Articles filed under Politics
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Point of no return: Pope challenges leaders at UN talks to slow global warming before it's too lateOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis shamed and challenged world leaders on Wednesday to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it's too late, warning that God's...
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The U.S. warns of a Chinese global disinformation campaign that could undermine peace and stabilityOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For much of the world, China's Xinjiang region is notorious, a place where ethnic Uyghurs face forced labor and arbitrary detention. But a group of visiting...
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Watch out for Nikki HaleyOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - With Donald Trump facing 91 counts, and Ron DeSantis flailing, more attention is being paid to Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who ha...
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A test case of another kind for the Supreme Court: Who can sue hotels over disability accessOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A few years back, Joseph Stramondo was a last-minute replacement as a conference speaker in Salt Lake City. He went online and made a reservation for a room...
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House speaker chaos stuns lawmakers, frays relationships and roils WashingtonOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Lawmakers who had been sitting in stunned silence gasped at the declaration: The office of speaker "is hereby declared vacant." For the first time ever, a H...
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The problems with net zeroOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - Net zero is in trouble. In utterly predictable trouble, in the king's-wearing-no-clothes trouble. The signs are all around. Governments from coastal America to Communist...
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Child care programs just lost thousands of federal dollars. Families and providers scramble to copeOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) - Kaitlyn Adkins is studying law to help families in her community impacted by the opioid epidemic at the heart of West Virginia coal country. But...
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Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. Here's what's nextOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succee...
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McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House voteOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right ...
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Britain's COVID-19 response inquiry enters a second phase with political decisions in the spotlightOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - Britain's inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation entered its second phase Tuesday, with political decision-making ar...