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BIDEN, HUNTER, IRS, DOJ
For Modi's state dinner, the White House is elevating the mushroom
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For the first time in recent history, the White House is hosting a state dinner that's entirely
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MODI, BIDEN, INDIA, WHITE
A half-dozen liberal House Democrats are boycotting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech to Congress on Thursday afternoon, in protest of what they criticize as his abysmal human rights record, particularly toward Muslim minority groups in India.
Four of
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HOUSE, IMPEACHMENT, BOEBERT, BIDEN
Things turned vulgar on the House floor on Thursday, and I’m not talking about the obscene actions of Democrats after Adam Schiff was justifiably censured for years of falsehoods.
In a completely unrelated discussion, Marjorie Taylor Greene approached Lauren
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SUPREME, COURT, RULES, NAVAJO
The Supreme Court just ruled that at least some federal prisoners who are completely innocent must serve out their entire sentence, with no meaningful way to challenge their unlawful conviction.
One of the most fundamental principles of criminal law is that
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TEXAS, TOWN, TORNADOES, KILLING
At least four people died, and nine others were injured in a tornado that ripped through a tiny town in West Texas. The tornado struck the town at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
A powerful storm, believed to be a tornado, struck the town of Matador, Texas, Wednesday
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HURD, 2024, REP, PRESIDENTIAL
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Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd speaks during the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Spring Kick-Off Saturday, April
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TRUMP, DESANTIS, DONALD, POLL
A presidential campaign by third-party No Labels, which is attempting to raise $70 million to run an independent, Republican-Democrat ticket in 2024, would spoil President Joe Biden's shot at reelection and pave the way for former President Donald Trump to
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SANTOS, GEORGE, REP, BOND
U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, New York, May 10, 2023.
The secret identities of Republican Rep. George Santos' bail backers in his federal criminal case are set to be revealed Thursday
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TITANIC, CEO, OCEANGATE, COUPLE
The wife of Stockton Rush, the OceanGate CEO who went missing Sunday on a tourist submersible that dove to view the Titanic wreckage, is a descendant of two first-class passengers who died on the Titanic, according to a report.
Stockton’s wife Wendy Rush is
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ABORTION, BAN, WYOMING, NATION
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming for now, after a judge ruled Thursday that the state’s first-in-the-nation law to ban them won’t take effect July 1 as planned while a lawsuit proceeds.
Attorneys for Wyoming failed to show
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ALITO, PROPUBLICA, JUSTICE, ETHICS
As Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito rejects ProPublica's latest conservative justice attack as "misleading," it's becoming increasing clear to many observers the attacks under the guise of "ethics concerns" are coordinated against the conservative majority,
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NAVY, IMPLOSION, DETECTED, TITAN
As we reported, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Thursday that wreckage on the ocean floor debris was found and presumed to be the missing submersible Titan and that all five voyagers who were attempting to visit the Titanic are likely dead.
But the Wall Street
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SCOTT, RICK, SEN, TRUMP
Special counsel Jack Smith is starting to turn over evidence to former President Donald Trump and his lawyers in the classified documents case, according to court filings that say the batch includes multiple recordings of interviews with Mr. Trump.
The filing’s
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HAIL, TOMLINSON, LOUIS, CONCERTGOERS
Hail storm injures fans at Colorado concert
Fans attending Louis Tomlinson's concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver were injured by hail Wednesday night. Seven people were hospitalized and more than 90 injured with injuries including cuts and broken
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DESANTIS, BIDEN, SUES, ADMINISTRATION
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced that he filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden's Department of Education (DOE) over higher education accreditation.
The complaint, filed in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, names Education Secretary
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DRAFT, VICTOR, WEMBANYAMA, NBA
The Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards and the Memphis Grizzlies agreed to a trade involving Marcus Smart, Kristaps Porzingis and other players and picks ahead of the NBA Draft, according to multiple reports.
The Wizards agreed to trade Porzingis to the Celtics
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RESTAURANT, EXPLOSION, CHINA, BARBECUE
Authorities in northwestern China say 31 people have been killed and seven injured in a cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in the city of Yinchuan
BEIJING -- A massive cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China killed
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SCHIFF, ADAM, CENSURED, HOUSE
Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that the House vote on party lines, with 6 Republicans voting present, to censure him was a “flagrant abuse of the House process.”
Cooper said, “What is your response to this censure?”
Schiff
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America’s former No. 1 beer giant will need a strong comeback campaign that's true to their message of being a beer for all but pokes fun of their faults to appeal to their base as their sales have continued to plummet, a 30-year beer industry brand strategist
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AI, BACKLASH, HOSTILE, SECONDS
House Science Committee Chairman Frank Lucas is cautioning Washington policymakers against copying Beijing’s approach to winning the race for dominance in artificial intelligence.
Mr. Lucas, Oklahoma Republican, said Thursday that Congress needs to establish
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TRAIN, EAST, PALESTINE, DERAILMENT
The NTSB is holding hearings into the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio The Norfolk Southern train derailment and fire spewed toxic chemicals into the environment. The incident happened in February, and some residents are still displaced as the cleanup
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