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Leaked records open a ‘Pandora’ box of financial secretsHundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century, according to a review of nearly 12 million files obtained from 14 firms located around the world.
Democrats have a numbers problem | CNN Politics
Two principal questions swirling around President Joe Biden’s budget bill highlight the problem: beyond a number, it’s hard to describe exactly what it is.
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Whistleblower: Facebook chose profit over public safety
Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in last year’s elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower alleges contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S.
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Schumer sets one-month goal for passing two spending bills
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said he hopes to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill and a reconciliation package in the next month, setting another target date for Co…
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Crews race to limit damage from major California oil spill
Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history.
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US raises concern as China flies warplanes south of Taiwan
The Chinese military flew 16 warplanes over waters south of Taiwan on Sunday as the United States expressed concern about what it called China’s “provocative military action” near the self-governing island that China claims.
apnews.comMike Lindell's MyPillow ads return to Fox News with a message about 'cancel culture' and promo for his autobiography
Mike Lindell and MyPillow returned to Fox News after two months, with an ad criticizing "cancel culture" and promoting pillows with biblical images.
Koreas talk on hotline restored after North's missile tests
South Korea says the two Koreas have restored a stalled communication channel after a hiatus in a small reconciliation step.
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Lin Wood claims ‘no plane fragments found’ at 9/11 target sites - Washington Examiner
Lin Wood, one of the lawyers who filed several lawsuits alleging massive election fraud following the 2020 election, claimed Friday there were "no plane fragments found" at the target sites of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks."Let's talk about CGI — computer graphics generated images. You...
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Afghanistan’s ambassador on whether Afghans will trust a US president again: ‘Not soon’
Afghanistan’s ambassador to the U.S. said she does not believe Afghans will trust another American president anytime soon, more than one month after the U.S. evacuated troops from Afghanistan and t…
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If Sinema undermines Biden's agenda, will iconoclast image hold in Arizona?
The Arizona senator portrays herself back home as bipartisan, but has angered much of her party by refusing to say how much of the president's agenda she will support.
www.nbcnews.comThe Lawyer Behind the Memo on How Trump Could Stay in Office
John Eastman’s path from little-known academic to one of the most influential voices in Donald Trump’s ear in the final days of his presidency began in mid-2019 on Trump’s favorite platform: television. Trump, who had never met Eastman, saw him on the Fox News talk show of far-right commentator...
Moderates in spotlight as Democrats regroup for infrastructure, social care bills
White House adviser Cedric Richmond said amid negotiations on infrastructure and reconciliation, "people will not get everything they want."
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Pressure is growing on Biden to lift Trump’s tariffs as supply chain problems worsen | CNN Politics
There’s a quick move President Joe Biden could make to immediately help relieve the stress the pandemic-related supply chain crisis is having on US companies: Lift the tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump.
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Democrats offer options for passing infrastructure, reconciliation bills
Democratic lawmakers on Sunday offered numerous options for pathways for the potential to pass the stalled infrastructure bill and reconciliation package after failing to bring either key meas…
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Threatened Swedish artist reportedly dead in road accident
Swedish news media are reporting that the Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body brought death threats, has died from a traffic accident.
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Manchin clashes with fellow Democrats over fossil fuel demands
Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is insisting that natural gas be allowed to have a central role in President Biden’s clean energy agenda, which puts him on a collision course with Democratic la…
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Trump demands revocation of 2018 Pulitzer Prize, cites Russian collusion misreporting - Washington Examiner
Former President Donald Trump called on the Pulitzer Prize Board to rescind the 2018 National Reporting awards granted to the New York Times and the Washington Post for their coverage of the Russian collusion story, claiming the stories were based on "false reporting" and a "complete lack of...
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Many cities and states have spent no American Rescue Plan funds: report
As of this summer, a majority of large cities and states had yet to use any of the funding they received as part of the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan, according t…
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Afghan ambassador doesn't believe Biden cares about the fate of women left in country
Adela Raz, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the U.S., said in an interview that she does not believe President Biden cares about the fate of Afghan women left behind to live under Taliban rule and said she feels a level of guilt for persuading women that there was a future in the country.
GOP lawmakers push to uncover ‘bias’ in Covid probe during contentious classified intel briefing | CNN Politics
Frustrations boiled over during a closed-door intelligence briefing last week as Republican lawmakers sought to expose what they believe is bias against the lab leak theory amongst experts consulted by the Biden administration in its hunt for the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, five sources...
