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President Biden delivered remarks on the importance of voting rights and criticized restrictive laws being put in place by Republicans in several states across the country as "an assault on democracy."
Biden rips Trump’s ‘big lie’ in voting rights address
President Biden on Tuesday decried inflammatory and false claims from former President Trump and his allies about the 2020 election and broader efforts to restrict access to the ballot in a major s…
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Biden blasts 'un-American' voting limits; Texas Dems act
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden declared preserving voting rights an urgent national "test of our time” on Tuesday but offered few concrete proposals to meet it. Texas Democrats took their own dramatic action to stymie Republican efforts to tighten ballot restrictions in their state.
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Biden blasts GOP voting restrictions push: 'The big lie is just that -- a big lie!'
President Joe Biden delivered a major speech Tuesday from Philadelphia on voting rights as his administration wades more aggressively into the fight over ballot access.
Manchin draws red line in infrastructure talks
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) warned on Tuesday that he wants both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a separate Democratic-only bill to be fully paid for.“I think everything should be paid for. We’…
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Barr shoots down former prosecutor’s election-fraud claims
In an interview, the former attorney general rejected a pro-Trump former U.S. attorney’s allegation that the Justice Department stifled vote-tampering investigations.
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Senate Democrats reach $3.5 trillion budget agreement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats announced late Tuesday that they'd reached a budget agreement envisioning spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade, paving the way for their drive to pour federal resources into climate change, health care and family-service programs sought by...
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Biden denounces "21st century Jim Crow assault" on voting access
President Biden said the U.S. is "facing the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War."
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Russia-based ransomware gang offline but cause not clear
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Russia-based criminal syndicate behind a devastating series of recent ransomware attacks was offline on Tuesday, but cybersecurity experts said that it was premature to speculate why and that there was no indication of a law enforcement takedown.
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House Dems move to make visas available to immigrants denied by Trump travel bans
Democrats in the House moved an amendment on Tuesday that would make visas available to individuals who had previously been rejected or denied entry to the U.S. due to travel bans implemented by the Trump administration.
'I swore to you, to God': Biden goes biblical in fiery speech relaunching 'voting rights' push
President Joe Biden invoked an oath he swore "to God" to protect the country from all threats, foreign and domestic, while promoting Democratic efforts to safeguard voting rights as Republicans push sweeping reform bills across the country, on Tuesday.
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Impasse over Capitol Police funding continues as officers face cash crunch
Leaders in both parties acknowledged they need to address the shortfall despite major differences on funding.
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Russia warns US against deploying troops in Central Asia after Afghanistan withdrawal
Russia is warning the U.S. against entering former Soviet Union nations in Central Asia once the Biden administration has completed its full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Russia’s dep…
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Judge agrees to free QAnon believer charged in Capitol riot
A federal judge agreed on Tuesday to free an Iowa man from jail more than six months after his videotaped confrontation of a police officer inside the U.S. Capitol became one of the most menacing images of the Jan.
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Biden applauds 'courage' of Texas Democrats who fled state to avoid voting on election bills
President Joe Biden supports Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas to delay Republican bills the GOP claims will help secure elections, according to the White House.
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POLITICO Playbook PM: What is (and isn’t) in the Dems’ ‘go-big’ bill
And Olivia Rodrigo will visit the White House to promote vaccines.
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Miami demonstrators block highway to support Cuban protests
Demonstrators backing rare street protests by thousands in communist Cuba have blocked a stretch of a major South Florida highway
Judge throws out Roy Moore's $95 million suit against Sacha Baron Cohen
The former Alabama chief justice alleged the comedian defamed him in a trick interview.
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Biden decries Trump's 'Big Lie,' but offers no new path on voting rights
President Joe Biden, under pressure from U.S. civil rights leaders, on Tuesday called it a "national imperative" to pass sweeping voting rights legislation that has stalled in Congress, but he did not outline a path to overcome Republican opposition.
Biden taps GOP former Sen. Jeff Flake for Turkey ambassador
President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated former Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican lawmaker who endorsed his 2020 run for the White House, to serve as U.S. ambassador to Turkey. Flake served in the U.S.
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OnPolitics: The 'moral' case for voting rights
President Joe Biden says efforts to restrict voting access is the ‘most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.'
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Bipartisan Senate group to finalize infrastructure bill this week
Members of a bipartisan group of lawmakers said Tuesday they expect to finalize their $1.2 trillion, eight-year infrastructure deal by the end of the week.“By Friday for sure. Hopefully we’ll even …
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New York Democrats urge ban of Chick-fil-A from state rest stops
At least three New York Democrats signed a letter voicing opposition over plans to open Chick-fil-A restaurants at rest stops throughout the state, claiming the quick-service chain has donated to discriminatory and anti-LGBT groups in the past.
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Biden decries Trump's 'Big Lie,' but offers no new path on voting rights
President Joe Biden, under pressure from U.S. civil rights leaders, on Tuesday called it a "national imperative" to pass sweeping voting rights legislation that has stalled in Congress, but he did not outline a path to overcome Republican opposition.
Trump said whoever 'leaked' info on his White House bunker stay should be 'executed,' new book claims
Then-President Donald Trump told a number of his advisers in 2020 that whoever leaked information about his stay in the White House bunker in May of that year had committed treason and should be executed for sharing details about the episode with members of the press, according to excerpts of a...
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As protests roil Cuba, Biden faces pressure to keep Trump policies despite campaign pledge
Any moves by the White House that are perceived as soft on Cuba's Communist government probably would spark a backlash in Florida, a pivotal state.
