Nation and World Politics
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And then there were four: A look at the races for the 6th and 11th district congressional seatsMar 23, 2024 2:27 pm - The Republicans taking on Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville in Illinois’ 11th District and Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove in the 6th Distr...
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Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offenseMar 23, 2024 9:10 am - PHOENIX (AP) — The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black iron gates. Guards block the entrance, which requires a security badge to access. The glass surrounding...
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House approves $1.2 trillion package of spending bills before shutdown deadline, Senate up nextMar 22, 2024 11:10 am - WASHINGTON — The House approved a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills on Friday just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies is set to expire, a lon...
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Why challenges coming at Foster, Casten from the left didn’t workMar 22, 2024 11:09 am - Despite being victorious in election after election, Democratic U.S. Reps. Bill Foster of Naperville and Sean Casten of Downers Grove both faced primary challenges Tuesda...
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Trump’s social media company will go public after merger with shell company is approvedMar 22, 2024 10:15 am - NEW YORK — Donald Trump is returning to the stock market. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded shell company, approved a deal to merge with ...
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Prosecutor: New Trump hush money records shouldn’t further delay trial
Mar 21, 2024 12:39 pm - NEW YORK - Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday told the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money case that a hefty recent handover of federal court records from a previou...
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Judge clears way for Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case
Mar 20, 2024 10:13 am - ATLANTA — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case is allowing Donald Trump to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to ...
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Court puts Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants who cross illegally back on hold
Mar 20, 2024 9:15 am - McALLEN, Texas — Plans by Texas to arrest migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally were again on hold Wednesday after setting off uncertainty along the border an...
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A wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees capsizes off Indonesia's coast
Mar 20, 2024 8:18 am - BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — A wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia’s northernmost coast on Wednesday, according to local fishermen who rescu...
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A Russian border region reels from sustained Ukrainian artillery and drone strikes
Mar 20, 2024 7:58 am - A Russian border region being pounded by Ukrainian shelling and drones is expanding its closure of schools and colleges amid a major evacuation plan, authorities announce...