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Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte is shown in a close-up photograph wearing a gray suit and looking down.

Dutch government resigns over child welfare scandal

Global Politics

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire Cabinet resigned Friday to take political responsibility for a scandal involving investigations into child welfare payments that wrongly labeled thousands of parents as fraudsters.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte greets supporters during campaigning in The Hague, Netherlands on March 14.

The Dutch far-right party of Geert Wilders looks to lose the election — by a lot

Global Politics

Dutch voices demand their government get tough with Russia over the downed Malaysia Airlines flight

Global Politics

Dutch voices demand their government get tough with Russia over the downed Malaysia Airlines flight

Global Politics
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