Nation and World Politics
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Federal Reserve on cusp of what some thought impossible: Defeating inflation without steep recession
Dec 16, 2023 8:14 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Jeffersons” were topping the TV charts. Yet...
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'Insurance godmothers' sign up Latinos for Obamacare in pro-Trump areas as he threatens to repeal it
Dec 16, 2023 8:13 am - MIAMI (AP) — Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a kiosk and an office showing signs for “ Obamacare,” where they...
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Britain says a Royal Navy ship has shot down an attack drone over the Red Sea
Dec 16, 2023 8:10 am - LONDON (AP) — A Royal Navy warship has shot down a suspected attack drone targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea, Britain’s defense secretary said Saturday. Grant Shap...
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Latino Democrats shift from quiet concern to open opposition to Biden's concessions in border talks
Dec 16, 2023 8:09 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Prominent Latinos in Congress looked on quietly, at first, privately raising concerns with the Biden administration over the direction of border securit...
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Putin supporters formally nominate him as independent candidate in Russian presidential election
Dec 16, 2023 8:08 am - MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin 's supporters on Saturday formally nominated him to run in the 2024 presidential election as an independent candidate, stat...
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Black Ohio woman criminally charged after miscarriage underscores the perils of pregnancy post-Roe
Dec 16, 2023 8:08 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio was in the throes of a bitter debate over abortion rights this fall when Brittany Watts, 21 weeks and 5 days pregnant, began passing thick bloo...
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With Iowa's caucuses a month away, Trump urges voters to hand him not just a victory, but a blowoutDec 15, 2023 10:01 am - CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump was uncharacteristically serious when he implored an audience in eastern Iowa to carry him to a blowout in next month's Republican ca...
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Prince Harry hails court victory as ‘great day for truth’ after judge finds tabloid hacked his phoneDec 15, 2023 7:30 am - LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry won his historic phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the f...
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Israel vows to fight on in Gaza despite deadly ambush and rising international pressureDec 14, 2023 6:41 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel has vowed to keep fighting in Gaza until it crushes Hamas after one of the deadliest single battles of the war for its soldiers, even as it fac...
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Putin says there will be no peace in Ukraine until goals are achieved, while offering rare detailsDec 14, 2023 6:07 am - MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday that there would be no peace in Ukraine until his goals are achieved and said those objectives remain unchan...