Articles filed under Politics
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1st Saudi envoy to the Palestinians in West Bank, Israeli minister in Riyadh amid normalization pushSep 26, 2023 1:00 am - RAMALLAH, West Bank - Saudi Arabia's newly appointed envoy to the Palestinian Authority presented his credentials to President Mahmoud Abbas during his first visit to th...
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South Korea's Constitutional Court strikes down law banning anti-Pyongyang leafletingSep 26, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down a 2020 law that criminalized the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Ko...
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Government shutdown crisis mode: Senate unveils bipartisan stopgap measureSep 26, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congress is rushing headlong into crisis mode Tuesday with a government shutdown days away, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an insurgency from hard-right Re...
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Where local members of Congress went on lobbyist-funded tripsSep 25, 2023 5:30 am - Six members of the congressional delegation serving the North, West and Northwest suburbs took trips abroad last year funded by special interest groups, federal document...
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Duckworth has earned more than $1.6 million from memoir sales, documents showSep 25, 2023 5:30 am - Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates has collected more than $1.6 million in royalties from the sales of her memoir since its initial publication more...
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What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?Sep 25, 2023 1:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia - Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew over the weekend when some 30 heavily armed Serbs barricaded themselves in an Orthodox monastery in nor...
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Russia's Black Sea Fleet commander among 34 killed in a missile strike in Crimea, Ukraine claimsSep 25, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - The missile strike that blasted the Crimean headquarters of Russia's navy last week killed 34 officers, including the fleet commander, Ukraine said Monda...
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Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve rail safety and boost capacity in 35 statesSep 25, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration announced Monday that it has awarded more than $1.4 billion to projects that improve railway safety and boost capacity, with much o...
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Sen. Menendez says cash found in home was from his personal savings, not bribe proceedsSep 25, 2023 1:00 am - UNION CITY, N.J. - Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges on Monday, saying nearly half a million dolla...
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EU commissioner calls for more balanced trade with China and warns that Ukraine could divide themSep 25, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - The European Union's trade commissioner called for a more balanced economic relationship with China on Monday, noting an EU trade deficit of nearly 400 billion...