Government shutdown could affect service member pay and endanger disaster response, White House warns
The White House issued a stark warning Wednesday that a looming government shutdown could threaten crucial federal programs, blasting "extreme House Republicans" as lawmakers struggle to reach consensus on a funding plan.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland: 'I am not the president's lawyer' and 'I am not Congress's prosecutor'
Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to forcefully rebuke congressional Republicans who have accused the Justice Department of political bias, according to excerpts of his prepared testimony to be delivered at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.
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Bugzy Malone post-horror quad bike crash: 'I was really quite insecure with my position in the game as a rapper and as a person'
Bugzy Malone has regained his confidence and says his new music is "serious".
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'You have to freshen it up': Expendables 4 producer hails new stars Megan Fox and 50 Cent
'The Expendables 4' producer Kevin King Templeton feels that new stars Megan Fox and 50 Cent have added to the action franchise.
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A manhunt is underway for a homicide suspect who was accidentally released from an Indianapolis detention center, officials say
A manhunt is underway for a suspect in a 2021 killing who was accidentally released from a detention center in Indianapolis last week, a sheriff's office said Tuesday, asking for the public's help finding him.
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Utah woman accused of killing her husband with fentanyl claims a letter in her jail cell is part of a fictional book she's writing, prosecutors say
A Utah woman charged with killing her husband with fentanyl and subsequently accused of writing a letter encouraging her brother to provide false testimony claims the letter was part of a fictional book she was writing, court documents show.
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AP PHOTOS: Traditional autumn fair brings color and joy into everyday lives of Romania's poor
HAGIOAICA, Romania (AP) — It’s a festival of joy that offers an escape from everyday hardships for some of Romania’s poorest residents.
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Insurance premiums could surge in these American cities because of climate disasters, new data shows
Millions of American homeowners could see insurance rates surge in the coming years in part due to worsening climate disasters, new data shows.
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The Republican Party infighting is driving America toward a government shutdown
The Republican Party's war on itself has turned its inoperative House majority into a "clown show" and a "dysfunction caucus" and is handing wins to the Chinese Communist Party -- and that's just what some of its own members say about it.
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Shohei Ohtani's elbow surgery went well, the Los Angeles Angels' 2-way star says, as doctor hopes for early 2024 return to batting
Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani has announced he underwent elbow surgery Tuesday morning after the two-way player was ruled out of both pitching and batting for the rest of the season due to injuries.
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An anti-affirmative action group is suing the US Military Academy at West Point over race-based admissions policies
The US Military Academy at West Point is being sued for its race-based admissions policies by the same group that won a landmark case against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Supreme Court over affirmative action earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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Tuberville and Senate Republicans plot rarely used tactic to force vote on stalled Marine Corps commandant nomination
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville and a group of his fellow GOP senators are plotting a new tactic to break the Senate's gridlock on stalled military nominees: they may force a procedural vote on the Marine Corps commandant nominee, in a breach of Senate protocol.
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