Nation and World
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Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing
Jul 29, 2026 8:01 am - Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics
Jul 29, 2026 7:50 am - Farah Berent, a physician assistant in Holland, Michigan, used to learn about politics from channels like ABC, CBS and CNN. But that changed as she decided that coverage of the war in Gaza was irreparably biased.
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Federal Reserve votes 9-3 to leave key rate unchanged despite persistently high inflation
Jul 29, 2026 7:45 am - The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday despite persistently high inflation and a spike in energy prices caused by the Iran war.
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Ukraine says it hits 2 major Russian oil refineries hours after Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump
Jul 29, 2026 7:36 am - Ukrainian forces hit two of Russia’s biggest oil refineries overnight in its latest long-range strikes, officials said Wednesday, as Kyiv deepened its economic, military and diplomatic pressure on Moscow.
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CBS’ ‘60 minutes’ announces new slate of correspondents for upcoming 59th season
Jul 28, 2026 6:52 pm - Two months after a major shakeup, CBS’s “60 Minutes” has hired a lineup of new correspondents and contributors in time for its 59th season, including Ross Douthat, a conservative opinion columnist at The New York Times, and Norah O’Donnell, former anchor of “CBS Evening News.”
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Recent fighting with Iran further draws down key US air defense stockpiles, analysis says
Jul 28, 2026 6:42 pm - Recent fighting with Iran used up more of the U.S. military's already diminished stockpiles of advanced missile interceptors, potentially putting American troops at more risk if hostilities resume, a new analysis says.
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The US says it thwarted an Iranian missile attack that ended a brief pause in fighting
Jul 28, 2026 6:31 pm - Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles at American forces in the Middle East on Tuesday, shattering a brief pause in fighting as mediators tried to get both sides back to negotiations and toward a ceasefire, the U.S. military said.
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Senate confirms Jay Clayton as nation’s intelligence director
Jul 28, 2026 6:24 pm - The Senate has confirmed Jay Clayton to become head of the nation’s intelligence agencies, putting a permanent director in place weeks after President Donald Trump sought to delay his nomination.
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Teen gets life without parole for killing 4 at Georgia’s Apalachee High School
Jul 28, 2026 6:16 pm - A judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, calling his crimes “deliberate, contemplated evil.”
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Joe Biden interviews with memoir ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information
Jul 28, 2026 6:07 pm - Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred before his election to the presidency in 2020.