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Washington NEWS — Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington said Sunday that TikTok represents “an immediate threat” from China...
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Washington NEWS — Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California announced Sunday that he won’t enter the competitive Democratic primary to...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration is withdrawing his name from nomination, a person...
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Washington NEWS — The chairmen of three House committees sent a letter Saturday to the Manhattan district attorney leading the...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden on Saturday notified Congress of his decision to authorize an airstrike in Syria this week...
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Washington NEWS — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that he has been released from an inpatient physical therapy...
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Washington NEWS — Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill this week that prohibits transgender students in the state...
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NEWS — Former President Donald Trump is set to hold a campaign rally Saturday in Waco, Texas – returning to...
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NEWS — As former President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Saturday for his first major campaign rally, the handbrake...
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NEWS — When Kamala Harris steps off Air Force Two in Ghana on Sunday, she’ll become the first Black woman...
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NEWS — The Justice Department said Friday that neither it nor the Biden White House would assert certain privileges in...
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NEWS — Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a Republican-led bill that would prohibit transgender minors from receiving...
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Here’s a look at the life of former US Representative Michele Bachmann. Birth date: April 6, 1956 Birth place: Waterloo,...
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NEWS — The FBI has arrested the alleged founder of a popular cybercriminal forum that touted data stolen in a...
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NEWS — Stephanie Young, a veteran Democratic aide, has been tapped to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ new senior adviser...
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NEWS — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the removal of some drought restrictions, while keeping other measures to...
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NEWS — Here’s a look at the life of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Birth date: October 7, 1952 Birth place:...
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NEWS — Prosecutors in Brazil have agreed to a deal with Rep. George Santos in a case in which he...
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NEWS — The US government is tracking a growing number of foreign-linked business transactions that pose potential data risks to...
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NEWS — Donald Trump’s primary defense attorney is expected to testify Friday to a federal grand jury, answering questions in...
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NEWS — As he gears up for a likely reelection campaign, President Joe Biden on Tuesday will kick off a...
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NEWS — The Senate Ethics Committee reprimanded Sen. Lindsey Graham Thursday for soliciting campaign contributions five times during a media...
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New York NEWS — The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump is not concluding this week, with questions...
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NEWS — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out a three-pronged vision of engagement, competition and confrontation with China in...
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NEWS — Former President Donald Trump’s defense attorney repeatedly speculated as a legal pundit that Trump’s alleged affair with Stormy...
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Washington NEWS — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday the State Department is facing an “unprecedented demand” for...
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NEWS — Republican Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul gave Secretary of State Antony Blinken a deadline...
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NEWS — A 24-year-old Pennsylvania woman who barged into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the January 6, 2021, US...
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Washington NEWS — The judge handling the civil lawsuit of E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump says jurors’ personal information...
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NEWS — The Manhattan district attorney’s office investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in an alleged hush money payment scheme...
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NEWS — The House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday to try to override President Joe Biden’s veto of...
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Ottawa, Canada NEWS — President Joe Biden will make a long-awaited trip to America’s northern neighbor Thursday evening, a 24-hour...
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NEWS — Donald Trump’s legal limbo appeared to get more precarious on Wednesday. The country gets closer every day to...
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NEWS — An upbeat Kevin McCarthy left the White House seven weeks ago with a rosy view about the prospects...
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NEWS — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has stylized himself as a political brawler willing to take on all comers, from...
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NEWS — Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee claim in a new report that local law enforcement pushback to a...
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NEWS — In the face of senators’ criticism, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel did not agree to lower the commercial cost...
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NEWS — The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis this month quietly proposed extending Florida’s controversial prohibition on classroom instruction related...
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NEWS — The extraordinary legal peril surrounding Donald Trump is reaching a fever pitch at the same time the former...
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NEWS — Three closely watched ailing senators remain away from the Capitol this week and it’s not clear when they...
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NEWS — The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is scheduled to vote on President Joe Biden’s pick to...
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NEWS — At some point later this year, the US will not be able to pay all of its obligations...
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New York NEWS — The Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell, are facing a legacy-defining moment as their two-day...
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NEWS — All eyes are trained on the Federal Reserve as it prepares to announce another potential interest rate hike...
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NEWS — Behind the gilded doors of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump has toyed with the idea of creating a...