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Sally Yates to investigate sexual abuse in women’s soccer league
U.S. Soccer has hired former acting Attorney General Sally Yates to launch an independent investigation into claims circulating against women’s professional soccer coaches.In an ann…
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U.S. Democrats to pare climate, social spending; no clear target
Congressional Democrats face the hard work of paring back the White House's sweeping infrastructure and social agenda in the week ahead, but have yet to agree on a target size for their multi-trillion dollar spending bill.
Democrats see political peril in replacing Minneapolis PD
A proposal on the Minneapolis ballot about the future of policing in the city where George Floyd was killed has its roots in the “defund the police” movement.
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Christie: 2020 Joe Biden ‘is now officially dead and buried’
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said on Sunday that 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden “is now officially dead and buried” after the president went to Capitol Hill in an at…
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Bernie Sanders says spending bill's $3.5 trillion price tag likely to be lowered
On ABC's "This Week," Sen. Bernie Sanders said the social spending bill's $3.5 trillion price tag likely to be lowered.
Jordan king exposed over tax havens and luxury homes
Pandora Papers says King Abdullah II is among dozens of world leaders secretly holding millions of dollars offshore.
Can Democrats hold together? Biden's agenda depends on it
Biden will set traveling to Michigan on Tuesday to speak directly to the American people on his vision: It's time to tax big business and the wealthy and invest that money into child care, health care, education and tackling climate change — what he sees as some of the nation's most pressing...
No time frame for votes on Biden’s agenda, senior adviser says
“We’re not using an artificial timeline, and we’re not concerned with process,” Cedric Richmond said, as Democrats continue their struggle over two key pieces of legislation.
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Top GOP senator: ‘Far-left Democrats are driving the bus and Joe Biden is just along for the ride’
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) lambasted President Biden on Sunday for his inability to broker a compromise between the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic Party to pass the bipartis…
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Buoyed by Biden, progressives optimistic after forcing delay on infrastructure vote
The president's agenda has stalled in Congress as moderates and progressives clash over the size of a separate social safety proposal.
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Sanders: $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill likely to have some ‘give and take’ - Washington Examiner
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that there could be some "give and take" on lowering the $3.5 trillion price tag for the Democrats' reconciliation bill after centrist Democrats and progressives came to a deadlock on key infrastructure legislation last week.The Vermont socialist told ABC's This...
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Supreme Court poised to make landmark rulings on abortion, guns, religious rights
The Supreme Court is slated to decide on several cases related to hot-button issues during the term that begins Monday, including abortion, gun rights, and school vouchers.
Covid: Amber list scrapped as travel rules simplified
The changes will make it easier and cheaper for people to travel abroad, industry groups say.
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Biden breaks campaign promise of no chaos - Washington Examiner
President Joe Biden campaigned on bringing a sense of calm and civility to the White House after former President Donald Trump, but the late-night, high-stakes drama this week around his signature policies suggests otherwise.And while congressional Democrats haggle over the $3.5 trillion...
www.washingtonexaminer.comInsider's Capitol Hill reporter breaks down the Democrats' infrastructure fight, the fate of Biden's $3.5 trillion spending, and why the House had 2 Thursdays
Economics reporter Joseph Zeballos-Roig, who spent the week reporting on Capitol Hill, explains where Congress goes from here after a wild week.
Analysis: Global natgas price surge looms for United States this winter
Regional natural gas markets in the United States are seeing prices for this winter surge along with global record highs - suggesting that the energy bills causing headaches in Europe and Asia will hit the world's top gas producer before long.
Despite federal COVID aid, some cities face hurdles bringing workers back after budget cuts
State and local governments haven’t recovered about 400,000 of the non-education jobs shed since the start of the pandemic.
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Ocasio-Cortez says moderate senators "not really coming to the table" over budget bill
The New York Democrat said the intraparty fighting isn't a "tit-for-tat between personalities."
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Durbin on impending debt ceiling deadline: ‘We’re gonna get this done’ | CNN Politics
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, projected confidence that the Democratic majority will not let the United States government run out of money on October 18, when it’s on track to hit the borrowing ceiling set by Congress.
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Puerto Ricans fume as outages threaten health, work, school
Not a single hurricane has hit Puerto Rico this year, but hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. territory feel like they’re living in the aftermath of a major storm: Students do homework by the light of dying cellphones.
