Chinese businesses and individuals who had illegally transferred foreign currency abroad during Robert Mugabe's rule and warned they would be prosecuted. The announcement came after the expiry of a three month amnesty for the return of funds including export proceeds, payments for phantom imports and "funds transferred to foreign banks in cash or under spurious circumstances". Authorities say Zimbabwe lost at least $1.4 billion (1.1 billion euros) in revenue as a result.

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US student found dead in Bermuda after intense search

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — A Pennsylvania college student who disappeared following a rugby tournament in Bermuda was found dead Monday after an intensive search of the British island territory.

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Syria Aid Worker: 'A Motionless World' Is Watching 'Wholesale Slaughter'

An aid worker in the besieged Syrian region of eastern Ghouta has spoken of

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Lindsey Graham Warns Trump: Firing Mueller Would Be ‘Beginning Of The End’

> "As I said before, if he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of

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Lin Manuel Miranda And Ben Platt Join Forces For Ultimate Broadway Mashup

If we don't live to see their glory, at least we'll have this moving

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Putin Believes He's Destined to Make Russia Great Again. And He's Just Getting Started

The Russian President won a fourth term in office—but he has no intention of giving it up in 2024

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Turkish leader vows wider offensive against Kurdish militia

BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey's president vowed Monday to keep up the pressure against a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia after his troops captured the Syrian town of Afrin, threatening to expand the military offensive into other Kurdish-held areas across northern Syria and even into neighboring Iraq.