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Kate Middleton underwent planned abdominal surgery at a London hospital on Tuesday and will remain hospitalized for the next 10 to 14 days, Kensington Palace announced Wednesday. The Princess of Wal… [+3530 chars]
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The Biden administration unveiled a new rule Wednesday aimed at slashing bank overdraft fees to as low as $3, a move the president said would help end abusive practices by financial institutions. Un… [+4710 chars]
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The U.S. Capitol Police are investigating alleged comments made by Roger Stone after Mediaite published audio of the political operative appearing to discuss the assassination of two Democratic congr… [+4193 chars]
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Donald Trump is directly responsible for the harassment of officials involved in his multiple criminal and civil cases, Obama-era acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal said Tuesday. Amid a recent upt… [+3050 chars]
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley made the eyebrow-raising claim on Tuesday that America is not and never has been a racist country. We are not a racist country, the former U.S. ambassad… [+5484 chars]
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia The director and producer of a banned Malaysian film that explores the afterlife were charged Wednesday with offending the religious feelings of others in a rare criminal prose… [+3204 chars]
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Its not been a great couple of years for Pakistans Imran Khan. Since his ouster as Prime Minister in an April 2022 no-confidence vote, the cricketer-turned-politician has been shot, hit with over 180… [+7475 chars]
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The shooter who killed five people at an LGBTQIA+ bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado, intends to plead guilty to 50 hate crime charges and 24 firearm violations, according to multiple reports Tuesday.… [+5416 chars]
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As the Republican presidential candidates jockeyed for votes during the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris was in South Carolina, shoring up support in a state … [+6377 chars]
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After a four-month delay due to the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes, the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards finally handed out awards on Monday night. The ceremony was scheduled for September 2023, but the… [+6643 chars]
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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is ending his 2024 race for president after a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses underscored how little he had been embraced by Republican voters. With 99% of th… [+8297 chars]
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John Cusack thinks far-right politicians are leading America in a dark direction. The High Fidelity actor worried about the state of the U.S. while reacting to news that Philadelphias Horwitz-Wasser… [+3883 chars]
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Jersey's first female chief minister has lost her role following a vote of no confidence (VONC). Minister Kristina Moore lost the vote with 27 supporting the VONC, 22 against and no abstentions in t… [+2664 chars]
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The majority of Canadians fear a Donald Trump return to the White House, a new poll has suggested. In an Angus Reid Institute survey of 1,510 adults, almost two-thirds (64%) agreed or strongly agree… [+2969 chars]
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In the early months of the pandemic, joggers on the Bear Creek Greenway, in southern Oregon, began to notice tents cropping up by the path. The Greenway, which connects towns and parks along a tribut… [+10139 chars]
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is all in for Donald Trump. On the eve of the Iowa caucuses on Sunday, the Florida senator formally endorsed the four-times-indicted former presidents 2024 campaign. Rubio… [+6027 chars]
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Sunday said she disagreed with former President Donald Trumps comments calling people who have been convicted of offenses related to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot as… [+5161 chars]
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The decision to keep Defense Secretary Lloyd Austins hospitalization a secret even from the commander-in-chief for several days raised an issue, the National Security Councils spokesperson John Kirby… [+5160 chars]
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made her first public comments on Sunday since a co-defendant of former President Donald Trump alleged she had an inappropriate relationship with a special… [+5216 chars]
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WASHINGTON (AP) Thousands of demonstrators converged opposite the White House on Saturday to call for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza, while children joined a pro-Palestinian march through … [+8055 chars]
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CEDAR FALLS, IOWA - JANUARY 13: Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event at the Second State Brewery on January 13, 2024 in Cedar Falls, Iow… [+6060 chars]
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At a campaign event for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the woman I was interviewing was lying to me. I had approached her near the front of the crowd, where she posed for a photo holding a cherry r… [+5381 chars]
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John Kerry, who has been working as President Joe Bidens special climate envoy for about three years, plans to step away from that role to help the presidents reelection effort, several outlets repor… [+3313 chars]
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A Texas woman was arrested on Thursday in connection to the death of her missing girlfriend, whose body was found on a hiking trail in Houston last week, police said. Shania Laneice Turner, 24, was … [+3965 chars]
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Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te won the island democracys presidential election on Saturday after his rivals conceded, keeping the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in control for a … [+5909 chars]
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X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, purged an unknown number of prominent accounts over the last 24 hours with little to no explanation, and then restored the accounts minutes after this artic… [+436 chars]
