Tag: politics
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Joe Biden wins the Democratic presidential primary in Colorado
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wins the Democratic presidential primary in Colorado.
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Venezuela sets its presidential election for July 28 as the opposition candidate remains barred
Venezuela has announced that its highly anticipated presidential election will take place July 28, but the country’s leading opposition candidate remains barred from the ballot
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Trial date for last defendants in Haiti assassination case likely to be delayed for months
A historic Miami trial spotlighting the assassination of Haiti’s president will likely be held months after its scheduled date in May for the remaining five defendants who have not reached plea deals with federal prosecutors. On Tuesday, prosecutors told a federal judge that they’re willing to delay the trial until October. But defense attorneys said…
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A South Sudan activist in the US is charged with trying to illegally export arms for coup back home
A leading South Sudanese academic and activist living in exile in the United States has been charged in Arizona along with a Utah man born in the African nation on charges of conspiring to buy and illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of weapons to overthrow the government back home
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Arizona’s Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill approved by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature that would have made it a crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at a location other than a port entry
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Fire chief in Texas city hit hard by wildfires dies while fighting a house fire
Authorities say a Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died while fighting a house fire
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Trump lawyers want him back on witness stand in E. Jean Carroll case
Donald Trump’s lawyers say the ex-president deserves a new trial and a fresh chance to tell a jury why he berated writer E
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Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding a 3-way race
Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t run for a second term this year
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Haiti moves closer to total collapse and its prime minister is unable to return home
Banks and government offices in Haiti are being pillaged and burned. Police substations are falling under the control of gangs. Prisons have broken open. And neighborhoods across the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince, are experiencing continuous gunfire. As a powerful coalition of armed gangs continues its assault in a volatile Haiti— and the political party of a…
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Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court
Momentum is building in a major case regarding homeless encampments that is before the U.S. Supreme Court