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Why voting rights faces an uphill climb in the Democratic Congress
The filibuster has become an immovable object for advocates who insist that new protections are needed to save democracy.
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Biden gives an angry cry for action on voting rights but stops short of calling for filibuster reform
President Joe Biden issued a dire and angry warning Tuesday that the very underpinnings of American democracy were under threat, calling an ongoing assault on voting rights the gravest challenge to American democracy since the Civil War.
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Republicans slam brakes on speedy passage of bipartisan infrastructure deal
Republicans warned they are not ready to back a $1 trillion infrastructure package Democrats hope to consider next week because they are skeptical of how the government would pay for the plan without adding to the nation’s staggering debt.
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Acknowledging few options at home, Texas Democrats urge congressional action
Texas House Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., this week to block a GOP measure overhauling state election procedures urged Congress to pass sweeping new voting rights legislation, an acknowle…
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Social Security recipients may get biggest cost-of-living bump in almost 40 years
Annual benefit hike could top 6% due to fast-rising inflation. But retirees would have to wait until 2022 to see it.
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Lebanese riot police clash with families of Beirut blast victims
Angry protesters surrounded the interior minister’s residence in Beirut as explosion investigation continues to stall.
WTO chief resets her deadline for fishing subsidy deal
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had originally hoped the WTO would finish negotiations this month on the long-overdue pact.
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Texas fugitive Democrats in DC: Greg Abbott’s only option is a waiting game
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has one option to deal with the fugitive Democratic state legislators who fled the state in order to block a Republican voting bill during a special session: wait them out.
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Texas Democrats descend on US Capitol to lobby lawmakers on voting rights legislation
More than 50 Democratic members of the Texas Legislature went to Washington Tuesday to push for passage of federal voting rights bills.
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Critics roast Dems' maskless plane photo as they flee Texas to block GOP voting bill
Democratic Texas state legislators were slammed on social media for a photo showing them maskless and smiling on a flight to Washington, D.C., in an effort to block a Republican voting bill.
Biden administration assigns more staff to review DACA applications as backlog soars
More than 81,000 immigrant teens and young adults are waiting for a decision on their DACA applications as a looming court ruling threatens the program's existence.
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Schumer: Democrats considering option to pay for all of infrastructure agenda
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Tuesday that Senate Democrats are considering the possibility of paying for all of their infrastructure agenda, which could well exceed $4 …
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Taliban surge in north Afghanistan sends thousands fleeing
Thousands of people have fled Taliban insurgents sweeping across northern Afghanistan, fearful of their harsh rule
Biden to nominate House aide Trumka to serve on consumer safety commission
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate a House aide who has worked extensively on oversight and consumer issues to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the White House said on Tuesday.
Dem candidate Harley Rouda calls GOP voters 'morons' for supporting Trump
Former Rep. Harley Rouda, D-Calif., singled out supporters of former President Trump by calling them "morons" during a campaign event last week.
Conservative radio host Larry Elder enters California Newsom recall race
Conservative radio host Larry Elder has entered the California gubernatorial recall race against Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Banker convicted of bribery for plot to land Trump administration job
Stephen Calk used the federally insured bank he ran "as his personal piggybank to try and buy himself prestige and power,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said.
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Handgun sale ban to under 21-year-olds is unconstitutional, appeals court says
Federal regulations setting a minimum age of 21 years old for purchasing handguns from licensed dealers violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Senate GOP reelection arm hauls in nearly $30 million in the second quarter
The National Republican Senatorial Committee raised what it spotlighted was a “record-breaking” $10.52 million haul last month, as the re-election arm of the Senate GOP builds resources as it aims to regain the Senate majority in the 2022 midterm elections.
'Purely ethnic profiling': New wave of Tigrayans detained
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Witnesses say thousands of Tigrayans are being detained and their businesses closed in cities across Ethiopia in a new wave of ethnic targeting by authorities over the eight-month conflict in the Tigray region.
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Analysis: What you need to know about the drama unfolding between Texas Republicans and Democrats
Majorities aren't enough in US politics.
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Texas Democrats flee the state: Has the tactic worked in the past?
Democrats in the Texas Legislature charted a private flight Monday en route to Washington, D.C., in an effort to break the body’s quorum and block election integrity bills endorsed by Republicans.
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Death toll climbs to 72 as South Africa unrest boils over
Authorities struggle to contain violence that began with the jailing of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma.
Deaths climb to 72 in South Africa riots after Zuma jailed
South Africa’s police say 72 people have been killed and 1,234 have been arrested in unrest set off by the imprisonment last week of former President Jacob Zuma
18 attorneys general call for improved car-seat standards following CBS News reports
Attorneys general in 17 states and the District of Columbia are demanding federal regulators create a side-impact crash-test standard and better labeling standards for children's car seats.
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'Anarchy and chaos': Michael Bender book describes turmoil in Trump White House
The final days of the Trump presidency were defined by furious debates over basic democratic norms challenged by Trump, according to a new book.
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Texas Democrat on governor’s threat: ‘I have not committed a crime, so I can’t get arrested’
A Texas Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday rebuffed Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) threat to arrest House Democrats who left the state in order to block the passage of an elections overhaul…
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Abortion rights groups sue to block Texas law allowing citizens to sue providers
Unlike other states' laws, Texas' ban would be enforced through private citizens' lawsuits against abortion providers, not by the state government.
