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GOP senators push constitutional amendment to fix the Supreme Court at nine...

Republican senators are rallying around Sen. Marco Rubio's constitutional amendment that he introduced more than a year ago to ensure there are no more than nine justices on the Supreme Court.The GOP...

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Joe Biden sticks with 'very smart' message from start to finish

Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden is closing out the 2020 presidential race the same way he started it, framing his showdown with President Trump as a "battle for the soul of the nation" and making...

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Kevin McCarthy: House Republicans to leverage Democrats' thinner majority

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:House Republicans are ready for a brutal fight in the next Congress and looking to use the thin Democratic majority as leverage, said Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.Mr. McCarthy,...

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EXCLUSIVE: Ex-U.S. counterintel chief: Russia could halt cyber strikes 'in...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied Moscow’s involvement in the surge of ransomware attacks on U.S. targets, but a recently retired American spy chief says there is no question...

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GOP hopeful Curtis Sliwa sees the streets, subways as path to NYC mayor's chair

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:NEW YORK — Curtis Sliwa doesn’t care where you went to college.Pounding the pavement in the Chelsea neighborhood of lower Manhattan on Tuesday, the Republican nominee for New York...

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Asad Khan, ambassador: Pakistan key to terror fight in wake of Taliban takeover

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:Pakistan’s top diplomat in Washington said in an interview that his country will remain a key partner in the U.S. counterterrorism campaign in the wake of the fall of the...

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Six Oregonians sue Gov. Kate Brown over vaccine mandates, cite natural immunity

Six Oregonians filed a lawsuit Thursday against Democratic Gov. Kate Brown’s vaccination mandate, arguing that they have natural immunity after contracting the novel coronavirus and calling the...

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Newt Gingrich: GOP will win in 2022 by targeting Democrats as 'big government...

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that Republicans can't afford to blow a once-in-a-generation campaign opportunity to tag all congressional Democrats as “big...

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Gen. David Thompson, Space Force commander, warns of China's growing threat...

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:China is threatening to overtake the U.S. military as the most dominant force in space, says the second in command of the now 2-year-old U.S. Space Force, who warns that Washington...

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Russian disinformation 'true constitutional threat,' top Air Force general warns

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:Russian social media disinformation campaigns and the increasingly hostile political battles they have fueled across America represent a "true constitutional threat" to the nation,...

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AUKUS deal about more than subs, Australia's ambassador says

Australia’s decision to dismiss France in favor of a nuclear submarine deal with the U.S. and Britain may have generated the most headlines recently, but the new Anglophone partnership known as AUKUS...

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Jim Jordan prods GOP colleagues to consider impeaching Biden

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee who is poised to control the panel if the GOP takeover next year, said Republicans must consider...

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GOP defections thwart some of conservatives' plans in Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Key conservative initiatives are likely to fail in Kansas this year because a few Republicans are breaking with the rest of the Legislature's veto-proof GOP...

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1st foal born this year to OBX wild horses dies

A foal born this year to a herd of wild Spanish mustangs that roams North Carolina's Outer Banks has died unexpectedly, according to a group that manages the herd.

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Justice Thomas says high court won't be 'bullied' over Roe leak

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas declared the high court won't be "bullied" on Friday, briefly referencing the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion suggesting the justices are poised to overturn...

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Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger touts 'truth,' 'facts' against...

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the truth is on his side in his reelection race, and much of the political universe agrees, with the glaring exception of former President Donald Trump.

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Florida Democrat Nikki Fried embraces underdog status in race to take on Gov....

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: State Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has accused the governor of using his office to pursue larger political ambitions and peddling culture wars that have distracted work on...

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Clintons interview Kim Kardashian, Steinem on Apple TV+ show

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, will interview the likes of Kim Kardashian, Megan Thee Stallion and Gloria Steinem for a streaming series that debuts in two months.

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Hungarian diplomat pushes talks for swift end to Russia-Ukraine war

Hungary's top diplomat is calling for immediate talks to end the war in Ukraine, asserting that "all wars end up in negotiations" and that the world should be focused on how to achieve peace by quickly...

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Pompeo says China's Xi senses 'weakness' emanating from White House

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: The U.S. should give Taiwan "every tool" it needs to block a Chinese takeover, according to former Secretary of State and potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate Mike Pompeo, who...

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