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Biden welcomes the King of Jordan as framework for hostage deal is decided in Israel-Hamas conflict

By COLLEEN LONG
Feb 12, 2024 8:20 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is hosting Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Washington Monday and the two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing effort to free hostages...
Egypt is threatening to void its decades-old peace treaty with Israel. What does that mean?

By JULIA FRANKEL
Feb 12, 2024 8:11 am - JERUSALEM — It was a warm handshake between the unlikeliest of statesmen, conducted under the beaming gaze of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Sunlight streamed through the t...
Faced with wave of hostile bills, transgender rights leaders are playing “a defense game”

By DAVID CRARY
Feb 09, 2024 11:23 am - For decades, the plotline for LGBTQ+ activism in the U.S. was one of advances — often slow-paced and hard-fought but inexorably moving forward. Now, faced with unpreceden...
Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due

By JAKE COYLE
Feb 09, 2024 11:06 am - NEW YORK — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at ...
Conspiracy theories swirl around Taylor Swift. These Republican voters say they don't care

By MATT BROWN and JAMES POLLARD
Feb 09, 2024 10:37 am - WASHINGTON — To hear some conservatives on cable news or on social media tell it, Taylor Swift is part of an elaborate plot to help Democrats win the November election. “...
Biden and Trump: How the two classified documents investigations came to different endings

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Feb 09, 2024 6:08 am - Classified documents were found in a damaged cardboard box in President Joe Biden's cluttered Delaware garage, near where golf clubs hung on the wall. A photo in former P...
The race for George Santos' congressional seat could offer clues to how suburbs will vote this year

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Feb 09, 2024 6:06 am - A special election in the suburbs of New York to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos could offer clues about the mindset of suburban voters everywhere as 2024 ele...
Donald Trump wins Nevada’s Republican caucuses after being the only major candidate to participate

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN
Feb 09, 2024 6:02 am - LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday after he was the only major candidate to compete, winning his third strai...
AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal

By ALI SWENSON
Feb 08, 2024 12:31 pm - NEW YORK — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed robocalls that contain voices generated by artificial intelligence, a decision that sends a clear me...
The Senate votes to begin working on a last-ditch effort to approve funds for Ukraine and Israel

By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK, and LISA MASCARO
Feb 08, 2024 12:28 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted to begin work on a package of wartime funding for Ukraine and other U.S. allies, but doubts remained about support from Republic...

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