Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democrats block government funding that would restore food stamps and federal programs in exchange for healthcare subsidies.

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Michelle Beadle couldn't say Stephen A. Smith's name as she ripped the ESPN personality over his new ambassadorship with Papaya, mobile games company, for the upcoming World Solitaire Championship (WSC).

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China’s latest addition means it has the second largest number of aircraft carriers in the world

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