Articles filed under Politics
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A look at the contenders for House speaker and the demands they're facing from fellow RepublicansOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For Republicans, it's a question with no clear answer: Who becomes House speaker after Kevin McCarthy? Despite former President Donald Trump's endorsement o...
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Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women's oppressionOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of her tireless campaigning for women's rights and democracy, and against...
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. - In the partisan politics of education funding, the school choice movement has pressed states for decades to send taxpayer money to private and religiou...
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Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militia targets in north Syria after US downs Turkish armed droneOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish warplanes have carried out airstrikes on sites believed to be used by a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria, after the U.S. military s...
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Hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of victims in Prigozhin's plane crash, Putin saysOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Y...
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Illinois must move faster to reach clean-energy goals. A national carbon fee will help.Oct 06, 2023 1:00 am - The two-year anniversary of passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) has come and gone, yet Illinois remains woefully behind in its goal to have homes and bu...
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'Potomac Fever' still infects the SenateOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - The past week or two, I've been thinking about two senators in particular - the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein from California and current senator from New Jersey Robert Men...
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Russian strike on village kills 51, Ukrainian officials say, as Zelenskyy seeks more Western supportOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - A Russian rocket struck a village cafe and store in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in the war...
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Don't be fooled, Matt Gaetz is the RINOOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy can be replaced. And he will be. Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who introduced the motion to vacate McCarthy from his leade...
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Banned books, newspapers, some personal history and the value of opennessOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - Here in the midst of National Banned Books Week - not irrelevantly also National Newspaper Week -, I come in praise of my high school English teacher. I have had many oc...