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Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a much-awaited announcement Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.

DACA is being rescinded with ‘wind down’ period, Jeff Sessions announces

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era initiative that shielded young undocumented immigrants from deportation, will end.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is pictured Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. The United States is retaliating against Russia by forcing closure of its consulate in San Francisco and scaling back its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York.

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US forces Russia to close San Francisco consulate, scale back in DC and New York

The United States has retaliated against Russia by forcing closure of its San Francisco consulate and shrinking of presence in DC, NY.

Before joining Trump’s campaign last August, Steve Bannon ran the far-right media outlet Breitbart, which he described as a “platform for the alt-right.”

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Trump administration removes Bannon from White House, Breitbart confirms his return

Steve Bannon has been removed from his role at the White House, where he was a chief strategist who helped cement the populist, nationalistic rhetoric of President Donald Trump’s agenda.

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Trump says ‘alt-left’ also to blame for death in Charlottesville

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that ‘alt-left’ protesters at a Charlottesville rally were partially responsible for the violence that left one woman dead.

Incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, right, blowing a kiss after answering questions during the press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington on July 21.

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Scaramucci is out as White House communications director after 10 days

President Trump has decided to remove Anthony Scaramucci from the White House communications director position, which he he was appointed to a little more than a week ago.

President Donald Trump greats members of the military and others as he arrives on Air Force One at Raleigh County Memorial Airport, in Beaver, W.Va., Monday, July 24, 2017, en route to the 2017 National Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.Va..

Politics & Government

Transgender people cannot serve in the U.S. military, Trump says

President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that transgender people are not allowed to serve in the U.S. military.

Sean Spicer was named White House Press Secretary in December 2016.

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Spicer quits as press secretary after dispute over Trump appointment

Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned Friday after denouncing chaos in the West Wing and telling President Donald Trump he vehemently disagreed with the appointment of the New York financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director.

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The final map of Whatcom County Council voting districts was approved by the Districting Committee in 2016. Voters changed council districts from three to five in 2015. District No. 1 is South Bellingham, No. 2 is North Bellingham, No. 3 is Foothills, No. 4 is Farmlands and No. 5 is Coastal.

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Here’s who is running for new Whatcom County Council districts, other cities

Here are the candidates for city and county councils in Bellingham and Whatcom County that will be on the 2017 ballots.

Crime

Lynden man arrested in Birch Bay hit and run death

A Lynden man has confessed to a hit and run crash that killed a man walking on a rural road near Birch Bay, state troopers said Wednesday.

Crime

Truck’s side mirror likely killed Whatcom County pedestrian in hit and run, autopsy shows

A Whatcom County man likely died when a truck’s passenger side mirror struck his head as he walked along a rural road south of Blaine, an autopsy revealed Tuesday morning.

A GoFundMe page for Pamela C. Moyer, 24, whose husband and daughter died in a vehicle accident Sunday, exceeded its goal in less than 24 hours.

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Outpouring of sympathy for mom whose husband, infant daughter died in wreck

A GoFundMe account keeps growing for the Ferndale woman whose husband and infant daughter were killed in a horrific Mother’s Day car wreck.

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Politics & Government

Gorsuch’s confirmation puts the Trump brand on the Supreme Court, perhaps for decades

The Senate confirms Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court by a largely party-line vote, setting the stage for the 49-year-old Trump administration nominee to shape U.S. law for decades. Senate Republicans had changed the rules to confirm him, ending filibusters and clearing the way for replacing the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

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