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Fight over Biden agenda looms large over Virginia governor’s race
The chaos surrounding President Biden’s agenda and Congress is threatening to spill into the Virginia governor’s race as Democrats look to defend the governor’s mansion in Richmond.The race is seen…
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Project aims to ID voting rights marchers of 'Bloody Sunday'
The world knows the names of John Lewis and a few more of the voting rights demonstrators who walked across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 only to be attacked by Alabama state troopers on “Bloody Sunday.”
MAGA supporters have raised $2 million for a jailed Marine. But the officer says he hates how Trump has divided the US.
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller is in a military jail for slamming the withdrawal from Afghanistan on social media; he has criticized both Trump and Biden.
Who’s the boss? Pelosi’s legacy sealed after kowtowing to ‘the Squad’
Given her reputation as a master legislator, one would think Pelosi would have been able to seamlessly bring together moderates and progressives on the $3.5 trillion spending bill.
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Activists follow Sinema into bathroom, videotape outside her bathroom stall - Washington Examiner
Video uploaded on social media shows activists bombarding Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema as liberals have recently expressed growing frustration with the centrist Democrat over her opposition to an economic agenda largely supported by her fellow party members.The progressive group Living United For...
www.washingtonexaminer.comConservatives target Biden’s social spending plan with “Mediscare” ads
Conservative and industry groups are trying to whip up opposition to President Biden's massive social spending plan by warning it will imperil Medicare benefits, Axios has learned.Why it matters: "Medicscare" is a well-worn political tactic precisely because it can be effective. For Democrats...
AP: States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money
Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year's coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats.
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Democrats see booming Nashville in crosshairs as GOP plans new congressional maps
Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper has publicly pleaded with Republicans who control Tennessee's redistricting process to keep the booming city whole.
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Supreme Court’s new term could see landmark rulings on abortion, guns and vouchers | CNN Politics
For the first time in more than a year, the Supreme Court will convene in its crimson velvet-lined majestic chamber Monday to begin a new term and hear some of the most divisive issues of the day at a time when the Court’s institutional legitimacy is under attack and the majority of the public...
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'Catastrophic' California oil spill kills fish, damages wetlands
A large oil spill off the southern California coast left fish dead, birds mired in petroleum and wetlands contaminated, in what local officials called an environmental catastrophe.
Democrats see political peril in replacing Minneapolis PD
A proposal on the Minneapolis ballot about the future of policing in the city where George Floyd was killed has its roots in the “defund the police” movement.
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Trauma and Trump will reshape how Asian Americans vote, poll finds
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll found that Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders are significantly more likely to be mobilized by a shared fear of violence and discrimination than before the pandemic.
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9 players on Cuba's U23 baseball team defect in Mexico
The Cuban government has confirmed that nine of the 24 players on its national team at baseball’s U-23 World Cup defected during the tournament in Mexico
Sinema confronted by immigration activists in a bathroom
Senator Kyrsten Sinema was confronted by immigration activists who followed the senator from the classroom to the bathroom where she teaches at Arizona State University to the bathroom while demanding the Arizona Democrat take action on a "pathway to citizenship."
Thousands rally to support Tunisian president’s suspension of parliament
Thousands of Tunisian citizens on Sunday rallied to support President Kais Saied’s suspension of the parliament and promises to change the political system, Reuters reported. About 8…
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Analysis: Why Kyrsten Sinema’s tactics may backfire | CNN Politics
But while Democrats are lucky to have a Democrat of any ideological persuasion representing West Virginia, they may not be getting the best bang for their buck from Sinema… Their party has a much easier time winning in Arizona than West Virginia.
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"Trevor's Law" was passed to track cancer clusters. Its supporters ask why it's taken so long.
“How many more children have to suffer before our government follows their own law?” asked the law's namesake, Trevor Schaefer.
www.nbcnews.comSanders urges progressives to stand firm in Democratic battle over Biden agenda
Party locked in a bitter struggle over two massive legislative bills that could make or break the Biden presidency Senator Bernie Sanders talks to reporters on Thursday as infrastructure negations continue in Washington DC. Photograph: Nathan Posner/REX/Shutterstock Bernie Sanders, the leftwing...
Trump says he would beat DeSantis in potential 2024 primary
Former President Trump in a new interview said he would beat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) if the two faced each other in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, but noted that he does not believ…
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Facebook whistleblower says company engaged in ‘betrayal of democracy’
A former Facebook employee who is sounding the alarm regarding the company’s practices said the platform engaged in a “betrayal of democracy” when it scaled back anti-misinformation efforts followi…
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‘It doesn’t matter when’: How Biden gave feuding House Democrats an off-ramp | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden didn’t travel to Capitol Hill on Friday to close the deal, or to rally the troops through a final legislative gantlet.