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Texas Democrats heap pressure on Biden, Congress for voting rights action
Texas House Democrats said Tuesday they can only hold off Republicans' push for restrictive new voting laws for weeks, as they urged President Joe Biden and Democratic members of Congress to look for new ways to implement federal protections -- including backing South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn's...
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Texas Democrats who fled state for D.C. call on Congress to pass voting rights bills
"Texas Democrats will use everything in our power to fight back, but we need Congress to act now," state Representative Rhetta Bowers said.
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Texas Democrats defy calls for their arrest in voting restrictions fight
Texas Democratic lawmakers defied calls for their arrest on Tuesday, a day after fleeing their state to thwart efforts to pass voting restrictions, and said they would stay in Washington to push for federal voting reform.
'Scary': Fuel shortage could ground firefighting aircraft
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Airport officials facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during what could be a ferocious wildfire season , potentially endangering surrounding communities.
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Wife fears for American snatched from Moscow and taken to Belarus
Ziankovich, a lawyer with U.S. citizenship, is a long-time opponent of Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of his native Belarus.
UN unveils massive plan to ‘reset humanity’s relationship with nature’
The framework is part of the agency’s conservation goals for 2021 to 2030.
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Russian gang blamed for global ransomware attack vanishes from web
As of Tuesday morning, the group’s public website, the dark-web portal that facilitated its ransom negotiations with victims and the site that victims used to pay those ransoms were offline.
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Analysis: Texas Democrats are on a desperate mission to stop GOP voting bills
Texas state lawmakers, enacting an intricately plotted escape, left their posts and the Lone Star state itself and took flight to Washington on Monday on an extraordinary mission to halt Republican restrictive voting bills built on former President Donald Trump's fraud lies.
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Biden decries Trump's 'Big Lie,' but offers no new path on voting rights
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -President Joe Biden, under pressure from U.S. civil rights leaders, on Tuesday called it a "national imperative" to pass sweeping voting rights legislation that has stalled in Congress, but he did not outline a path to overcome Republican opposition. Numerous...
Eight NFL teams above 85 percent threshold for vaccinations: report
Eight NFL teams have reached the 85 percent threshold of COVID-19 vaccinations necessary to open training camps with fewer restrictions, according to the NFL Network. The NFL Network said an e…
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Biden's agenda — and legacy — are on the line this summer in Congress
Biden, Schumer and Pelosi aim to pass two transformative bills that would revamp the country's infrastructure and boost the social safety net.
Stefanik endorses Trump candidate in Ohio GOP primary race
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik joined former President Trump in endorsing Ohio congressional candidate Mike Carey Tuesday in the highly contested primary race.
Donald Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis leaves GOP; official called her election claims 'a joke'
In a November email, a GOP attorney said Ellis and fellow Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani were pushing conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
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More than a million acres now on fire — the size of the entire Grand Canyon
Scientists say climate change is increasing the intensity of wildfires, heat waves and drought.
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Texas Dems urge voting rights action in D.C. amid threats of arrest for skipping town
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that the Democrats would be arrested and held in the state Capitol upon their return.
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Discrepancies in 2020 election ballot counts due to 'unforeseen consequences and misfortune,' Windham audit finds
Large discrepancies between the election night totals and hand counts in the state representative race in Windham, New Hampshire, were due to "unforseen consequences and misfortune" relating to ballot folds, a 2020 audit found.
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Multiple REvil ransomware sites are down on the dark web
Dark web sites linked to the REvil ransomware gang were not operating Tuesday. The gang, aka Sodinokibi, took credit for the July 2 international attack.
Banker found guilty of bribery for Manafort bank loans in chase for Trump administration job | CNN Politics
A former Chicago bank executive was found guilty of charges alleging he conspired with onetime Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to exchange risky bank loans for a high-ranking position in the presidential administration.
Virginia county to test power of GOP culture wars at ballot box
Republicans are zeroing in on Loudoun County, Virginia, ahead of the state’s competitive gubernatorial race as the affluent, Democratic-leaning area finds itself at the center of America’s culture wars.
Employer and health groups push Congress to pass drug price revamp
Dozens of employer and health groups teamed up on Tuesday to pressure congressional leaders to pass legislation to revamp drug pricing, in what they called a “unique and time-limited” opportunity t…
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Miami demonstrators block highway to support Cuban protests
Demonstrators backing rare street protests by thousands in communist Cuba have blocked a stretch of a major South Florida highway
Recovery operation at Florida condo collapse moves toward completion, death toll rises to 95
The recovery operation at the site of a collapsed condominium building in Surfside, Florida is moving towards completion as the death toll climbs to 95.
Democrats face these major headwinds in 2022 elections
History and a handful of issues threaten the Democrats’ narrow congressional majorities in next year’s midterm elections.
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Texas Democrats discuss effort to block 'voter suppression legislation' by leaving the state
Chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus Chris Turner spoke to reporters with other Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives about their attempt to block the passage of a Republican voting bill by leaving the state and preventing a quorum.
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Crowd in Haiti chants "Joe Biden" amid hopes to claim asylum in U.S. after assassination of president - CBS News
One of the Haitian-Americans arrested in the assassination had worked as a DEA informant, CBS News has learned.
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White House fears Cuba crisis after 2020 election wipeout in South Florida
White House efforts to avoid dealing with the Cuba issue have blown up amid protests on the island, congressional backlash and political pressure from the South Florida Cuban community.Why it matters: Joe Biden's performance in South Florida during the 2020 election explains his wariness — he...
Conservatives lash out after Chicago mandates condom distribution in elementary schools
Conservatives and religious groups are voicing disapproval as Chicago public schools are set to start distributing condoms in elementary institutions when students return to in-person learning.
