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Google will let Android developers use rival payments systems in Europe
An Android statue is displayed in front of a building on the Google campus on January 31, 2022 in Mountain View, California. Google parent company Alphabet will report fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the closing bell. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Google will let nongaming app developers use rival payments systems on its Android […]
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Sen. Lindsey Graham agrees to accept subpoena in Trump election meddling case
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol May 10, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham agreed Tuesday to accept service of a subpoena for his testimony before a Georgia grand jury investigating possible criminal meddling in the 2020 election by then-President Donald Trump. […]
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National Archives asks Secret Service to investigate ‘potential unauthorized deletion’ of Jan. 6 texts
Tear gas is released into a crowd of protesters, with one wielding a Confederate battle flag that reads “Come and Take It,” during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, […]
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House to vote on same-sex marriage protections in response to Supreme Court Roe ruling
The House plans to vote Tuesday on legislation to codify same-sex marriage nationwide and strengthen other marriage-equality protections, in a direct reaction to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that overturned longstanding federal abortion rights. The Respect for Marriage Act would establish that a marriage is considered valid under federal law if it was legal in […]
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Vice President Kamala Harris compares Supreme Court abortion ruling to slavery: ‘Claiming ownership over human bodies’
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the American Rescue Plan Workforce Development Summit in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Jemal Countess | UPI | Bloomberg | Getty Images CNBC Politics Read more of CNBC’s politics coverage: “Think about it: For the first time in generations, the […]
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Pulitzer board rejects Trump’s calls to revoke prizes for reporting on Russian election meddling
From left, Washington Post Publisher Fred Ryan, Executive Editor Marty Baron, and National Security Editor Peter Finn, applaud as investigative reporter Tom Hamburger speaks to the newsroom after The Washington Post wins two pulitzer prizes, Monday, April 16, 2018, in Washington. Andrew Harnik | AP The Pulitzer Prize Board on Monday rejected former President Donald […]
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Trump election meddling grand jury subpoenas Republican Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia
Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., walks down the House steps of the Capitol on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A Georgia special grand jury that is investigating former President Donald Trump for possibly criminal interference in that state’s 2020 election issued a subpoena seeking testimony Tuesday from Rep. […]
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Feds say 2 NY residents used Trump fundraiser, photo in $27M investment scam
Scott Olson | Getty Images Two New York residents were arrested Monday on a federal criminal complaint with a nearly decade-long $27 million investment fraud scheme that leveraged their attendance at a 2017 fundraiser with then-President Donald Trump. Prosecutors said that the two defendants, Sherry Xue Li and Lianbo Wang, lured victims into investing in […]
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Ivana Trump died from accident, blunt impact injuries, medical examiner rules
Ivana Trump arrives at World Premiere of “Basic Instinct 2” held at AMC Lincoln Square Theatre in New York, NY, on March 27, 2006. Vlasic Slaven | Gamma-Rapho | Getty Images Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump, died in an accident as a result of suffering blunt impact injuries to her […]
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Biden speaks after meeting with Crown Prince MBS in Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden spoke from Jeddah on Friday following several highly criticized meetings with Saudi Arabia’s royalty. Biden’s address from Saudi Arabia, largely clouded by concerns over the kingdom’s human rights abuses, comes hours after the president fist bumped Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. U.S. intelligence concluded that the prince, known as MBS, […]
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