House Republicans say CIA staffer helped seek support for statement from former intel officials questioning Hunter Biden laptop story
House Republicans are demanding more information on how Central Intelligence Agency employees interacted with a group of former intelligence officials as they organized a 2020 public statement that questioned whether a laptop with Hunter Biden emails and documents was part of a Russian disinformation operation.
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McCarthy blocks Tlaib event marking Palestinian displacement, known as Nakba
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cancelled a Wednesday event sponsored by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib meant to commemorate al-Nakba, or "the catastrophe," as many Arabs refer to the period surrounding the birth of Israel, saying it's "wrong for members of Congress to traffic in antisemitic tropes about Israel."
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German leaders fail to reach breakthrough in dispute over growing cost of hosting migrants
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged a further 1 billion euros Wednesday for communities struggling to provide housing, schools and other basic services to a growing number of migrants
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House Republicans allege Biden family members received millions in payments from foreign entities in new bank records report
House Oversight Chairman James Comer laid out new details to support allegations that members of Joe Biden's family including his son Hunter received millions of dollars in payments from foreign entities in China and Romania including when Biden was vice president, according to a memo obtained by CNN.
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What to know about the charges against George Santos and what happens next
Rep. George Santos has been charged in a federal criminal probe that -- from a legal standpoint -- won't affect his status as a member of Congress but will ensnare him in a potentially yearslong court process that could result in a sentence of several years in prison.
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Explainer-What's next for Trump after civil rape verdict?
By Jack Queen A jury in Manhattan decided on Tuesday that former U.S. President Donald Trump must pay
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Fed's Barkin: Inflation still 'stubbornly high' and isn't easing fast enough toward 2% target
Inflation remains “stubbornly high” and is no longer making much progress toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, a top Fed official said Wednesday, hours after price data for April were released
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Disney cuts streaming losses, resurgent parks boost results
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES Walt Disney Co reduced losses in its streaming media unit
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Disney board banned X-rated stores and liquor shops from property, overlooking prisons
Before allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis took over, Disney World’s governing district reached an agreement in February with the company to prohibit a long list of businesses from ever being operated on its property
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New York City sticks with migrant hotel plan despite pushback from suburbs
New York City officials plan to send some asylum-seekers to an upstate hotel
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Swiss villagers told to evacuate over Alpine rockslide alert
Authorities in eastern Switzerland have ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because geology experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming overhead could break loose
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US annual inflation slows to below 5%, price pressures still strong
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON The annual increase in U.S. consumer prices slowed to below 5% in April for
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