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Notable moments from the past week in America.

Criminals contact a target by impersonating a U.S. official and briefly engage in conversation on a topic the target is well-versed in.

The Trump administration seeks to ensure ‘those who persecute others based on protected bases’ do not get refuge in the U.S., according to a DOJ official.

State’s public service commission unanimously approves hotly-contested plan after assurances developers, not ratepayers, to foot bill. Opponents not convinced.

A petition aims to bring an end to a human rights abuse, one signature at a time.

The former FBI director and New York attorney general had their cases thrown out in late November for the same reason.

‘A lot of the tax changes, which affect last year, weren’t in any tax forms that people filled out at the beginning of’ this year, the economist said.

The president’s most-favored-nation pricing initiative now has 14 of the world’s top 17 drug manufacturers in agreement.

The Justice Department said it would release ’several hundred thousand' files by the Dec. 19 deadline.

The White House says the payments will reach troops before Christmas.

Charges against the cartel members included murder, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, and drug trafficking.

‘It’s exciting to see President Trump’s policies are absolutely working on bringing prices down,’ Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said.

The company says it will coordinate with NASA and SpaceX, its owner, to track objects orbiting around the Earth.