Nation and World Politics
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US confirms North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for training and possible Ukraine combat
Oct 23, 2024 7:13 am - The U.S. said Wednesday that 3,000 North Korean troops have deployed to Russia and are training at several locations, calling the move very serious and warning that those forces will be “fair game” if they go into combat in Ukraine.
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Harris bets her policies can attract Latino voters while Trump touts his time as president to them
Oct 22, 2024 2:28 pm - Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump see economic policy as their best chance to win Latino voters. But their approaches are very different.
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Putin hosts Global South leaders at BRICS summit meant to counterbalance Western clout
Oct 22, 2024 11:11 am - China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other world leaders arrived Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies that the Kremlin hopes to turn into a rallying point for defying Western influence in global affairs.
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Yellen says isolationism ‘made America and the world worse off’ in speech to global finance leaders
Oct 22, 2024 8:44 am - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is telling world financial leaders that the U.S. economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump’s policies two weeks before the U.S. election.
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US extends 25% semiconductor tax credit to chip and solar wafers
Oct 22, 2024 8:36 am - The Biden administration finalized rules for a 25% tax credit for semiconductor manufacturing projects, expanding eligibility for what is likely to be the largest incenti...
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How Project 2025’s rightward vision became a flashpoint in this year’s election
Oct 22, 2024 7:38 am - For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election, its far-right proposals deployed by Democrats as shorthand for what Donald Trump would potentially do with a second term at the White House.
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Israeli strike destroys building near Beirut as Blinken presses for Gaza cease-fire
Oct 22, 2024 7:33 am - The Israeli military leveled a building in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday that it said housed Hezbollah “facilities,” sending smoke and debris into the air a few hundred yards from where a spokesperson for the militant group had just briefed journalists about a weekend drone attack that damaged the Israeli prime minister's house.
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McDonald’s agreed to Trump event but says it isn't endorsing a presidential candidate
Oct 21, 2024 4:26 pm - McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race.
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Liz Cheney helps Harris seek moderate votes as they paint Trump as a dangerous choice
Oct 21, 2024 2:52 pm - Kamala Harris teamed up with Liz Cheney on Monday to make a bipartisan appeal to Republican voters uneasy about Donald Trump, describing the former president as a malignant force that needs to be removed from American politics.
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Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide
Oct 21, 2024 8:53 am - Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she's going to m...