Nation and World Politics
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Biden and gun control advocates want to flip an issue long dominated by the NRA
Jun 11, 2024 7:58 am - ATLANTA — Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootings at schools and ot...
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Blinken welcomes U.N. vote in favor of Gaza cease-fire plan and again calls on Hamas to accept it
Jun 11, 2024 7:07 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council’s vote in favor of a U.S.-backed proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and hosta...
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Malawi’s vice president and 9 others are confirmed dead after the wreckage of their plane is located
Jun 11, 2024 7:03 am - BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people died when the small military plane they were traveling in crashed in bad weather in a moun...
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Hunter Biden convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial
Jun 11, 2024 6:56 am - Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.
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Hunter Biden gun case goes to jury
Jun 10, 2024 8:25 am - WILMINGTON, Del. — Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating Monday whether the president’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges over a revolver he boug...
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What does Israel’s rescue of 4 captives, and the killing of 274 Palestinians, mean for truce talks?
Jun 10, 2024 6:46 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's dramatic weekend rescue of four hostages from the Gaza Strip, in an operation that local health officials say killed 274 Palestinians, came at...
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The far right’s election gains rattle EU's traditional powers, leading Macron to call snap pollsJun 10, 2024 6:42 am - BRUSSELS — Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to Fre...
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Ukraine’s air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes
Jun 10, 2024 6:39 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it's set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes, a senior...
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‘We’ve got to be ready’: Suburban police gearing up for political conventions this summerJun 09, 2024 8:48 pm - Suburban law enforcement agencies may be called upon to help keep the peace during this summer’s national political conventions in Chicago and Milwaukee.
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Biden honors US war dead with a cemetery visit ending a French trip that served as a rebuke to Trump
Jun 09, 2024 4:00 pm - BELLEAU, France (AP) — President Joe Biden closed out his trip to France by paying his respects at an American military cemetery that Donald Trump notably skipped when he...