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50 Cards in this Set
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The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on 13 people and a dozen companies in response to _____'s recent ballistic missile test, increasing pressure on Tehran without directly undercutting a landmark nuclear deal with the country
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Iran
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A knife-wielding man shouting "Allahu akbar" attacked French soldiers on patrol near the _________ Museum Friday in what officials described as a suspected terror attack. The soldiers first tried to fight off the attacker and then opened fire, shooting him five times.
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Louvre
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European Union leaders on Friday sought a common stand on U.S. President Donald Trump, now that they increasingly fear that campaign rhetoric will be turned into ________ and further tear their troubled bloc apart.
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policy
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The international group that governs basketball is close to eliminating a longstanding ban on ___________ headgear in competition, clearing the way for athletes to wear hijabs, turbans and yarmulkes in international competitions
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religious
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the prison north of Damascus was known to __________ detainees as "the slaughterhouse" and in it, as many of 13,000 people were hanged in only four years after a series of sham trials, according to a new report issued by Amnesty International
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_____ has broadened its campaign against hate speech and abuse. The company said Tuesday that it has begun identifying people who have been banned for abusive behavior and it will stop them from creating new accounts.
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Twitter
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Model Christie ____________ is returning to the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue at age 63 and this time she's appearing with her two daughters. Brinkley will appear with 31-year-old Alexa Ray Joel, her daughter with singer Billy Joel, and 18-year-old Sailor Brinkley Cook, in the issue coming out this month.
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Brinkley
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Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that "newcomer" President Donald Trump had shown the "real face" of the United States, after the American leader accused Iran of being ungrateful for sanctions relief approved by the Obama administration and vowed a tougher stance. Last week, after Iran tested a _______- missile, Trump tweeted that the country was "playing with fire," saying they "don't appreciate how 'kind' President (Barack) Obama was to them.
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ballistic
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Labor Secretary nominee Andrew _________ acknowledged Tuesday that he had employed an undocumented worker as a housekeeper, putting him again at odds with President Donald Trump's push to keep jobs in American hands
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Puzder
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A major corruption scandal shaking politicians across Latin America continued spreading across the region on Tuesday as Peru's attorney general announced he would seek the arrest of former President Alejandro _______ on charges of laundering of assets and influence trafficking..
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Toledo
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Democratic senators fighting to derail Jeff Sessions' nomination as attorney general repeatedly challenged Republicans Wednesday by reading aloud from a critical letter from Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow, a day after the Republicans silenced Sen. Elizabeth ________ for doing the same.
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Warren
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__________ shares have taken a tumble after President Donald Trump tweeted that the department store chain had treated his daughter "so unfairly." The company announced last week it would stop selling Ivanka Trump's clothing and accessory line, saying that was based on the sales performance of the first daughter's brand....
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Nordstrom
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A Russian court on Wednesday found opposition leader Alexei __________ guilty in the retrial of a 2013 fraud case, which formally disqualifies him as a candidate for president next yea
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Navalny
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Trump has branded the 2010 ______-______ law - which imposed many of the rules - a "disaster." Financial firms, too, have chafed against it, and Republican lawmakers have longed to dismember it. Now, they see a chance to succeed. The drive to repeal the rules has come in a multi-pronged attack - from the White House, on Capitol Hill and at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Dodd Frank
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President Donald Trump's new health secretary is set to take his post after becoming the latest Cabinet nominee to eke out a confirmation victory in the bitterly divided Senate. Rep. Tom _____, R-Ga., was scheduled to take his oath of office at the White House Friday, just hours after the Senate confirmed him 52-47 in a party-line vote
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Price
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- It was the sound of soft sighs and cries in the half-light that first struck Cheree Morrison, and then as the dawn broke she began to see the extent of the carnage - more than 400 _________ had swum aground along a remote New Zealand beach
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whales
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President Donald Trump reaffirmed Washington's long-standing "one China" policy in a call with Beijing's leader, a move that could ease anger in China over his earlier suggestions that he might use ____________ as leverage in negotiations over trade, security and other sensitive issues
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Taiwan
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Beyond the usual, lofty propaganda, North Korea's test of a new intermediate-range __________ missile contains an important, potentially worrying development....
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ballistic
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As an off-duty policeman who had just assassinated __________ ambassador to Turkey stood in front of Burhan Ozbilici waving a gun, the veteran Associated Press photographer summoned the composure to stand his ground and keep taking pictures....
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Russia's
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Water levels dropped Monday at California's Lake _________, stopping water from spilling over a massive dam's potentially hazardous emergency spillway after authorities ordered the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people from towns lying below the lake....
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Oroville
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Residents say the world's first atomic bomb test caused generations of southern New Mexico families to suffer from _____ and economic hardship, according to surveys gathered by an advocacy group seeking compensation for descendants....
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cancer
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Several Chinese cities have shut down their poultry markets in the wake of a _____ flu outbreak that has killed at least two dozen people this year across China...
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bird
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National security adviser Michael _____ has resigned following reports he misled Vice President Mike Pence about contacts with a Russian diplomat, upending Donald Trump's White House team less than a month after the president's inauguration.