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NEWS takes a closer look at the legal drama surrounding Donald Trump. Watch “NEWS Primetime: Inside the Trump Investigations” Tuesday,...
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Washington NEWS — Federal officials, including those at the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, are monitoring what they say...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden on Tuesday will officially designate a new national monument in Southern Nevada at a conservation...
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NEWS — Donald Trump’s Republican allies in the House are doing what the former president taught them to do –...
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NEWS — Amid all the other uncertainties surrounding the possible indictment of Donald Trump, the flurry of events has made...
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NEWS takes a closer look at the legal drama surrounding Donald Trump. Watch “NEWS Primetime: Inside the Trump Investigations” Tuesday,...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a resolution to block a controversial Washington, DC, crime bill...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden on Tuesday will award the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts...
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NEWS — Here’s a look at the life of Jon Huntsman, former Utah Governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate. Birth...
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NEWS — Breaking his silence on Donald Trump’s legal troubles, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday criticized the Manhattan district...
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NEWS — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the US has formally determined that armed forces on...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday on a resolution to overturn a retirement...
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NEWS — Three key House GOP chairmen took the extraordinary step on Monday of seeking to intervene in an investigation...
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NEWS — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have asked for a judge to toss the final report and evidence...
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Washington NEWS — The US Capitol Police force “is not currently tracking any direct or credible threats to the US...
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NEWS — It’s been nearly eight years since he rode down the escalator in Trump Tower and more than two...
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NEWS — Atlanta-area prosecutors are considering bringing racketeering and conspiracy charges in connection with Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the...
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NEWS — The investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in a scheme to pay hush money to adult...
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NEWS — America’s political and legal institutions are bracing for their next extreme test posed by former President Donald Trump....
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Orlando, Florida NEWS — House Republicans had hoped to use their annual retreat to get on the same page about...
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Washington NEWS — Ted Lasso and President Joe Biden are teaming up to – as the television football coach would...
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Washington NEWS — Attorney Robert Costello, once a legal adviser to Trump attorney Michael Cohen, will appear Monday before the...
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NEWS — Former President Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll have agreed to combine two upcoming trials next month regarding...
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Washington NEWS — Former Vice President Mike Pence balked at the idea of a potential indictment of Donald Trump, categorizing...
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NEWS — Former President Donald Trump holds an average double-digit advantage over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in national 2024 Republican...
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Washington NEWS — Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly acknowledged there are “risks involved” in the potential indictment of former President...
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NEWS — Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg said in an email to staff on Saturday that his office will “not...
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NEWS — Heading into the next presidential election, an analysis of NEWS polls shows that Republicans have reverted to the...
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NEWS — Alvin Bragg, a former New York state and federal prosecutor, drew national attention when he made history as...
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NEWS — A farmers’ protest party in the Netherlands has caused a shock after winning provincial elections this week just...
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NEWS — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have passed a bill that prohibits transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming care, allows educators...
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NEWS — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Saturday that the state will cut insulin costs by 90% and that...
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NEWS — South Carolinians Nikki Haley and Tim Scott, along with other presidential hopefuls, are set to address a Christian...
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Washington NEWS — Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he expects to be arrested in connection with the investigation by...
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NEWS — Nearly two-and-a-half years after the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the United States if it didn’t...
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NEWS — The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was lauded by former clerks and colleagues at a memorial ceremony held...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden on Friday said the International Criminal Court’s case against Russian President Vladimir Putin “makes a...
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NEWS — Meetings have been going on throughout the week between city, state and federal law enforcement agencies in New...
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NEWS — Ohio on Friday became the latest state to leave an obscure multi-state consortium that aims to help maintain...
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NEWS — Here is a look at the life of Martin O’Malley, former governor of Maryland. Birth date: January 18,...
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NEWS — Former President Donald Trump has posted on Facebook for the first time since January 6, 2021, the day...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden said earlier this week he was planning to speak “soon” with his Chinese counterpart, Xi...
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NEWS — Donald Trump and his family failed to report nearly $300,000-worth of gifts they received from foreign governments between...
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NEWS — Hunter Biden is accusing the Delaware computer repair shop owner who worked on a laptop of trying to...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden is hosting Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the White House on Friday, resuming the St....
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New York NEWS — YouTube on Friday said it would restore former President Donald Trump’s channel, more than two years...
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NEWS — A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that a temporary block on a portion of a law pushed...