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US warns businesses of heightened risks on China’s Xinjiang province
The State Department on Tuesday warned Americans against conducting business with anyone connected to China’s Xinjiang province over alleged human rights abuses and genocide by the Chinese Com…
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2 Baltimore police officers shot while trying to apprehend murder suspect: Officials
Two Baltimore, Maryland, police officers were shot Tuesday morning in the parking lot of Security Square Mall.
Private equity funds skirt responsibility in for-profit college fraud
Private equity funds are almost never liable for the misdeeds or financial responsibilities of their portfolio companies, because of how such deals are structured. In the case of for-profit college investments, that means taxpayers have been left holding the bag.Driving the news: The Biden...
Biden blasts 'un-American' voting limits; Texas Dems act
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden declared preserving voting rights an urgent national "test of our time” on Tuesday but offered few concrete proposals to meet it. Texas Democrats took their own dramatic action to stymie Republican efforts to tighten ballot restrictions in their state.
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Texas’ Abbott says Dems who ‘fled’ state over elections bill will be arrested upon return
Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Republican, criticized state Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., on Monday in an effort to deprive the Legislature of a quorum, thus the ability to vote on the GOP's sweeping elections overhaul bill.
Democrats eye immigration action in budget, but outlook hazy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats and immigration advocates are staring at their best chance in years to overcome Republican opposition and give millions of people in the U.S. without legal authorization a way to become citizens.
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Biden administration says states can restart pandemic unemployment benefits as lawsuits mount
States that have terminated pandemic unemployment benefits early can restart the programs, but there may be a break in payments for some laid-off Americans, the Biden administration said Monday.
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Cheney announces big fundraising amid removal from leadership
Rep. Liz Cheney announced Tuesday that her campaign raised nearly $1.9 million in second quarter 2021, setting what her office described as a quarterly fundraising record for the Wyoming Republican, amid her removal from House leadership and ahead of a potentially bruising reelection campaign.
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Trump getting tougher for Senate GOP to ignore
Senate Republican leaders have tried to put former President Trump in the rearview mirror, rarely mentioning his name and keeping focused instead on the Democratic agenda, but Trump’s iron grip on …
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‘Just say we won,’ Giuliani told Trump aides on election night: book
Former President Trump’s ex-lawyer Rudy Giuliani advised campaign aides on election night in November to “just say we won” as the vote counts were still coming in and the results of the presid…
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Trump said whoever 'leaked' info on his White House bunker stay should be 'executed,' new book claims
Then-President Donald Trump told a number of his advisers in 2020 that whoever leaked information about his stay in the White House bunker in May of that year had committed treason and should be executed for sharing details about the episode with members of the press, according to excerpts of a...
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What’s the endgame? Both parties face similar questions on a range of thorny topics
First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
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Sen. Cruz seeks to maintain Title 42 border expulsions through bill
Sen. Ted Cruz and several other prominent GOP senators introduced legislation Tuesday to codify a Trump-era provision that allows border officials to rapidly expel migrants attempting to cross the border due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Get on the team or shut up’: How Trump created an army of GOP enforcers
Trump might be out of office, but his loyalists atop state Republican parties are serving as instruments of his political will.
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Jill Biden to attend Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics in Tokyo, the White House announced Tuesday, even as the city has entered a new state of emergency over a rise in coronavirus cases.
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Judge: Newsom can't be listed as Democrat on recall ballot
A judge has ruled California Gov. Gavin Newsom can't put his Democratic Party affiliation on the ballot voters see when they decide whether to remove him
GOP Lawmakers Question Amazon's Connections on Pentagon Contract
WASHINGTON — As the Defense Department prepares to solicit bids for cloud-computing work that could yield billions of dollars for Amazon, members of Congress are raising new questions about the company’s efforts to win a $10 billion contract during the Trump administration. Previously unreleased...
Senate Democrats announce deal on $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill
Democrats will attempt to pass the bill through reconciliation, a process that will allow the legislation to be approved without any Republican votes.
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Are Jan. 6 rioters traitors? So far, criminal charges say no
CHICAGO (AP) — Plotted to block the certification of Joe Biden's election victory: Check. Discussed bringing weapons into Washington to aid in the plan: Check. Succeeded with co-insurrectionists, if only temporarily, in stopping Congress from carrying out a vital constitutional duty: Check.
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U.S. output surging amid pandemic due to digitization - Goldman
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted businesses to rapidly digitize their operations, leading to a surge in productivity in the United States, Goldman Sachs analysts said.
Notable sedition, treason cases in American history
CHICAGO (AP) — After Donald Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 in a bid to halt the certification of Joe Biden’s election, many described their actions as seditious or even treasonous.
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Column: Kamala Harris is making history again — as Republicans' prime campaign target
Candidates can't get a grip on President Biden. So they're going after his No. 2.
'That makes no sense at all': GOP senators dispute Trump's characterizations of the January 6 rioters
"I think that what people saw with their own eyes reflects a different reality," GOP Sen. John Cornyn of Texas told HuffPost's Igor Bobic.
Biden hosts police chiefs as Democrats try to contain political fallout from violent crime spike
President Joe Biden met with U.S. police chiefs and elected officials at the White House Monday to discuss his plan to address a continuing nationwide surge in gun violence.
Weighing Haiti Intervention, U.S. Again Faces a Torturous Dilemma
Barely a week after withdrawing nearly all U.S. forces from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden faces, in Haiti, a strikingly similar dilemma, now much closer to home. In Afghanistan, Biden concluded that American forces could not be expected to prop up the country’s frail government in perpetuity...
