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WASHINGTON (AP) — Framed by the Capitol, President Joe Biden paid tribute Saturday to fallen law enforcement officers and honored those who fought off the Jan. 6 insurrection at that very site by declaring “because of you, democracy survived.”
One of Trump's top targets has outraised the opponent he backs to oust her
Four Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump or remove him from office have an early fundraising advantage over the candidates he has picked to oust them, new campaign filings show.
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Democrats face growing storm over IRS reporting provision
Democrats are facing a firestorm of criticism over a proposal to increase the amount of bank account information reported to the IRS, posing a challenge as they craft their wide-ranging social spen…
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Adam Schiff says appointing Kevin McCarthy to the House speaker role would be like appointing Donald Trump
If Republicans take back Congress in the upcoming midterm elections next year, McCarthy could replace current Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Democrats troll Trump over Virginia governor’s race
Democrats are trolling Donald Trump over Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin’s efforts to distance himself from the former president, including by flying a plane near his Mar-…
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Jeffrey Epstein abused and raped Russian woman in months before arrest, lawsuit says
An unidentified Russian woman says the late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein trafficked, abused, raped, and manipulated her in the months leading to his July 2019 arrest, according to a new legal filing.
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Biden admin gives another $20 million to Mexico, Central America for migrants and refugees
The Biden administration announced Friday that it is giving another $20 million to Mexico and Central America in aid for the hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees in the region -- including money for healthcare, shelter, and legal aid.
‘Highway robbers’: How a trip to buy farmland ended with police taking all his cash
A Vietnamese immigrant and his business partner are fighting to get back more than $100,000 seized by Oklahoma police who allege that it was drug money.
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'Because of you democracy survived': Biden pays tribute to police during memorial ceremony
President Joe Biden, speaking at the National Peace Officers’ memorial service, praised officers for their actions during the Jan. 6 Capital attack.
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Delicate GOP dance for Trump, Youngkin in Virginia gov race
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When Donald Trump rallied Republicans this past week to vote for Glenn Youngkin for governor in Virginia, the former president called in to a gathering of die-hard supporters. That may be the closest he gets to campaigning in the most closely watched election of 2021.
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McAuliffe takes tougher stance on Democrats in Washington
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) is taking a tougher line with Democrats in Washington as President Biden’s poll numbers have dropped in recent months and his agenda has stalled…
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‘We’re done’: Immigration advocates stage walkout on Biden administration
Frustration at the administration's continuation of Trump-era immigration policies is bubbling over.
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Bill Clinton to spend 1 more night in California hospital
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Clinton will spend one more night at a Southern California hospital where he is recovering from an infection, a spokesman said Saturday. “President Clinton has continued to make excellent progress over the past 24 hours,” spokesman Angel Ureña said in a statement.
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South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh jailed
He was being detained in his home state of South Carolina after being arrested in Florida.
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Clean energy program likely to be dropped because of Manchin's objections
Decision isn't final yet, but spending bill negotiators are working on other ways to achieve cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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5 things we learned from the committee investigating January 6 last week
The committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol had a big week.
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Biden pays tribute to fallen police officers, tells families that 'your loss is America's loss'
President Biden on Saturday paid tribute to America's fallen police officers, telling families that their loss is also America’s loss, speaking at the 40th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service in front of the U.S. Capitol -- and warning that police departments need more resources.
Carl Bernstein calls for investigation into supporters of 'psychopath' Trump
Watergate sleuth Carl Bernstein says supporters of former President Donald Trump need to be investigated as part of a broader examination beyond the Capitol riot.
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Obama and Trump wade into key battle over Virginia’s governor seat
The race is unpredictable and tight, with former governor Terry McAuliffe up against Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin Virginia gubernatorial candidates Democrat Terry McAuliffe left, and Republican Glenn Youngkin. Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP Joe Biden faces a key test of public standing in a...
Texas GOP advances new maps that would tighten slipping grip
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Saturday night closed in on redrawn U.S. House maps that would shore up their eroding dominance as voters peel away from the GOP in the state’s booming suburbs.
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ISIS claims responsibility for deadly mosque bombing in Afghanistan
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deadly mosque bombing in Afghanistan Friday that killed nearly 50 people, according to a news release.
