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CIA Director William Burns: Next 6 months will be
CIA Director William Burns said Thursday that the next six months would be “critical” in the war in Ukraine with Russian…
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U.S. releases Guantanamo prisoner once tortured at CIA sites
U.S. military officials said Thursday they released and sent to Belize a onetime al Qaeda courier who had completed his…
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Former Vice President Mike Pence to meet with South Carolina law enforcement amid policing reform talks in Congress
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who is seriously considering a White House bid, is traveling to Charleston, S.C., on Monday…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Dems denounce Republican vote to remove Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs Committee
After Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was ousted from her seat on the House Foreign Affairs committee Thursday in…
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Biden urges unity at overhauled National Prayer Breakfast
President Biden delivered a message of unity at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, the first time the annual event…
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It’s now legal for domestic abusers to own a gun in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi
A panel of judges on an exceedingly reactionary federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that the federal law prohibiting individuals…
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Senate Intel Committee leaders urge
The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee demanded “immediate compliance” with repeated requests for a briefing on the contents…
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War, Politics, Business Make Meeting 1.5 Degrees C Target Unlikely
Keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius is “currently not plausible,” warns a new report from the University of Hamburg.…
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Bill Clinton returns to White House to mark 30th anniversary of Family and Medical Leave Act
Washington — President Biden played host to former President Bill Clinton to mark the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical…
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Why Republicans want Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee
On Thursday, House Republicans voted 218-211 to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), a three-term progressive, from the Foreign Affairs Committee.…
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