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- Texas AG sues to block Biden's deportation freeze
  The Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit on Friday that seeks to block U.S. President Joe Biden's move to pause certain deportations for 100 days, a contr…
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Man plans to plead guilty to deaths of 36 partygoers in fire
The master tenant of a cluttered, dilapidated San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where 36 people perished in a late-night fire in 2016 is scheduled to plead guilty Friday to the …
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Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be the first Black defense secretary
President Biden made history by nominating Austin. But picking a retired general also threatens the bedrock democratic principle of civilian control of the military.
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Guard troops back inside Capitol after furor over move to parking garage
National Guard troops were allowed back into the Capitol to rest after some had been moved to a nearby parking garage, officials said. Senators expressed outrage Thursday even…
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Schumer: House to send Trump impeachment article Monday
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, launching the start of the former president's trial on a charg…
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Special Report: How U.S. CDC missed chances to spot COVID's silent spread
U.S. health officials knew very little then about the mysterious new virus, and the quarantined group offered an early opportunity to size up the threat. The federal government…
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2021 could be the year women get full Constitutional rights
The Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit sex discrimination, was introduced nearly 100 years ago. With a new president and a Democratic Congress, advocates say its chan…
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New Time cover shows the utter chaos that Donald Trump left behind for Joe Biden
Biden looks out of the trashed Oval Office's window in artist Tim O’Brien's latest front page artwork for the magazine.
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Attorneys call for suspension of Giuliani's license
The prominent group said the efforts of Trump's personal attorney to undercut the 2020 election were "eroding the rule of law."
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GOP lawmaker tries to bring gun into House chamber
Rep. Andy Harris, who has repeatedly flouted the magnetometers that were installed near the House chamber after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, set off the metal detecto…
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Congress poised for action on Biden's Pentagon pick
The Democratic-controlled Congress easily passed legislation Thursday required to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense, brushing asid…
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Senate Democrats file ethics complaint against Hawley, Cruz
A group of Senate Democrats filed an ethics complaint against Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz on Thursday calling for an investigation to determine whether they coord…
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White House website allows users to specify pronouns for first time
The day President Joe Biden was sworn in, the White House website was updated to allow visitors to specify what pronouns they use. LGBTQ advocates see the change as a small but…
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U.S. panel asks FBI to review role of Parler in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday asked the FBI to investigate the role Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, played a …
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Biden wants to get tougher on employers who expose workers to COVID-19
The new president is expected to sign an executive order Thursday directing OSHA to better combat the spread of coronavirus at work.
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Nancy Pelosi: It would be 'harmful to unity' to skip Trump impeachment trial
You don't ignore a president's actions "because people think we should make nice-nice and forget that people died here," said the House speaker.
World leaders have failed to deliver on the promises of the Paris Agreement on climate change, said Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in a video marking the five-year anniversary of the landmark accord signed by 196 countries.
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Thunberg drags Cruz after U.S. rejoins Paris accord
The teen climate activist burned the Texas Republican on Twitter after he evoked a nonsensical Trump quote involving Pittsburgh.
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Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census
Battered by criticism that the 2020 census was dangerously politicized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau under a new Biden administration has the tall task of…
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Woman accused of helping steal Pelosi laptop freed from jail
A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released from jai…
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'Just move on': Republicans grapple with post-Trump future
For the first time in more than a decade, Republicans are waking up to a Washington where Democrats control the White House and Congress, adjusting to an era of diminished powe…

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