Democrats plow ahead with party-line spending bill for Biden's economic priorities
Senators express optimism but are facing a time crunch because of the approaching August recess, when they leave Washington.
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Cuban president defiant, blames embargo after protests
A defiant Cuban president lashed out at the U.S. embargo in response to protests over economic shortages during the pandemic.
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Prices keep soaring: Inflation rockets to a 13-year high
Prices keep rising in the United States, putting a squeeze on American consumers' wallets. That trend got worse in June.
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Greg Abbott: Texas Democrats who left state to stonewall GOP voting bills 'will be arrested and brought to the Texas Capitol'
The nearly 60 Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas to stonewall a pair of Republican-backed voting bills "will be arrested" upon return to the state, Gov. Greg Abbott said on Monday.
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Bernie Sanders says he wants over $3.5 trillion for a Democrat-only infrastructure package. Senate Democrats aren't ready to commit.
"I'm going to fight to make that proposal as robust as it can be," he said outside the White House after meeting with Biden.
Tucker Carlson teases 'new evidence' of voter fraud in Georgia's Fulton County
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he will examine "new evidence" of voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, on his show Wednesday.
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Liz Cheney outraised Elise Stefanik in Q2, breaking quarterly record
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) set a second straight fundraising record last quarter, bringing in $1.88 million from April to June, Fox News reports.Why it matters: The impressive haul, an increase from the record-setting $1.5 million Cheney brought in during the first three months of the year, came...
Atlanta businesses become casualties of MLB All-Star Game as Denver reaps rewards
ATLANTA — Russ Russo remembers the summer of 2000 fondly. He and his father Albert made the 13-hour drive from New Jersey to Atlanta for a boys trip that was capped off with the All-Star Game at Turner Field. Pop star Brandy sang the national anthem, Hank Aaron threw out the ceremonial first pitch,…
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Biden decries Trump's 'Big Lie,' but offers no new path on voting rights
President Joe Biden, under pressure from U.S. civil rights leaders, on Tuesday called it a "national imperative" to pass sweeping voting rights legislation that has stalled in Congress, but he did not outline a path to overcome Republican opposition.
Megyn Kelly: Media’s portrayal of Jan. 6 ‘so much worse than it actually was’
Conservative journalist and pundit Megyn Kelly is downplaying the seriousness of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying national media covering the insurrection that day made the i…
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Cheney fundraising surge continues, as Wyoming congresswoman sets second straight record
Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming was dumped her from her leadership position as House Republican Conference Chair in May
Death toll hits 72 as violence, looting spreads in South Africa
More than 70 people killed in spiralling unrest triggered by the jailing of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma.
Texas Democrats who fled state for D.C. call on Congress to pass voting rights bills
"Texas Democrats will use everything in our power to fight back, but we need Congress to act now," state Representative Rhetta Bowers said.
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Yellen says prepared to launch Treasury debt limit measures
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday she would notify Congress that she will immediately launch extraordinary Treasury cash management measures if Congress fails to suspend or raise the debt limit by the end of July. In an interview with Reuters, Yellen said the Treasury is...
Biden wades deeper into voting access debate to fire up Pennsylvania Democrats
President Joe Biden will launch a national campaign to expand voter access this week and push back on Republican-crafted laws that have been slammed by Democrats, heeding calls to elevate the issue before the 2022 midterm elections.
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Texas Democrats launch a war they probably cannot win
The Democratic gambit will be deemed a failure to the extent to which GOP attacks on Democrats for “dereliction of duty” resonate with Texas voters.
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Biden competition adviser offers his take on the executive order
FCC set to launch Huawei rip-and-replace program — Global leaders seek consensus on emerging tech
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Prices climb for third straight month, hitting 5.4 percent year over year
The inflation index is on the increase, but what is it really measuring?
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"He wouldn't even be in a law firm": Trump unloads on Brett Kavanaugh in new Wolff book
Former President Donald Trump, in a book out Tuesday by Michael Wolff, says he is "very disappointed" in votes by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, his own hard-won nominee, and that he "hasn’t had the courage you need to be a great justice."Driving the news: "There were so many others I...
'Have you no shame?': Biden against efforts in GOP-led states to restrict voting rights
The president called on Congress to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, saying it's a "national imperative."
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Why are Muslim women living ‘in fear’ in this Canadian city?
Recent verbal and physical attacks on primarily Black Muslim women in Edmonton, Alberta draw urgent call for action.
Biden gives an angry cry for action on voting rights but stops short of calling for filibuster reform
President Joe Biden issued a dire and angry warning Tuesday that the very underpinnings of American democracy were under threat, calling an ongoing assault on voting rights the gravest challenge to American democracy since the Civil War.
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Inflation accelerates to 5.4% in June as overheating fears swirl
Consumer prices increased 5.4% for the year ending June, according to a report by the Department of Labor.
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New polling by Bill Gates group shows popularity of clean tech spending
Data: Global strategy Group on behalf of Breakthrough Energy; Chart: Will Chase/AxiosNew polling data released today by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy finds spending public money on clean tech in order to cut greenhouse gas emissions is extremely popular nationwide.Why it matters: Congress is...
'100% hypocrite': Ousted Steve King slams McCarthy’s soft Cheney treatment
Former Rep. Steve King, who lost his seat in a GOP primary after Republican leaders stripped him of his House committee assignments, called out House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for going easy on Trump critic Liz Cheney.
