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Russian police on Saturday arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as minus-58degrees to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the country’s top opposition figure.
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Changes at 1600: Days don’t begin and end with tweets. The press secretary hasn’t lied or insulted media. Policy papers are back. The president stays on message.
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Get ready for the same tough-as-nails obstructionist we saw when Obama was in office.
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Now that he’s left office, it’s hard to see him embracing the stately, exclusive club of living former presidents.
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It’s taken only days for Democrats gauging how far President Joe Biden’s bold immigration proposal can go in Congress to acknowledge that if anything emerges, it will likely be significantly more modest.
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One winning ticket was sold in Michigan for the $1-billion Mega Millions jackpot, making it the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
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A Federal Aviation Administration employee and QAnon follower from Beaumont is facing federal charges after authorities say he confessed to taking part in the siege of the U.S. Capitol.
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Legal sales of recreational marijuana in Arizona started Friday, a once-unthinkable step in the former conservative stronghold.
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Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington are bringing new calls for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police.
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How did California go from shining example to cautionary tale? Its early successes seem to have given people a false sense of security.
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Arizona, which has not mandated masks and shutdowns, has surpassed California as the state with the worst rate of coronavirus infections.
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Advocacy groups warn that immigrants may be some of the most difficult people to reach during the largest vaccination campaign in American history.
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Mexican mothers searching for their missing children find multiple bodies buried on private property in Tijuana that they call a cartel dumping site.
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The NFL says 7,500 healthcare workers vaccinated for COVID-19 will be given tickets to the Super Bowl. They will join about 14,500 others in attendance.
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U.S. regulators have approved the first long-acting drug combination for HIV, monthly shots that can replace daily pills.
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President Biden moves to take a more assertive federal role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As millions pine for their COVID-19 vaccinations, a lucky few are getting bumped to the front of the line because of extra doses that must get used.
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The first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons has entered into force, but U.S. and other nuclear-armed nations are not signatories.
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President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans
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Google is threatening to pull its search engine in Australia if the government proceeds with plans to make tech giants pay for news content.
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Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
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Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
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China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
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China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
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A Chicago Tribune archival photo of a young man being arrested in 1963 at a South Side protest shows Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, his campaign has confirmed, bolstering the candidate’s narrative about his civil rights activism.
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The national youth poet laureate read her galvanizing poem, ‘The Hill We Climb,’ just after Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president.
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Arizona, which has not mandated masks and shutdowns, has surpassed California as the state with the worst rate of coronavirus infections.
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Legal sales of recreational marijuana in Arizona started Friday, a once-unthinkable step in the former conservative stronghold.
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A South Korean study raises concerns that six feet of social distance may not be far enough to keep people safe from the coronavirus.
