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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 — Americans have heard the story before: A lurid tale of a presidential candidate accused of arranging hush-money payments...
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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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NEWS — Over the past year, Texas woman Jen Loh has been in touch with several Proud Boys now on...
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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 — The US government is tracking a growing number of foreign-linked business transactions that pose potential data risks to...
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NEWS — When EU lawmakers voted to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the bloc by 2035,...
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NEWS — After TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified for more than five hours on Thursday before a Congressional committee, one...
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Washington NEWS — The House is expected to vote Friday on a bill that aims to increase so-called parental rights...
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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 new cold war is not playing out over a wall that divides a continent but in the...
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NEWS — Is TikTok’s time up? That’s the question coursing through the halls of Congress, Wall Street, and the public...
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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 — Former President Donald Trump’s defense attorney repeatedly speculated as a legal pundit that Trump’s alleged affair with Stormy...
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NEWS — North Carolina is set to become the 40th state to expand Medicaid to low-income adults after the GOP-led...
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New York NEWS — The governor of Utah signed a controversial bill on Thursday that will require minors to obtain...
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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 — Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Thursday to ban certain gender-affirming care for minors, joining a...
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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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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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It’s been nearly eight years since he rode down the escalator in Trump Tower and more than two years since...
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NEWS — Israeli opposition politicians on Thursday condemned a new law that would limit the ways a sitting prime minister...
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NEWS — Abdullah el-Faisal believed every word in a speech by Osama bin Laden was “like a gem,” and thought...
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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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A court in western India found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation on Thursday for a speech he made...
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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 — The White House will disband its coronavirus response team after the Covid-19 public health emergency ends in May,...
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Hong Kong NEWS — Nearly three years after the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok if its Chinese owner didn’t...
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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 — When a pharmaceutical plant in Shanghai that made contrast material for radiological scans shut down last year, half...
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NEWS — Allene Jue used to vote in a simple, rapid manner – scan the names on the ballot and...
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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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Madison, Wisconsin NEWS — In one of the nation’s most important political battlegrounds, the future of election laws, abortion rights...
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NEWS — The Michigan Republican Party sparked criticism Wednesday after the organization used imagery from the Holocaust to argue against...
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NEWS — When Nabilah Islam began running for Congress in the 2020 cycle, she said she quickly discovered the high...
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Washington NEWS — The US State Department will no longer issue assignment restrictions as a condition of granting security clearance,...
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NEWS — A California lawmaker has introduced a bill in the state Senate that would explicitly ban caste discrimination –...
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Wilmington, Delaware NEWS — The judge in the Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News signaled his interest Wednesday...
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Washington NEWS — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a bill into law that bars transgender students from...
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New York NEWS — Right now, $250,000 seems to be the number on everyone’s minds. That’s the Federal Deposit Insurance...
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Washington NEWS — Riding the so-called “parental rights” movement, more Republican-led states are changing the way they fund K-12 education,...
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NEWS — The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by...
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NEWS — Here’s a look at the life of Sir John Major, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Birth...
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As a growing number of lawmakers raise national security concerns about TikTok’s ties to China, and some experts worry about...
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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 US government on Wednesday announced a plan to overhaul the country’s organ transplant system. The US Department...
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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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NEWS — All eyes are trained on the Federal Reserve as it prepares to announce another potential interest rate hike...
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London NEWS — Boris Johnson will on Wednesday hit back at claims he deliberately misled parliament while serving as British...
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NEWS — A former Florida lawmaker pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements in connection...
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Thailand will hold elections on May 14, the national poll body said on Tuesday, a day after parliament was dissolved....
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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 — Lawyers for Jack Daniel’s will argue to the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a dog toy company...
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NEWS — A California man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening to kill a journalist who was trying to report...
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NEWS — Ugandan lawmakers have approved a law which imposes a punishment of up to 10 years in prison for...
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NEWS — The two candidates battling for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court clashed Tuesday over the state’s 1849 abortion...
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NEWS — Idaho lawmakers approved a bill Monday that would allow execution by firing squad, according to the legislature’s website....
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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 — As TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew prepares for his first congressional grilling on Thursday, much of the focus...
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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 — As the Supreme Court deliberates behind closed doors over a case that many believe could be one of...
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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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Washington NEWS — A transgender student athlete challenging West Virginia’s anti-trans sports ban is urging the Supreme Court to not...
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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 — The conspiracy trial of six people affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group descended into chaos Monday...
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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...