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Democratic tensions simmer in House between left, center
Tensions are bubbling up between moderate and progressive House Democrats ahead of a busy end-of-summer legislative session critical to the party’s agenda.Liberals in the House were initially disap…
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South Africa Zuma riots: Looting and unrest leaves 72 dead
At least 72 people die in days of rioting sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma.
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Russia against US troops in Central Asia near Afghanistan
Russia has strongly warned the United States against deploying its troops in the former Soviet Central Asian nations following their withdrawal from Afghanistan, a senior diplomat said in remarks published on Tuesday. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow conveyed the...
New efforts to measure the true cost of U.S. internet service
The Biden administration wants to cut Americans' monthly internet bills, making efforts to accurately measure those costs more urgent — and sometimes contentious.The big picture: The White House's executive order on competition, signed Friday, included a series of policies aimed at reducing what...
‘Heinous act of revenge’: Bahrain death sentences surge by 600%
Death sentences in the small Gulf nation have risen more than 600 percent in the past decade, new report finds.
High court ruling gives immigrants facing deportation hope
BOSTON (AP) — Just a few short months ago, Lucio Perez moved out of the western Massachusetts church he’d lived in for more than three years to avoid deportation. Immigration authorities in March granted the 40-year-old Guatemalan national a temporary stay in his deportation while he argued to...
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What we know about the victims of the Surfside building collapse
Local police have released the names of all but three of the victims.
Men At Gitmo Have Been Cleared For Release For Years. Why Hasn’t Biden Let Them Out?
Joe Biden says he wants to close Guantanamo, but six months into his presidency, he hasn't released any of the 11 men approved for transfer to another country.
Paratrooper smashes through roof of California residence after chute failure
A British paratrooper suffered minor injuries after his parachute failed to deploy fully during a 15,000-foot jump, crashing through the roof of a California residence.
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Trump wrong about officer who shot Capitol rioter, law enforcement official says
The former president suggested without evidence that the Capitol Police officer who shot Babbitt was "head of security" for a "high-ranking" Democratic lawmaker.
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Biden's bipartisan infrastructure deal could face key Senate GOP defections
Several GOP senators who initially endorsed a bipartisan infrastructure deal are warning they may ultimately vote against it as it moves through the legislative process, a sign of the daunting hurdles ahead as proponents try to push the massive proposal through the evenly divided chamber by next...
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As media writes Christie 2024 stories, he makes no dent at CPAC
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‘We won’t shut up’: Muslim women put up ‘for auction’ in India
Photographs of more than 80 Muslim women put up for sale on an app are triggering outrage and calls for action.
'It's a game of chicken': Texas Democrats' walkout has precedent, but will it work?
In 2003, Democratic state senators fled to Albuquerque, NM, and representatives fled to Ardmore, OK, in response to GOP redistricting.
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Biden to raise stakes on voting rights as his party pushes for more
The president plans to blast GOP-backed voting law changes as "the most egregious attempts to harm the integrity of our democracy since the Civil War."
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Texas attorney general agrees to stop blocking constituents from following him on Twitter
A federal lawsuit claimed AG Paxton violated First Amendment rights when he blocked individuals on Twitter.
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US consumer prices surge in June by the most since 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices for U.S. consumers jumped in June by the most in 13 years, evidence that a swift rebound in spending has run up against widespread supply shortages that have escalated the costs of many goods and services.
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Biden could use Cuba protests to boost GOP support for 'voting rights,' White House says
The mass protests in Cuba present a unique situation for the Biden administration, which has a chance to use calls for democracy on the island to bolster its voting rights push.
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Philadelphia sees $40 mln in possible costs from Trump ally's election probe
Philadelphia could face $40 million in costs to replace voting machines if forced to comply with a "forensic investigation" into the 2020 election launched by a Republican state lawmaker and ally of former President Donald Trump, a city commissioner told Reuters.
Haiti president assassination suspect was confidential DEA source, official says
One suspect linked to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse had been a confidential source for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, a DEA official told Fox News.
Mayors push climate infrastructure action
GOP backing for bipartisan deal teetering — Energy and Water spending Friday
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Experts say western US now trapped in death cycle of extreme heat, drought, fire
“For our most vulnerable, disadvantaged communities, this also creates compounding health effects.”
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Republican governors facing 2022 primary challenges from the right
Trump loyalists are launching GOP challenges against incumbent Republican governors who are running for reelection in 2022.
Taliban surge in north Afghanistan sends thousands fleeing
Thousands of people have fled Taliban insurgents sweeping across northern Afghanistan, fearful of their harsh rule
Biden chides Republicans on voting laws: ‘Have you no shame?’
During his speech in Philadelphia, the president pushed for a nonpartisan coalition to counter such efforts across the nation.
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Turkish and Israeli presidents talk in rare phone call
Turkey’s Erdogan and new Israeli president Herzog speak on phone in sign of possible thaw after years of strained ties.
Crenshaw slams 'delinquent' Texas Democrats who fled to DC on private jet: 'You guys are pathetic'
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, excoriated Democratic state lawmakers who left the state – and a special session of the legislature – for Washington, D.C., to hold up voting on an election reform bill, accusing them of shirking their responsibilities and lying about what they were opposing.
The Memo: Trump pours gas on tribalism with Jan. 6 rewrite
Former President Trump is persevering with his attempts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.It is an effort that is being aided by his political and media allies.&…
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EXPLAINER: Why are Texas Democrats camped out in Washington?
