Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Guns, drugs and a nation killing itselfApr 07, 2023 1:00 am - America is killing itself, and the means we have chosen to complete our suicide are guns and drugs. End of story. Tell the editor it's ready for print. All right. A litt...
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Tennessee's House expels 2 of 3 Democrats over guns protestApr 06, 2023 1:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for t...
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Supreme Court: Transgender girl can run middle-school track in West VirginiaApr 06, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school's girls sports teams while ...
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Justice Thomas reportedly took undisclosed luxury tripsApr 06, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow without re...
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Chinese President Xi calls for Ukraine peace talksApr 06, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - Chinese leader Xi Jinping called Thursday for peace talks over Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron appealed to him to "bring Russia to its senses," ...
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Rowdy protests again hit France, yet striker numbers dwindleApr 06, 2023 1:00 am - PARIS - Protesters disrupted vehicle traffic at Paris' main airport and police fired clouds of tear gas in other French cities in the latest round of strikes and demonst...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Pre-frenzy musings on Election NightApr 06, 2023 1:00 am - Election night for editors in a newsroom - or for the network of home offices that passes for a newsroom in 2023 - is a nerve-jarring game of Wait and Hurry Up. After mo...
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Saudi Arabia, Iran restore ties, say they seek Mideast stabilityApr 06, 2023 1:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Longtime Mideast rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia took another significant step toward reconciliation Thursday, formally restoring diplomatic t...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Are more progressives coming around on overregulation?Apr 06, 2023 1:00 am - By Veronique de Rugy George McGovern, the Democratic Party's 1972 presidential nominee, was a liberal icon. During many years in political office, including as a U.S. se...
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Italian ex-leader Berlusconi hospitalized in ICU, but alertApr 05, 2023 1:00 am - ROME - Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized Wednesday in intensive care because of a problem related to a previous infection, but was alert and spea...