Nation and World Politics
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Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee
Jan 02, 2025 6:49 am - President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump has said should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry.
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Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban
Dec 31, 2024 3:38 pm - A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business. Desiree Hill, owner of Crow...
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The rise in mail voting comes with a price, as mismatched signatures lead to ballot rejections
Dec 31, 2024 8:27 am - As with many voters on Maui, Joshua Kamalo thought the race for president wasn't the only big contest on the November ballot. He also was focused on a hotly contested seat for the local governing board.
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Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine hits multiple targets, including Kyiv
Dec 31, 2024 8:22 am - Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, striking the capital and other regions with multiple missiles and drones.
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Trump calls it the ‘center of the universe.’ Mar-a-Lago is a magnet for those seeking influence
Dec 31, 2024 8:20 am - The cars begin lining up early in the morning to be screened by Secret Service agents under white tents near the fence that surrounds President-elect Donald Trump’s vast south Florida estate.
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‘The greatest former president’: Suburban admirers reflect on Carter’s legacyDec 30, 2024 10:42 am - Chicago-area admirers of Jimmy Carter are paying tribute to the former president and humanitarian, who died Sunday.
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Dec 29, 2024 3:38 pm - Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.
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An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition
Dec 27, 2024 8:33 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump's supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political...
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Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-January
Dec 27, 2024 8:31 pm - WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the n...
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India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies aged 92
Dec 26, 2024 12:52 pm - India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was 92.