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Details: Written by NAACP; Published: 07 April 2017

Group Questions Legality of Modifying Agreements After the Fact

Details: Written by Darlene Superville, Associated Press; Published: 06 April 2017

A demonstrator dressed as a polar bear joins others gathering in front of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

ACA repeal fails – but other attempts to undermine Obama’s legacy are working

Details: Written by ERRIN HAINES WHACK and SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press; Published: 04 April 2017

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump administration may back out of agreements with police departments to curb racial bias and excessive force

Details: Written by ERICA WERNER and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press; Published: 04 April 2017

Neil Gorsuch (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Republicans plan to enact the "nuclear option," which would eliminate the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees

Details: Written by JOSH LEDERMAN and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press; Published: 03 April 2017

As Flynn asks for immunity Trump associates line up to testify on Russian investigation

Details: Written by LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press; Published: 01 April 2017

A Somali soldier provides security as newly displaced Somalis gather at a camp in the Garasbaley area on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, March 28, 2017. Drought-stricken families facing a hunger crisis are on the move, trying to reach international aid agencies that cannot distribute food in areas under the control of al-Shabab, Somalia's homegrown Islamic extremist rebels who are affiliated to al-Qaida. Week by week, country by country, the Pentagon is quietly seizing more control over warfighting decisions, sending hundreds of more troops to war with little public debate and seeking greater authority to battle extremists across the Middle East and Africa. This week it was Somalia, where President Donald Trump gave the U.S. military more authority to conduct offensive airstrikes on al-Qaida-linked militants.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Hundreds more troops are going to war and airstrikes are increasing