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House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of…
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Wife of Julian Assange says Biden’s comments mean case could be moving in the right direction
LONDON — The wife of Julian Assange said Thursday her husband’s legal case “could be moving in the right direction”…
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Former West Java governor Ridwan Kamil could win major parties’ backing to run for Jakarta governor
SINGAPORE: Indonesia’s biggest political parties are lining up candidates for the country’s local elections in November. Two major parties, Golkar…
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Biden considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S.…
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Man indicted in attempt to defraud 28 US federal bankruptcy courts out of $1.8M in unclaimed funds
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Maryland man accused of trying to defraud 28 federal bankruptcy courts out of more…
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UN atomic watchdog says the status of Russian-occupied Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘extremely serious’
KYIV, Ukraine — An explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine on Tuesday…
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Biden to meet Japan’s PM Kishida amid shared concerns about China and differences on US Steel deal
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida begins a much-anticipated visit to Washington on Tuesday aiming to…
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Louisiana proposes bill similar to Texas’ migrant arrest law
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s Republican-controlled Senate advanced a bill Monday that would empower state and local law enforcement to…
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A Detroit-area officer who assaulted a Black man after an arrest pleads guilty
WARREN, Mich. — A suburban Detroit police officer who punched a young Black man in the face and slammed his…
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