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Report: AIPAC Spent a Record Amount on the 2024 Election
During the 2024 elections, the Israel lobby poured at least $45.2 million into winning candidates for Congress, the most by any…
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May Have Committed Voter Fraud
RFK Jr. is being accused of voter fraud. Watchdog group Accountable.US alleges that the former presidential candidate and current Trump…
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“Free Speech” Haven Facebook Blocking Internal Criticism of Trump Ally
If the “hell” Trump is promising is military action, it would inflame the Middle East further and likely set off a regional conflict that…
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House GOP Calls Opposing Trump’s Dumb Ideas “Un-American”
Donald Trump’s acolytes in the House of Representatives are so jazzed about his forthcoming administration that they’re practically…
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Homeless figures rise in Germany but government plays down fears
The number of people registered as homeless in Germany rose sharply to around 532,000 last year, a government report said on Wednesday. In…
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One Democrat Thinks Trump’s Crazy Greenland Plan is Just Fine
The decision immediately flouts an order from Judge Aileen Cannon, who caved to a request from two of Trump’s co-defendants Tuesday. She…
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What's in a name? Gulf of America? Mexican America?
MEXICO CITY — At her daily news conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday displayed a colonial-era map of North America…
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Trump’s and Musk’s Disgusting Response to California Fires
The decision immediately flouts an order from Judge Aileen Cannon, who caved to a request from two of Trump’s co-defendants Tuesday. She…
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Barbara Lee announces bid for Oakland mayor as city looks to rise from crisis
SAN FRANCISCO — Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, a prominent progressive Democrat who represented the East Bay in Congress for more than two…
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How Trump’s Greenland Plan Could Hit Ozempic, Legos and Hearing Aids
President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened tariffs on many countries for many different reasons. On Monday, he found a new purpose for…
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U.A.W. Seeks Union Election at Ford Battery Plant in Kentucky
The United Automobile Workers union is seeking approval from federal labor regulators for a union election among workers at a Ford Motor…
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Turkey insists on two states for ethnically divided Cyprus as the UN looks to restart peace talks
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkey on Wednesday again insisted on a two-state peace accord in ethnically divided Cyprus as the United Nations…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to block his sentencing in New York criminal case
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday over…
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Poland to hold presidential election on May 18, says parliament speaker who will run in it
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of Poland's parliament said Wednesday that the country's presidential election will be held on May 18, with…
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Will Meta’s Plan to End Fact Checking Work Politically?
Following the political winds Meta’s bombshell announcement on Tuesday that it would end its fact-checking program was widely read as a…
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Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots achieved a feat nobody flying the jet has managed before
A Ukrainian F-16 pilot may have pulled off a feat no one flying the jet has achieved before. Ukraine's Air Force Command said the pilots…
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MAS equities market review group to complete report by August
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) group undertaking a review of the equities market is targeting to complete its report by August…
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Bracing for Trump, Mexico aims to roll out a 'panic app' for Mexican nationals being deported
Mexico City — Hardly a day goes by here that Mexico’s president or one of her aides does not speak of some plan being devised in case…
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Opinion: The limits of an imperial presidency
Whatever Trump and his advisors say, I know he won’t be able to remake Washington easily and swiftly. President-elect Donald Trump is…
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Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world?
The announcement by Mark Zuckerberg that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, will dramatically overhaul its…
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A Far-Right Government in Austria Would Be a Jolt, but Not Unexpected
The political party on the verge of leading Austria would take an already conservative country into a growing group of nations shifting to…
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Tax Cuts or the Border? Republicans Wrestle Over Trump’s Priorities.
Republicans are preparing to cut taxes, slash spending and slow immigration in a broad agenda that will require unifying an unruly party…
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A ‘Business-Friendly’ Lawyer’s Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General Pick
Halfway through the first Trump administration, Carnival Corporation, the world’s biggest cruise line, had a problem in Cuba that it…
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Donald Trump takes a swipe at Canada in new posts
President-elect Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric toward Canada, taunting America's northern neighbor by sharing maps on social…