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Trump's cash plea complicates GOP fundraising efforts
In his first speech since leaving office, the former president encouraged loyalists to give directly to him, essentially bypassing the traditional groups that raise money for R…
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Human smuggling probe initiated after horror crash
Barely a mile from where an SUV packed with 25 people struck a tractor-trailer — killing 13 inside — a cemetery with unmarked bricks is a burial ground for migrants who died cr…
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Chauvin faces further abuse allegations
Multiple people who had run-ins with Chauvin before the deadly encounter have accused him of using excessive force.
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Some states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings
Texas on Tuesday became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across the U.S. to loosen coronavirus restric…
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Washington Post warns what easing Texas COVID-19 rules may do to rest if the country
GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is “gambling with the health of his state and beyond,” the newspaper's editorial board warned in a scathing column.
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Forced to melt snow for toilets, some Mississippi residents livid over city's neglect
"We can't bathe, we can't cook food, we can't wash dishes, we can't do laundry. It's tremendously difficult," one resident said.
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Nigerian governor: 279 kidnapped schoolgirls freed
Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country’s northwest have been released, a state governor said Tuesday, as the West African nation fa…
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W.H. gives updates on vaccine distribution, stimulus talks
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Texas becomes biggest state to lift mask mandate
Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that has killed …
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SUV carrying 25 crashes with semitruck, killing 13
An SUV believed to be carrying 27 people crashed Tuesday into a semitruck in Southern California, killing 15 people and leaving others injured, hospital officials said. Judy C…
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Official: Merck to help produce rival J&J's COVID-19 vaccine
Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly, a Biden administration official…
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FBI chief calls Jan. 6 'domestic terrorism,' defends intel
FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorism” Tuesday as he defended the bureau’s handling of intelligence indicating the prosp…
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U.S. sets sanctions over Russia opposition leader's poisoning
The Biden administration announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses Tuesday for a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack upon opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his sub…
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Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate inf…
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Cuomo allegations leave Democrats grappling with response
Democrats across the country celebrated New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as the face of governing competence as President Donald Trump fumbled his administration's response to the ex…
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Romney knocked unconscious in fall, 'doing better'
Sen. Mitt Romney said Monday that he was knocked unconscious in a fall over the weekend, but he was “doing better.” The Utah Republican said the accident happened when he was …
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Stabbing victims describe near-death attack
Nearly a year after they were almost stabbed to death inside a Midland, Texas, Sam's Club, Bawi Cung and his two sons all have visible scars. On a Saturday evening in March, w…
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Kayleigh McEnany makes questionable claims in first interview since leaving White House
The former White House press secretary said on Fox News that "everyone was expecting peace" on Jan. 6 when Trump sent a mob to the Capitol.
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Cuomo accuser blasts attempted apology, 'predatory behavior'
A former aide accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment condemned him Monday as a manipulative predator, as another woman said the governor had left her “shocked…

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