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Kamala Harris leaves door open for 2028 presidential run
Political and Legal 10/25/2025Kamala Harris isn’t ruling out another run for the White House. In an interview with the BBC posted Saturday, Harris said she expects a woman will be president in the coming years, and it could “possibly” be her. “I am not don...
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Trump ally Vernon Jones announces run for Georgia secretary of state
Political and Legal 10/11/2025Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state representative who switched parties in support of President Donald Trump, announced Monday he’s running to become Georgia’s top election official.Jones, who has called himself the “Black Donal...
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US considers banning Iranians from shopping at Costco during UN meeting
Political and Legal 09/04/2025he Trump administration already has denied visas for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his large delegation to attend a high-level U.N. meeting this month and is now considering ramping up restrictions on several other delegations that would sever...
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Nursing homes struggle with Trump’s immigration crackdown
Political and Legal 07/13/2025Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration.Facilities for older adults and disabled people are reporting the sporadic los...
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Trump selects a new Tesla on White House driveway to show support for Elon Musk
Political and Legal 03/12/2025President Donald Trump shopped for a new Tesla on the White House driveway on Tuesday, selecting a shiny red sedan to show his support for Elon Musk ‘s electric vehicle company as it faces blowback because of his work to advance the president&r...
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Political and Legal 12/30/2024Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 10...
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Government funding bill clears Congress and heads to President Biden
Political and Legal 12/21/2024Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit...
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Biden administration races to shell out billions for clean energy as election nears
Political and Legal 10/20/2024The Biden administration is shelling out billions of dollars for clean energy and approving major offshore wind projects as officials race to secure major climate initiatives before President Joe Biden’s term comes to an end. Biden wants to est...
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Trump responds to guilty verdict by falsely blasting 'rigged trial'
Political and Legal 06/01/2024Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justi...
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Key takeaways from UN court’s ruling on Israel’s war in Gaza
Political and Legal 01/26/2024The U.N. world court on Friday came down hard on Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to “take all measures” to prevent a genocide of the Palestinians. But it stopped short of demanding an immediate cease-fire,...
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More women join challenge to Tennessee’s abortion ban law
Political and Legal 01/10/2024More women on Monday joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state’s broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.The legal challenge is part of a handful of lawsuits filed acro...
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South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius gets parole and will be released
Political and Legal 11/23/2023Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole on Friday, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world.He will be released from prison on Jan. ...