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The unexpected, under-the-radar Senate race in Michigan that could determine control of the chamber

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Yellen says threats to democracy risk US economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump

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Trump calls judge 'crooked' after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order

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Trump says he'll use National Guard to deport migrants, doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric

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Japan and India reject Biden's comments describing them as xenophobic countries

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Consumer groups push Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers

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House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson

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Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump's claim of absolute immunity but decision's timing is unclear

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Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states have sprung into action.

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An experimental F-16 fighter jet has taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on a history-making flight controlled by artificial intelligence and not a human pilot.

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A top U.N. official says hard-hit northern Gaza is now in "full-blown famine" after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory.

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Alabama state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures admonished state lawmakers for killing legislation that would have given teachers paid maternity leave.

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Kansas' Republican-controlled legislature has given the state's National Guard a mission to help Texas officials in their dispute with the Biden administration over border security.

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.

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A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis.

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Hawaii lawmakers are wrapping up a legislative session that heavily focused on addressing Maui's needs after last year's deadly Lahaina wildfire.

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The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings that held the Arizona Republican Party responsible for more than $27,000 in sanctions and attorney fees resulting from a challenge of the results of the 2020 election.

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Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential Rafah operation to root out Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city.

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A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta for sending threats to the district attorney who is overseeing the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and 18 others on charges of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

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The Republican National Committee is suing to stop Nevada from being able to count mail ballots received in election offices after Election Day.

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The state Supreme Court has decided it will hear a case dealing with the legality of mobile voting sites without first letting it wind through any lower appellate courts.

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A California man who stormed the U.S. Capitol and later testified against one of his companions on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to six months of home detention.

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has set a July primary and a September general election to fill the Newark-based U.S. House seat that opened after Rep.

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A proposal to authorize a state lottery and allow casinos with slot machines, but not table games, at seven locations remains stalled in the Alabama Legislature.

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Connecticut lawmakers are taking their first steps toward tightening absentee ballot laws since video last year captured people stuffing reams of ballots into collection boxes in Bridgeport, the state's most populous city.

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Several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

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Three anti-wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental approval for a wind energy farm planned off the coast of Long Beach Island.

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Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed four unarmed students and wounded nine others on May 4, 1970.

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Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger waded into Louisiana politics during the band's performance at The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

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The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to sue Iowa over the state's new immigration law. The statute makes it a crime for a person to be in the state if they've previously been denied admission to the U.S.

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On May 4, 1970, The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters at Kent State University. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured.

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Advocates have turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot.

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.

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A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several of his co-workers in the intelligence community were part of a mob that attacked the U.S.

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The judge overseeing Donald Trump's New York hush money trial has clarified the gag order pertaining to the ex-president doesn't prohibit him from testifying on his own behalf.

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One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee's GOP-controlled Statehouse last year after staging a gun control protest has overcome a challenge to remain on the 2024 ballot.

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The government and Google are making their closing arguments in a high-stakes antitrust trial to a federal judge in Washington who must now decide whether the tech giant's search engine constitutes an illegal monopoly.

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The race for the White House tops the ballot Tuesday in Indiana's presidential and state primaries. But voters will also have to settle more competitive contests for governor, Congress and the state legislature.

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Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance next year.

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