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Winemaking and marathon running: what Kyrsten Sinema does instead of her job
Sinema is one of two Democrat holdouts against passing Biden’s Build Back Better agenda – but hasn’t made public why. Here’s what she is public about Senator Kyrsten Sinema at a half marathon in Tempe, Arizona in 2019. Photograph: Chris Coduto/Getty Images for Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Serving in...
Number of Confederate monuments linked to number of lynchings, study finds
"Scholars and activists have long said that Confederate memorials are associated with hate. We want to provide empirical evidence of that,” said researcher Kyshia Henderson.
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Biden administration struggles with cascading crises and controversies, from border to supply chain and more
The leadership of several Biden administration departments is struggling to deal with the challenges confronting them.
NASA launches Lucy probe on 12-year flight to visit eight remote asteroids
The billion-dollar mission is the first with multiple asteroid flybys in an ambitious bid to study the solar system's origins.
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A woman was raped on a SEPTA train, but no riders called 911 to report it, police say.
"It may have been stopped sooner if a rider called 911," authorities said of the sexual assault.
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Venezuela halts talks after Maduro ally's extradition to US
MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela’s government said Saturday it would halt negotiations with its opponents in retaliation for the extradition to the U.S. of a close ally of President Nicolás Maduro who prosecutors believe could be the most significant witness ever about corruption in the South American...
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Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema received the legal maximum of donations from several known GOP donors, new FEC filings show
Progressives have grown frustrated with Arizona Sen. Sinema, who has made headlines in recent months for posing roadblocks to Biden's agenda.
Boy, 13, dies after bullets flew through his bedroom window, struck his head
A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday evening inside his Alabama home when bullets flew through the window and struck him in the head.
POLITICO Playbook: Manchin vs. everybody
And Dems sweat the implications of the Virginia governor race.
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McAuliffe fights to engage politically exhausted Democrats in close of Virginia campaign
Terry McAuliffe did not mince words about what he needed from Virginia voters on Friday night.
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Democrats step up pressure on Biden on student loan forgiveness
Democrats are once again pressing President Biden to act on student loan forgiveness, stepping up the pressure on the White House to deal with the issue even as it struggles to …
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Conservatives quit Biden's court-packing commission
Two conservatives backed out of participating in President Joe Biden's bipartisan commission analyzing potential changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, as other legal experts in the group accused a preliminary court reform draft of being partisan against court-packing.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Zoom call was silenced after 'irrelevant' impeachment testimony during hearing of Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller
Georgia Rep. Greene used her testimony on behalf of Lt. Col Scheller to call for the impeachment of President Biden, which the judge ruled as irrelevant.
Psaki, DOJ in damage control mode after Biden says subpoena defiers should be prosecuted
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and White House press secretary Jen Psaki are doing damage control after President Biden told reporters Friday evening that anyone who defies a congressional subpoena should be prosecuted.
A stench has been lingering over a California city for 2 weeks and residents say it's making them sick
The stench is coming from the Dominguez Channel, a waterway that runs through Carson.
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McAuliffe and Youngkin fight for Latino votes
Leaning over a glass countertop displaying chorizo and carne salteada, Democrat Terry McAuliffe surveys the number of distinct nationalities he's encountered touring Todos Supermarket in northern Virginia.
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Tom Glavine, Ric Flair, Doug Flutie to join Trump for Herschel Walker event
Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine, former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie and pro wrestler Ric Flair are among those joining former President Trump for a fundraiser in December for another former athlet…
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Climate activists target Manchin
Climate activists, organizations and scientists targeted Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) amid news reports that a major climate program was likely to be cut from the reconciliation packag…
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'He was Southend': Tributes paid to slain British lawmaker
LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (AP) — David Amess was a man of the people, a hard-working British lawmaker who had no grand political ambitions beyond serving those who had elected him for nigh-on 40 years.
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Jussie Smollett case will go to trial
A judge denied a request to dismiss Empire actor Jussie Smollett's criminal case after he allegedly lied to police officers over being a victim of a hate crime in January 2019.