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Pipeline operator described massive oil spill as 'worst case' scenario in 2012 report
Such a leak could cause “significant and substantial harm to the environment."
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Project aims to ID voting rights marchers of 'Bloody Sunday'
The world knows the names of John Lewis and a few more of the voting rights demonstrators who walked across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 only to be attacked by Alabama state troopers on “Bloody Sunday.
apnews.comAOC: Shortening funding terms could lead to compromise on reconciliation bill
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told CBS's “Face the Nation" on Sunday that fully funding programs for shorter time periods could be a way of reaching a compromise on the reconciliation bill. Why it matters: The timeline for passing President Biden's infrastructure agenda remains...
Supreme Court pivots to abortion, guns, and death penalty as public approval slides
Facing a crisis of legitimacy, the U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term set to decide divisive cases on abortion, gun rights, the death penalty and religious freedom.
New Zealand: The struggle to find a ‘decent home’
New rules to curb investment took effect this month, with successive governments accused of failure over housing.
Kamala Harris pictured power walking in DC following secret California trip
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff went for a power walk on Sunday in Washington, DC, following her hush-hush overnight trip to California over the weekend.
‘SNL’ pokes fun at rowdy school board meetings
“Saturday Night Live” in the premiere of its new season poked fun at people spreading COVID-19 misinformation and conservatives blasting critical race theory during a moc…
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A Canadian, the alleged voice behind ISIS videos, could face life in prison
Mohammed Khalifa produced propaganda videos for ISIS, many depicting murder and used to recruit Westerners, prosecutors say. He was captured in 2019 and was recently turned over to the U.S.
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal: $1.5 trillion for economic bill is ‘too small’ and ‘not going to happen’ | CNN Politics
House Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal said Sunday that the $1.5 trillion figure for the economic bill was “too small,” but wouldn’t say whether she would accept the $2.1 trillion dollar price tag that is being floated.
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Austria to revise carbon tax to include ‘climate bonus’ for residents
Austria’s government is set to revise its carbon tax in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, including a “climate bonus” for residents, the Associated Press reported. Starting on July 1…
thehill.comJoe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema: the centrists blocking Biden’s agenda
The West Virginia and Arizona senators’ resistance threatens to upend Biden’s entire presidency – is self-preservation to blame? Sinema and Manchin at the Capitol on Thursday. Photograph: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Rex/Shutterstock Donald Trump’s favorite insult for political opponents...
Algeria closes airspace to French military as row deepens
French daily Le Monde reported that President Macron made critical remarks about Algeria during a meeting.
Pandora Papers: Uhuru Kenyatta family's secret assets exposed by leak
Uhuru Kenyatta's name appears in the Pandora Papers - the biggest ever leak of financial documents.
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Sanders sees battle for America’s soul playing out in Congress
“This really is a test of whether or not American democracy can work,” the Vermont senator said.
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Huntington Beach oil spill: Officials raise potential oil spill amount to 144,000 gallons amid cleanup efforts
An estimated 144,000 gallons of oil leaked from an offshore facility near Huntington Beach.
Algeria blasts French leader, bans flights, recalls diplomat
Algeria has refused permission for France to fly military planes in its airspace and announced the recall of its ambassador from Paris in the wake of what it said were “inadmissible” comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Soros group pours $500K into campaign to oppose reinstating Austin police units that were defunded
The advocacy group founded by liberal billionaire financier George Soros has dumped $500,000 into a campaign to defeat a proposal in Austin, Texas, that would bulk up the city’s police department.
Donald Trump told a Christian TV network that nobody had done more for 'Christianity or for evangelicals or for religion itself' than him
Donald Trump said Joe Biden was doing "destructive" things to religion in an interview with FlashPoint on The Victory Channel, a Christian TV network.
Top Democrats disagree on including Hyde Amendment in economic bill | CNN Politics
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said Sunday she would not support a sweeping economic bill if it includes the Hyde Amendment, adding another complicating factor to the ongoing negotiations among Democrats as they hash out details for the massive spending...
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Frances Haugen: Facebook whistleblower reveals identity
Facebook ex-product manager Frances Haugen says the company prioritises "growth over safety".
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Pope calls for more humane prison life after Ecuador deaths
Pope Francis has called for “more humane” prison life in the wake of bloodshed in a prison in Ecuador in which 118 people died and dozens more were injured.
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U.S. accuses China of 'provocative' activity after Taiwan incursions
China's activity was "destabilizing, risks miscalculations, and undermines regional peace and stability," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.