Texas statehouse Democrats are camping out in Washington to try and block the GOP's sweeping elections overhaul bill that makes it harder to vote in the state. A similar move successfully killed an earlier version of the bill on the last day of the legislative session in late May, and...
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Lin Wood distances himself from Michigan election lawsuit in sanctions hearing
Lin Wood, one of the lawyers who filed several lawsuits alleging massive election fraud following the 2020 election, is distancing himself from one of those suits now that he is facing sanctions.
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1 dead, 5 wounded in shooting outside Detroit banquet hall
Detroit's interim police chief says a suspect has been identified in a drive-by shooting that left a man dead and five other people wounded outside an unlicensed banquet hall
Tudor Dixon, candidate for Michigan governor, seeks to use CPAC as campaign launching pad
Conservative political commentator and Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon faces a potentially stacked GOP primary field if she wants to take on Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2022, but she's been busy building an apparatus she believes can earn the GOP nomination.
Japan defence paper warns for first time of crisis over Taiwan
Defence report calls on Japanese government to pay attention to US-China tensions over Taiwan with ‘a sense of crisis’.
Analysis: Texas Democrats are on a desperate mission to stop GOP voting bills
Texas state lawmakers, enacting an intricately plotted escape, left their posts and the Lone Star state itself and took flight to Washington on Monday on an extraordinary mission to halt Republican restrictive voting bills built on former President Donald Trump's fraud lies.
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Miami Beach apartment building evacuated because of concrete deterioration
The building is at least the fourth in Florida to be partly or fully evacuated since the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building.
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Thousands of firefighters battle big blazes across the West
BLY, Ore. (AP) — An army of firefighters labored in hot, dry and windy weather Tuesday to contain fires chewing through wilderness and burning homes across drought-stricken Western states already sweltering in the second heat wave of the year.
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In numbers: How has life changed in Afghanistan in 20 years?
How did 20 years of war between the US and the Taliban change Afghanistan?
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Oversize Goldfish Are Taking Over One Minnesota Lake, Causing Issues For Local Fish
Burnsville, Minn., officials have urged residents and owners of pet goldfish not to dispose of them in local lakes, warning that doing so causes major environmental impacts.
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Final destination: For many of the world's refugees, Mexico is their new home
“You arrive very beaten, and you have to learn to transform the pain,” one Nicaraguan said. “That is why I will always be grateful to Mexico for giving me refuge.”
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Many homebuyers are dropping out of the market
Many buyers are dropping out of the market and opting not to buy now. Faced with all cash offers they can't match and a feeding frenzy on each house they visit, they are putting their home search on ice and reevaluating their home buying options.
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Crowd in Haiti chants "Joe Biden" amid hopes to claim asylum in U.S. after assassination of president - CBS News
One of the Haitian-Americans arrested in the assassination had worked as a DEA informant, CBS News has learned.
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Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor
BOSTON (AP) — Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon and her Army colleagues never dwelled on being the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe during World War II. They had a job to do. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was credited with solving a growing mail crisis during its...
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Inflation: Used cars and food push US prices higher
Consumer prices in the US rose 5.4% in the 12 months ending in June, official data show.
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Taco Bell employees set off fireworks inside restaurant, cause fire after accidentally locking themselves out
A Taco Bell employee has been arrested after setting off fireworks inside of a restaurant with her employees before accidentally locking themselves out of the building.
Fire tears through COVID ward, killing at least 92 people in Iraqi hospital
The blaze – the 2nd similar case in a year – was sparked by an oxygen cylinder exploding, but it spread quickly, trapping dozens of patients and their family members.
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Work from home fueling cyberattacks, says global financial watchdog
Lockdown restrictions are easing but financial firms have told employees they will be allowed to work from home several days a week permanently, and the rest of the time in the office.
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Exclusive: A wild chase followed the assassination of Haiti's President | CNN
The plot to kill Haiti's President allegedly spanned multiple countries and involved highly experienced former military officers and months of planning, according to local officials. Yet the primary suspects in the case appear to have been unprepared for their fierce pursuit by Haitian security...
'Hard to feel safe': Rep. Porter says town hall altercation erodes sense of security
"It got heated and punches were thrown. One man received a bloody nose," police said.
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Searchers recover personal possessions from collapse rubble
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — When the body of 4-year-old Emma Guara was pulled from the rubble of last month's Florida condominium collapse, she was wearing the silver necklace her mother recently gave her, the pendant shaped like half a heart and inscribed “Little Sis.”
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Iraq hospital fire: Protests as Covid ward blaze kills at least 92
Angry relatives of the victims protest outside the devastated Covid isolation ward.
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Britney Spears' allegation of abuse by doctor unlikely to end conservatorship, experts say
Spears told the court that her previous psychiatrist was abusive, but the allegation is neither uncommon in conservatorships nor likely to help her case.
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More migrant deaths recorded in heat along Arizona border
The bodies of an unusually large number of migrants who died in Arizona’s borderlands are being recovered this summer amid record temperatures
ESPN analyst apologizes after criticizing baseball star because he ‘doesn’t speak English’
“My comments — albeit unintentional — were clearly insensitive and regrettable.”
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Google hit with record $593M fine in France over news copyright battle
It is the largest fine ever imposed by France’s competition watchdog for a company’s failure to adhere to one of its rulings.
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Blind Chinese dissident who escaped in 2012 now a US citizen
A blind Chinese dissident who escaped to the United States in 2012 is now an American citizen and says the human rights situation in China is getting “worse and worse."
