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It took fewer than 10 minutes for Democratic lawmakers to rip into special counsel Robert Hur's year-long probe into how documents with classification markings ended up in President Joe Biden's home and office. Mr Hur previously said he did not recommend criminal charges against the president because he believed jurors might view Mr Biden as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory". At a House hearing on the report, Democratic members refuted Mr Hur with a supercut of Donald Trump's gaffes, slurred speech, and confused answers, including one in which the former president could not remember the time period during which he was married to his second wife, Marla Maples. Read more. |
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| As Gaza faces famine, officials say new aid voyages need to come alongside opening land crossings |
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| Defence officials waiting for Congress to pass supplemental aid to cover $10bn funding gap |
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| Maxwell, 62, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after trafficking and abuse convictions |
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| One Democrat accused GOP lawmakers of playing 'CSI or Law and Order' in congressional hearing |
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Less than six years after launching in the US, TikTok is now facing a reckoning. After amassing more than 170 million users in the country, lawmakers are now making moves to roll out a complete ban of the controversial app. The biggest ever Chinese tech success in the US is accused of mishandling user data and holding too much influence over Americans, with lawmakers fast-tracking a vote on whether to force parent company ByteDance to either sell the app or cease operations. Read the full article here |
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President Joe Biden released his $7.3tn budget proposal that proposes vastly increasing security provisions at the US-Mexico border and raising taxes on the wealthy on Monday. But the proposal faces steep opposition from the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Read more |
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"We extend our deepest sympathy to the family of the Lincoln County man who succumbed to plague." |
A man has died in New Mexico from the bubonic plague – marking the first human death from the disease in the state since 2020. Read more |
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