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Biden giving stiff-arm to press interviews
President Biden has only given 10 one-on-one press interviews since taking office in January, a low number that is drawing more attention toward the White House’s efforts to control and manage…
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Gunman who ambushed 3 Texas deputies, killing 1, remains on the run: Police
A Texas constable deputy was fatally shot and two other deputies were wounded in what police are calling an "ambush" early Saturday morning outside a Houston nightclub.
Money Floods the Race for Control of Congress, More Than a Year Early
A dizzying amount of money is already pouring into the battles for the House and the Senate more than a year before the 2022 elections, as Republicans are bullish on their chances to take over both chambers in the first midterm election under President Joe Biden, given the narrow margins keeping...
Leaders pay tribute to David Amess, British lawmaker who was stabbed to death
They paid tribute at the church where David Amess was killed.
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Virginia is for worriers: Governor race poses real risk to Dem agenda
“If things don’t go well" for Terry McAuliffe, one party lawmaker said, "there’s going to be a lot of different reckonings here.”
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Congress needs to step up on crypto, or Biden might crush it
With the Biden administration heading in the wrong direction on crypto regulation, Congress urgently needs to step in.
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Former U.S. President Clinton improving but will remain hospitalized
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's health is improving but he will remain in a California hospital for at least another night to receive antibiotics intravenously for a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream, his spokesperson said on Friday.
Pete Buttigieg Joins the Parental Leave Debate: 'This Is Work'
WASHINGTON — No gainfully employed person can predict what their workload will look like the moment their children arrive, or how taxing it will be to put those responsibilities aside and care for a newborn 24/7 — let alone two of them. For Pete Buttigieg, the Department of Transportation...
Boris Johnson visits church where UK lawmaker was fatally stabbed
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday visited the Methodist church where a member of Parliament had been fatally stabbed a day prior, Reuters reported.“This morning I laid a wreath in me…
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'God have mercy': Tigray residents describe life under siege
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As food and the means to buy it dwindled in a city under siege, the young mother felt she could do no more. She killed herself, unable to feed her children. In a Catholic church across town, flour and oil to make communion wafers will soon run out.
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Trump pushing ex-Rep. Duffy to run for Wisconsin governor
Former President Trump said on Saturday that he was trying to persuade former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) to enter Wisconsin’s 2022 gubernatorial race. “Working hard to get very popular and capab…
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Dormice favoured by Italian mafia seized in drugs raid
Italian police search a cannabis farm and seize a stash of 235 frozen dormice - a mafia delicacy.
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Donald Trump supporters baffled and divided over his claim that Republicans won't vote in 2022 or 2024
Donald Trump said his supporters would not vote in future elections unless the GOP backed his baseless election fraud claims.
More than 63,000 pounds of trash removed from one of the biggest accumulations of ocean plastic in the world
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of several areas in the ocean that holds massive amounts of debris.
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Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
Progressives have a new argument for why their push for a broad array of social benefit programs is the right approach for President Biden and Democrats: It will put Republicans in a prickly spot i…
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Macron decries ‘inexcusable’ Algerian protest massacre in Paris
French president denounces the ‘unforgivable crime’ committed against protesting Algerians by French police in 1961.
First bitcoin futures ETF in US set to begin trading
The first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S. is set to begin trading next week, an amended filing from ProShares said Friday.The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF had a proposed li…
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Sudan: Protesters demand military coup as crisis deepens
The protests come as tensions rise between civilian and military rulers.
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Texas trucker convicted in fiery, fatal crash in Rocky Mountains
A Texas truck driver who lost control of his semi-trailer along a Colorado mountain highway in 2019, ramming into stopped traffic and killing four people in a fiery crash, was convicted late Friday of vehicular homicide and related charges.
University offers to rehire prof acquitted of ties to China
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has offered to reinstate a professor who was acquitted of federal charges that accused him of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving NASA research grants
Opinion | The Perils of Political Foot-In-Mouth Disease
Terry McAuliffe is under fire for an alleged gaffe. He’s got plenty of company.
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Analysis: How Judge Bitar’s probe shook Lebanon leaders
Experts say judge leading probe into Beirut port explosion rattled country simply by challenging systemic impunity.
Is Hunter Biden’s art project painting the president into an ethical corner?