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White evangelical churches are in crisis. It isnt just that high-profile leaders have brought politics into the churches, turning evangelicals into warriors for white Christian nationalism and its Re… [+7485 chars]
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In the final days before the Iowa caucuses next Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley are both embarking on a tried-and-true tactic: Barnstorm… [+5649 chars]
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Former President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump's supporters attend a rally at Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2023. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images … [+5762 chars]
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A South Carolina father who decades ago was filmed discoveringhis sons body is now charged with the 5-year-olds murder, the Berkeley County Sheriffs Office announced Wednesday. Victor Turner was arr… [+4904 chars]
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Fifteen Republican-led states have declined to participate in a new federal program from the Biden administration aimed at combating food insecurity among low-income families. Under the Summer Elect… [+5364 chars]
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Illinois governor has asked for a humanitarian break in the flow of migrants sent by Texas due to a dangerous and potentially deadly storm. Over the coming days, Illinois will experience a dangerous… [+5098 chars]
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Twitter owner Elon Musk muting accounts that annoy him is nothing new. Musk removed the Twitter account @elonjet that posted the billionaire's flight data publicly, which seemed like an apolitical, i… [+2037 chars]
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Payton Gendron, center. The Department of Justice said in a court filing Friday that it will pursue the death penalty for Payton Gendron, who killed 10 people inside a Buffalo, New York, supermarket… [+3060 chars]
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. The New England Patriots have agreed to hire Jerod Mayo to succeed Bill Belichick as the teams first Black head coach, according to a person familiar with the situation. Details we… [+4894 chars]
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers starting in February as part of a new repayment plan thats taking effect nearly six months ahead of sche… [+5991 chars]
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CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen said the verdict in Donald Trumps fraud trial could ultimately strip his company of perhaps its most cherished asset: the Trump name. (Watch the video below.) The civil … [+3680 chars]
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Donald Trump Jr. went after people touting Bidenomics before a wild claim that looked back at his fathers administration on Thursday. I cant think of a single metric where anyone is better off now t… [+5223 chars]
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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis clashed on Wednesday night at their first one-on-one debate of the 2024 Republican primary. The two, who both trail former Presid… [+6750 chars]
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Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis could be voted out of her position, one year after the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis Police Department officers. In a 7-6 vote, the Memphis City Counc… [+2501 chars]
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Last night there was yet another GOP presidential primary debate, and this time only three candidates qualified: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Donald Trump, who once again skipped out on the officia… [+3258 chars]
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A missing Connecticut mother of five whose late estranged husband was charged with killing her in May 2019 has been declared legally dead. News of the decision broke days ahead of the trial of her ex… [+6806 chars]
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Aaron Rodgers made an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on Thursday one day after host Pat McAfee said the New York Jets quarterback wouldnt appear for the rest of the season. Rodgers had stirred up… [+4306 chars]
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Former President Donald Trumps 2024 presidential campaign seemed to be all about retribution. But now hes scaling back on how much of a focus it would be in his presidency. During Trumps town hall w… [+4017 chars]
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Barry Keoghan nearly lost his arm and his life to a bad case of necrotizing fasciitis. The Irish actor was about to start filming Martin McDonaghs Banshees of Inisherin (2022) when he caught the fle… [+4279 chars]
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A man who allegedly broke into a California home and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl while her parents slept was charged Tuesday with several counts. According to a news release from the Los … [+3857 chars]
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Two women hug on March 29, 2023, near a memorial at the entrance to The Covenant School in Nashville. A day after the mass shooting, a Maryland man sent an anti-LGBTQ+ threat. A 34-year-old Maryland… [+4593 chars]
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland and a moderate Republican who has been critical of Donald Trump, stepped down last month from the leadership of the third-party move… [+5040 chars]
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George Carlin has been dead for 15 years, but artificial intelligence doesnt seem to mind. A video billed as an AI-generated George Carlin impersonation was posted Wednesday on YouTube, to the chagr… [+5267 chars]
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Former President Donald Trump is going all in on his new election-related conspiracy theory: that almost every one of his legal problems have been personally orchestrated by President Joe Biden. Eve… [+4654 chars]
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A former civilian employee is accused of defrauding the Army of over $100 million, which she used to buy expensive jewelry, over 70 vehicles and dozens of posh properties. Last month, Janet Yamanaka… [+4226 chars]
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Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. The cuts come as Google looks towards responsibly investin… [+4463 chars]
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Supporters of President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A member of Marylands Board of Elections resigned this week after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Jan.… [+4405 chars]
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The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday that its launching an investigation into Boeing after a plug sealing off an emergency exit ripped off midair on an Alaska Airlines flight last w… [+4527 chars]
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WASHINGTON Donald Trump made the extraordinary argument in federal court on Tuesday that he should be immune from criminal prosecution for any action taken while he was in the Oval Office, with his l… [+5355 chars]
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GENEVA (AP) The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Ad… [+4119 chars]
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Stephen A. Smith vowed that hed finally speak his mind on Jason Whitlock before a wild, roughly 40-minute rant about the conservative commentator, who he called a bastard ... worth less than a damn c… [+4633 chars]
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Donald Trump on Wednesday wriggled out of a town hall question that noted his penchant for insulting people who once worked for him. (Watch the video below.) A Ron DeSantis supporter named Jane butt… [+4397 chars]
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A Texas man suing Walmart seeks $100 million in damages or unlimited free lifetime shopping at any of the retailers locations. On Monday, Waskom, Texas, resident Roderick Jackson sent two handwritt… [+3504 chars]
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50 Cent says hes going sans sex for the foreseeable future. On Tuesday, the rapper shared in an Instagram post that hes practicing abstinence this year. He revealed he recently thought of an epic p… [+3411 chars]
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A school district in Floridas panhandle reportedly pulled multiple dictionaries and reference books off its library shelves for including descriptions of sexual conduct. Escambia County School Distr… [+3893 chars]
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Adan Canto, who was known for his roles on TV shows including Designated Survivor and The Cleaning Lady, has died. He was 42. Canto died on Monday after battling appendiceal cancer, his publicist, … [+3411 chars]
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faced a sharp, surprising rebuke from a conservative appeals court on Wednesday, which dealt him a major setback in his quest to banish state prosecutor Andrew Warren from o… [+7420 chars]
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Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youthsand in some cases, adultsreturning to the issue the year after a wave of high-pro… [+7973 chars]
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Today, TIME and the Outrider Foundation announced a new collaboration on a fellowship to support reporting on climate change and the intersection of politics, policy and society. TIME senior corres… [+3643 chars]
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This week marks three months of war that continues to devastate Gaza as the bodies and rubble pile up in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre. What are the lessons to be learned, so far, from a Midd… [+5927 chars]
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(WASHINGTON) Hunter Biden made a surprise visit to a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday, stirring a political frenzy as Republicans were taking the first step toward holding President Joe Biden's son in … [+5649 chars]
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The Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7 killed some 1,200 people in Israel. Since then, a fierce Israeli military campaign has destroyed much of Gaza, with more than 22,000 dead and untold numbers injur… [+10231 chars]
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There is something surprising in the way Western democracies have reacted to events in Israel since the start of the military operation in Gaza. I call it the end of hypocrisy. Take President Joe Bid… [+12064 chars]
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Don Scott, Speaker the Virginia House of Delegates, has had a meteoric rise in the Statehouse. The Delegates unanimously voted him in as Speaker on Wednesday. Shaban Athuman/VPM The Virginia Genera… [+8466 chars]
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Eight days after a harrowing stabbing of South Koreas firebrand opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, the politician emerged from a Seoul hospital on Wednesday to greet the media and supporters with stirr… [+3788 chars]
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Campaigning is heating up ahead of Saturdays presidential election in Taiwan, with the result set to reverberate far from the shores of this self-ruling island of 23 million, over which Beijing claim… [+5802 chars]
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Elon Musk is trying his hand as a TV network executive, and hes slated three shows with controversial hosts to lead Xs new venture into streaming. Former CNN anchor, Don Lemon, is partnering with X t… [+2924 chars]
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Gabriel Attal, seen in Paris on May 11, 2022, was named Tuesday as France's youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing politi… [+5511 chars]
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MOSCOW -- Russias national elections commission on Tuesday registered the Communist Party's candidate to compete with President Vladimir Putin in the March election that Putin is all but certain to w… [+1584 chars]
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Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the worlds agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. In o… [+7964 chars]
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Animal rights activists stage a rally opposing eating dog meat in Seoul, South Korea on July 8, 2023. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Koreas parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark ban on production … [+5536 chars]
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CNN anchor Sara Sidner has been diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. As we end our broadcast today I have a personal note that I would like to share with you, the 51-year-old journalist said on CNN… [+4465 chars]
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Donald Trumps latest rally claim left Seth Meyers temporarily speechless. The Republican 2024 front-runner in Iowa said people regularly stopped to ask him, Sir, how do you do it? How do you wake up… [+3039 chars]
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After 10 long months of campaigning, it was a 30-second video that suggested Nikki Haley was finally getting somewhere. The December television ad, paid for by Donald Trumps allies and aired in New … [+15386 chars]
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Emmanuel Macron appointed Gabriel Attal as Frances youngest ever Prime Minister on Tuesday, after previous Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced her resignation on Monday. Attal is also the firs… [+1556 chars]
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A disability advocate and activist named Potatum recently posted this video explaining how she's being harassed by a man who runs an ammunition company and by many of the folks who follow him on soci… [+909 chars]
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HOUSTON (AP) Blake Corum ran for 134 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Jim Harbaugh and No. 1 Michigan undeterred by suspensions and a sign-stealing case that shadowed the program completed … [+7262 chars]
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LOS ANGELES -- California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday set a mid-March special election date to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In a statement, Newsom se… [+1583 chars]
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At least 21 people were injured in an explosion at a hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday. Police responded to reports of damage at the year-old Sandman Signature Hotel about 3:30 p.m. loc… [+3982 chars]
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Jodie Foster just ruined her chances of getting any tips on how to go viral on TikTok. The True Detective star told The Guardian in an interview published Saturday that she finds some of Gen Zs wor… [+5750 chars]
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Donald Trump is once again claiming presidential immunity in one of the many legal challenges mounted against him, this time in his Georgia racketeering case. The former presidents lawyers filed the… [+4408 chars]
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The family of Ashli Babbitt has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government, seeking $30 million over her shooting death during the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The lawsu… [+4768 chars]
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In a special meeting Monday, the FloridaRepublican Party removed its chairman amid a police investigation into allegations he raped a woman with whom he and his wife had previously engaged in consens… [+4622 chars]
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WASHINGTON Republicans on Monday released the text of their resolution holding President Joe Bidens son, Hunter Biden, in contempt of Congress for refusing to talk to lawmakers behind closed doors. … [+5630 chars]
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As Congress scrambles to keep the government open, the two parties are still deeply divided over whether to fund the Ukrainian war effort, with Republicans either opposed or insisting that such fundi… [+7452 chars]
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PARIS (AP) Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in its stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Lays potato chips, Quake… [+7365 chars]
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An Israeli strike hit a vehicle in Gaza on Sunday that killed two journalists, including the eldest son of a veteran Al Jazeera correspondent who already lost much of his family in earlier bombings. … [+7689 chars]
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Watch "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" Sunday morning for more coverage. Special counsel Jack Smith's team has uncovered previously undisclosed details about former President Donald Trump's re… [+13572 chars]
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MSNBCs Jonathan Capehart cried as he began his interview with former D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone on Saturday, three years after the violent Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol… [+3287 chars]
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When Sally Field was nominated for her first Academy Award, then-boyfriend Burt Reynolds was less than supportive. Reynolds was not happy that his partner was up for 1980s Best Actress award for her… [+3640 chars]
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Detail matters. Decisions matter. Rishi Sunak's every action as prime minister shapes public opinion about him in this crucial general election year, when you'll have your say on his performance. … [+6730 chars]
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A picture of Jeffrey Epstein from July 8, 2019, when federal prosecutors charged the financier with sex trafficking of minors. Epstein died later that year by suicide while in federal custody. Steph… [+4072 chars]
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Last October, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the countrys main opposition party, took to the streets in the city of Dhaka to demand that incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appoint a neut… [+6609 chars]
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Christian Oliver was 51 years old. His daughters were 10 and 12. Christian Oliver, who starred in films including 2008s Valkyrie and Speed Racer, was killed Thursday in a plane crash in the Caribbea… [+4725 chars]
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An energized President Joe Biden came out swinging today, channeling his inner Dark Brandon to hammer Donald Trump and hammer hard he did for 30 minutes straight. (See video clips below, posted by Ac… [+3102 chars]
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Days before a trial where the NRA will have to explain why it paid for his lavish lifestyle, longtime president Wayne LaPierre announced that he's resigning. Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice presi… [+1637 chars]
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WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida's first-in-the-nation plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought approach to accessing cheaper medi… [+3502 chars]
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ripped Fox News for never criticizing Donald Trump just one day after an Iowa voter confronted him for his approach toward the former president. The GOP presidential candid… [+4979 chars]
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Former President Donald Trump asked the district court judge overseeing his trial for his actions leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt of court, according to a f… [+5540 chars]
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Explosions at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 73 people and wounded 170 others, state-run media in … [+3325 chars]
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John Pilger, ethically-minded filmmaker, journalist and vocal critic of American and British foreign policy, passed away on Dec 30. For decades, Pilger was a constant, unrepentant voice in independen… [+668 chars]
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A deadly, fiery crash that occurred outside an entertainment venue in upstate New York early New Year's Day is being investigated as possible terrorism, a law enforcement source briefed on the case t… [+3251 chars]
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British writer and showrunner Steven Moffat believes the UK needs its own version of The West Wing, and he’s prepared to write it. Moffat, who co-created Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and p… [+1535 chars]
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A federal appeals courts decision against Mark Meadows is to put it mildly, a total body slam, according to former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal. Mondays ruling rejected a bid by Meadows, Don… [+4492 chars]
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In his decade heading the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has focused on bringing a gentle, welcoming spirit to the church. He has expressed love toward (if not full acceptance of) LGBTQ Catholics and … [+10318 chars]
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began more than four decades ago, with experts warning that rising temperatures an… [+10603 chars]
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News exhaustion is a miasma that has afflicted almost all of us for some time now. Were drained by the physical and mental exertion that comes with following current events. The state of alarmover Am… [+4630 chars]
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Republicans on the campaign trail are pushing several ideas. Some are in step with the majority of Americans while others are not, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. The survey tested po… [+11947 chars]
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As Padma Laskhmi accepted a TIME100 Impact Award on Tuesday, she spoke about immigrantsand how her advocacy work has led her to dive more deeply into telling their stories. After almost two decades… [+2435 chars]
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CNNs Kaitlan Collins made Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) flounder when she challenged him to provide evidence for his claim about Democrats on Mondays episode of The Source. Johnson claimed Democrats had… [+3871 chars]
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Seth Meyers zeroed in on a report that Rudy Giuliani entered a courthouse elevator Monday with his belt still undone and hanging from his waist. (Watch the video below.) If youre Rudys lawyer and he… [+3450 chars]
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Former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson has poured cold water on speculation that he may join former President Donald Trump on the Republican 2024 ticket. Trump himself has suggested he may be op… [+4133 chars]
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This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIMEs politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. For almost a century, Washington has ruled the globe with two major tools… [+5321 chars]
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CNN's Kaitlan Collins doesn't suffer fools gladly. So when Senator Ron Johnson (MAGA-WI), who is too foolish to know how big of a fool he is, appeared for the interview unprepared to back up his clai… [+3254 chars]
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The director of the Miss Nicaragua beauty pageant, Karen Celebertti, has stepped down 10 days after she was charged with treason. Police have accused Ms Celebertti of rigging the contest in favour o… [+2529 chars]
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Former Vice President Al Gore said the United Nations annual climate conference is on the verge of complete failure with world leaders set to adopt an agreement that doesnt include a pledge to eventu… [+5992 chars]
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) tore into who she called nonsense Republicans during an interview on Mondays episode of The Breakfast Club radio show. Host Charlamagne tha God asked Crockett why she… [+3883 chars]
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Stephen Colbert returned to host The Last Show on Monday following a two-week hiatus after suffering a ruptured appendix, and he quickly got back to trashing former President Donald Trump. I will re… [+3128 chars]
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Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley becomes the next high profile republican presidential candidate to file primary paperwork in New Hampshire after the state opened … [+11035 chars]
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If you have heard about Hanukkah, youve probably heard about the story of the miracle of light. There was only enough oil to light the Temple in Jerusalem for one night, but it lasted for eight. Th… [+4910 chars]
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Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is pointing his finger at an ex-campaign staffer for penning his exaggerated résumé after he previously claimed that he embellished the document. The serial liar, … [+3672 chars]
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It seems like just yesterday that tech companies were fleeing California's high costs and setting up shop in cheap, hip Texas cities such as Austin. But TechCrunch reports that the Lone Star State ha… [+1498 chars]
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Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s died Sunday at the age of 95 at her home in the United States. Gao's outspokenness abo… [+3878 chars]
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In Varun Chopra’s Oscar-contending documentary short Holy Cowboys, the director offers a peek into a side of India’s societal structure on how the cow, a sacred and holy animal to the majority Hindu … [+10398 chars]
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Deadline’s Contenders Film: International award-season event launches Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. PT, the latest in our series of showcases that this time turns the focus toward global cinema via di… [+4512 chars]
