Nation and World Politics
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after U.S. legal battle ends
Jun 26, 2024 2:42 pm - CANBERRA, Australia — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and raised a celebratory clenched fist as his supporters ch...
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Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds
Jun 26, 2024 2:35 pm - WASHINGTON — Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday's presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President ...
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The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states
Jun 26, 2024 9:43 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to comb...
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GOP former Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden, whose campaign wants to flip anti-Trump Republicans
Jun 26, 2024 7:58 am - NEW YORK — Republican former congressman Adam Kinzinger endorsed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the Democrat a prominent new ally in his high-stakes campaign to...
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A signature Biden law aimed to boost renewable energy. It also helped a solar company reap billions
Jun 26, 2024 7:56 am - WASHINGTON — As he campaigned for the presidency, Joe Biden promised to spend billions of dollars to “save the world” from climate change. One of the largest players in t...
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‘This was never the context’: Report on controversial Glenbrook South yearbook quote releasedJun 25, 2024 11:32 am - A report explaining how a Glenbrook South High School student’s comments about war in Israel and Gaza were published out of context so they appeared to be about last October’s Hamas terrorist attacks was released Tuesday morning.
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A potential Trump VP pick backs a controversial CO2 pipeline favored by the Biden White House
Jun 25, 2024 9:45 am - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is one of Donald Trump’s most visible and vocal backers, sprinting around the country to drum up support for the forme...
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Controversial yearbook quote about Palestinians and Israel was taken out of context, investigation revealsJun 24, 2024 10:04 pm - A student’s comment in Glenbrook South High School’s recent yearbook that subsequently created an emotional firestorm in the community was published out of context.
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‘We will not go back’: Two years after Roe’s fall, abortion rights advocates vow to keep fightingJun 24, 2024 7:27 pm - Two years after the fall of Roe. v. Wade, advocates for abortion rights fight back at events in Barrington and other suburbs.
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Trump spreads violent rhetoric by suggesting migrants should fight for sport
Jun 24, 2024 6:52 am - Former president Donald Trump expanded his portrayal of migrants as violent with a suggestion that they could be pitted in fights for entertainment. During a speech to Ch...