Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Biden's age paid off in negotiations to end debt-limit crisisJun 01, 2023 1:00 am - Ain't no way to run a railroad, Congress, facing a debt-limit crisis. The United States Treasury came close to going over the edge of default -- and danger lingers if Co...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Ceilings, sausages and the pain of watchingMay 31, 2023 11:00 pm - Talk about sausage making. Some ongoing news stories are just miserably painful to follow. I'm not talking about those that involve death or personal hardship. Those at ...
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DeSantis plays up his personal side and swipes at Trump in campaign blitz across IowaMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - SALIX, Iowa (AP) - Ron DeSantis was making a four-stop blitz through Iowa during his first full day of presidential campaigning on Wednesday, aiming for a personal conne...
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House debt ceiling vote nears to avert default with Biden and McCarthy both confident of passageMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The default-averting debt ceiling and budget cuts package headed toward a crucial House vote Wednesday as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy ass...
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EU aspirant Moldova prepares to host major international summitMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - CHISINAU, Moldova - European leaders started gathering in Moldova Wednesday on the eve of a sprawling summit aiming to show a united front in the face of Russia's war in...
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Nevada Republican governor approves abortion protections in cross-party moveMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada's Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state...
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China's commerce minister meets Tesla's Musk, promises support to foreign companiesMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - China's commerce minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday and promised to support the development of foreign companies, the ministry said. Musk earli...
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China responds to U.S. complaint over plane intercept with demand for end to surveillance flightsMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - Beijing responded Wednesday to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet's dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance a...
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Pritzker touts new budget's higher education spendingMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, stopping at two university campuses Wednesday to...
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UN appeals court increases sentences for 2 Serbs convicted of crimes in Balkan warsMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - U.N. appeals judges on Wednesday significantly expanded the convictions of two allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, holding them...