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Biden to travel to Uvalde to mourn victims of Texas school shooting
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House as first lady Jill Biden looks on concerning the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school on May 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images President Joe Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas on Sunday to console the […]
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Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, as Democrats urge action after Buffalo, Texas shootings
Family members look on during the funeral service for retired Buffalo Police officer Aaron Salter, Jr, a security guard who was shot dead in the attack by an avowed white supremacist at TOPS supermarket, in Buffalo, New York, May 25, 2022. Jeffrey T. Barnes | Reuters Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a domestic terrorism bill […]
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Blinken says China is a serious long-term challenge but the U.S. does not want a new Cold War
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday described China as the “most serious long-term challenge to the international order,” even as the world grapples with Russia’s war in Ukraine. “China is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to […]
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Trump must answer questions under oath in New York AG probe into business practices, appeals court says
Former President Donald Trump Carlos Barria | Reuters An appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid by former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children to avoid being compelled to answer questions under oath by investigators for New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of her civil investigation of Trump Organization business […]
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Feds say Twitter used contact info collected for security purposes to target ads
Musk would have been appointed to Twitter’s board on Saturday, but the world’s richest man informed the company on the day that he would not, in fact, be taking the board seat. Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty Images Twitter reached a $150 million settlement with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade […]
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National Rifle Association says ‘our deepest sympathies’ are with families and victims of Uvalde, Texas school massacre
NRA, National Rifle Association, sign promotes membership of NRA, Texas. Joe Sohm | Visions Of America | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The National Rifle Association on Wednesday said its “deepest sympathies” are with the families and victims of the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school massacre — the latest in a series of mass shootings […]
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Trump will speak at NRA event in Houston days after Texas school massacre
Former President Donald Trump and other prominent Republicans still plan to speak at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Texas on Friday, days after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in the state. Trump wrote on social media Wednesday that he will keep his “longtime commitment to speak […]
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Schumer says Democrats want to craft gun reforms with GOP after Texas school massacre
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged Wednesday to renew his efforts to pass stricter U.S. gun-control laws, but acknowledged that Republicans will likely block […]
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Pennsylvania announces recount of Senate GOP primary race between Dr. Oz, Dave McCormick
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz greets supporters after the primary race resulted in an automatic re-count due to close results on May 17, 2022 in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary race between Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick will head to a recount, the state’s elections chief announced […]
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CBO boosts U.S. GDP growth estimates, says inflation has topped and will cool to 2% by 2024
A person runs in front of the U.S. Capitol building during morning hours in Washington, February 10, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. economic growth will exceed 3% in 2022, while roaring inflation has topped and will cool each month to around 2% by some point in 2024, according to a government forecast published Wednesday. […]
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