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  Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Ingrid Lewis-Martin said she’s sorry for attending a party without a mask in apparent violation of state virus protocols
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Pence returns to the campaign trail
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Man convicted of killing Texas teen is executed
Orlando Hall was put to death for abducting and killing 16-year-old Lisa Rene after believing her brothers had cheated him in a drug deal in 1994.
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Trump hosts GOP lawmakers in bid to overturn election
President Donald Trump will meet with the Republican leaders of the Michigan state legislature on Friday at the White House, as his campaign pursues an increasingly desperate b…
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Republican Senators Push Back Against Trump For Trying To Overturn The Election
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday said directly what no other current Republican elected official is willing to say about Donald Trump: that the president is actively seeki…
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Georgia hand tally affirms Biden lead
A top Georgia election official said Thursday that a hand tally of ballots cast in the presidential race has been completed, and that the results affirm Democrat Joe Biden's na…
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WH plans in-person holiday parties as cases rise
The White House plans to host its annual Hanukkah reception next month, even as coronavirus cases are on the rise around the country.
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Family of Black woman shot through window sues cop
Family members of a Black woman killed when a white police officer fired through a window have filed a wrongful lawsuit against the officer and the city.
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Live: Biden speaks after meeting with governors
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Trial ordered for accused gun owner in Wis. killings
The man charged with buying the rifle that police say an Illinois teen used to kill two people during a Wisconsin protest over police brutality will stand trial, a court commis…
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Georgia draws next class of White House hopefuls
The state has fast become a stage for the cast of possible Republican presidential candidates after President Donald Trump's defeat. Not for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who arriv…
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Trump shifts strategy in late bid to block Biden
Getting nowhere in the courts, President Donald Trump's scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory is shifting toward obscure election boards that certi…
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Trump sticks it to the environment on his way out
Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, ex…
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Will Trump and Fox News turn from allies to enemies?
Is the nation's most influential news network primed to be added to President Trump's long list of adversaries?
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Foreign leader slams Trump's refusal to concede
Donald Trump would be wiser to acknowledge losing the U.S. presidential election and quit, Czech President Milos Zeman, an early Trump supporter, said on Thursday. Zeman, one o…
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More in GOP accept Trump's defeat — but not in public
When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations and Sen. Lindsey Graham …
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Iran adviser: US attack risks 'full-fledged war'
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader who is a possible 2021 presidential candidate is warning that any American attack on the Islamic Republic could set off a “full-fledged war”…
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Approval of Wis. recount marked by partisan fight
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has agreed to issue an order to recount ballots in two heavily liberal counties at President Donald Trump's request, but only after hours of …
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Mike Pompeo makes history in the Middle East
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first top U.S. diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank as the State Department announced that pr…
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Trump's team prepares for election fight to end in December
President Donald Trump's allies are preparing for the end of his legal fight over the election results when the Electoral College meets in December, and they continue to push h…

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