Nation and World Politics
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Trump attorneys in classified documents case are challenging prosecutor's appointment
Jun 21, 2024 11:59 am - FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Lawyers for Donald Trump made a long shot argument Friday that the Justice Department prosecutor who charged the former president with hoarding classi...
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NY prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticizing jurors who convicted him
Jun 21, 2024 9:48 am - NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case to uphold a gag order that bars the former president from critici...
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The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
Jun 21, 2024 9:34 am - In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners. The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.
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South Korea summons Russian ambassador as tensions rise with North Korea
Jun 21, 2024 7:09 am - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country’s new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to ris...
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How Biden and Trump are taking very different approaches to preparing for next week's debate
Jun 21, 2024 7:05 am - NEW YORK — President Joe Biden begins an intense period of private preparations Friday at Camp David for what may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades...
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Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden
Jun 20, 2024 11:39 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered expansive election-year action Tuesday to offer potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal s...
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Supreme Court upholds U.S. tax on foreign business income
Jun 20, 2024 9:49 am - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollar...
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Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid again and Kyiv's drones target more enemy oil depots
Jun 20, 2024 6:49 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seekin...
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The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law
Jun 20, 2024 6:47 am - BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by...
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Russia obliterates Ukraine's front-line towns faster with hacked bombs and expanded air base network
Jun 20, 2024 6:44 am - KHARKIV, Ukraine — The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet se...