Articles filed under Politics
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Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again as a foreign ship tries out Kyiv's new Black Sea corridorAug 16, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russian drones pounded grain storage facilities and ports along the Danube River that Ukraine has increasingly relied on as an alternative transport rout...
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Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme CourtAug 16, 2023 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - New restrictions on access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion in the U.S. would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wedn...
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Celebrating India's pluralist foundation, but also fearing for itAug 16, 2023 1:00 am - I celebrate and agonize over India's Independence Day that was yesterday. When the British left, India decided to constitute a nation that had a commitment to secularism...
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Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor's reading tourAug 16, 2023 1:00 am - WATERBURY, Vt. - On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vermont's lieutenant governor was at a local library, reading a book about two male penguins to a crowd of nearly two doze...
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After the U.S. credit downgrade, let's talk about a radical budgetary changeAug 16, 2023 1:00 am - Fitch Ratings just downgraded the U.S. government's credit rating due in part to Congress's erosion in governance. Indeed, year after year, we see the same political the...
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Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in MontanaAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - HELENA, Mont. - Young environmental activists scored what experts described as a groundbreaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were violat...
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Texas wants Planned Parenthood to repay millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursementsAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas - Texas wants Planned Parenthood to give back millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements - and pay far more in fines on top of that - in a lawsuit that...
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Taliban rule of Afghanistan is open-ended, their chief spokesman says as they begin year 3 in powerAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat, their chief spoke...
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Russia's central bank makes huge interest rate hike to try to prop up falling rubleAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - TALLINN, Estonia - Russia's central bank made a big interest rate hike Tuesday, an emergency move designed to fight inflation and strengthen the ruble after the country'...
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The wage gapAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - Everyone knows that men make more money than women do. The wage gap, it's called. What to do about it is the issue. In New Zealand, they're trying something new. Countin...