The sale of artwork by Joe Biden’s son – a novice artist – could generate up to half a million dollars. Critics say it is an open door to influence-peddling Hunter and Joe Biden. ‘The president remains proud of his son,’ the White House said. Photograph: Kris Connor/WireImage It was another...
Sir David Amess: MP murder suspect held under Terrorism Act
The man arrested over the killing of Sir David Amess is named as Ali Harbi Ali, a Briton of Somali heritage.
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McAuliffe takes tougher stance on Democrats in Washington
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) is taking a tougher line with Democrats in Washington as President Biden’s poll numbers have dropped in recent months and his agenda has stalled…
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No invitation for Myanmar military leader at ASEAN summit
Min Aung Hlaing snubbed as concerns rise over military government’s commitment to defusing bloody crisis.
Pablo Escobar: Colombia sterilises drug lord's hippos
Scientists are concerned about the impact of the rogue non-native herd near Escobar's former ranch.
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In South Texas, aging water system meets growing population
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — On a scorching afternoon in South Texas, Sonia Lambert looked out at an open-air canal that carries mud-green water from the Rio Grande to nearby towns and farmland, losing much of it to evaporation and seepage along the way.
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As Erdogan set for another tour, Turkey deepens ties with Africa
Over the past two decades, Turkey has sought to present itself as an alternative external power in the continent.
Massive asteroids will whiz past Earth in coming weeks, including 1 nearly size of Empire State Building
Several massive asteroids are expected to whiz close to Earth in the coming weeks, including one nearly the size of the Empire State Building.
State school board leaves national association saying they called parents domestic terrorists
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) voted to leave the National School Boards Association (NSBA) saying the national association called parents domestic terrorists.
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Iran’s ex-central bank chief and officials sentenced to prison
Judiciary said the officials’ illegal distribution scheme hurt Iran’s economy at a time of hardship under US pressure.
AP review: At least 13 auto safety rules are years overdue
WASHINGTON (AP) — After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if federal rules on rear seat belt warnings had been issued on time.
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Now 41, man who killed 4-year-old at age 13 granted parole
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Eric M. Smith, who was 13 when he killed a 4-year-old boy with a rock in western New York, has been granted parole, corrections officials said on Saturday. Smith, now 41, appeared for the 11th time before the Board of Parole on October 5 and was granted release as early as Nov.
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Nasa's Lucy mission will seek out Solar System 'fossils'
The Lucy probe will visit swarms of asteroids called trojans to gain insights on planetary origins.
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Dozens of lawsuits seek to force hospitals to treat COVID-19 with ivermectin
There have been at least two dozen lawsuits filed around the U.S. demanding hospitals give ivermectin, a deworming drug, to COVID-19 patients, The Associated Press reported.The lawsuits follow much…
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Ron DeSantis says he's 'offended' that a police officer 'could potentially lose their job' over COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Gov. DeSantis, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, said last month that President Biden's federal vaccine mandate was a violation of Florida law.
In New Hampshire, vaccine fights and misinformation roil GOP
Republicans in New Hampshire are struggling to contain a party wing that's promoting conspiracy views about the COVID-19 vaccine and pushing back against federal vaccine mandates
Russia exceeds 1,000 daily COVID deaths for first time
An official tally also showed 33,208 new infections, a high for fatalities and cases for the third day in a row.
Analysis: Here comes the anti-vaccine requirement solidarity movement
Workers of the world! Listen up.
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Unvaccinated people 11 times more likely to die in COVID-19 delta surge
The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread.
Robert Durst on ventilator battling COVID-19 amid life in prison sentence
New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who this week was sentenced to life in prison for murder, is sick with COVID-19 and on a ventilator, Durst’s attorney told NBC News.”All we know …
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Bill Clinton to spend 1 more night in California hospital
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Clinton will spend one more night at a Southern California hospital where he is recovering from an infection, a spokesman said Saturday. “President Clinton has continued to make excellent progress over the past 24 hours,” spokesman Angel Ureña said in a statement.
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In New Hampshire, vaccine fights and misinformation roil GOP
BOSTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Ken Weyler was known around the New Hampshire Statehouse for dismissing the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines and opposing tens of millions of dollars in federal funds to promote vaccinations.
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