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GOP senator argues it ‘doesn’t matter’ who conducts background checks for Trump Cabinet picks
Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty suggested Sunday that Americans don’t care about traditional FBI background checks for President-elect Donald Trump‘s Cabinet picks as Democrats call for deeper vetting of executive branch nominees. Hagerty, R-Tenn., said Sunday that Americans “don’t care” who conducts background checks for presidential nominees when asked the FBI’s role in conducting a background…
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Philippine VP’s death threat against president a security matter, official says
The Philippines’ security council will verify an alleged assassination threat by Vice President Sara Duterte against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a top official said on Sunday, describing it as a “matter of national security”. Duterte, in a strongly-worded morning briefing on Saturday, said she had spoken with an assassin and instructed them to kill Marcos, his wife…