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Flynn
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The half-brother of ________ Korean leader Kim Jong Un was assassinated at a Kuala Lumpur airport, telling medical workers before he died en route to a hospital that he had been attacked with a chemical spray, a senior Malaysian official said Tuesday
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North
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Nearly 200,000 people, who evacuated Sunday over fears that a damaged spillway at Lake ___________ could fail and unleash a wall of water, have to stay away indefinitely while officials race to repair it before more rains arrive Thursday. Evacuees say it felt strange to see their beloved lake associated with urgent voices on the national news.
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Oroville
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The ______________ rail is a rare bird that relies on the salt marshes south of Los Angeles to survive. And that's why its future is in doubt - the salt marsh is disappearing under rising seas....
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Ridgway's
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So deadly it's considered a terrorist threat, carfentanil has been legal in China- until now. Beijing is banning carfentanil and three similar drugs as of March 1, China's Ministry of Public Security said Thursday, closing a major regulatory loophole in the fight to end America's ________ epidemic.
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opioid
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Every recent president has had a doomed Cabinet nomination or two, and President Donald Trump is no exception. On Wednesday, Trump's choice for labor secretary, fast food CEO Andrew ________, withdrew his name after Republicans expressed concern over his failure to pay taxes promptly on a former housekeeper who wasn't authorized to work in the U.S.
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Puzder
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__________ across the country are expected to stay home from school and work on Thursday to show how critical they are to the U.S. economy and way of life.
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Immigrants
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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim _______ said Monday he believes U.S. forces will be in Iraq and in the fight against Islamic State militants for a while, despite some rocky times between the two nations. Speaking at the end of a day of meetings in Baghdad with military commanders and Iraqi political leaders, _______ said he is open to any request from his military commanders to aid the battle to retake Mosul and launch a major battle to oust IS from the base of its so-called caliphate in Raqqa, Syria
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Mattis
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Federal authorities are stepping up investigations at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers due to a sharp increase in
_______ theft, missing prescriptions or unauthorized drug use by VA employees since 2009, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. |
opioid
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In a Mexican cave system so beautiful and hot that it is called both Fairyland and hell, scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be __,______ years old...
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50,000
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President Donald Trump has chosen as his national security adviser a soldier-scholar who fought in both Iraq wars and wrote an influential book that called out the U.S. government for "lies" that led to the Vietnam War. Army Lt. Gen. H.R. __________ would remain on active military duty while leading the National Security Council
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McMaster
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An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to __ months in prison for his deadly shooting of a Palestinian attacker who lay wounded on the ground, capping a nearly yearlong saga that has deeply divided the country.
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18
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The _________ Court appears to be evenly divided about the right of Mexican parents to use American courts to sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired across the U.S.-Mexican border and killed their teenage son.
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Supreme
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he last people remaining at a _________ Access pipeline protest camp prayed and set fire to a handful of wooden structures on Wednesday, hours ahead of a deadline set by the Army Corps of Engineers to close the camp.
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Dakota
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___________ fear deportee and refugee camps could be popping up along their northern border under the Trump administration's plan to start deporting to Mexico all Latin Americans and others who entered the U.S. illegally through this country.
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Mexicans
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Alan _______, the radio and television host and commentator best known as the amiable liberal foil to the hard-right Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel, has died
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Colmes
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Conservatives are praising the Trump administration's rollback of public school bathroom requirements for _____________ students, saying the move corrects a legal overreach by the Obama administration that is best left for states to decide
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transgender
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Somalia's new President Mohamed _________ Mohamed on Thursday appointed a political newcomer as the prime minister, shortly before departing to Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip since his election
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Abdullahi
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An ___________ policeman turned his rifle on his colleagues at a checkpoint in southern Helmand province, killing 11 of them before fleeing the scene, officials said Tuesday....
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Afghan
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According to witnesses, the gunman yelled "get out of my country" at Kuchibhotla and a colleague named Alok Madasani before opening fire at Austins Bar and Grill in __________, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, on Feb. 22. Both men worked as engineers at GPS-maker Garmin.
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Olathe
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Instead, Samsung is spotlighting new Android and Windows tablets after delaying the Galaxy S8 smartphone - an indirect casualty of the unprecedented September recall of the fire-prone ______ 7 phone
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Note
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A ______-like storm system that killed at least three people as it spawned tornadoes and destroyed more than 100 homes in the central U.S. rumbled eastward Wednesday, putting about 95 million people in its path, forecasters said
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spring
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President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to rewrite an Obama administration ______ that would shield many wetlands and small streams from development and pollution. Trump promised during his campaign to withdraw the measure, describing it as a classic case of federal overreach. Environmental groups say they'll fight in court to protect the rule...
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rule
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____________ cancer mostly strikes middle-aged and older people, but new research shows a disturbing rise in cases among young adults....
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Colorectal
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In his first address to a joint session of _______, Trump said largely what GOP leaders were hoping to hear Tuesday night, staying on-message and talking in optimistic tones, even weighing in at one point to settle a brewing dispute over how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Congress
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The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said Marie Collins quit out of "frustration" at an alleged lack of cooperation from other Vatican offices, known as the Curia. Her departure delivered a fresh credibility blow to the Vatican's insistence that it is working to ensure that no more children are abused by predator ________.
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priests
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Facebook is beefing up its _________ prevention tools, including new options for people to report if someone might harm themselves while broadcasting on Facebook Live
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suicide
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_______ left-leaning government introduced a military draft for both men and women Thursday because of what its defense minister called a deteriorating security environment in Europe and around _______....
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Sweden
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