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Former Marine in Moscow jail should be freed for medical treatment, State Dept. says

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine, second left, who was arrested for alleged spying in Moscow at the end of 2018, speaks to a journalist as he escorted by Federal Security Service officers to a court room in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Russia faced pressure Saturday from the State Department to free Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Moscow, amid growing concerns about his well-being behind bars.

In this March 11, 2013, file photo is a sign reading "Stop the Transcanada Pipeline" placed in a field near Bradshaw, Neb. Nebraska's highest court lifted one of the last major hurdles for the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 when it rejected another attempt to derail the project by opponents who wanted to force the developer to reapply for state approval. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) **FILE**

Keystone XL pipeline gets go-ahead from Nebraska Supreme Court

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Prison psychologist removed Epstein from suicide watch after deeming he wasn’t threat to self

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Specialist Peter Giacchi works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Stocks tumbled on Wall Street after President Donald Trump said he "hereby ordered" U.S. companies to consider alternatives to doing business in China. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks nosedive as Trump, China escalate trade tensions

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump points to the crowd after arriving on Air Force One at Louisville International Airport in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Trump is in town to speak at the American Veterans (AMVETS) 75th National Convention. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

A fuming President Trump ‘orders’ U.S. companies to move out of China

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Members of a pilgrimage from around the U.S. pause before the enshrined body of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Dec. 22, 1946, during special ceremonies marking the inaugural feast day of the first American saint, in Mother Cabrini Chapel in the Inwood section of Manhattan, New York City. From left to right: Mary A. Laffey, Lucy Otterbacher, Mary Farrell, Catherine A. Bower, Virginia Holzderer and Alice Taylor. (AP Photo/Joe Caneva)

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gestures while speaking at the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in San Francisco. More than a dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls are making their way to California to curry favor with national party activists from around country. Democratic National Committee members will hear Friday from top contenders, including Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Dems have to ‘be ready to throw a punch for the children’ in 2020, Pelosi says

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This May 23, 2012 file photo shows Laura Spencer on ABC's &quot;Good Morning America&quot; show, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File) ** FILE **

‘GMA’ host Lara Spencer apologizes for laughing about Prince George taking ballet

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Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci poses for a photograph after an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Specialist Peter Giacchi works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Stocks tumbled on Wall Street after President Donald Trump said he "hereby ordered" U.S. companies to consider alternatives to doing business in China. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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In this July 25, 2017 photo, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Scaramucci slams Trump as ‘full-blown’ fascist over Twitter attacks on himself, wife

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Dead bodies of victims lie inside St. Sebastian's Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. More than two hundred people were killed and hundreds more injured in eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne)

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Democratic presidential candidate and businessman Tom Steyer waits to speak at the Des Moines Register Soapbox during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gestures while speaking at the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in San Francisco. More than a dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls are making their way to California to curry favor with national party activists from around country. Democratic National Committee members will hear Friday from top contenders, including Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Dems have to ‘be ready to throw a punch for the children’ in 2020, Pelosi says

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Buttons for Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard rest on a table, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, at the Hillsborough County Democrats Summer Picnic, in Greenfield, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Gabbard campaign asks DNC to revise debate qualifications over polling ‘irregularities’

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Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks to the media during a campaign event at Liberty House in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter) ** FILE **

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United States Attorney General William Barr, waves to the crowd, after addressing the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police's 64th National Biennial Conference at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Convention Blvd. in New Orleans, La. Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP) ** FILE **

AG William Barr announces changes to immigration courts

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In this Aug. 3, 2019, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Mitch McConnell warns Dems not to change filibuster: ‘You’ll regret this’

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., pauses as he and other Democratic House committee chairs talk to reporters just after passing a resolution to take legal action against President Donald Trump's administration and potential witnesses, a response to those who defy subpoenas in Congress' Russia probe and other investigations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Jerrold Nadler blasts ‘Squad’ members over ‘vile’ anti-Semitic cartoon

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In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, white nationalist demonstrators walk into the entrance of Lee Park surrounded by counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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A surge of students from China is leading U.S. universities to confront the challenges of integrating them more into American campus life. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

‘Academic espionage’: China suspected of flooding U.S. with students to access sensitive programs

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a flag as he arrives to a campaign rally at the University of Northern Colorado, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, in Greeley, Colo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Growing chasm on Trump divides LGBTQ movement along party lines

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in Washington. Trump is headed to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump aims to stop surge with family detentions: ‘They won’t come. And many people will be saved’

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"In God We Trust" is stenciled in a wall at South Park Elementary in Rapid City, South Dakota in this July 23, 2019 photo. When students return to public schools across South Dakota this fall there should be a new message displayed in a common area, a cafeteria, entryway or other prominent location. A new state law that took effect this month requires all public schools in the state's 149 districts to paint, stencil or otherwise display the national motto "In God We Trust." The South Dakota lawmakers who proposed the law said the requirement was meant to inspire patriotism in the state's public schools.(Adam Fondren/Rapid City Journal via AP)

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In this April 13, 2017, file photo, a wild boar walks in a swamp, in Slidell, La. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana, File) **FILE**

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In this Tuesday, April 10, 2018 photo, Marshfield High School Principal Robert Keuther displays vaping devices that were confiscated from students in such places as restrooms or hallways at the school in Marshfield, Mass. Illinois health officials are reporting what could be United States' first death tied to vaping. In a Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, news release, the Illinois Department of Public Health says a person who recently vaped died after being hospitalized with &quot;severe respiratory illness.&quot; The agency didn't give any other information about the patient, including a name or where the person lived. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol after he blocked a unanimous consent vote on a long-awaited $19 billion disaster aid bill in the chamber on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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A man reacts to a play during the sixth inning of a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Baltimore. The Rays won 5-2. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Orioles GM Elias fires 11 scouts, front-office workers

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