Articles filed under Politics
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Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot, but more votes are aheadOct 17, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on Tuesday on the first ballot, as holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the majorit...
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Can New York's mayor speak Mandarin? No, but with AI he's making robocalls in different languagesOct 17, 2023 1:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. - New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been using artificial intelligence to make robocalls that contort his own voice into several languages he doesn't actua...
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Blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital; Hamas and Israel trade blame, as Biden heads to MideastOct 17, 2023 1:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people...
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Polish election winner Donald Tusk appeals to president to move quickly to form a new governmentOct 17, 2023 1:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - The opposition leader who won Poland's parliamentary election, Donald Tusk, appealed to the nation's president Tuesday for "energetic and fast decisions...
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Trump sues ex-British spy over dossier containing 'shocking and scandalous claims'Oct 16, 2023 4:00 am - LONDON — A lawyer for Donald Trump told a London judge Monday that the ex-president plans to prove that a discredited report by a former British spy that contained “shoc...
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Humanitarian aid is stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supplyOct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hospitals in Gaza faced collapse Monday as water, power and medicine neared depletion, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians searched for dwindli...
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Putin's visit to Beijing underscores China's economic and diplomatic support for RussiaOct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - TAIPEI, Taiwan — Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet this week with Chinese leaders in Beijing on a visit that underscores China's support for Moscow du...
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A top EU official convenes a summit to deal with a fallout in Europe from the Israel-Hamas warOct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS — European Union leaders will hold an emergency summit on Tuesday as concerns grow that the war between Israel and Hamas could fuel inter-communal tensions in E...
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GOP's Jim Jordan is shoring up support and peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker voteOct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Two weeks without a House speaker, Republicans will meet behind closed doors Monday evening to try to unite around their new nominee, far-right firebrand Re...
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Urban battle from past Gaza war offers glimpse of what an Israeli ground offensive might look likeOct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM — A battle that killed dozens of civilians and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers nearly a decade ago offers a glimpse of the type of fighting that could lie a...