At least 7 tornadoes touch down in Louisiana, state of emergency declared and other top stories.

• At least 7 tornadoes touch down in Louisiana, state of emergency declared

  

  At least seven confirmed tornadoes hit southeast Louisiana Tuesday, causing major damage as a wave of severe thunderstorms swept through the region. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said at a news conference at least seven confirmed tornadoes touched down in the state, including two in Livingston Parish, and one in six other parishes. He declared a state of emergency in the wake of the storms.  Edwards said while there was a wide range of destruction, "the Lord has blessed us with not a single f..

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• Republican Senators Vote to Formally Silence Elizabeth Warren

  

  Video Warren Silenced During Cabinet Debate Senator Elizabeth Warren was accused of impugning a peer when she condemned Senator Jeff Sessions’s nomination for attorney general while reading a letter from Coretta Scott King on the Senate floor. Publish Date February 8, 2017. Photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video » WASHINGTON — Republican senators voted on Tuesday to formally silence a ..

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• Kellyanne Conway, in return to CNN, plays a shell game

  

  VIDEO Kellyanne Conway made her return to CNN's airwaves on Tuesday afternoon, just two days after the counselor to President Trump was turned down for an appearance on its Sunday show because of questions about her credibility. Conway got through the interview without another "Bowling Green massacre"-type gaffe, but she also resumed the Trump team's long-standing media game plan: Ignore what the boss actually said about the topic, obfuscate, and then hope the media moves on. At issue in the ..

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• Devos vows to be 'tireless advocate for all students'

  

  Vice President Mike Pence swears in Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2016, as DeVos’ husband Dick DeVos watches. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press) By Maria Danilova | AP By Maria Danilova | AP February 8 at 3:26 AM WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos vowed to be a “tireless advocate for all students” after being confirmed for the job by the slimmest possible margin i..

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• Dakota Access pipeline construction expected to get go-ahead

  

  BISMARCK, N.D. — The developer of the stalled Dakota Access oil pipeline could get clearance from the Army as early as Wednesday to finish the $3.8 billion project, though the American Indian tribe that has led the battle against the project for months has vowed to continue the fight. The Army said Tuesday that it will allow the four-state pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, the last big chunk of construction. The Standing Rock Sioux promised to fight the develop..

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• Trump jokes with sheriffs about destroying a Texas legislator's career over asset forfeiture

  

    Speaking to local county sheriffs at a meeting on Feb. 7 at the White House, President Trump joked that his administration would "destroy" the career of a state senator. (The Washington Post) At a meeting on Tuesday with sheriffs from across the country, President Trump joked about destroying the career of an unnamed Texas state senator who supported curtailing a controversial police practice for seizing people's property. At the meeting, Trump asked the assembled sheriffs if anyone want..

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• Suspect in murders of four women kills himself in Georgia

  

  USA Today Network Pensacola News Journal Published 6:46 p.m. ET Feb. 7, 2017 | Updated 6 hours agoWilliam Boyette(Photo: Special to the News Journal)WEST POINT, Ga. — Authorities say one of two people wanted in the deaths of four women has killed himself, ending a Tuesday standoff at a west Georgia motel and a multi-state crime spree.Escambia (Fla.) County Sheriff David Morgan said William Boyette died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and that another suspect, Mary Ri..

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• Sanders, Cruz debate Obamacare: CNN's Reality Check Team vets the claims

  

  The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the event and analyzed key statements, rating them true, misleading or false."The United States is the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people as a right," Sanders said.This is something that Sanders also said previously throughout his presidential campaign.The World Health Organization issued a report in 2014, saying, "the USA is currently the only high-income country without nearly univ..

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• Homeland Security Chief Admits Travel Ban Was Rushed

  

  “While some of the core tenets of this order are the subject of ongoing litigation, it is my belief that we will prevail and be able to take the steps necessary to protect our nation,” Mr. Kelly said. “Americans must feel safe to walk down the street, go to the mall or to a nightclub anywhere and anytime. Fear must not become the status quo as it has in so many parts of the world.” In the meantime, a complaint filed with the inspector general for homeland security details what two legal advocac..

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