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Britain’s Boris Johnson resigning as PM amid scandal

July 8, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: In this image taken from video from the House of Commons, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears in front of the Liaison Committee in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday July 6, 2022. Johnson has insisted he is staying in his job despite a cascade of resignations from his government and a rapidly…

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Takeaways: Trump’s mind ‘made up’ on fraud ahead of Jan. 6

June 17, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: A video exhibit plays as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking and Farnoush Amiri ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — The…

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Senate negotiators announce a deal on guns, breaking logjam

June 17, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: People duck down after a man tried and failed to rush the stage during the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in front of the Washington Monument, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) By Alan Fram ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Senate bargainers last Sunday announced…

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An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in?

June 10, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol May 16, 2022. (Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO via AP Images) By Calvin Woodward ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Americans are processing the nightmare of the slaughter of children…

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Congress bestows its highest honor on WWII merchant marines

May 27, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stand together as they attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor members of the Merchant Marine who served in World War II, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP…

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Democrats’ effort to secure Roe v. Wade falls to filibuster

May 13, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: Anti-scaling fencing blocks off the stairs to the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Washington.Abortion legislation facing a Senate test vote would enshrine into federal law the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Senate Democrats are moving quickly to try to codify the 50-year-old ruling after a leaked…

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Harris positive for COVID-19, Biden not ‘close contact’

April 29, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the William J. Rutter Center about maternal health crisis on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in San Francisco. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) By Zeke Miller ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced, underscoring…

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In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’

April 29, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are unsealed to be examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, Thursday, May 6, 2021 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. The audit, ordered by the Arizona Senate, has the U.S. Department of Justice saying it is concerned about ballot…

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Biden announces $800M in new military assistance for Ukraine

April 21, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: Vova, 10, looks at the grave of his mother, Maryna, while his father, Ivan Drahun, prays during her funeral in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Vova’s mother died while they sheltered in a cold basement for more than a month during the Russian military’s occupation. (AP…

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Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice

April 8, 2022

ABOVE PHOTO: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles during a meeting with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) By Mary Clare Jalonick And Mark Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday,…

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