Nation and World Politics
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A US delegation to meet with Mexican government for talks on the surge of migrants at borderDec 27, 2023 3:50 pm - MEXICO CITY — A top U.S. delegation is meeting with Mexico's president Wednesday in what many see as an attempt to have Mexico do more to limit a surge of migrants reachi...
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Lose a limb or risk death? Growing numbers among Gaza's thousands of war-wounded face hard decisionsDec 27, 2023 7:11 am - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The doctors gave Shaimaa Nabahin an impossible choice: lose your left leg or risk death. The 22-year-old had been hospitalized in Gaza for ar...
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On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central GazaDec 27, 2023 3:24 pm - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges,...
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Americans sour on the primary election process and major political parties, an AP-NORC poll saysDec 27, 2023 3:44 pm - WASHINGTON — With the GOP presidential primaries just about to start, many Republicans aren't certain that votes will be counted correctly in their contest, as pessimism ...
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In battleground Arizona, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. draws Biden and Trump voters united by distrustDec 25, 2023 7:31 am - PHOENIX (AP) — Some voted for Donald Trump, others for Joe Biden. A few had never wanted anything to do with politics before they heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a podcast...
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A weekend of combat in Gaza kills 14 Israeli soldiers in a sign of Hamas' entrenchmentDec 24, 2023 8:09 am - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Fourteen Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Israeli military said Sunday, in some of the bloodiest day...
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U.S. tensions with China are fraying long-cultivated academic ties. Will the chill hurt US interests?Dec 24, 2023 7:39 am - WASHINGTON — In the 1980s, Fu Xiangdong was a young Chinese virology student who came to the United States to study biochemistry. More than three decades later, he had a ...
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With the Supreme Court on sideline for now, Trump's lawyers press immunity claims before lower courtDec 24, 2023 7:38 am - WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about “alleged fraud and irregularity” in the 2020 election, his lawyers told a f...
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As conflicts rage abroad, a fractured Congress tries to rally support for historic global challengesDec 24, 2023 7:35 am - WASHINGTON — As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Sen. Michael Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to ...
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The Supreme Court says no, for now, to plea to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecutedDec 22, 2023 6:52 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be pr...