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1.7KWorldBiden’s defense of democracy, strong abroad, is struggling on his home turf
Joe Biden has made vindicating democracy the central objective of his presidency. Improbably, he has found more success abroad than at home...
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2.8KWorldWhy you should hit pause on the ‘Mike Pence is a hero’ storyline
The message at Thursday’s January 6 committee hearing was simple: Mike Pence was a hero for his refusal to bow to Donald...
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1.5KWorldProduction team with ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ arrested in House building
Members of a production team for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” were arrested by US Capitol Police in a congressional office...
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1.8KWorldWTO breaks negotiating slump with package of deals
The World Trade Organization on Friday put itself back in the negotiating game by approving agreements to authorize generic versions of Covid-19...
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1.7KWorldGOP congressional candidate said Black Americans are held hungry and …
New York Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino told a radio host in late 2016 that Black Americans were kept “dumb and hungry”...
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2.1KWorldHe’s one of the most powerful gun lobbyists in D.C. And you’ve never heard of him
Not long after he was nominated to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, David Chipman received a call from...
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1.5KWorldSenate Judiciary Committee deadlocks on Biden pick to lead ATF
The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked Thursday in its nomination vote for Steve Dettelbach, President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Bureau of...
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1.8KWorldBiden’s new inflation scapegoat: oil giants racking up profits amid record gas prices
In his latest attempt to stem raging inflation affecting almost every American, President Joe Biden has a new target — oil giants...
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2.0KWorld5 takeaways from Tuesday’s elections in South Carolina, Nevada, Texas, Maine and North Dakota
South Carolina voters delivered the vengeance that Donald Trump had sought as they ousted Rep. Tom Rice, one of the 10 House...
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2.6KWorldSouth Carolina voters will decide Tuesday whether to exact Trump’s vengeance on two GOP members of Congress
Donald Trump on Tuesday will have his first real shot at taking revenge on one of the House Republicans known as the...
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1.7KWorldWilliam Barr’s stunning evolution from Trump loyalist to nemesis
From villain to hero. Democrats once accused former Attorney General William Barr of lying to Congress and covering up Donald Trump’s corruption....
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1.5KWorldHow far right is the path to Conservative victory?
Where you stand on child raising offers clues to where you sit in the swirl of Canadian politics. Consider these questions: When...
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1.9KWorldDiscord at Supreme Court mirrors diminishment of democratic norms
Supreme Court justices are facing protests from outside their newly fortified perimeter — and from within — as they finish an epic...
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1.6KWorldRules at risk
An upcoming Supreme Court decision on climate change could make it easier to attack federal regulations on the grounds that Congress has...
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1.9KWorldMarch for Our Lives will hold Saturday rally in DC
March for Our Lives, the student-led movement focused on gun violence prevention, will return to Washington this weekend for a mass demonstration...
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2.2KWorldSarah Palin’s back on the ballot in Alaska — and she’s facing off against Santa Claus
The wildest congressional contest of 2022 is unfolding in Alaska, where the state’s former governor and onetime Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah...
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1.6KWorldU.S. inflation hit a new 40-year high last month of 8.6 percent
The costs of gas, food and other necessities jumped in May, raising inflation to a new four-decade high and giving American households...
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1.4KWorldUS military service member in Germany is military’s first case of monkeypox
An active-duty member of the US military based in Stuttgart, Germany has been identified as having the military’s first known case of...
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2.3KWorldBernie to Dems: Change course before you nosedive in November
Bernie Sanders has something to get off his chest: Without a course correction, he sees the Democratic Party on track to get...
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1.6KWorldDems know the Jan. 6 hearings won’t help in November. They’re leaning in anyway
House Democrats know that even the most damning findings from their probe into the Capitol attack may not save their majority in...