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Discarded syringes lay near near train tracks in Philadelphia, Monday, July 31, 2017. According to the Council of Economic Advisers report, more than 50,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2015, of which 63 percent reportedly involved opioids. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

White House puts the cost of the opioid crisis at $504 billion in 2015

Kelly Cohen · November 20, 2017 12:00 am

The rescued Afghans were taken to a secure location where they were screened before being released. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

National Security

Afghan forces free captives in raid on Taliban prison in Helmand

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 8:57 pm

"Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail!" Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump on UCLA basketball players: ‘I should have left them in jail’ due to LaVar Ball criticism

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 5:58 pm

"He is spending time with his family in Washington, D.C., and will be through the Thanksgiving holiday, and he's doing a lot of reflecting." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Al Franken won’t resign, spending time ‘reflecting’ during Thanksgiving: Spokesman

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 5:51 pm

Dingell also revealed a senator had made an aggressive sexual advance toward her. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Debbie Dingell: All women have a sexual harassment story

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 5:05 pm

The U.S. Secret Service, in partnership with the National Park Service, said in recent months it supporting a new plan to raise the height of the security fence around the president's residence by five feet and add a concrete foundation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Secret Service arrests person who tried to jump White House barrier

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 4:38 pm

"My guess is we've not spent that much time looking at the specifics of these allegations," Mulvaney said to Andrea Mitchell. "You've arrived at a certain conclusion because of a certain political persuasion." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mick Mulvaney: Roy Moore accusers are credible, but ‘I don’t know who to believe’

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 4:35 pm

"I think he thinks it's best for the people of Alabama to make that decision," White House legislative director Marc Short said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House official: Trump finds accusations against Roy Moore credible

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 3:51 pm

"President Trump was not my choice for the Republican nominee for president and I did not support him in part because of the way that all of these reports about how he was treating women." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Susan Collins: Sexual assault allegations against Trump still ‘very disturbing’

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 3:40 pm

"I haven't reached that conclusion yet because I think there are going to be further changes," Collins said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Susan Collins is still not sure about GOP tax bill

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 3:37 pm

"I hope that the good voters of Alabama decide not to send him to the United States Senate," Collins said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Susan Collins: I hope ‘the voters of Alabama will not elect Roy Moore’

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 2:47 pm

Abramovich, who is 51 years old and worth $9.5 billion, does not have a public schedule and there is no word on if he will meet with Trump during his anticipated stay in Florida. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Russian oligarch’s yacht docks in Palm Beach ahead of Trump’s expected arrival

Kelly Cohen · November 18, 2017 9:26 pm