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2020 election could be under threat from "old adversaries" and "domestic disinformation campaigns"
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Teen accused in Twitter hack pleads not guilty
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Third party mailers muddle absentee ballot process in Georgia
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Senate could be in session until deal reached on coronavirus bill
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High-profile Dems fight for their seats as 5 states hold primaries
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Trump’s demand for US cut of a TikTok deal is unprecedented
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Nursing home providers accused of misusing federal dollars received millions in COVID-19 funds: report
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Federal agents raid offices of company tied to Ukrainian oligarch
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'Never Trump' Republicans team with progressives to convert the president's religious base
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Beirut blast: Dozens dead and thousands injured, health minister says
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High rate of cyberattacks amid COVID-19: Report
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Dow gains for third day running, NASDAQ sets new record
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Warren asks SEC to investigate Kodak deal
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Trump campaign makes voter-registration gains in 3 key battleground states
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Key GOP senator backs food stamp boost in virus relief bill
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Trump on 1,000 Americans a day dying from COVID-19: "It is what it is"
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White House, Congress head toward new round of COVID-19 talks as pressure grows
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White House eyes executive orders to upend virus negotiations
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Firefighters battling large brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park

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Trump Weighs Key Personnel Choices, Schooled by His First-Term Experience

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The president-elect held his first formal transition meetings and has been given lists of candidates, but is calling around to friends and allies for ideas.
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Pictures from space show mighty smog choking Lahore

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The smog covering Pakistan's second largest city has been captured in satellite images.
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Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says

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A UN agency verified victims from a six-month period and said it found international law violations.
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Is this tiny Mauritian island a confidential spy station?

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India has built a 3km-long runway on Agalega and no-one has fully explained why, angering residents.
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Elon Musk briefly joins Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

  • News source: Dan De Luce and Megan Lebowitz | NBC News
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Tech mogul Elon Musk briefly joined President-elect Donald Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Musk, who campaigned for Trump in the final weeks of the 2024 race, was not scheduled to be on the call but walked into the room and greeted Zelenskyy, according to the source. He was not part of a substantive conversation between the two leaders, the person said.

Neither Zelenskyy nor Trump had previously disclosed that Musk was on the call. Axios first reported his...
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Georgia governor declares emergency in 23 counties inundated with heavy rain and flooding

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency in 23 counties swamped by flooding rainstorms
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Latino voters on why they supported Trump

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While a majority of Latinos voted for Vice President Kamala Harris, President-elect Donald Trump was backed by a record 46% of Latino voters, even gaining support in Democratic strongholds like New York City. Lilia Luciano spoke with some voters who were behind that historic shift.
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Report: Musk took part in call between Trump, Zelenskyy

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A new Axios report says that billionaire Elon Musk was on a phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, underscoring that Musk has a seat at the table as Trump navigates his return to power. Robert Costa has more.
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Charges filed in Iranian murder-for-hire plot against Trump

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Two men are in federal custody and a third is wanted in connection with what authorities are calling an Iranian murder-for-hire plot against President-elect Donald Trump. Prosecutors allege one of the suspects, Farhad Shakeri, was an operative for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He remains at large. Scott MacFarlane has the latest.
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Walz, other Democratic governors, vow to fight against Trump's agenda

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California's Newsom and Massachusetts' Healy won't assist in mass deportations.
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Inside the Federal Work Force That Trump Has Promised to Eviscerate

  • News source: Robert Draper, Michael Crowley and Zach Montague
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President-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have pledged to strike fear in the heart of what they term “the deep state.” They have already succeeded.
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Trump may deport hundreds of thousands of migrants whom Biden allowed to legally enter US

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President-elect Trump’s transition team is considering ending two Biden Administration programs that have allowed more than 1.3 million immigrants to enter the U.S. legally, making those who entered but have not yet received asylum eligible for deportation, NBC News has learned.

The exact number of people who could face deportation after arriving in the U.S. legally is not known, but it is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands.

Trump’s plan to end the two Biden programs comes as the president-elect’s promised plan to carry out mass...
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WATCH: 2-year old’s heartwarming reunion with grandparents after a month apart goes viral

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A TikTok video of Rory, 2, reuniting with her grandparents, after they were on vacation in Spain his giving social media all the feels.
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Federal judge rules Illinois assault weapons ban unconstitutional

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A federal judge in downstate Illinois has ruled the state's ban on assault weapons is unconstitutional, but will hold off on prohibiting the state from enforcing it for one month to allow for a likely appeal.

U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn, who sits on the federal court in East Saint Louis, wrote in his 168-page opinion that the statewide ban on assault-style weapons violates the Second Amendment.

The Protect Illinois Communities Act bans the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, and requires existing...
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