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With House Republicans in turmoil, colleagues implore GOP holdouts not to shut down governmentWorking furiously to take control of a House in disarray, allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy implored their Republican colleagues Saturday to drop...
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California bill to have human drivers ride in autonomous trucks is vetoed by governorCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck...
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McCarthy nixes move to yank Ukraine funding from defense billHouse Speaker Kevin McCarthy changed course on a decision to pull $300 million in Ukraine funding from the defense spending bill, and expects to...
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New York City further tightens time limit for migrants to move out of sheltersBeleaguered by a continuing influx of asylum seekers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is further tightening shelter rules by limiting adult migrants...
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Former U.S. attorney general, a senator and New Jersey Dems call for Menendez to resignFormer U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has joined a slew of Democratic lawmakers calling for Sen. Robert Menendez to resign, saying the...
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New bipartisan stopgap spending bill offered with shutdown a week awayA bipartisan caucus has introduced a new stopgap spending measure to keep the government open that includes border security provisions, Ukraine...
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Biden faces foreign policy trouble spots as he aims to highlight his experience on the global stageThis probably wasn't how President Joe Biden envisioned his big foreign policy week ending.
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Pope Francis insists Europe doesn't have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open portsPope Francis challenged French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty,...
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The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who's hit and what's next?The federal government is heading toward a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics as Republicans in the House,...
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Voice of America director resigns amid congressional corruption probe at broadcasterThe acting director of the troubled Voice of America resigned abruptly this week amid a congressional investigation into corruption allegations at...
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Mexican president wants to meet with Biden on immigration, drug traffickingMexico's top diplomat, Alicia Barcena, said Friday that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in early November...
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DHS breaks record with more than 300,000 unauthorized entries in AugustHomeland Security saw 304,162 unauthorized migrants enter the country in August alone, breaking the previous monthly record and heightening the...
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First-time father-to-be Ohtani away from DodgersManager Dave Roberts said before the Dodgers' series opener Friday night against the Rangers in Texas that Shohei Ohtani was with his wife and...
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How your significant other’s name is saved in your phone contacts speaks volumes about your relationshipIt it fun and flirty? Or just plain practical and devoid of intimacy?
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US transportation chief says all-female Blue Origin crew was ‘brave and glam’ — but not astronautsUS Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the all-female crew that flew to space this week may have been "brave and glam," but cannot identify as...
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Tufts University student detained in Louisiana must be moved to Vermont for hearing: judgeU.S. District Judge William Sessions said he would hear Rumeysa Ozturk’s request to be released from detention.
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Minnesota state employee allegedly caused $20K in damage vandalizing Teslas — weeks after Gov. Tim Walz mocked automaker’s stock pricesDylan Bryan Adams, 33, a fiscal policy analyst for the state run by the failed vice presidential candidate, was arrested after he was caught on...
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Toyota considers making top-selling RAV4 SUV in the US to avoid Trump tariffs: reportThe Japanese company is weighing whether to produce the next version of its SUV at its Kentucky factory, according to a report.
