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Liz Cheney tells Colorado graduates to 'stand in truth,' warns democracy is in peril

Monday, May 29, 2023

The former U.S. congresswoman (R-Wyo.) and House leader told graduates of her alma mater that America cannot remain a free nation if the truth is abandoned.

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Trump-era special counsel's final report criticizes FBI's Russia probe

Monday, May 15, 2023

Special Counsel John Durham says the DOJ and FBI "failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law" and in particular, relied on leads provided by Trump's political opponents.

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Special Counsel report finds issue with FBI investigation into Trump's Russia ties

Monday, May 15, 2023

Special Counsel John Durham's report found that the FBI shouldn't have launched a full investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged connection to Russia during the 2016 election.

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Record number of people arrested in an international fentanyl operation, DOJ says

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

The Department of Justice announced arrests in an international operation targeting fentanyl sales on the dark web that spanned the U.S., Europe and South America. Nearly 300 people were arrested.

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Harris starts her 2024 race with a fired-up speech on the fight for abortion rights

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Vice President Harris spoke at Howard University on Tuesday night — her first event of the 2024 campaign. She urged the crowd to push back against "extremist so-called leaders" on abortion limits.

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Suspected leaker of secret Pentagon documents arraigned in Massachusetts

Friday, April 14, 2023

A federal judge in Boston has ordered Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, to remain in custody until his detention hearing next week.

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Air National Guardsman arrested as suspected leaker of Pentagon documents

Thursday, April 13, 2023

The FBI has arrested a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Jack Teixeira, as a suspect in the leak of classified intelligence documents.

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DA Bragg sues Jim Jordan, claiming 'an unconstitutional attempt to undermine' the case

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

The New York prosecutor who is pursuing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump says a GOP-led congressional panel is trying to interfere with his case. Now he's taking them to court.

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DOJ reaches settlement with families of Sutherland Springs mass shooting

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

The department announced it had reached a tentative settlement of $144.5 million, ending a legal back-and-forth that has lasted years.

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Biden went to Mississippi to offer support to victims of the devastating tornadoes

Saturday, April 01, 2023

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden went to Rolling Fork, Mississippi to visit with people recovering from devastating tornadoes and offer federal support.

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Vice President Harris wiped away tears as she toured Ghana's Cape Coast slave castle

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The vice president visited a castle that was one of the last stops before enslaved people were transported across the Atlantic. "The horror of what happened here must always be remembered," she said.

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Biden issues an executive order aimed at reducing gun violence

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

President Biden wants to boost background checks for gun buyers, but that's hard without legislation from Congress.

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Biden wants to boost background checks on gun buyers. But it's hard without Congress

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

During a visit to Monterey Park, Calif., Biden announced an executive order that aims to increase the number of background checks that take place and support communities impacted by gun violence.

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Biden is using his budget as a cudgel in the debt ceiling fight — and for 2024

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Republicans are demanding spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. President Biden is using his budget to show how he could cut the deficit and still fund his pledges.

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Biden says his budget plan would extend Medicare to 2050 without adding to the deficit

Tuesday, March 07, 2023

President Biden is proposing to raise taxes on people who make more than $400,000 per year to make sure there's enough money for Medicare.

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Biden, on first visit to Selma as president, attended 'Bloody Sunday' remembrance

Monday, March 06, 2023

President Biden marked the 58th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Ala., when Black voting rights activists were beaten by state troopers.

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Biden has made a secret trip to Kyiv as Russia's war there enters its 2nd year

Monday, February 20, 2023

President Biden often pledges to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia "as long as it takes." The risky secret trip to the warzone is aimed at showing he means it.

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Biden remarks on the U.S. response to balloon and unidentified aerial objects

Thursday, February 16, 2023

President Biden made his first extensive remarks on the U.S. response to the Chinese spy balloon and other unidentified aerial objects recently shot down over the United States and Canada.

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'High-altitude object' shot down by military over Alaska

Friday, February 10, 2023

The U.S. military shot down a "high-altitude object" over Alaska. It's not known what the object is, what it was doing or whether it was state-owned or privately owned.

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The U.S. shot down an object over Alaska. The government doesn't know yet what it was

Friday, February 10, 2023

The incident comes just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. This new object was smaller and lower, and it's not clear where it came from.

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