Articles filed under Politics
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Stranded at a closed border as bombs fall, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuationOct 24, 2023 1:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - For more than a week, Talaat Ghabayen, a citizen of Norway who spent his whole life in Oslo, has waited days and nights at the Gaza Strip's lan...
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Americans learned a financial-crisis lesson. Washington did not.Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - Congress and the Biden administration seem unaware that rising interest rates are about as "transitory" as they told us inflation would be - meaning, likely to be around...
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Hail to a chief: the president overrides the kindergartenOct 24, 2023 1:00 am - The narrative that President Joe Biden is too old to be president isn't holding up all that well, taking more than a few hits in recent months. Biden's arduous secret tr...
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Democratic challenger outraised Rep. Foster in third quarter - but can he win?Oct 23, 2023 5:30 am - A Naperville human rights lawyer who's challenging U.S. Rep. Bill Foster in the 2024 Democratic primary for Illinois' 11th Congressional District seat narrowly outraised...
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Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza's hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at riskOct 23, 2023 1:00 am - DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip - A premature baby squirms inside a glass incubator in the neonatal ward of Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip. He cries out as intrave...
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Stereotyping justifies violence and keeps us from recognizing our shared humanityOct 23, 2023 1:00 am - The story of more than 40 beheaded Israeli babies may go down in history with the "weapons of mass destruction" and the "Iraqi soldiers stole incubator and left 22 babie...
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Israel ramps up strikes on Gaza as US advises delaying ground war to allow talks on captivesOct 23, 2023 1:00 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Israel ramped up its airstrikes Monday in Gaza, where the death toll was rising rapidly, and the United States advised Israel to delay an expected gr...
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UAW's confrontational leader makes gains in strike talks, but some wonder: Has he reached too far?Oct 23, 2023 1:00 am - WAYNE, Mich. - Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit's automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the st...
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This procedure is banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio's abortion amendment?Oct 23, 2023 1:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio - With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a t...
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U.S. renews warning it will defend Philippines after incidents with Chinese vessels in South China SeaOct 23, 2023 1:00 am - MANILA, Philippines - The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships...