Nation and World Politics
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Burst in COVID spending helped students recover, researchers find
Jun 30, 2024 6:00 am - When Congress sent tens of billions of dollars to schools — an unprecedented sum — to battle the coronavirus pandemic, it seemed like reopening campuses was going to be t...
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Trump advisers seek to simplify Republican Party platform, memo saysJun 29, 2024 9:57 pm - Former President Donald Trump’s campaign advisers are pushing to significantly simplify and streamline the official platform of the Republican Party, according to a memo ...
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Biden is making appeals to donors as concerns persist over his presidential debate performanceJun 29, 2024 9:56 pm - EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — President Joe Biden is looking to recapture his mojo and reassure donors at a Saturday fundraiser that he is fully up to the challenge of beating Don...
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Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effectJun 29, 2024 2:03 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and al...
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What to know about the Supreme Court decision limiting environmental rules
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Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy. Dems stick by him — for now
Jun 28, 2024 1:22 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden forcefully tried on Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as e...
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Here’s why it would be tough for Democrats to replace Joe Biden on the presidential ticket
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A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it's defeated but remains lethal
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Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
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The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision