What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
February 25 2017 - 3:02AM
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A DHS report contradicts the White House's assertion that
immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries pose a particular
risk of being terrorists and should be blocked from entering the
U.S.
The White House acknowledged that Priebus asked FBI officials to
publicly refute a news report about alleged Russia contacts.
Reporters from several major news outlets were excluded from
attending a White House briefing.
Iraq's air force carried out its first-ever strikes against
Islamic State in neighboring Syria.
A suicide car bomber killed at least 50 people seeking to return
to their homes in the Syrian city of al-Bab.
The declaration that the half brother of North Korea's leader
was killed by one of the world's most lethal chemicals raised
global alarm.
The FCC said its chairman would seek to roll back key portions
of an Obama-era privacy rule.
Democrats face a host of big questions as they meet Saturday to
pick their new party chairman.
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February 25, 2017 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)
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