American LGBTQ+ Museum coming to N.Y.C.’s oldest museum as part of expansion
The new museum, slated to open in 2024, will be dedicated to global, national and local LGBTQ history and culture.
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At least 8 dead in hotel collapse in eastern China
Authorities say at least eight people have died and nine remained missing in a hotel collapse in Suzhou city in eastern China
Judge OKs $73 million payout to some 6,000 women allegedly sexually abused by former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps
Suit alleged some 6,000 women were sexually abused by Dr. James Heaps.
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17 million-gallon sewage spill closes miles of beaches in California
About 4 miles of beaches from El Segundo to the southern end of Playa del Rey were closed indefinitely while officials tested the water.
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COVID-19 cases are rising in Los Angeles: What's behind the spike
Health officials in Los Angeles County are warning that the delta variant's spread among unvaccinated people is driving a spike in COVID-19 infections in the county.
US COVID-19 cases rising again, doubling over three weeks
The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings.
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McConnell pushes for more COVID vaccinations: 'We're in the red zone, but we're not in the end zone'
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel said he was "perplexed by the difficulty we have in finishing the job." The pace for vaccinations has slowed in the United States just as the much more contagious Delta COVID-19 variant is becoming the dominant strain of the virus.
Tennessee abandons vaccine outreach to minors — and not just for COVID-19
Tennessee is halting COVID-19 vaccine outreach to minors amid pressure from Republican lawmakers. The state also fired its top vaccine official.
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Route 66 summer festival in Missouri canceled due to COVID-19 surge
The city of Springfield, Missouri, announced it was canceling a major summer festival as COVID-19 surges in the region.
COVID-19 outbreak tied to weeklong church retreat
A COVID-19 outbreak has been reported among attendees of a church retreat, officials announced.
Death toll rises to 92 in blaze at coronavirus ward in Iraq
NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AP) — The death toll from a fire that swept through a hospital coronavirus ward climbed to 92 on Tuesday, Iraq's state news agency reported, as anguished relatives buried their loved ones and lashed out at the government over the country's second such disaster in less than three...
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Good 4 U: Olivia Rodrigo heading to White House to hype vaccinations
The 18-year-old pop singer will record videos from the White House to encourage young people to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
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COVID Cases In Parts Of Missouri And Arkansas Surge To Levels Not Seen Since Winter
The outbreak of COVID-19 in southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas has become the nation's largest and is mostly driven by the highly contagious delta variant.
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Pfizer pitches White House on 3rd Covid vaccine dose
FDA to add Guillain-Barré warning to J&J shot — CMS launches coverage process for Alzheimer’s drug
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How to reduce your child's COVID-19 risk if they're too young to be vaccinated
Infections in children tend to be less serious than in adults and "most children with COVID-19 have mild symptoms or have no symptoms at all," according to the CDC.
Children leaving quarantine results in summer surge of common winter virus RSV
Pediatric experts share what parents need to know about a common virus surging after children left quarantine.
Gov't officials remain unconvinced Americans need COVID vaccine booster shot just yet
Following a meeting with Pfizer executives, U.S. health officials said they remain unconvinced that Americans need a booster shot.
Immunized but banned: EU says not all COVID vaccines equal
LONDON (AP) — After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would be free to travel this summer to a European destination of their choice.
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Missouri hospital opens 6th virus ward as variant rages
A Springfield, Missouri, hospital has opened its sixth COVID-19 ward as the delta virus variant rages in the state's southwest region
After meeting with Pfizer, U.S. health agency reiterates Covid booster not necessary
A spokesperson for Health and Human Services said officials will continue to discuss if a booster is needed in the future.
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Warnings from right and left about Johnson & Johnson vaccine's link to rare disease
Following the FDA's alert that Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine might be linked to a rare disorder, warnings are coming from both the political right and left.
US’s largest registered nurses union calls on CDC to bring back universal mask guidelines
The largest union for registered nurses in the U.S. called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to bring back recommendations for universal masking in public regardless of pe…
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U.S. health official says COVID-19 boosters could risk more serious side effects
The United States is reviewing the need for a third COVID-19 booster shot among residents who have already been vaccinated but needs to see more data to know if additional shots could raise people's risk of serious side effects, a U.S. health official said Tuesday.
Covid-19 boosters for vulnerable Americans are on the way — eventually
Medicare will review coverage of Alzheimer’s drug — J&J vaccine hit with another warning
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Do you need a booster shot for COVID-19? It's not recommended, yet. Here's what to know.
Vaccine companies are studying the effectiveness of a third COVID-19 shot, known as a booster. Here's what you need to know.
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Israel starts administering third Pfizer dose to people with weak immune systems
Israel on Monday started administering third Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shots to people with weak immune systems.Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on Sunday announced that adults with c…
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17 million-gallon sewage spill closes miles of beaches in California
About 4 miles of beaches from El Segundo to the southern end of Playa del Rey were closed indefinitely while officials tested the water.
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California backtracks on banning unmasked students from school campuses
California issued a new rule on Monday banning unmasked students from school campuses but then rescinded it just hours later.
How one man's viral rant shows TikTok's problem with misinformation
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue analyzed 124 TikTok videos featuring vaccine misinformation that garnered more than 20 million views and 2 million likes, comments and shares.
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France mandates Covid-19 pass for restaurants, shopping malls
“The country is facing a strong resumption of the epidemic touching all our territory,” French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday.
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92 people killed as fire rips through Covid hospital in Iraq
"No quick response to the fire, not enough firefighters. Sick people burned to death. It's a disaster," said a man who was waiting to receive his brother's body.
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