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Skip to content Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is considering reinstating right-wing personality Alex Jones on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Reinstate Alex Jones on this plat… [+1511 chars]
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Buenos Aires, Argentina At noon on January 12, 1977, soldiers burst into Alicia Partnoys home, tore her away from her 18-month-old daughter and threw her in the back of a truck. For months, she endu… [+8433 chars]
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Elon Musk has brought right-wing American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back to X after holding a poll on his return to the platform. Jones, who was ordered to pay nearly $1.5bn in damages for def… [+2472 chars]
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The Indian government instructed its consulates in North America to launch a sophisticated crackdown scheme against Sikh diaspora organizations in Western countries, according to a secret memorandum … [+14895 chars]
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This article was originally published as a newsletter from Ryan Grim. Sign up to get the next one in your inbox. We posted a new excerpt from The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution ex… [+3321 chars]
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Shortly after taking over Twitter (now X), Elon Musk announced that his “mission” was to make the platform “by far the most accurate source of information about the world.” Since then, he’s reinstate… [+5234 chars]
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A POLITICO analysis of recent polls and data provided exclusively by Marquette Law School pollster Charles Franklin shows Trump and Haley would assemble different electoral coalitions in matchups aga… [+5951 chars]
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A few hours later, Jones posts were visible again and he retweeted a post about his video game. He and his Infowars show had been permanently banned in 2018 for abusive behavior. Musk, who has descr… [+2860 chars]
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They look at the news and they see members of congress bicker and argue about whos going to expel who and all these kinds of nonsense debates, Kim said in an interview. For a candidate who is among … [+14194 chars]
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A welcoming atmosphere greets congregants shuffling into the Russian Orthodox Church, tucked away on an unassuming but badly pot-holed side street in the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR)… [+9644 chars]
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has had a brief - but intense-looking - conversation with the man threatening to block Ukraine's EU aspirations. He met Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the inau… [+3708 chars]
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Just hours after reinstating his X account, Elon Musk joined Alex Jones for a deeply questionable conversation on X Spaces on Sunday. The tech billionaire and InfoWars host were joined by Republican… [+4349 chars]
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Elon Musk reinstated notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones account on X, formerly Twitter, on Sundayamid the billionaires continued loss of advertisers on the platform. Reinstate Alex Jones on th… [+5891 chars]
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Aleksandar Vucic has dominated Serbian politics for the past decade, first as prime minister and later as president. To supporters he is a pragmatic leader who overcame Serbia's deep divides and pr… [+7192 chars]
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Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who owes $1.5bn to the families of murdered children he defamed, is set to return to Twitter. The site's owner, Elon Musk, indicated Jones' return on Twitter earli… [+1456 chars]
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Adele is praising the women who inspire her, while providing a little too much information about how one woman in particular makes her feel. The Someone Like You singer was honored Thursday with the… [+4715 chars]
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The Republican Party of Iowa swiftly sent out a reminder after Florida first lady Casey DeSantis called for out-of-state supporters of her husband Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis presidential campaign to p… [+5049 chars]
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Hamass October 7th attack on Israel, in which more than twelve hundred people were murdered, revealed a woefully unprepared Israeli government, as well asit was later discovereda government that igno… [+4491 chars]
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Ryan Roth's single vote made all the difference. Ryan Roth Every election, we are told that each vote counts. But there are still people who feel like their lone ballot will not change anything. W… [+2895 chars]
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Emmanuel Macron has been accused of betraying the French Republic after he took part in a Jewish ceremony inside his official residence, the Elysée Palace. In a country where the separation of relig… [+4454 chars]
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U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government is in crisis Friday after one right-wing cabinet member resigned and another recently-fired one sought to capitalize on the matter at handhis government's… [+2005 chars]
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U.S. Senate leaders are struggling to reach an agreement on aid for Ukraine. On Wednesday, Republicans in the Senate voted unanimously to block an emergency spending bill that would have provided $11… [+2740 chars]
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Writer and comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff is a guest on the latest episode of The Dana Gould Hour podcast to promote his new book, Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars. He makes … [+2424 chars]
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Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all … [+4840 chars]
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From his tours of duty during WWII to his sensational, culture changing television creations, to his political activism, to the good, decent, kind life he lived, Norman Lear represented the greatest … [+7797 chars]
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The House Rules Committee announced Thursday it will consider a resolution next week to formalize Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. House Speaker Mike Johnson said earlier t… [+664 chars]
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