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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for a convention of states to amend the Constitution during a speech at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas Gov. Abbott calls for Constitutional Convention

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2016 9:07 pm

Two Iraqi-born Palestinians who came to the United States as refugees have been arrested on federal terrorism charges (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Two Middle East refugees arrested on terror charges

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2016 2:05 pm

GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush's net favorability among Republicans has plummeted since July, according to a new Gallup poll. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Jeb Bush’s favorability still falling

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2016 1:51 pm

"[T]here is no doubt that Donald is a man who speaks and tweets his mind freely," Republican Gov. Rick Scott wrote in an op-ed Thursday. (AP Photo/Chase Stevens)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says Trump ‘has America’s pulse’

Kelly Cohen · January 7, 2016 1:07 pm

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Paris police shoot, kill armed man who charged police station on Charlie Hebdo anniversary

Kelly Cohen · January 7, 2016 1:06 pm

According to the Food Research Action Center, SNAP participation averaged 45.5 million people in September 2015, a decrease of almost 1.1 million compared with September 2014. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Up to 1 million may lose food stamp benefits in 2016

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2016 10:08 pm

The Alabama State Supreme Court chief justice issued an order to all probate judges Wednesday not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Alabama chief justice orders a halt to same-sex marriage licenses

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2016 7:50 pm

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned North Korea's claim that it successfully tested a nuclear weapon. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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U.N. condemns North Korea’s latest nuclear test

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2016 6:44 pm

"Here's what I see: a complacency among the generation of young women whose entire lives have been lived after Roe v. Wade was decided," Debbie Wasserman Schultz said. (AP file photo/Keith Srakocic)

DNC chair: Millennial women complacent on abortion rights

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2016 6:17 pm

"They have just not acted strongly at all around the world. This is just another example -- piled on top of Iran, on top of Syria, on top Crimea and Ukraine ... this is what weak American leadership gets you," Chris Christie said. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Christie criticizes Obama, Clinton over North Korea

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2016 2:34 pm

Sanders: I’ll do better against Trump than Clinton

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2016 2:04 pm

The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Wednesday denounced North Korea's reported test of a nuclear weapon. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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NATO denounces North Korea’s nuclear bomb test

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2016 1:18 pm