Articles filed under Politics
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Is it a 'richcession'? Or a 'rolling recession'? Or maybe no recession at all?Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The warnings have been sounded for more than a year: A recession is going to hit the United States. If not this quarter, then by next quarter. Or the q...
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Activist detained in Hong Kong begins final appeal for recognition of his overseas same-sex marriageJun 28, 2023 1:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - An activist detained in Hong Kong began his final appeal Wednesday seeking recognition for his same-sex marriage registered overseas, in a landmark case...
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Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: A childhoold memory that makes Black Music Month specialJun 28, 2023 1:00 am - During the summer of 1981, I fell in love with the timeless gospel music classic "God Is" by the legendary composer James Cleveland. At this time, I was one of the youth...
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Prigozhin has moved to Belarus, and Russia won't press charges for mutinyJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, esca...
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UN report finds Russia tortured, executed civilians in Ukraine; Kyiv also abused detaineesJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - BERLIN - Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, summarily executing dozens...
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FBI and Homeland Security ignored 'massive amount' of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report saysJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored "a massive amount of intelligence information" ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on th...
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Thousands of unauthorized vapes are pouring into the US despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavorsJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000 since 2020, driven almost entirely by a wave of unaut...
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Supreme Court rejects GOP argument in North Carolina case that could have transformed US electionsJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state courts can curtail the actions of their legislatures when it comes to federal redistricting and elections, reject...
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Japan to reinstate South Korea as preferred trade nation from July 21 as two sides improve tiesJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - TOKYO - Japan announced a decision Tuesday to reinstate South Korea as a preferred nation with fast-track trade status starting July 21, virtually ending a four-year eco...
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A tale of two indictments: politics in a doom loopJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - Are America's 45th and 46th presidents politically invulnerable? That's a conclusion you might come to from the response to the indictment of Donald Trump on June 8 and ...