Articles filed under Politics
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Brazil's Amazon Summit ends with a plan to protect the world's rainforests, but no measurable goalsAug 09, 2023 1:00 am - BELEM, Brazil - Brazil's Amazon Summit closed Wednesday with a road map to protect tropical rainforests that was welcomed as an important step in countering climate chan...
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Should we blame the budget players or the game?Aug 09, 2023 1:00 am - It's common knowledge among budget experts that the budget process is "broken." Anyone who regularly reads this column knows about debt limits, government shutdowns, out...
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Right to lie: Trump claims First Amendment protection for a coup d'etatAug 09, 2023 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump has boasted that he regards being indicted as "a badge of honor." If so, he has racked up quite a pile of badges. Last week's latest federa...
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Ukraine accuses Russia of targeting rescue workers with consecutive missile strikesAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian officials on Tuesday accused the Kremlin's forces of targeting rescue workers by hitting residential buildings with two consecutive missiles - ...
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Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor practicesAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Thousands of Los Angeles city employees, including sanitation workers, lifeguards and traffic officers, walked off the job Tuesday for a 24-hour strike all...
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U.S. inflation has cooled. Getting it down to the Fed's target rate will be the toughest mileAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Over the past year, inflation in the United States has tumbled from 9% all the way to 3%, softening most of the price pressures that have gripped the nation...
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Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rightsAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state's constitution, sett...
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Supreme Court reinstates regulation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbersAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is reinstating a regulation aimed at reining in the proliferation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers that have been turning up...
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Pakistan's former premier appeals his conviction and 3-year sentence in graft case, seeks releaseAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday appealed his conviction and three-year prison sentence in a graft case, a spokesperson for his legal t...
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Cook County is tackling the mental health crisisAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - A core pillar of my first campaign for Commissioner was seeing the critical need for expanded mental health services. As I spoke to thousands of people across my distric...