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Biden heading to Michigan to promote agenda amid Democratic infighting
President Biden will travel to Michigan this week to promote his economic agenda amid infighting within the Democratic party. “On Tuesday, October 5, the President will travel to Howell, …
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Florida school shooting suspect faces trial for jail brawl
The suspect in the 2018 killing of 17 people at a Florida high school goes on trial this week for allegedly attacking a jail guard.
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House Republicans demand answers from progressive groups on possible ties to Chinese Communist Party
Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Morgan Griffith, R-Va., are sending a letter to four prominent far-left climate groups inquiring about possible ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Trading of China's Evergrande shares in Hong Kong suspended
Shares in troubled real estate developer China Evergrande Group and its property management unit Evergrande Property Services have been suspended from trading in Hong Kong
What the surgeon who pulled John Hinckley's bullet out of Ronald Reagan's chest remembers
"The first thing I saw was just a man -- who was in dire straits."
Biden confidant to mediate Israel and Lebanon's maritime border dispute
The State Department's energy envoy, Amos Hochstein, will serve as the new mediator between Lebanon and Israel in a dispute over the maritime border and natural gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean, Israeli and U.S. officials tell Axios.Why it matters: Hochstein is one of President...
Bomb at Kabul mosque kills 5 civilians, Taliban say
The Taliban say at least five civilians have been killed by a bomb blast at the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
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Rare tropical cyclone Shaheen is battering the coast of Oman
It's rare for a tropical cyclone this intense to come through the Arabian Sea, but warming ocean temperatures due to climate change are making these natural disasters more common.
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No winner: Biggest Powerball jackpot in months grows larger
The biggest lottery prize in more than eight months is growing larger after no ticket matched all five numbers and the Powerball in Saturday night’s drawing.
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North Korea threatens top UN body after emergency meeting
North Korea has warned the United Nation’s top body against making any statements criticizing the isolated country’s missile program.
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3rd victim dies after angry co-worker's rampage
Authorities say a third victim has died following a violent attack where an angry electrician wielding a knife and baseball bat killed three co-workers and injured another at the Florida home they shared.
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Trump says he knows what would happen if he faces DeSantis in 2024 presidential primary
Less than a week before he returns to the state that kicks off the race for the White House, former President Trump says in a new interview that if he runs again for president, most other Republicans would “drop out."
Lava cascades from La Palma volcano as Spain promises help
Lava flowing faster from Cumbre Vieja, the volcano that roared back to life on September 19.
Israel enlists army, security agency to halt Arab crime wave
The Israeli government says it is enlisting the military and the Shin Bet internal security agency as it tries to rein in a wave of violence in the country’s Arab sector
Why Democrats’ climate goals may test their Latino appeal
Congressional Democrats are going bigger than ever on the environment, with a spending package they're trying to muscle through.
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China tightens political control of internet giants
After flourishing for two decades with little regulation, China’s internet industries face a future of tighter control by the ruling Communist Party and pressure to pay for its tech ambitions, social welfare and propaganda.
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Spain's prime minister says La Palma will be rebuilt as lava flow continues
Activity from the Cumbre Vieja volcano is intensifying after two additional fissures opened up on Friday. Spain's prime minister says the country will help the island rebuild with a large aid package.
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Trump, Biden, not on the ballot, but center stage in Virginia gubernatorial showdown
President Biden and former President Trump aren’t on the ballot this November in Virginia, but they’re front and center on the campaign trail in one of just two states to hold gubernatorial elections in the year after a presidential election.
Booms, skimmers among tools used to cleanup from oil spills
Crews have deployed skimmers and floating barriers known as booms as they try stop oil from a massive spill in Southern California from further fouling the beaches, wildlife and protected wetlands of the area
George Floyd memorial statue in New York City defaced again
A statue memorializing George Floyd in New York City's Union Square Park has been vandalized. Police say video shows an unidentified person on a skateboard throwing paint on the statue at approximately 10 a.m.
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Ex-Facebook manager alleges the social network fed the Capitol riot
The whistleblower, Frances Haugen, asserted in an interview with 60 Minutes that Facebook repeatedly made decisions that benefited the company's own interests at the expense of protecting the public.
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First official EgyptAir flight lands at Israel airport
An EgyptAir jet has landed in Tel Aviv, making the first official direct flight by the Egyptian national carrier since the two countries signed an historic 1979 peace treaty
Several killed, flights suspended as Cyclone Shaheen strikes Oman
Residents in Oman urged to evacuate coastal areas and authorities delay flights to and from capital Muscat.
