Nation and World Politics
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Tape reveals Donald Trump pressured Michigan officials not to certify 2020 vote, a new report says
Dec 22, 2023 10:00 am - Donald Trump pressured two election officials not to certify 2020 vote totals in a key Michigan county, according to a recording of a post-election phone call disclosed i...
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Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
Dec 22, 2023 8:01 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is making thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columb...
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Trump transformed the Supreme Court. Now the justices could decide his political and legal future
Dec 21, 2023 2:59 pm - WASHINGTON — Donald Trump touts his transformation of the U.S. Supreme Court as one of his presidency's greatest accomplishments. Now his legal and political future may l...
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Israel's military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in history, experts say
Dec 21, 2023 2:55 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history. In just over two months, the offensive ...
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UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are 'starving' because of war
Dec 21, 2023 1:36 pm - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. and other agencies th...
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Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case
Dec 21, 2023 12:30 pm - NEW YORK — Rudy Giulian i has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by two former election workers in Georgia...
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Texas begins flying migrants from southern border to Chicago. The 1st plane carried over 120 people
Dec 21, 2023 8:03 am - AUSTIN, Texas — Texas sent a plane with more than 120 migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago in an escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's busing operation t...
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Faith groups say more foster families are needed to care for the children coming to the U.S. alone
Dec 21, 2023 7:28 am - HOMESTEAD, Florida — Snuggling on the sofa across from the Christmas tree, Sol proudly showed off the dog her foster parents gave her for earning all A’s even though she ...
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Ukraine ends year disappointed by stalemate with Russia, and anxious about aid from allies
Dec 21, 2023 6:55 am - The year started with high hopes for Ukrainian troops planning a counteroffensive against Russia. It ended with disappointment on the battlefield, an increasingly somber ...
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A deal on U.S. border policy is closer than it seems. Here's how it is shaping up and what's at stakeDec 21, 2023 6:43 am - WASHINGTON — Amid grueling negotiations, the contours of a bipartisan border security and immigration deal are beginning to take shape, emerging even as Congress leaves t...