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Security Council LIVE: DRC peace deals fail to halt fighting as Ebola deepens crisis
The Security Council is meeting in New York on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Tuesday, where clashes between Government forces and M23 rebels...
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LIVE: Weighing nuclear risks amid rising tensions and war
Amid rising tensions, extreme weather impacts and strikes on nuclear infrastructure in war-torn Iran and Ukraine, UN Member States are returning to the core...
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Clean your plate – to reduce food loss and waste
Food waste is helping to fuel global warming, one half-eaten sandwich at a time.
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Russia’s Sahel Intervention Is Riskier Than It Looks
No one—not least in postcolonial West Africa—loves an army of occupation.
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The True Meaning of Russia’s Sham Election
Even rigged elections used to be an outlet for discontent. That avenue is now closed.
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Turkey Is Turning Its Breadbasket Into an Oil Hub
As wars disrupt traditional export routes, Ankara is moving quickly to capitalize—at the expense of the last standing heartland of the Fertile Crescent.
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Trump administration says it's scaling back fuel efficiency standards for new cars
The Trump administration is weakening Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for new cars and trucks.
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News organizations ask court to bar White House enforcement of access ban
Three news outlets that President Trump banished from White House grounds asked a federal court to block the ban until the case is resolved.
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Why Nobody Can End the War in Ukraine
It’s in everyone’s interest to stop the fighting. That’s still not enough.
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Senators press administration for answers on broadband funds
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing the Commerce Department to release long-delayed guidance for states seeking to use remaining funds from a $42...
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Appropriators seek ways to curb Trump’s spending cancellations
Senate appropriators began plotting ways to defend their power of the purse Monday after President Donald Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in...
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The Senate passes the Protect College Sports Act, but the bill's future is unclear
The bill's supporters, which include the NCAA, say it will tame what they call a "Wild West" era of college sports as litigation chips...
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Could a far left candidate win a midterm race in a red state like Florida?
Angie Nixon, the Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate in Florida, is running from the far left — raising questions about whether such a campaign can...
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News Wrap: UK police investigating possible plot targeting U.S. base
In our news wrap Monday, UK police are investigating five British nationals in connection with a possible plot at an American airbase, prosecutors in...
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High mortgage rates compound housing affordability challenges
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is back above 7% for the first time in twenty months. It's rough news for the housing...
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How Blanche is shattering DOJ's standard of political independence
The nation's top federal law official is drawing scrutiny for his recent political appearances. With just five weeks left until the midterms, some experts...
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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on taxpayer funds used for TV ads promoting Trump
NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including...
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Senate laterals college sports bill to House, but forward progress uncertain
The Senate on Monday approved sweeping bipartisan legislation to create the first federal framework governing college athletics amid an era of transfer chaos, skyrocketing...
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What Xi Actually Thinks of Trump
China’s president has likely concluded that the U.S. under Trump has lost its way.
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The U.S. and China Agree to Slash Tariffs
The cuts are on $60 billion worth of goods—but, crucially, soybeans aren’t included.
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Originalism: What it is, what it isn’t and why it’s the most democratic option for the Supreme Court
A majority of Supreme Court justices follow originalism, the mode of constitutional interpretation championed by late Justice Antonin Scalia. A former Scalia law clerk...
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Midterms looming, Trump opts for football, golf and a late dinner with Dario Amodei
President Donald Trump spent the weekend using Air Force One to buzz the tower at major sporting events after last week’s summit with Chinese...
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Power of the purse challenged
The Trump administration announced plans to cancel $810 million, mostly for health and education programs, that Congress has appropriated, in a so-called pocket rescission....
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Capitol Lens | Citizen canine
South Carolina Republican Sen. Darline Graham stops to pet a golden retriever as she walks in the the Lexington Health Irmo Okra Strut parade...
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