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The legislation failed resoundingly but highlighted a growing Democratic divide over whether the United States should withhold some weapons to register its disapproval of Israel’s war tactics.Continue reading...

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to reject three efforts led by progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders that would have blocked certain offensive weapons sales to Israel.The resolutions garnered bipartisan...

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over...

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter was coerced.Continue reading...

Universities had already begun making changes, as the controversial bill was expected to easily pass.Continue reading...

The G.O.P. united behind Nick Begich III, the conservative son of a prominent liberal Alaska political family, to beat Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat.Continue reading...

There are different ways it goes down, but if it is an actual policy or SOP, then it can be enjoined under the APA. That would happen at a district court and then go up, ultimately to the Supreme Court. I think the...

There's caselaw on this. Stopping someone and asking for their ID is a search under the 4th Amendment, which means that probable cause to do so requires reasonable suspicion. Whether a search is legal is highly...

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:AP PhotoLawmakers are concerned about background checks of Trump’s Cabinet picks as red flags surface By ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE...

The bill, known as the PRESS Act, would codify protections against federal investigators seizing reporters’ records. It is now less likely the legislation would clear the Senate before the current session ends...

The government has just tabled laws to block access to under-16s - but the proposal is divisive.Continue reading...

Three of President-elect Donald Trump’s high-profile picks to join his Cabinet have faced serious allegations of sexual impropriety, complicating the calculus for Republican senators already weighing their...

In an opinion column in The Wall Street Journal, the heads of the new Department of Government Efficiency said taxpayers shouldn’t pay federal employees “for the Covid-era privilege of staying home.”Continue reading...

The allegations of bribery and fraud are the latest blow for the tycoon, one of India's richest people.Continue reading...

Brandon Durham was tussling with a female intruder over a knife when an officer shot him multiple times.Continue reading...

The president-elect has repeatedly pledged to deport millions of undocumented migrants once in office.Continue reading...

A bill limiting the number of foreign students Australia accepts has caused anxiety at home and abroad.Continue reading...

Two people died in the storm that hit the West coast of the US and Canada overnight.Continue reading...

Tensions burst into the open in court when Dominique Pelicot is accused by his daughter of lying.Continue reading...

Fourteen of the 15 members voted in favour, but Washington said the text would send "dangerous message" to Hamas.Continue reading...

In a high-profile dispute involving a K-pop band, the South Korean government has made its decision.Continue reading...

Countries around the world are building new nuclear power stations.Continue reading...

The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger's murder case has ruled the death penalty will remain on the table, rejecting a request from Kohberger's defense attorneys.Continue reading...

Linda McMahon's background -- in both education and as a co-founder of sports entertainment company World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. -- has come under scrutiny.Continue reading...

The House Ethics Committee will keep its report of an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz sealed for the time being after it was unable to reach a decision Wednesday on...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the next attorney general is at the centre of a number of allegations, which he denies.Continue reading...

The movie’s star Alec Baldwin was not invited and did not attend the screening.Continue reading...

£1.6m of British kit shipped to companies tied to Russian military despite sanctions, customs documents claim.Continue reading...

That's not what Dobbs held. Dobbs held that there is no constitutional basis for a federally-protected right to an abortion. The result is that it is left to the states (based on how federalism works) but the...

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