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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says it's still investigating last week's breach of White House grounds by an intruder who made it past a 5-foot outer perimeter fence and scaled an 8-foot vehicle gate to gain entry. Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz (CHAY'-fits) says he's been told by Homeland Security that the person went undetected on the grounds for 17 minutes while President Donald Trump was inside. Secret Service says it has added security, including technology.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is standing by his unproven claim that his predecessor, President Barack Obama, wiretapped his phones. Trump is suggesting he was the victim of the same sort of surveillance the Obama administration allegedly employed to monitor German Chancellor Angela Merkel's calls. The Justice Department on Friday submitted a response as required by a House committee.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Votes on the Republican health care bill are planned in the House for next Thursday. President Donald Trump and some House conservatives have agreed to changes in hopes of easing deep party divisions over the overhaul plan. But other conservatives have expressed their continued opposition.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal court on has permanently blocked Mississippi's law that threatened to close the state's only abortion clinic by setting a hospital-privileges requirement the clinic couldn't fulfill. Friday's ruling comes eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a similar law in Texas. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has said the law he signed in 2012 was designed to help women. Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO Nancy Northup called the ruling the latest victory for women's health and rights.
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Hillary Clinton says she's "ready to come out of the woods" and help Americans find common ground. Clinton's gradual return to the public spotlight following her presidential election loss continued with a St. Patrick's Day speech in her late father's Pennsylvania hometown of Scranton. She told an Irish women's group that she has a hard time watching the news. She says she'll urge the divided country to work together to solve problems.
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