Southern California spill leaks at least 126,000 gallons of oil into ocean and closes beaches
"We are in the midst of a potential ecological disaster here in Huntington Beach," one town's mayor said.
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Party crowds spark effort to turn down volume in South Beach
Miami Beach wants to turn down the volume in the city’s South Beach party neighborhood. Officials cite increasingly raucous crowds, public drinking and growing violence.
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What the 'Pandora Papers' show about how the powerful hide money from public view
The global investigation sheds new light on how the world's wealthy use a network of lawyers and financial institutions to obscure their finances from authorities, their creditors and the public.
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Biden's pick for Comptroller of the Currency blasted over past pro-communism remarks
President Biden’s pick for Comptroller of the Currency has provoked sharp criticism for past and recent comments that praised the Soviet economy.
Bernard Tapie: French tycoon, 78, died peacefully, his family said
The businessman, politician, showman and sports mogul was one of France's most recognizable figures.
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Transcript: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on "Face the Nation," October 3, 2021
The following is a transcript of an interview with New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that aired Sunday, October 3, 2021, on "Face the Nation."
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Transcript: Senator Cory Booker discusses policing on "Face the Nation," October 3, 2021
The following is a transcript of an interview with Senator Cory Booker that aired Sunday, October 3, 2021, on "Face the Nation."
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Transcript: Gov. Jim Justice on "Face the Nation," October 3, 2021
The following is a transcript of an interview with West Virginia Governor Jim Justice that aired Sunday, October 3, 2021, on "Face the Nation."
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COVID-19 updates: American Airlines to require employee vaccinations
The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread.
Virus surge hits New England despite high vaccination rates
Despite having some of the highest vaccination rates in the country, the six New England states are still grappling with effects of the delta surge in cases and the strains on the health care system caused by rapidly increasing COVID-19 case counts and more hospitalizations and deaths.
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Ron DeSantis v Biden: A bitter battle in Florida over vaccines
As cities begin imposing mask and vaccination mandates, a debate rages over personal freedoms.
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COVID-19 long-haulers plead for government action
COVID-19 long-haulers and advocates are stepping up their calls for state and federal officials to take action and dedicate funding to those who have endured the mysterious condition that stems fro…
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Covid is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of people in urban areas
The pandemic is devastating rural America, where lower vaccination rates are compounding the already limited medical care.
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Fauci says it's "too soon to tell" whether Americans should avoid gathering for Christmas
"We've just got to concentrating on continuing to get those numbers down and not try to jump ahead by weeks or months," he said.
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Fauci sees hope in new Merck drug
The nation’s top infectious disease expert called the results of a recent study “really quite impressive.”
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Russia hits record number of daily COVID-19 deaths
Russia has reported a record daily death toll from COVID-19, the fifth time in a week that deaths have hit a new high.
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CDC's holiday party guidance: Window fans
The agency's guidance on upcoming celebrations includes gathering outdoors and staying 6 feet apart.
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Israel tightens COVID 'green pass' rules, sparking protest
Israel has restricted its COVID Green Pass to allow only those who have received a vaccine booster dose or recently recuperated from coronavirus to enter indoor venues.
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Student athletes become the latest target for school vaccine mandates
The approaching winter season and its indoor sports, such as basketball, hockey and wrestling, have some school officials on high alert.
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West Virginia governor gets testy over questions about handling of Covid surge
In a CBS interview, Gov. Jim Justice pushed back on vaccine mandates for schoolchildren.
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Vaccine-hesitant NBA star Andrew Wiggins is now vaccinated, coach says
"He just told me today that he was fine with us acknowledging it, and that will be the end of it," Wiggins' coach said.
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Distribution problems, hesitancy slow Uganda vaccination bid
GULU, Uganda (AP) — The light bulb hanging from the ceiling flickered on and off, infuriating the technician in this remote Ugandan town as he checked the refrigerators filled with vaccine doses to confirm they were still working.
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West Virginia governor says there's "no chance" of COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students
Governor Jim Justice says he is "not going to change" his stance against imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for school children.
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Tracking the coronavirus around the U.S.: See how your state is doing
View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are under control and where cases are still spreading.
www.npr.orgTranscript: Dr. Anthony Fauci on "Face the Nation," October 3, 2021
The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, that aired on Sunday, October 3, 2021, on "Face the Nation."
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Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on "Face the Nation", October 3, 2021
The following is a transcript of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb on Sunday, October 3, 2021.
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