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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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Biden addresses nation after Texas man kills 18 kids, 3 adults at elementary school
[The stream is slated to start after 8:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is delivering a primetime address Tuesday evening, hours after a gunman killed 18 children and three adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Earlier, he ordered […]
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp beats Trump pick Perdue in GOP governor primary race, will face Democrat Abrams, NBC projects
Gov. Brian Kemp greets attendees at a campaign event on May 17, 2022 in Alpharetta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage | Getty Images Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp was projected on Tuesday to win his party’s nomination for reelection, batting away a primary challenge from ex-President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, former Sen. David Perdue. Kemp will face […]
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Sen. Raphael Warnock wins Georgia’s Democratic Senate primary, GOP race too early to call, NBC projects
Heisman Trophy winner and Republican candidate for US Senate Herschel Walker speaks to supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally at the Banks County Dragway on March 26, 2022 in Commerce, Georgia. Megan Varner | Getty Images News | Getty Images Sen. Raphael Warnock will win Georgia’s Democratic Senate primary race, while […]
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Georgia’s GOP primary for secretary of state is too early to call, NBC projects
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger gives an afternoon update on the Georgia Primary Election at the election command center in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24, 2022. Alyssa Pointer | Reuters Georgia’s Republican primary election for secretary of state was too early to call when polls closed Tuesday evening, according to NBC News. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s […]
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U.S. bars Russia from paying bondholders through American banks, increasing default risk
The Kremlin towers and Ivan the Great Cathedral in Moscow. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration will ban Russia’s government from paying bondholders through American banks starting Wednesday morning, the Treasury Department said. The move increases the odds that Russia will default on its outstanding debt. It is the latest sanction […]
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Biden says his Taiwan comments don’t reflect a change in U.S. policy after drawing ire from China
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after their bilateral meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden insisted Tuesday that the U.S. hasn’t changed its strategic policy on Taiwan, a day after he angered Beijing when […]
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‘That is not capitalism, that is abusing the market:’ Sen. Ted Cruz blasts BlackRock’s Larry Fink’s ‘woke’ ESG policies
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol October 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Sen. Ted Cruz blasted BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on Tuesday for so-called “woke” investment decisions — and suggested money managers like Fink be barred from voting on behalf of other investors […]
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