Top Democrats say Biden should make this year's 'craziness' the last debt limit fight ever
Even as Joe Biden appears to have pushed off reaching the next debt limit until 2025, top Democrats on Capitol Hill say what he really needs to do is what he should have done last fall: Come out in favor of a drastic change to strip Congress of this power forever.
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UK government refuses to hand over Boris Johnson's unredacted messages to coronavirus inquiry
The British government is resisting an order to hand over a sheaf of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s personal messages to the country’s COVID-19 pandemic inquiry
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Heather Mack, convicted in mother’s murder in Bali, plans to plead guilty in US, attorney says
An attorney for the Chicago woman facing federal conspiracy charges in the 2014 killing of her mother during a luxury vacation in Bali says she plans to plead guilty
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Rabbi recounts fear and heroism during deadliest antisemitic attack in US history
A rabbi who survived the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history says he immediately recognized the sound of gunfire coming from elsewhere inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that day and that he tried to get members of his congregation to safety
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3 people are missing days after apartments collapsed. Now officials have changed demolition plans for the dangerous, 'shifting' building
Two people previously unaccounted for after the partial collapse of an Iowa apartment building Sunday have been found safe, Davenport police said Thursday. But three others -- including at least two who lived in the crash zone -- remain missing.
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Over 50% of Spirit Airlines flights experience delays after technical issues with its website, app and airport kiosks
About 50% of Spirit Airlines flights were delayed Thursday, according to FlightAware, after technical issues with the airline's website, app and airport kiosks, but the airline says the technical issues have been resolved.
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Senate passes bill to block Biden's student loan forgiveness program
Both the Senate and the House have now passed a bill to block President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program, which promises to cancel up to $20,000 of debt for millions of borrowers but has been held up by courts.
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New federal proposal aims to stop racial bias in formulas used to value homes
Vice President Kamala Harris says federal agencies are taking new steps to stop racial discrimination in appraising home values by proposing a rule intended to ensure that the automated formulas used to price housing are fair
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting occurred on a Saturday children didn't attend, survivor says
Three Saturdays each month, Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue hosted a service specifically for children known as the junior congregation.
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'Stop yelling': Top Chechen fighter scolds Russia's Wagner mercenary chief
MOSCOW One of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's close allies on Thursday publicly criticised Russia's most prominent mercenary, casting
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Baseball legend Steve Garvey considering US Senate bid in California, energizing beleaguered GOP
Republicans haven't won a U.S. Senate race in heavily Democratic California since 1988
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Ukraine says Russia again blocking Black Sea grain export deal
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV Ukraine's ministry of renovation and infrastructure said on Thursday the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain
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