Articles filed under Politics
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Madigan gives up last party postSep 06, 2023 1:00 am - Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is pulling the plug on a half-century political career, giving up his last party post and ending a troubled chapter in state p...
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King Charles III's visit to France will include a state dinner at Versailles and a stop in BordeauxSep 06, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - King Charles III will travel to France later this month for a state visit that was postponed in March due to fears that protesters demonstrating against Preside...
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Africa Climate Summit links 'unfair' debt burden with calls to make continent's green assets pay offSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya - Climate change is "relentlessly eating away" at Africa's economic progress and it's time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters, ...
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America's small towns are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woesSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - GOODHUE, Minnesota - As Goodhue Police Chief Josh Smith struggled this summer to fill vacancies in his small department, he warned the town's City Council that unless pa...
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A Trump-Biden rematch may be on the horizon in 2024, whether voters like it or notSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The end of Labor Day weekend would typically mark the start of a furious sprint to the Iowa caucuses as candidates battle for their party's presidential nomin...
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Kim Jong Un and Putin may meet. What do North Korea and Russia need from each other?Sep 05, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, a U.S. official said, in a trip that would undersco...
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Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for booksSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - CHEYENNE, Wyo. - After parents in a rural and staunchly conservative Wyoming county joined nationwide pressure on librarians to pull books they considered harmful to you...
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Sen. McConnell's health episodes show no evidence of stroke or seizure disorder, Capitol doctor saysSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's health episodes show "no evidence" of being a stroke or seizure disorder, the Capitol physician said in a letter ...
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Texas AG Ken Paxton pleads not guilty at impeachment trial then leaves as arguments get underwaySep 05, 2023 1:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas - The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began Tuesday and hurtled Republicans into a reckoning over whether to oust a prominent member...
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The US sent cluster munitions to Ukraine but activists still seek to bolster a treaty banning themSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - GENEVA - Backers of an international agreement that bans cluster munitions are striving to prevent erosion in support for the deal after what one leading human rights gr...