Nation and World
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House rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but chaos lingers
May 09, 2024 7:33 am - WASHINGTON — Hard-line Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a brazen push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but the resounding rejection by Republicans and D...
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Netanyahu says Israel ‘will stand alone’ if it has to after threatened US arms holdup
May 09, 2024 6:58 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu minister said Thursday that his country will “stand alone” if it has to in its war against Hamas — threatening...
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Storms threaten the South as a week of deadly weather punches through the U.S.
May 09, 2024 6:56 am - COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Forecasters warned a wave of dangerous storms in the U.S. could wash over parts of the South early Thursday, a day after severe weather with damaging to...
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Stormy Daniels spars with Trump defense attorney in tense exchange over cash-for-silence transaction
May 09, 2024 6:54 am - NEW YORK — Donald Trump's defense attorneys grilled Stormy Daniels Thursday on the transaction at the center of the former president's hush money trial, pressing her on w...
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FTX will return money to most customers less than 2 years after catastrophic crypto collapse
May 08, 2024 10:53 am - FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more tha...
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The U.S. has updated its Social Security estimates. Here’s what you need to know.
May 08, 2024 10:44 am - A government report Monday released fresh estimates of the budget outlook for Social Security, which provides critical benefits for retirees, workers’ survivors and some ...
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Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case
May 08, 2024 9:29 am - ATLANTA — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower-court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the ele...
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Severe storms batter the Midwest, including reported tornadoes that shredded a FedEx facility
May 08, 2024 9:14 am - DETROIT — Severe storms barreled through the Midwest early Wednesday, a day after two reported tornadoes struck one Michigan city and destroyed homes and commercial build...
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Biden lauds new Microsoft center on the same site where Trump's Foxconn project failed
May 08, 2024 7:02 am - President Joe Biden on Wednesday laced into Donald Trump over a failed project in the previous administration that was supposed to bring thousands of new jobs into southe...
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Police clearing pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University, dozens arrested
May 08, 2024 6:58 am - Police began to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University early Wednesday and arrested dozens of protesters, hours after dozens left the sit...